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Fufoners have
decided to start with ‘Potlucks for Progressives’ as the new SRN
initiative. These potlucks are designed to educate our members, attract
new members and define specific actions that participants might take.
Buzz Holling has kindly agreed to spearhead the first Potluck with a
theme that can be loosely defined as 'Caring for our Changing
Environment'.
Changing the world can
begin with something as simple as discussion over a slow meal of potluck
dishes – and a salmon caught by a local fisherman.
That was the idea behind
the first in a series of Potlucks for Progressives held Feb. 18th at the
First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo. Tasha Sutcliffe of Thisfish and
Eddy Carmack, organizer of the Bottle Drop and Mosquito Fleet, joined
potluck participants in roundtable discussions of their projects at the
event.
Thisfish is a tracking
system that lets you trace the fish you buy back to who caught it and
where, where it was processed, and the restaurants and retailers who
stock these fish. The Mosquito Fleet is a team of small fishing boats
that will monitor the changes in the ocean ecosystems as global warming
occurs, while the bottle drop will show where oil spills could flow.
These projects are
designed to connect fishermen, urban dwellers and scientists who study
climate and the ocean waters off the B.C. coast, said renowned ecologist
Buzz Holling, one of the potluck organizers.
For more information, please contact Holling at
holling@me.com
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