Weekly Email
From Common Energy UVic
The weekly email is intended to communicate the status of Common Energy UVic's Projects and give Common Energy members the news and information they need to participate. The email is prepared according to a style guide and distributed over our listserv. For emails from previous weeks, see the archive.
The more authors we have for the weekly email, the better it will be. If you have news that pertains to the work or progress of Common Energy, please do not hesitate to put it in the weekly email. Add your name in brackets with any information you add, so we can include you as an author.
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[edit] Getting ready for this week's email
Hey everyone,
We've got a great Green Jobs event for you this week and the next evolution in the goBEYOND Challenge.
In this email:
1.News
2.Projects
3.Meetings
4.Community
[edit] News
Last week was a lot of fun - 200 classes across the province participated in the teach-in, we learned more about the future of the carbon tax, and distributed a lot of apple juice and cake.
[edit] Projects
If you want to get involved in any of these projects email Cayla Naumann, our volunteer coordinator, at cren06(at)uvic.ca to get involved, or come to our Weekly Meeting.
[edit] Go Beyond Climate-Neutral
Think of yourself as a citizen of UVic? Want to make UVic a bright green campus? We want you... to register for the Sustainability Summit: Blue Print for Change.
[edit] Convenient: The Green Collar Solution to Climate Change
Thursday, November 6th, 7PM, UVic, Engineering and Computer Science, Room 127
This event will focus on exploring the potential for today's action on climate change to create tomorrow's green industry and green jobs. Guy Dauncey and other local experts will be joined by video presentations of the leading thinkers from the United States, including Van Jones.
After-party at Felicitas. Green job themed karaoke for the win.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and limited. The lecture is free and open to the public. There will be opportunities to discuss the issues and see how the participants opinions change over the course of the event.
Go to www.uvic.commonenergy.org for more information.
[edit] House Challenge
Common Energy is developing a pilot project for goBEYOND - a House Challenge. We want to challenge hundreds of student-filled houses to go beyond climate-neutral. We've already signed up over a dozen houses to test it out. With your feedback we'll build a province-wide network of student houses taking action on climate change.
Want to learn more about joining the pilot? Email commonenergy@gmail.com.
[edit] Meetings
[edit] Beers... for the FUTURE!
We are having a special reading week meeting. Thursday, Nov. 13, 5:30PM, Felicitas. A chance to get together, talk about how things are going, and start talking about our plans for the future.
You are more than welcome to come.
[edit] Community
[edit] Builders of the Pacific Coast
Join author, photographer and pioneer of the green architecture movement Lloyd Kahn as he takes us on a tour of homes throughout the Pacific Northwest that exemplify natural materials, environmental design and innovation. Lloyd’s captivating slideshow will feature sheds and shacks, domes and zomes, and huts and hogans, all the way from northern California to Vancouver Island.
Thursday November 27, 2008 7pm - 9pm Social Sciences and Mathematics Building Room 110 Book sale, slide show and reception
This is a free event, and will fill up quickly! Reserve a seat by emailing swebb@uvic.ca
[edit] Putting Together the Weekly Email
Anyone can add things to the Weekly Email as it is being drafted on the wiki. Our goal is to have it largely ready by Friday night and then sent out by Sunday although circumstances do not always allow that. Simply go to the Weekly Email page and make your contribution to the template for the next email. All those contributing will then be included in the "cheers," line at the bottom.
Cheers, Jamie and Brianne
