Features
Transitioning from 2015 to 2016
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- Written by Matt Rockall Matt Rockall
- Category: Transitioning Transitioning
- Published: 06 January 2016 06 January 2016
Sunshine Coast in Transition celebrated 2015 with the One-Straw Society and a delicious potluck dinner in December. Thanks to everyone who came and thanks to all who contributed to transition on the lower coast last year. Whether actively connected to our group or an interested member of the public receiving these newsletters and other announcements, you are part of the innovative and progressively-minded Sunshine Coast culture and we appreciate you all.
Around the World With the Zero Waste Message
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- Category: Sustainable Values Sustainable Values
- Published: 06 January 2016 06 January 2016
Zero Waste International Alliance President Richard Anthony gives us an overview of the important work they are doing to implement Zero Waste in communities around the world.
Paris Climate Talks - Walk Out Over Finance
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- Category: Global Environmental Connections Global Environmental Connections
- Published: 10 December 2015 10 December 2015
COP21 delegates received the updated negotiating text of a potential Paris Climate Agreement (ADP Draft Agreement) wednesday. Still too long at 50 pages and 208 brackets (disputed text/issues). The text revealed the major perennially thorny issue of funding (finance) to help developing countries cope with climate impacts and move to low carbon energy systems.
Happy Holidays and Dreaming into the New Year; Workshops
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- Written by Kim Chi Kim Chi
- Category: Food Action Network Food Action Network
- Published: 10 December 2015 10 December 2015
With warmth and joy, we at One Straw would like to wish you and yours a happy holiday season! We are so thankful for all of your continued support and are so happy to have your interest in food security on the sunshine coast!
The Decline of Abundance
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- Written by John Dafoe John Dafoe
- Category: Coast Views Coast Views
- Published: 10 December 2015 10 December 2015
The decline of abundance and decline of diversity of life associated with aquatic systems in and around the Georgia Basin of BC may have peaked in the late 20th century. That is not to say that it can’t or won’t decline further, but that there has been some marginal recovery of species and even of abundance, during the new millennium.
PH Secondary Students Study Underwater Life During Field Trip to Egmont
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- Written by Beverly Saunders Beverly Saunders
- Category: Features Features
- Published: 02 December 2015 02 December 2015
In spite of the cold wind, curiosity and the sunshine won out as students from Pender Harbour Secondary School gathered on the dock of the Backeddy Marina to view a multitude of marine creatures.
Let’s Quit Pretending Dams Like Site C Are Good for the Climate
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- Category: Rafe here... Rafe here...
- Published: 02 December 2015 02 December 2015
There are many good reasons not to build Site C Dam: destruction of farmland and wildlife habitat, the violation of First Nations’ rights, the likely $15 Billion tab for taxpayers, and the fact that we simply don’t need the power. But you can add one very important item to the list: CLIMATE.
Isolation of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Part I
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- Category: Dr. James Hansen Dr. James Hansen
- Published: 02 December 2015 02 December 2015
Earlier this year I received a message from a long-time reader of my Communications[1], who was persuaded of the urgency of the climate problem. As a significant supporter of the Democratic Party, he had the opportunity to meet President Obama, and he was preparing a specific question: would the President be willing to “meet with Jim Hansen”, who, the supporter asserted, understood the problem as well as anyone and has “some viable ways to fix the problem”?
Paris Climate Talks – Most Countries Want 1.5C Target not 2.0C
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- Category: Global Environmental Connections Global Environmental Connections
- Published: 02 December 2015 02 December 2015