S.E.N.S. Events (March)

  1. SENS Free Seed & Plant Swap and Annual General Meeting: March 28, 7 – 8:30 pm, Vernon Library Meeting Room. Bring seeds/plants, pen, and envelopes for the 7 – 7:30 swap. After a quick (7 minutes!) AGM, Janice Hodge of Green Acres Permaculture Food Forest will present on gardening and food forests from a permaculture perspective. Learn about the SENS Pollinator Pathway Project too. How can you take part?  

Call to Action

  1. Help stop the logging of B.C. spotted owl habitats! Please write a letter asking the B.C. government to keep its promise to bring spotted owls back to healthy numbers. Follow this link to use their template!

  2. Celebrate World Wildlife Day (March 3rd)! The 2024 World Wildlife Day theme is “Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation”. To learn more, go here!

  3. Protect Freshwater from Fracking! The fossil fuel industry in B.C. is poisoning billions of litres of freshwater every year. Help stop them by signing this petition (STAND.earth)! Or this one (Dogwood)!

  4. Become a Butterflyway Ranger! The David Suzuki Foundation has recruited and trained volunteers in hundreds of communities throughout Canada to create habitats in private and public gardens. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, follow the link to learn more!

    Please contact me (jblissau@telus.net) if you are able to come around 6:30 on March 28 to put seeds in envelopes ahead of the swap!

Worth the watch

  1. Is there any good news about climate change? This video shows that it’s important not to lose sight of the climate accomplishments when focusing on our climate goals. To watch, go here!

  2. One spotted owl left in the Canadian wild! In this episode of the Whatever’s Wild Podcast series, host Cedar George-Parker talks to guest Joe Foy about the campaign to save the spotted owl. To watch, go here!

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