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Cowichan Action on Climate Change

Supporting positive actions in the community to lower carbon emissions.

Phone: 250-748-7954
Email: cowichanglobalwarming@shaw.ca


Cowichan Bio-Diesel Co-op

Dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating a more ethical, sustainable, community-economy through public education and the local use and production of bio-fuels from recycled vegetable oil.

Email: info@smellbetter.org
Website: http://www.smellbetter.org


Cowichan Community Land Trust

Dedicated to the conservation and protection of natural areas in the Cowichan Valley. There are opportunities to volunteer or to get help with placing a covenant on your land.

Street: #6 55 Station Street
Duncan, V9L 1M2
Phone: 250-746-0227
Email: cclt@island.net
Website: http://www.island.net/~cclt/


Cowichan Green Community

Store is generally open from monday to friday between 10am and 4pm. If it is important call ahead. Staff are available to talk to about food security projects and issues in the Cowichan Valley. Ask about current workshops and community events and programs concerning environmental health for babies.

Street: 277 Craig Street
Duncan, V9L 1W2
Phone: 250-748-8506
Email: cgc@island.net
Website: http://www.cowichangreencommunity.org/index.htm


Cowichan Valley Naturalist Society

Provides free hour presentations and introductory nature walks to the general public.

Phone: 250-746-6141
Email: cvns@island.net
Website: http://www.island.net/~cvns/


Cowichan Valley Recycle ReUseIt

Locally owned and operated source for recycling and gifting of items you no longer need. Used items.

Email: cvrecycle@yahoo.ca
Website: http://www.cvrecycle.ca


Green Boating

Adresses the impacts of recreational boating on the marine environment through education, advocacy, and hands-on work with boaters, clubs, marinas and boatyards.

Street: 195 Commercial Street
Nanaimo, V9R 5G5
Phone: 250-753-3459
Email: gsa@georgiastrait.org
Website: http://www.georgiastrait.org


Idle Free BC

Campaign to improve air quality by reducing engine idling.

Website: http://www.idlefreebc.ca


Sierra Club HouseCooling Parties

Party hosts invite friends, co-workers, neighbors (ect) to their house and the Sierra Club provides a DVD and a package of information about global warming. At the end of the gathering guests are invited to form their own "CERCle" (Carbon Emission Reduction Club).

Street: 302-733 Johnson St.
Victoria, V8W 3C7
Phone: 250-386-5255
Email: cercles@sierraclub.bc.ca
Website: http://www.sierraclub.ca/bc


Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society

The purpose of this society is to preserve Somenos Marsh for its value as an outdoor classroom, a wildlife sanctuary and as an example of ecosystem management.

Phone: 250-746-7030
Email: info@somenosmarsh.com
Website: http://www.somenosmarsh.com


Straitkeepers and Beach Clean-ups

Straikeepers: Volunteers from the community are trained and equiped to conduct ongoing intertidal studies.
Beach Clean-ups: Volunteers record and identify all the debris they find and this data is fowarded to the International Coastal Cleanup.

Street: 195 Commercial Street
Nanaimo, V9R 5G5
Phone: 250-753-3459
Email: gsa@georgiastrait.org
Website: http://www.georgiastrait.org




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