East Vancouver is hotter in summer than the west side of Vancouver. Why? Primarily the lack of shade from the tree canopy. Shouldn’t the City of Vancouver prioritize more big trees on the east side? Oliver Gatzke would like the City of Vancouver to consider this issue. Come and find out why.
https://youtu.be/CIljpV9DY14 The interdependent web of the Vancouver Unitarians Prepare for the March 9 Congregational Retreat on strategic directions. Explore what we learned in the congregational identity project to clarify our unique strengths, needs, and challenges as we chart our course for the future, with our new minister. These are the 6 themes that…
Sponsored by the Environment Team Speakers: Michelle Marcus from ChangeCourse and Yvonne Marcus Canada's “Big 5” banks — RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO and CIBC — are among the top fossil fuel funders in the world. By providing key loans to pipelines and fossil fuel extraction projects, these banks are financing the…
Presenter: Reilly Yeo, Candidate for Ministry, Unitarian Universalist Association; Community Fellow, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society; and Cofounder, Climate Plan. This 90-minute session will bring you together as Unitarian Universalists to confront and transcend anxieties about climate change. Anyone who is paying attention knows we are in a crisis;…
Those of you who were not able to attend the in-person event on March 9, will have an opportunity to participate in the zoom version. The main features will be the same: a presentation by Karen Bartlett of our current situation, and small group discussions on our priorities and goals.…
There are some small choices we make that have a huge impact - Learn more at the VanU Environment Team's forum. This forum will feature a presentation by Dr. David Steele, President and Exec. Director of Earthsave Canada.
Environment Team sponsored Forum May 26 at 12:45 PM in the sanctuary. CLEAN BC OR FRACKED LNG? Guest speaker Peter McCartney Wilderness Committee Climate Campaign Lead Peter will address the issue of BC's trending policy of promoting fracking and new LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) terminals.
This is a forum to discuss the Special Resolution on Endorsement of the CUC Statement calling for Permanent Ceasefire in Israel/Palestine and Return of Hostages. Item 10 of the Vancouver Unitarians EGM on June 9th is the reading and vote on this Special Resolution. Click to see full text of…
The Vancouver Unitarians will host a one hour forum, with questions welcomed, on the future of the Vancouver Park Board with Parks chair Brennan Bastyovanszky, at the Vancouver Unitarians Sanctuary. The event will be also be live-streamed on YouTube. Last December, Mayor Sim announced his plan to dissolve the elected…
Please join the Social Justice Team in sending postcards to ALL provincial party leaders to urge them to implement policy for vacancy control and safe supply. We will meet in the Fireside Room from 12:30-1:30. Postcards, postage and snacks will be provided.
The impacts of a changing climate are in our faces daily. Are you anxious and not knowing what to do? Hundreds of BC citizens took direct action against the fossil fuel perpetrators of the crisis and were arrested on Burnaby Mountain for opposition to TMX, a pipeline carrying diluted bitumen…
The Doctrine of Discovery comprises several 15th century papal bulls proclaiming that Christian nations had the right to take possession of the lands of non-Christians to save their souls by Christianizing them. The Doctrine of Terra Nullius (vacant land) was considered to apply to land not yet occupied by Christians,…
