Saturday, November 01, 2003
Alternative Energy
Local Clean Energy Breakthrough?
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (NICN) - Dear Editor: Given what it hasn’t done this past five years, insiders came to see the BCUC in only a yelping toothless state. Have Campbell’s Liberals performed some emergency reconstructive dentistry at the BCUC? What a surprise to hear the Gas Power Proposal to Vancouver Island was nixed! Finally, a glint of sanity in an otherwise insane energy space. Read more...
Local Clean Energy Breakthrough?
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (NICN) - Dear Editor: Given what it hasn’t done this past five years, insiders came to see the BCUC in only a yelping toothless state. Have Campbell’s Liberals performed some emergency reconstructive dentistry at the BCUC? What a surprise to hear the Gas Power Proposal to Vancouver Island was nixed! Finally, a glint of sanity in an otherwise insane energy space. Read more...
Community Building
Pacific Gardens Cohousing Creates Community in Nanaimo!
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (NICN) - Imagine living on a beautiful 4.37 acre property where friends can become your neighbours and neighbours become new friends! This is your chance to help create the kind of friendly housing community that you have always imagined. Read more.
Pacific Gardens Cohousing Creates Community in Nanaimo!
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (NICN) - Imagine living on a beautiful 4.37 acre property where friends can become your neighbours and neighbours become new friends! This is your chance to help create the kind of friendly housing community that you have always imagined. Read more.
Municipal Strength
Nanaimo Bans Space Weapons
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (SPEC, Nanaimo, from Norm Abbey) - At the Regular Meeting of Council held 2003-SEP 15, Councillor Holdom put forward the following Notice of Motion (from the 2002-DEC-16 Regular Meeting of Council): THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that it is the will of the City Council of Nanaimo, B.C., that the Prime Minister of Canada, individually or at an emergency treaty conference, sign the space preservation treaty, and that the House of Commons of Canada ratify it to permanently ban all space-based weapons and to preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for all residents of this City and for all humankind... Read more .
Nanaimo Bans Space Weapons
NANAIMO, BC, Nov. 2003 (SPEC, Nanaimo, from Norm Abbey) - At the Regular Meeting of Council held 2003-SEP 15, Councillor Holdom put forward the following Notice of Motion (from the 2002-DEC-16 Regular Meeting of Council): THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that it is the will of the City Council of Nanaimo, B.C., that the Prime Minister of Canada, individually or at an emergency treaty conference, sign the space preservation treaty, and that the House of Commons of Canada ratify it to permanently ban all space-based weapons and to preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for all residents of this City and for all humankind... Read more .
Monday, October 27, 2003
Community GEO/GO
IDAs work on a smaller scale
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - While SEDI may be spearheading the world's largest IDA demonstration project tied to learning opportunities, the concept also works on a smaller, community-based scale. For instance, Future Foundations (part of Employment and Community Development MCC BC) is an IDA project that runs in Abbotsford, Mission and Chiliwack, BC with 16 participants depositing $20-50 per month (for a minimum of one year) into a VanCity Credit Union bank account. A partnership with VanCity Credit Union plus funding from the VanCity Community Foundation, the Co-operators, the Motz Foundation, the Abbotsford Foundation, and the Vancouver Foundation makes Future Foundations possible. http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov/acov03/acov0335.html
IDAs work on a smaller scale
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - While SEDI may be spearheading the world's largest IDA demonstration project tied to learning opportunities, the concept also works on a smaller, community-based scale. For instance, Future Foundations (part of Employment and Community Development MCC BC) is an IDA project that runs in Abbotsford, Mission and Chiliwack, BC with 16 participants depositing $20-50 per month (for a minimum of one year) into a VanCity Credit Union bank account. A partnership with VanCity Credit Union plus funding from the VanCity Community Foundation, the Co-operators, the Motz Foundation, the Abbotsford Foundation, and the Vancouver Foundation makes Future Foundations possible. http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov/acov03/acov0335.html
Our Shifting Focus
LearnSave
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - Lutherwood CODA oversees the Waterloo region LearnSave project in Ontario. There are 150 participants but Meredith Miller, case manager, says "it was a challenge to find 150 people who fulfilled the eligibility requirements and would believe in the project. They thought it was too good to be true that they would receive money for free. It took a while to get the message across about the LearnSave project." In fact, it took two years and two months to find those 150 people (as compared to another site that filled the same number of spaces in nine months). http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov/acov03/acov0335.html
LearnSave
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - Lutherwood CODA oversees the Waterloo region LearnSave project in Ontario. There are 150 participants but Meredith Miller, case manager, says "it was a challenge to find 150 people who fulfilled the eligibility requirements and would believe in the project. They thought it was too good to be true that they would receive money for free. It took a while to get the message across about the LearnSave project." In fact, it took two years and two months to find those 150 people (as compared to another site that filled the same number of spaces in nine months). http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/archive/acov/acov03/acov0335.html
Communities
Urban Sprawl Toolkit Now Available
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - According to a new report from the David Suzuki Foundation, the ever-expanding sprawl of Canada's cities is seriously affecting the health of Canadians. Driven to Action: Stopping Sprawl in Your Community highlights the fact that urban sprawl is responsible for increased air pollution, rising obesity rates, and loss of agricultural land. "The time to address this critical issue is now," said David Suzuki, a Canadian scientist and broadcaster. "The more cities sprawl outward, the more we damage the environment and our health. We need to design communities so that the people who live in them use their cars less and have a much lower impact on the environment, and a better quality of life in return." The report also includes a user-friendly toolkit designed to help communities stop sprawl and encourage them to put pressure on all levels of government. For more information or to download the report and toolkit, visit: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Sprawl.asp.
Urban Sprawl Toolkit Now Available
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - According to a new report from the David Suzuki Foundation, the ever-expanding sprawl of Canada's cities is seriously affecting the health of Canadians. Driven to Action: Stopping Sprawl in Your Community highlights the fact that urban sprawl is responsible for increased air pollution, rising obesity rates, and loss of agricultural land. "The time to address this critical issue is now," said David Suzuki, a Canadian scientist and broadcaster. "The more cities sprawl outward, the more we damage the environment and our health. We need to design communities so that the people who live in them use their cars less and have a much lower impact on the environment, and a better quality of life in return." The report also includes a user-friendly toolkit designed to help communities stop sprawl and encourage them to put pressure on all levels of government. For more information or to download the report and toolkit, visit: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Sprawl.asp.
Community GEO/GO
Innovation grants available for Fraser Valley charities
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - United Way of the Fraser Valley is now accepting applications from eligible charities for Innovation Grants. The one-time grants, which may range from $1,000 and $5,000 for a single project, are available for innovative projects that address one or more specific issues in Fraser Valley communities, and are open to both member and non-member agencies of United Way of the Fraser Valley. The deadline for applications is November 17. For more information, visit: http://www.uwfv.bc.ca/rfp.htm or call 604-852-1234.
Innovation grants available for Fraser Valley charities
VANCOUVER, BC, October 27, 2003 (Village Vibes) - United Way of the Fraser Valley is now accepting applications from eligible charities for Innovation Grants. The one-time grants, which may range from $1,000 and $5,000 for a single project, are available for innovative projects that address one or more specific issues in Fraser Valley communities, and are open to both member and non-member agencies of United Way of the Fraser Valley. The deadline for applications is November 17. For more information, visit: http://www.uwfv.bc.ca/rfp.htm or call 604-852-1234.
