climate Archives - Vancouver Unitarians

Intersection event a success

Groups, IBPOC, Social JusticeJanuary 25, 2024

On a cold rainy January 20 evening, almost 80 people gathered in community to share a warm, educational, and uplifting event called: Exploring the Intersections between Colonialism, Racism, and Climate Change. This was the first time that all four of the VU Action Teams (IPA, Environment, Social Justice, Refugee) collaborated and it showed in the variety…

Vancouver Unitarians vote to encourage members to move money out of Big 5 Banks

EnvironmentDecember 11, 2023

Vancouver, BC – As the world braces for another disappointing conclusion of the annual global climate talks, COP 28 in Dubai, Vancouver Unitarians “light one candle rather than curse the darkness.” We believe that action is the antidote to despair, so we have voted to encourage our members to defund fossil fuels by moving money…

Vancouver Unitarians vote to move their money for Climate Justice

Blog, EnvironmentNovember 23, 2023

Members vote to divest from Canada's Big 5 Banks over fossil fuel financing As a co-operative and democratic community, Vancouver Unitarian members voted by a large majority at our Annual General Meeting last weekend to encourage our members, who bank at the five major Canadian banks, to move their financial business elsewhere because Canadian banks…

Join us at the Climate Strike march and rally

Children and Families, Environment, Lifespan, YouthSep 15, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join Rev. Shawn Gauthier, our UCV Environment Team along with many other members and friends of the Vancouver Unitarians at the Climate march and rally this Friday, Sept. 15th! The event gets underway at 1p.m. outside Vancouver City Hall at the corner of 12 Avenue and Cambie Street. The UCV contingent will be meeting in the…

“All We Can Save” Book Study Group

Books Theatre Writing, Environment, Zero WasteFebruary 16, 2023

An invitation from Metro Vancouver Unitarian Zero Waste Group: Are you hungry for deeper dialogue about the climate crisis and building community around solutions? This question opens the description of the small-group discussion program Circles, based on the 2021 anthology All We Can Save. Find out more about the online resources and format…