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Monday April 22 is Earth Day, do something nice for your Earth!

April 22 is Earth Day and the annual event is being celebrated worldwide. In fact Earth Day is becoming so popular, that the entire month of April is being referred to as Earth Month.

This year, more than 6 million Canadians are expected to join 500 million people across 180 countries in staging events and tackling projects, to address local environmental issues.

Want to find out how you can get involved? Earth Day Canada, a non-profit organization, offers a variety of resources to help you make the most of Earth Day. Whether you plan on hosting your own event, organizing an action team or simply want to know what is going on in your area, check out earthdaycanada.ca to learn more.

 

Develop valuable skills while helping the community

Youth Sustainability Leadership Training

The Co-operators and The Natural Step Canada are partnering to offer the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training in Vancouver (with applicants welcome from Victoria, the Lower Mainland, and surrounding regions). Participants will deepen their sustainability understanding, enhance their confidence as leaders, and be empowered to develop meaningful sustainability projects in the community.

The program is anchored by a 2-day in-person workshop taking place April 26-27, 2013. Following the training, each participant is expected to develop and implement a local sustainability project that will help transform and better their community (or take on a leadership role to advance an existing opportunity). Participants receive top-notch training, project development tools, as well as mentorship for 4 months following the workshop to ensure their community projects have the highest chance of success. Participants will also have exclusive access to apply for project seed funding from The Co-operators’ IMPACT! Fund.

The highly-subsidized participant cost is only a $50 commitment fee, and entrance fee bursaries are available based on need. To ensure a quality learning environment, participation is limited and the deadline for applications is April 7, 2013.

For more information and to apply click here

This Saturday is Earth Hour

On Saturday, March 23 from 8:30pm- 9:30pm the World Wildlife Foundation wants you to turn off your lights to support the largest grassroots environmental event in history- Earth Hour. By powering-down you will be joining millions of participants, in 152 different countries and territories, to support urgent action on climate change.  To learn more and find out about other ways you can show your concern for the environment visit earthhour.org

Camosun staff- To show you concern within the workplace and help Camosun become more energy efficient take the Camosun Energy Pledge to:

• Turn off monitors when not in use
• Shut down computers at the end of the day, weekends and holidays
• Turn of lights when not in use- even if it is only for 15 minute

You are the voice of change.  Be heard.

Currently the College is in the process of developing a long-term vision, shared goals and a three-year action plan to support Environmental Sustainability.  For now, we’re calling it Our Forward Thinking Environmental Plan.  On March 18, Camosun College will be engaging with students and staff to find out what’s important to our community.

Share your ideas and opinions, big, small or off the wall about where you think we should be going. On Sustainability Day find our tent and tell us what matters to you most.

Check out our fancy poster

Can't make it to the event? Online Survey coming soon.

Sustainability Day

Host: Camosun Students for Environmental Awareness (CSEA) and the Camosun Student Society (CCSS)
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When: Monday, March 18th from 10:00am to 2:00pm

Where: Camosun College Lansdowne Campus - Fisher Courtyard, 3100 Foul Bay Rd, Victoria, BC

What: Sustainability Day will be a unique opportunity for students interested in sustainability to network with fellow like-minded students, not-for-profits and community groups. Through engaging activities and informative displays, students will be provided with new tools to tackle complex issues such as climate change, food security, transportation, waste management, alternative energy, biodiversity and sustainable resource management.

Please contact Claire Horwood, CCSS Sustainability Director at claire_horwood@hotmail.com or sustainability@camosunstudent.org  for more information

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