forwarded from and email message:

Hello,
The CVRD Environment Commission needs your help. We've come up with 12 big ideas for how to build a strong, resilient community (details below).

Now we need your input to turn these ideas into a solid plan that gives local government clear direction for the future. Our timeline for getting your input is November 10, 2008.

How you can help:
1. Go to http://www.12things.ca/12things/index.php
to read about our ideas, and fill out our survey. And then get everyone else in your household to do the same. (Yes, Chances of prizes!!)

2. Come to our Community Conversation event next Wednesday November 5th at 7pm (details below).

3. Forward this email to all your friends that live in the Cowichan region.

Thank you!

Kate Miller, M.Sc., MCIP
Environmental Manager
Cowichan Valley Regional District
175 Ingram Street
Duncan, BC V9L 1N8
Tel: (250) 746-2509
Fax:(250) 746-2513
kmiller@cvrd.bc.ca

p.s. Keep your eyes peeled for a large brochure about our 12 big ideas, arriving in your home mailbox later this week.

Our 12 big ideas
We’re so lucky to have a wealth of natural assets - forests, rivers, plants, animals, land, air and water - here in the Cowichan region. But we have made some mistakes in how we have managed these assets (e.g. we dump our sewage into the river and our carbon into the air, we’re depleting our groundwater supply in some parts of the region, and we’re building on farmland because it is often easier and cheaper - in the short term - than reclaiming contaminated sites or insisting on building denser communities.)

If we carry on living for today and not thinking about tomorrow, we run the risk of losing these natural assets forever. This is why we put together our list of big ideas for making our region more sustainable. Our list is made up of small, medium and large actions we need to take to build a strong, resilient Cowichan. Do you agree with our ideas? Let us know at www.12things.ca

Community Conversation: Community-based Economics What: Please join us for a lively discussion about the relationship between environment and economy. We’ve invited some local big thinkers to help us with this conversation, including Donna Morton, Chris Corp, Brandy Gallagher, Chris Wood and others. We’ll also be presenting our 12 big ideas for a strong, resilient Cowichan.

Where: 930 Trunk Road (Duncan Christian Reform Church)

When: Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 7pm

If you can't come, but want to let us know if you think we are on the right track with our 12 big ideas, please visit our website and complete our survey and feedback form: www.12things.ca

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