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Extra Extra, this Month's Greenest City Newsletter is out!
https://link.lists.vancouver.ca/v/443/81f138bdeac23c113534ac2bf9b0b519104e3d5a46fb349d

In this issue...

• Register for Go by Bike Week and log your ride daily to win prizes! May 3 - to June 5 https://hubcycling.ca/events/go-by-bike-week

• Register for the St George Rainway Bee Bioblitz, a great event to put on your citizen scientist goggles and lab coat (very optional), learn about bees, and count insect species! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/st-george-rainway-bee-bioblitz-tickets-1985005201994

  • Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6hDqJ5JuDdXBRybp6
  • Saturday, May 23, 1 - 3 pm

• And many other free events!

  • Plant maintenance https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/plant-maintenance-bioblitz-at-renfrew-community-park-tickets-1988939524659
    • Renfrew Community Park
    • Wednesday, May 20, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
  • Hastings Sunrise cleanup https://app.betterimpact.com/PublicOrganization/c6e38574-b5fa-4920-9679-a5ec7c8dd23c/Activity/31e26452-01a2-4266-9628-789ab77586a2/
    • Kiwassa Neighbourhood House
    • Thursday, May 28, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Climate Cafe for Seniors https://anc.ca.apm.activecommunities.com/vancouver/activity/search/detail/612395
    • Kitsilano Community Centre
    • Friday, May 29, 1 - 2:30 pm
  • Pop-up Recycling & Free Swap https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/calendar-of-events.aspx?eventid=197270636&trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D197270636
    • AR Lord Elementary School
    • Saturday, May 30, 10 am - 1 pm

• And more! Once again, here's the link to the newsletter, where you can subscribe to future issues! https://link.lists.vancouver.ca/v/443/81f138bdeac23c113534ac2bf9b0b519104e3d5a46fb349d

Wanna see microclimate in action? Travel through these colours to see how trees cool us down on a hot summer day.

Tree Canopy Coverage https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/vancouvers-urban-forests-grow-4-over-decade-9224052

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/vancouvers-tree-canopy-is-expanding-to-help-protect-from-extreme-heat/

That's why the City is planting more trees: not just as a carbon-negative way to increase safety, but also as an additional boost to urban biodiversity.

This brings us to climate justice, where the climate crisis affects different demographics unequally. Minorities/those who live in lower-income neighbourhoods or experience existing systemic challenges are often disproportionately affected (think: seniors, children, pregnant women, newcomers, people with disabilities or chronic illness, etc).

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/news/vancouvers-million-dollar-homes-symbol-of-growing-inequality-3012465

Other than democratize canopy, what else can we do to improve climate resilience and climate justice?

Every Friday, BC Impact & Sustainability Collective publishes a job roundup, kudos to them!
Follow their LinkedIn page if you're interested in these updates.

Here's this week's post:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/britishcolumbia-bcjobs-impactjobs-share-7458585236508008449-UleY/
All the best to you if you're job hunting or thinking of changing careers! 🤞