{"content":[{"text":"vi. Protect and enhance Nature’s Solutions: set provincial goal for carbon sequestration \n and storage; ecological protection \n vii. Electric Power: Stop Site C. Invest in alternatives such as wind, solar, geothermal. \n viii. First Nations Solutions: accelerate initiatives to support BC’s Indigenous \n communities on climate actions \n ix. Schools and curriculum: all schools teach Ecology and Climate Solutions \n x. Citizen Engagement and Mobilization","bbox":{"left":0.175735,"top":0.094104,"width":0.705087,"height":0.125972}},{"text":"6.","bbox":{"left":0.1471,"top":0.241894,"width":0.01475399999999999,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"Watch Dogging Sooke Council Meetings. Hester reported on the Sooke Council meeting \n that took place on March 8. A large part of the meeting was spent on bylaw variances— \n nothing contentious. Alan reported on the March 22 meeting: vote to accept LCR \n definition of “climate first”, changing business licence requirements for farm stands, \n Wild Wise will be building purple martin houses, bat houses, and a seal pup haul out \n near Ed MacGregor Park; pilot project to charge food trucks in Sooke a service fee of \n $250/month. Please contact Hester if you are able to help in watch dogging council or \n committee meetings.","bbox":{"left":0.176552,"top":0.241894,"width":0.7030780000000001,"height":0.14491199999999999}},{"text":"7. \n i)","bbox":{"left":0.1471,"top":0.408586,"width":0.01475399999999999,"height":0.03345999999999999}},{"text":"OCP and Climate Action Team (of Transition Sooke): \n Scenario D: The consultancy firm Dialog has put together 3 scenarios on where \n Sooke could house the expected addition of 12,000 new residents over 30 years. \n Our issue is not where to expand, but should we expand at all, given the impact of \n high rates of growth on GHGs in Sooke. We developed Scenario “D”, with low \n growth centred mostly in the town centre, buildings for local businesses, low-cost \n and affordable housing. We sent the scenario to the Sooke Council as well as to all \n the committees. \n Press release “Sooke needs to slow growth to meet climate change challenge” sent \n to media. Published by Sooke Pocket News, and hopefully Sooke News Mirror. Also \n sent to Discourse, CFAX, CBC-Radio, CHEK TV, Tyee and Narwhal. \n Presentation to District of Sooke’s OCP Committee. Susan B and Alan made a \n presentation of our concerns to the OCP Committee. They pointed out that just by \n increasing the number of households by 1200 (as per Sooke’s current plan) would \n increase GHG emissions by 60%. The presentation generated good discussion \n amongst the committee. \n Alan’s Op Ed “Bert’s Dilemma” was published by the Sooke News Mirror. \n TS members who wrote “Letters to the Editor” on this topic: Chris, Roland, Paula. \n OCP Video Stars and Town Hall: we asked people in Sooke, especially youth, to send \n in selfie videos on how they felt about Sooke—what they liked, what didn’t they like, \n how they feel about the pop growth in Sooke. The team also did some on-the-street \n interviews. We hope to hold a video showing “Town Hall’ with the interviewees, \n their friends and family to view the videos and discuss the issues raised. The second \n Town Hall would be more formal, with guest speakers on topics of “degrowth” as \n well as looking at how other communities have been able to keep growth in check.","bbox":{"left":0.176552,"top":0.408586,"width":0.7042190000000002,"height":0.459129}},{"text":"ii)","bbox":{"left":0.1471,"top":0.556376,"width":0.014932,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"iii)","bbox":{"left":0.1471,"top":0.611932,"width":0.019426,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"iv) \n v) \n vi)","bbox":{"left":0.1471,"top":0.704444,"width":0.01941599999999999,"height":0.05212200000000011}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}