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Climate Action

Less is more . . .

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Less is more . . .

The list below of actions we can take to help mitigate the effects of climate change is an excerpt from an Elizabeth May newsletter that we thought was worth sharing.

 

  • Lower speed limits significantly
  • Expand telework
  • Sunday city driving ban
  • Support walking, cycling, micro-mobility and public transit
  • Internal combustion vehicle alternate day licensing
  • Strengthen HOV lane and carpooling programs
  • Maximize freight efficiency
  • Overnight high speed rail services to replace air travel
  • Reduce business travel
  • Electrify vehicles and building heat.

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”  Helen Keller

 

BEE part of the Solution

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Climate Action Group Building Buzz About  – Pollinator Corridors.

What’s a Pollinator Corridor? Why do we need more pollinators?

Ninety percent of flowering plants are dependent entirely, or in part, on animal pollination. One in three bites of food you eat depends on pollination.

While our community has considerable green space with the natural habitat that pollinators require to survive – Swan Lake, Cedar Hill Park and golf course, Summit Hill and other fragmented plots, pollinator habitat is diminishing due largely to increased urbanization. Fifty percent of the world’s population now lives in urban centres.

We need to preserve or create more native habitat for pollinators on southern Vancouver Island and many bird, bee & butterfly-friendly folk are setting aside native habitat in their yards and gardens. They are finding alternatives to insect-killing pesticides, and planting pollinator-friendly plants on our boulevards. Are you, or someone you know, curious about creating a pollinator corridor on your street?

QCHCA’s Climate Action Group is keen to help link existing but fragmented habitat by planting Pollinator Corridors. Pollinator Corridors are  pathways to restore a diversity of permanent, high-quality, wildflower and native plants to attract and feed a range of bees, birds and butterflies.   As we restore habitat, we hope to map the existing pollinator plots so we can see what we have, and where to build more pollinator pathways to link the fragments. We hope your backyard or boulevard will be on the map!

Are you interested?  Please contact QCHCA3003@gmail.com with your name, email address, telephone number, and note on what you’d like to do, learn, or share.

From April 4 – October 17 2022 the Satin Flower local native plant nursery offers Meadowmakers – a course in Creating Community Habitat. A combination of online workshops and fields days.  For more information: https://satinflower.ca

April 26.  7-8:30 pm,  QCHCA presents via Zoom: Attracting Birds, Bees and Butterflies to Your Backyard with Claudia Copley. For more info: click here.

Victoria Seed Library

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LifeCycles Project Society hosts online member orientations as an introduction to the Victoria Seed Library.  The orientation includes tips on how to save and sign out seeds.

Join them for one of their 2022 online membership orientations! You’ll learn about the fundamentals of seed saving and have the opportunity to ask any questions you’d like.

All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to join the Victoria Seed Library. Membership is free. Participation at one of these events is a prerequisite to signing out seed from our collection.

Set dates for this year are Wednesday March 30th and Tuesday April 26th. A Zoom link will be sent out to attendees ahead of each orientation date.  Registration is through Eventbrite

QCHCA Climate Action

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QCHCA’s Climate Action

Welcome to QCHCA’s new Climate Action News page. In the coming weeks we will be posting Climate Action news items here. Our initial subjects will be: Sustainable Urban Farming; Planting trees and shrubs for carbon sequestration; and Government programs to assist the home owner to reduce their carbon footprint.

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