Tag Archive for: Environment

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Gardening: Backyard Butterflies

Learn how you can attract butterflies and moths to your garden or patio! These special visitors play a crucial role in pollination and as a food source for birds. Master Gardener, Carole Forsythe will show us which plants butterflies and moths love and how to keep your garden safe for them. She’ll also talk about the lifecycle of these winged friends and special needs they have at all stages.

 

This session will be live in person and streamed live via Zoom. All registrants will receive the Zoom link. Unfortunately it will not be recorded.

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Climate Films: Juice

Join us to watch a climate-themed movie and have a discussion about the issues raised. Free popcorn is provided!

Join us for our Climate Films Series! On the second Wednesday of each month we will screen a film about the climate crisis, focusing especially on existing, difference-making solutions. We will have a brief discussion after the film led by members of Regenerate BC and the New Westminster Climate Action Hub.

While electricity availability doesn’t guarantee wealth, its absence almost always means poverty. Juice takes viewers to Beirut, Reykjavik, Kolkata, San Juan, Manhattan, and Boulder to tell the human story of electricity and to explain why power equals power. The defining inequality in the world today is the disparity between the electricity rich and the electricity poor. In fact, there are more than 3 billion people on the planet today who are using less electricity than what’s used by an average American refrigerator. Juice shows how electricity explains everything from women’s rights and climate change to Bitcoin mining and indoor marijuana production. Juice explains who has electricity, who’s getting it, and how developing countries all over the world are working to bring their people out of the dark and into the light.

 

Popcorn will be provided! Bring your own bowl!

Ages 12+

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Climate Films: I am the Magpie River

Join us to watch a climate-themed movie and have a discussion about the issues raised. Free popcorn is provided!

Join us for our Climate Films Series! On the second Wednesday of each month we will screen a film about the climate crisis, focusing especially on existing, difference-making solutions. We will have a brief discussion after the film led by members of Regenerate BC and the New Westminster Climate Action Hub.

The Magpie River, located in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region, is one of the last great rivers to flow freely in this part of the world. Nestled in a spectacular mountainous landscape, this mighty river flows through an unspoiled boreal forest, inhabited by caribou, wolves and bears. In March 2021, it became the first river in North America to obtain legal personhood, joining pioneering countries such as Bolivia and New Zealand, which have also recognized the rights of nature to rivers and forests, granting them protections comparable to humans.

 

Popcorn will be provided! Bring your own bowl!

Ages 12+

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Climate Films: Food Synergy

Join us to watch a climate-themed movie and have a discussion about the issues raised. Free popcorn is provided!

Join us for our new Climate Films Series! On the second Wednesday of each month we will screen a film about the climate crisis, focusing especially on existing, difference-making solutions. We will have a brief discussion after the film led by members of Regenerate BC and the New Westminster Climate Action Hub. For this special presentation, the filmmaker, Vivian Davidson, will be present for the film and discussion!

In a world where food waste is the third largest contributor of CO2 globally and is sadly all too often ignored, innovative people will show the economic, social, and environmental benefits of what can happen when it is addressed. Food Synergy confronts this issue head-on, offering an inspiring and solutions-driven approach to food waste by spotlighting practical, often simple strategies that can be applied across the entire food supply chain.

Set primarily in British Columbia, Canada, Food Synergy demonstrates that while food loss is a global issue, the innovative solutions shared can inspire worldwide change. By presenting hopeful, real-life stories, the film empowers viewers to embrace more sustainable practices and redefine their relationship with food.

 

Popcorn will be provided! Bring your own bowl!

Ages 12+

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Climate Friendly Homes Tour

Visit Climate Friendly Homes in New Westminster to see firsthand what people are doing to make their homes more comfortable and climate friendly.

What is a Climate Friendly Home? A Climate Friendly Home is an energy-efficient home that has been built or retrofit to reduce the energy demand and carbon emissions of the building. Whether it reaches higher steps of the BC Energy and Zero Carbon Step Codes, uses the most efficient heating, cooling and hot water systems or has an improved building envelope with added insulation and highly efficient windows, a Climate Friendly Home can have lots of features that make the home more sustainable, comfortable to live in, cheaper to operate, and more!

Check out homes in New Westminster and see which homes you would like to visit on the tour.

You may also like to check out the Sustainable Home Info Sessions which is a special event during the Climate Friendly Homes Tour.

Please note, there is no event AT the New Westminster Public Library around the Climate Friendly Homes Tour or the Sustainable Home Information Sessions. Follow the links to register, find the addresses, and tour the homes out in the community. This event is being promoted as part of the NWPL’s Earth Week programming.

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Low-Carbon Vacations in BC

Want to plan a great low-carbon, climate-friendly vacation for your family or friends but don’t know where to start? How about a bike holiday on the Gulf Islands? Join Garey Carlson from HUB New West for a fun and practical information session on planning your next holiday by bike!

This event is part of our Earth Week programming.

Presented in collaboration with HUB Cycling New Westminster Chapter

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Transforming Climate Emotions into Climate Action

Does thinking about climate change cause you anxiety, sadness or fear? Climate emotions can deeply affect our physical and mental wellbeing. Join us in an inclusive and equitable space to learn about tools to connect you to your emotions, and how to turn those feelings into action.
Event presented by Christine Coles with Space & Beyond Climate Action

This event is part of Earth Week at the Library.

Gardening: Companion Planting

  • sorry we have had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. We will try to reschedule in the future.

Gardening: Living Compost

Living compost is more than just an organic fertilizer; it is a dynamic ecosystem filled with diverse microorganisms that promote plant growth and enhance soil resilience. In this workshop, you will learn how to identify high-quality compost, understand what makes it “alive,” tap into the potential of its microscopic workforce to improve the health and productivity of your garden, and help the climate by capturing more carbon in your soil! This session is ideal for urban gardeners, empowering you to make informed choices and transform your soil into a thriving, life-supporting habitat.

Our instructor for this session is Jo Tobias from RootShoot Soils, who specializes in natural management of soil health.

This session will be presented live in person and be broadcast via Zoom. All registered participants will receive the Zoom link. Unfortunately the presentation will not be recorded.

 

This event is part of our Earth Week programming