Environment Articles

With the Target Program focus shifting to the environment for the next three years, now is the perfect time to increase your environmental arwareness. There is so much to learn and so much you – and your club – can do to make positive changes!  A good place to start (or continue) would be to attend the FAWCO Environment Festival on May...

by Valerie Garforth, FAUSA

The longer we reuse our stuff, the longer we keep it out of the waste stream. This is a sure way to reduce the amount of trash going into the landfill. “Reuse” is the third in a list of five Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse (Repurpose, Restore, Repair), Recycle, Rot (compost). We have looked at Refuse and...

by Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland

Global Reads – The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall

The FAWCO Virtual Interim Meeting on March 4–6 included a discussion of Jane Goodall’s The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide or an Endangered Planet. This book has a great, hopeful message!! After a presentation by Valerie Garforth, participants divided into small groups to talk...

by Sheila Doucet, AAWE Paris

I am not a gardener. I live in an apartment, right smack dab in the middle of Paris. Once, however – inspired by the majesty of a tree-lined avenue of jacaranda trees in full bloom – I returned from vacation with a packet of seeds and promptly set about the business of starting a forest. From one packet,

• sustainable living
• conservation
• seeds

by Amanda Drollinger, AWC Central Scotland

I had the privilege of attending COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021. It was an amazing opportunity to hear directly from environmental action groups, environmental innovators, the United Nations, the World Health Organization, national and international organizations, nations and world leaders. They shared their plans, strategies and trajectories for navigating the climate crises and climate...

by Anne van Oorschot, AWC The Hague

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