June: Canadian environment week / Bike to work week / World Ocean Day
Published by Patrick May 28th, 2007 in Around the Province, News / OpEd Tags: environment, news.
As a socially responsible union, the PSAC recognizes that protection of the environment is of paramount importance. Over the long term, economic growth and employment creation will be impossible unless the environmental destruction of the past is reversed.
As a result the PSAC strives take a positive stand and, where possible, action on specific environmental problems and encourages our members to actively participate in environmental rejuvenation and become involved with civic and provincial groups which are working to combat the pollution of our waters, land and air.
May 28 - June 3, Bike To Work Week in Vancouver
There are many reasons to bike to work. Think it over. It makes sense.
- Get out of traffic.
- Get healthy. Your commute can be your exercise routine. It can save you time and money spent at the gym.
- Cut down on your personal greenhouse gas emissions. Our database will calculate the CO2 that you would emit on the same trip by car.
- Engage your community. Meet your neighbours. Breathe fresh air. Enjoy our beautiful cityscape.
Read more at the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition website.
June 3 - 9, Canadian Environment Week
Protecting Canada’s natural environment reaps a world of benefits for Canadians, from strengthening the economy to enhancing health and quality of life. Canadian Environment Week is the perfect time to celebrate our achievements and initiatives in tackling climate change and reducing air pollution. Read more at the Environment Canada website.
June 8 World Ocean Day
Created in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro - although not yet officially designated by the United Nations - World Ocean Day is an opportunity each year to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea.
Why Should I Care About the Ocean?
The ocean generates most of the oxygen we breathe, helps feed us, regulates our climate, cleans the water we drink, offers us a pharmacopoeia of potential medicines and provides limitless inspiration! Yet for too long, human society has treated the ocean as a garbage dump, decimated fish populations, destroyed critical habitat, interrupted the fundamental reproductive capacity of life in the ocean, and taken the world’s ocean for granted.
Take part in this World Ocean Day event in Surrey, and sign the “Help make a difference for our ocean planet!” petition.
For more information, visit theoceanproject.org.
BC Regional Women’s Conference
The theme of this years Conference, to be held September 28-30, is “Women and the Environment: Our Health, Our Families, Our Communities, Our Jobs”. More information, and online registration.