Local & Provincial Stuff (February)

Local

  1. Land To Table Network (L2T) : invites you to get reacquainted with their local group through  this video (find them at minute 52:00) to learn more (about their network, operations and purpose) from the founders, Mary and Eva-Lena, and director, Liz. To volunteer contact: liz@landtotablenetwork.com

  2. Winter Farmers’ Markets:

                Vernon: starts up again in April.

                Armstrong:  Saturdays, 10 – 2 pm, Odd Fellows Hall on Bridge St., Wood Ave entrance.

                Lumby: Mon – Sat., 10 – 5 pm, indoors at Monashee Co-op.  www.monasheecommunitycoop.ca!

Provincial

  1. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA): They looked at the economic costs of B.C.’s 2021 climate disaster (heat done, fires, floods, landslides) to analyze impacts on workers, businesses, communities. Here’s their groundbreaking new report!

  2. Asthma in children and Gas in Homes: A recent analysis of 27 studies showed that an average of over 12% of asthmas in children was due to gas stove use…. What do YOU use?

  3. Incomappleux Forest in VWS’s Selkirk Park is Protected: SENS brought in this video a few years ago for showing in Vernon. Well, good news! VWS's Selkirk Park got protection. For press release, go here!  The Valhalla Wilderness Society (www.vws.org)does valuable work and research for all of us in B.C.  Check out their latest newsletter here!

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