Environment

Earth Hour Quietly Acknowledged

by Barbara McPherson | March 29, 2009 at 09:49 am

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Saturday night, Earth Hour, a group of people gathered in Nanaimo to discuss food -- local food, food security, nutritious food. The evening started with a shared, locally sourced meal followed by discussion groups. Interested people participated in finding out where local food could be sourced, discussed difficulties with bureaucracy, and fair return to food producers.

Nanaimo is located on Vancouver Island, an area that once produced much more food than today. It is uniquely positioned to regain some of that production.

At eight thirty a candle was lit and the lights dimmed. The group maintained silent contemplation of the earth and its bounty for two minutes.

It looks like the message about food security is beginning to be heard.

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Yuliya Talmazan

at 09:54 on March 29th, 2009

Sounds like a great way to discuss pressing issues. Thanks for sharing.

sara star

at 16:58 on March 29th, 2009

Great original piece.

Celebrated every April 22, Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide.More than 6 million Canadians join 1 billion people in over 170 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity.
Environmental challenges abound as our daily actions pollute and degrade the fragile environment that humans and wildlife depend on to survive.

There is also an Equinox Earth Day that falls on the Spring Equinox, March 20.