July 19, 2009
WATERLIFE NOW PLAYING IN VANCOUVER AT TINSELTOWN
By
Katherine Dodds
Summary from Fin Donnelly’s Waterlife talk July 18th 2009 at Tinseltown:
Things you can do to protect BC’s Riversheds:
1 Get to know your Rivershed
- Find out what a rivershed is; do you live in a rivershed?
- There are 8 major river basins in the province, the RSBC is focusing it’s efforts on the largest river basin in BC – the Fraser (the Fraser is known as one of the greatest salmon producing rivers in the world). The land that drains into each river tributary is called a rivershed – there are 34 riversheds within the Fraser River Basin, 7 of which are in the Lower Fraser Region (i.e. Hope to Vancouver).
- The smallest rivershed of the Fraser River Basin is the Brunette Rivershed. It contains parts of 5 municipalities, including Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster and Port Moody. Almost 200,000 people live in this small rivershed.
2 Reduce your Impact
- Find out about your eco-footprint; how big is you eco-footprint?
- How much water, energy, etc. do you use?
- How much waste do you produce?
- How do you transport yourself?
- Can you lower your impact by adjusting your daily habits and thinking about what you purchase, or don’t purchase?
- Our daily actions have a direct impact on riversheds.
3 Get Active
- Learn about how you are impacting your rivershed (i.e. the environment around you).
- Learn about the issues (increase your water IQ)
- Start by making changes in your daily lifestyle.
- Take the next step (i.e. letting government and businesses know that you care about the environment and their policies and practises that impact the environment)
- Become an advocate for the environment – join a local committee, stewardship group, run for office, join a board – become a leader.
Find out more at www.rivershed.com
Tag(s):
Alternative Economics,
Blogging,
Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction,
Hello Cool World,
Marketing,
Waterlife,
Film Launch
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Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
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