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Become an organizer for the #BillionPeopleMarch

Details: Published on Friday, 11 December 2015 15:00; Written by editor

Hey Jammers,

By now you’ve probably heard about the #BillionPeopleMarch and many of you have already reached out and pitched in. With the conference now fully underway in Paris we’ve decided to kick things into high gear.

[evoz] Cafe - coffee fresh roast available

Details: Published on Friday, 11 December 2015 21:00; Written by editor

If you need our Cafe Simpatico coffee here are the numbers to call: Tim Boultbee 250 384-7843 Allan Specht 250 384-0477 It is also available at Blair Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Market – 924 Pandora St. Fill your cup with justice, Terry

Social Justice Film Night

Details: Published on Thursday, 10 December 2015 20:30; Written by editor

Social Justice Film Night presents:
SCENT OF AN OAK(Roble De Olor)
By Cuban film director RIGOBERTO LOPEZ
7pm Thursday December 172994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall) Victoria
Admission by Donation
In the early nineteenth century, Cuba is a Spanish colony and a slave society in which labour has been kidnapped in African lands and sold like cattle to the Spanish and Creole landowners. The ideals of emancipation, enlightenment and the French and American revolutions have also reached the Caribbean. In the midst of this environment of inconsistencies, enigmas, dreams and endless tragedies, Ursula, a freed slave woman from Haiti, and Cornelio, a German merchant, star in a love story that created the hope of living in a better...

Will you join our wild holiday gathering?

Details: Published on Thursday, 10 December 2015 13:15; Written by editor

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Dec. 2015 - BCSEA Monthly - AGM, COP21, and BCSEA In the News

Details: Published on Friday, 01 April 2016 16:30; Written by editor

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11th Annual General Meeting

Thank you to everyone who joined us November 28th in Victoria for BCSEA’s 11th Annual General Meeting. In between the release of recommendations from BC’s Climate Leadership Team (read BCSEA’s media statement here) and the start of the Paris Climate Conference, the membership elected a new Board of Directors. BCSEA’s Executive Director Ali Grovue announced highlights of the association’s 2016-2018 strategy, which is focussed on raising awareness and understanding of the benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon economy, building a movement of members to share inspiration and deepen engagement, and informing and inspiring policy leadership.

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Permaculture Design Course + Ashevillage in Paris

Details: Published on Tuesday, 08 December 2015 10:00; Written by editor

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[Permaculture Design Course] Get Certified at Earthaven, a Permaculture-inspired Ecovillage!

Do you want to learn about permaculture, but can't join us for the full yearlong program? Get your permaculture design certificate at Earthaven Ecovillage!

[Certified] Two-Week Permaculture Design Course
[100 hours] Gain experience in systems-thinking and ethics-based approaches to observing, integrating, and creating thriving, bio-diverse environments for people, place and planet. You will learn about ethics, principles, observation, patterns, zones, sectors, micro-climates, site assessment and analysis, mapping and presentating — all as strategies for creating landscape and habitat design that enhances the long-term resilience, beauty, and quality of ecosystems. Upon completion of this two week intensive you will gain your Permaculture Design Certificate.

“Earthaven is where the human community is bonding with the Earth in a manner capable of healing the devastation of the past and inspiring a new grandeur for the future. At Earthaven, even for a brief while, we experience what it is to return to ourselves.” –Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth.

Dates: June 10-26, 2016 Details: www.ThePermacultureSchool.org/PDC

Awash with Opportunity: Putting “Sustainable” in

Details: Published on Sunday, 06 December 2015 17:00; Written by editor

Dear Friends of SJS,
Another great event this week:

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Tuesday, December 8
NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT
Awash with Opportunity: Putting “Sustainable” in B.C.’s
New Water Laws
British Columbia has an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to significantly improve its water law regime. Escalating issues such as droughts, floods, ecosystem degradation, and conflicts over water use underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive change to water management and the supporting legal structure. In B.C., recent efforts to modernize water laws to better respond to present-day realities resulted in the new Water Sustainability Act (WSA). The WSA was passed in 2014 and will come into effect through supporting regulations in 2016-2017. This presentation by Oliver Brandes and Rosie Simms (POLIS Water Sustainability Project) will explore some of the necessary elements of effective modern water law, focusing on B.C.’s ongoing effort to implement the WSA and improve water governance. Drawing on recent research...

Fracking Up Our Coast - LNG Discussion In Shawnigan Lake - Dec. 9th, 7:00pm

Details: Published on Saturday, 05 December 2015 16:15; Written by editor

Dear Friends of SJS,

Steelhead LNG has recently been heavily promoting their proposed Malahat LNG project, which would process 900 million cubic feet of fracked natural gas per day and store it in a massive floating offshore facility at Bamberton. This project would also involve a pipeline and LNG tankers through the Saanich Inlet.

Join us Wednesday, December 9 @ 7:30 in the Shawnigan Lake Community Centre for a free panel discussion and town hall meeting to hear some alternate points of view. Speakers will discuss the overall need to divest from fossil fuel projects, specific concerns regarding this LNG project, and alternatives for the future.

Warmly,

Laurel

Laurel Collins

Instructor - Social Justice Studies & Sociology

PhD Candidate - Interdisciplinary Studies

PO Box 3050 STN CSC

University of Victoria, V8W 3P5

Unceded...

Protecting the Peace and our common future. Are you in the circle?

Details: Published on Saturday, 05 December 2015 08:45; Written by editor

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We need more, not less democracy from Jacob Appelbaum

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 14:45; Written by editor

Journalist and researcher for the Tor project, Jacob Appelbaum talks about technology, freedom and resisting surveillance at the World Forum for Democracy.

Read a transcript of the speech here: https://goo.gl/WSE3mK
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Rufugee panel in Duncan

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 14:45; Written by editor

Dear Friends of SJS,
December 10 at VIU in Duncan:

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Margo MatwychukDirector
Social Justice Studies ProgramUniversity of Victoriaweb.uvic.ca/socialjustice/@UVicSJS on TwitterUVicSJS on FacebookUVicSJS on YouTube
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Manifesto for World Revolution Part 6 hits newsstands worldwide today!

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 14:45; Written by editor

Manifesto for World Revolution, Part VI hits newsstands worldwide today.

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Hey all you jammers out there,

In Issue #123, the final chapter of the Manifesto for World Revolution series, we delve deep into the idea of aesthetic terror, a visual attack on the mood, the tone and the feel of everyday life. Can aesthetic shock provoke a moment of confusion, of angst, of existential crisis? Can it provoke a global tone shift that just might change up the direction of the deadly road we're headed down?

Help us rebuild and strengthen Canada's environmental laws.

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 13:45; Written by editor

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SOCC is Hiring

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 11:00; Written by editor

Dear Friends of SJS,

The UVic Students of Colour Collective is hiring. Please see the call for applications at

http://victoria.craigslist.ca/npo/5338847246.html

The deadline for applications is December 10th.

regards, Margo--

Margo MatwychukDirector
Social Justice Studies ProgramUniversity of Victoriaweb.uvic.ca/socialjustice/@UVicSJS on TwitterUVicSJS on FacebookUVicSJS on YouTube
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[CdaBoatGaza] New strategic plan of Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 09:00; Written by editor

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r51 [CdaBoatGaza] New strategic plan of Freedom Flotilla Coalition

New strategic plan adopted by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

In light of the extremely deteriorated situation in Palestine, the Israeli oppression and the continued blockade of Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) recently met in Barcelona to evaluate past actions and plan for future work. The following strategic plan was adopted:
2016: Women's Boat to Gaza will sail to...

[evoz] coffe roast coming soon

Details: Published on Friday, 04 December 2015 06:45; Written by editor

Dear coffee lovers of CASC, The last roast of 2015 will be delivered on Dec. 8 to Victoria. Our Cafe Simpatico coffee from a cooperative on an island in Lake Nicaragua helps provide farmers and a community with a secure and dignified life. Giving gifts of this coffee by-passes consumer capitalism and helps CASC as well as our friends in Nicaragua who grow this lovely organic coffee. It is stored and roasted in Duncan by arrangement with our solidarity partners on Saltspring island.. Please let me know how many pounds you wish to buy; phone 250 595-7519. It is still $13/pound/454 g. In peace, Terry

Canada is full of hot air at Paris Climate Summit

Details: Published on Friday, 01 April 2016 16:30; Written by editor

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Welcome to the Leadnow.ca community

Details: Published on Thursday, 03 December 2015 10:45; Written by editor

At Leadnow, we're working together to build real power among every-day people across Canada so that we can hold governments accountable and begin to address the greatest challenges of our time - preventing runaway climate change, reducing the inequality that’s tearing at our social fabric, and strengthening our democracy.

Leadnow is different. We’re an independent, multi-issue campaigning community driven by people-power.

What does that mean?

Help the Canadian Youth Delegation get a meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau

Details: Published on Tuesday, 01 December 2015 14:45; Written by editor

17 of the Canadian Youth Delegation just arrived in Paris for the COP 21 United Nations climate negotiations. The negotiations began tonight, and we are feeling apprehensive but hopeful.

Our Prime Minister promised us real change, not climate change -- and we’re ready to hold him to it. During his short time in Paris, we call on Justin Trudeau, our Minister of Youth, to take the time to meet with us and hear our concerns.

We need your help to make this meeting happen.

Billion People March: A Call For Action

Details: Published on Tuesday, 01 December 2015 11:30; Written by editor

Hey all you dreamers and redeemers out there,

As COP21 kicked off last Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people around the world took to the streets. Our friends at Brandalism filled Paris with subversive ads calling out the corporate takeover of the conference and 350.org set the tone: keep the fossil fuels in the ground and finance a just transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050!