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    Just because it's broke doesn't mean it isn't fixable. An initiative of Zero Waste Sooke, the Repair Cafe is a family-friendly free service that welcomes people to bring items for repair. Anything that is broken is fair game (lamps, hairdryers, furniture, bikes, toys, crockery, fabrics). if you can carry it through the door, someone will help you repair it. Repairing items rather than junking them saves money and resources while also reducing the mountains of trash we are accumulating as well as minimizing the CO2 emissions that result from the manufacturing of replacements. Come learn new skills, meet neighbours, and enjoy tea or coffee and cookies even if you don't have something to repair.
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    Transition Sooke is holding a virtual Town Hall to discuss the rate of growth in our community. We are concerned that increasing growth means increasing greenhouse gas emissions and we will have a much greater challenge meeting our climate change targets. Most residents are frustrated with the increase in traffic already; this is the time to consider our options. The Town Hall will kick off with a short video called “Growing Pains.” In the video, Sooke residents talk about the future of their community and what they think about the changes that are happening. An open discussion with participants will follow. In the engagement process for the new Official Community Plan, Sooke residents had the opportunity to choose from scenarios that proposed where growth should occur. But Sooke residents haven’t been asked how much more they want to grow in 10 years. We hope this Town Hall will bring a focus to the concerns of residents and ideas for a sustainable and climate-resilient town for our children. We look forward to hearing from you. The event will be held online on Zoom. To register and get the login information, email sooketransition@gmail.com
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    An All-Candidates Forum for the candidates in the Langford-Juan de Fuca electoral riding for this month’s provincial election will gather for a unique, online forum via ZOOM on Thursday, Oct. 15th at 7:00PM. The evening is co-hosted by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce, the WestShore Chamber of Commerce and the Sooke Multi-Belief Initiative. Sooke Mayor Maja Tait will moderate. The candidates are: Gord Baird (Green), Kelly Darwin (Liberal), John Horgan (NDP), and Tyson Riel Strandlund (Communist). The forum will use a unique non-confrontational method. Instead of engaging in a political debate, the candidates will be asked to address six pre-determined issues, presenting their visions for the future. The six issues are: resolving issues of mental health and homelessness; economic growth during and post pandemic; affordable housing; transportation; climate change action plans; and meaningful alliance with Indigenous Peoples. To attend the ZOOM forum, please register ahead with the WestShore Chamber of Commerce by going to their website (www.westshore.bc.ca). Select “Event Registration”. Click on October 15 on the calendar, fill in and submit your registration. You will receive an email with your ZOOM log-in just prior to the event. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube. For more information, contact Don Brown, Sooke Multi-Belief Initiative: donhbrown@shaw.ca. (250) 884-9636
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    Following a successful Green New Deal Town Hall in June, Transition Sooke will be hosting a Community Action Workshop to take action on climate change issues raised at the June meeting. "Sooke region residents are anxious about the impacts of climate disruption on their cherished West Coast environment, on their family's health and on the local economy,"said Susan Clarke, the coordinator of Transition Sooke's Climate Emergency Action Group. "Many members of our community have indicated that taking action reduces their anxiety and sense of powerlessness. They have also made it abundantly clear, particularly with provincial and federal inaction on climate change, that we need to take local, meaningful action as soon as possible." The morning will feature several short keynote addresses. We will break at 11-12 to enable participants to attend the Orange Shirt Day commemoration to be held in the centre of Sooke. Lunch will be provided by Transition Sooke. After lunch, we will be breaking into action tables. The action tables will focus on creating teams, hearing from a number of different resource people in the community already working on these issues, and starting to build action plans for the upcoming year. Some of the identified issues that will be discussed include rainwater harvesting, divestment from fossil fuels, local renewable energy options, ecosystem and species protection, local economic models, food security agriculture, and ideas for addressing transportation issues.
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    Toaster broken? Your favourite chair needs a new seat covering? Bicycle gears frozen? Don’t toss! Bring them to Zero Waste Sooke’s fifth Repair Café. Local volunteer repair experts will be there to help you. Bicycle over and learn how you can tune your bike for spring. Bonus: the service is free of charge. This family friendly event welcomes everyone in town to bring items for repair. Anything that is broken is fair game—lamps, hair dryers, clothes, fabrics, electronic appliances, furniture, bikes, toys, teapots and crockery included. No guarantees, but more than likely these items can be repaired. Learn new skills, meet your neighbours, and enjoy some coffee (or tea) and cookies. Nothing to repair? Just drop in and join the fun. “If you can carry it through the door, someone will try to help you repair it!” says Bernie Klassen of Zero Waste Sooke. “We trash mountains of stuff on this planet and it’s got to stop. Repairing items rather than junking them saves money and resources while also minimizing the C02 emissions that result from the manufacturing of their replacements.” The first Repair Café was held in Amsterdam in 2009. Since then, Repair Cafes have been popping up all around the world. Zero Waste Sooke, a working group of Transition Sooke, operates this event under license with Repair Café International. For more information, please contact Bernie Klassen at: ebklassen@gmail.com
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