ISSUES ARISING FROM DISCUSSION ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES at GREEN NEW DEAL TOWN HALL
-How do we include people in the dialogue?
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• support local sustainable agriculture
• create a vertically integrated food system: Growers- processors- storers and eaters
• Make Pender food independent
-connect Pender Is. food systems – Food Co-op, growers, Friday soup kitchen, grocery stores, Food Bank, restaurants: a long table dinner to bring people together to problem solve.
- connect food production, consumption, waste, transport as a way to broaden discussion
- seek federal funding to purchase community farm
-we need action to help these things happen and Climate Action is the big issue.
- How to bridge from “yes, I recycle” to go deeper, build a network.
-What can we do as an Island to model? We are on the front line for Orcas (SRKW), and food security
-GND is about change: What can the Island Trust advocate for? Mandate changes (water catchment).
-our national and international governments are incapable of changing fast enough.
-Grass roots/ local on up....... with joy!
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-Targets for the next year: food production, water conservation, public transport, lower “footprint”.
-Emotional support through the long transition, do-able tasks.
-Community work bees for harvesting (hop picking, haying).
-Food, land, housing needs are big issues on Pender, how to create the Just Society on our island
- some funding available from GI food co-op
-The Diocese is considering housing on church land.
-We need infrastructure for organizing these actions. The CRC can help realize community ideas.
-the Green New Deal is about Climate Action: How do we communicate back to the organizations
-SaltSpring Transition model: a forum about everything happening regarding transition and climate.
- need a community response to the federal cabinet decision on the pipeline on June 18th.
-A regular “table” at Friday soup lunch, Saturday market, Fall Fair. Utilize the Red line, green line format, Invite folks to list Red and Green items on sticky notes.