Let’s Talk About Water is showcasing two online films about food, water, migrant workers and farmers from now until Mar. 22.
Join Wascana Solar Co-op’s Group Buy Director for a virtual question and answer around net billing and the Co-op’s group buy process at 7:30 pm, Mar. 4.
Join the McDowell Foundation for an online discussion of the value of outdoor learning from 7-8:30 pm, Mar. 4.
There will be an online presentation on geographic song and plumage variation in Willow Flycatchers at 3:30 pm, Mar. 5, as part of the WildEcol Seminar Series.
Songs 4 Nature will host a virtual winter showcase of original songs at 7 pm, Mar. 5.
Saskatoon Nature Society members will be birding at Pike Lake from 1:30-4:30 pm, Mar. 7. Advance registration is required.
SaskOutdoors is holding an online annual general meeting from 7-8 pm, Mar. 8.
Pick up some tips and tricks for reducing your waste in a virtual presentation in Regina from 7-8 pm, Mar. 9.
For Peat’s Sake – Protecting Northern Saskatchewan Muskegs will be screening and discussing For Our Peat’s Sake documenting the fight to protect the Winnipeg watershed region wetlands at 7 pm, Mar. 10.
Nature Regina’s Get Outside! Kids’ Club will meet from 10 am-12 pm, Mar. 10. Be sure to register in advance.
Find out about the managing for bird species at risk and incentives guide with Nature Saskatchewan at 7 pm, Mar. 11.
A full list of upcoming events (online and in person) can be found on the EcoFriendly Sask Calendar
Waste Reduction
If Regina’s organic waste pilot project went city-wide, it could divert 18,000 tonnes or 31% of waste annually.
The Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council has set up a Facebook group for people to connect about anything regarding repairing.
Feed your moths and embellish your imperfections – the expert guide to making clothes last forever. [Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle: Tips for Decluttering Your Home and the Planet]
France is tackling throwaway culture with a repairability index to be displayed at the point of sale. “If you’re in the market for a new device, the score out of ten will tell you how easy it will be to get it fixed.”
The Circular Economy Global Sector Best Practices series engages Canadian firms and innovators in the journey towards a circular economy. This month’s episode looks at construction.
The YXEWildlife project is now posting on Facebook to show us what is happening around us and when we’re asleep at night. [You Don’t Have to Leave the City to Connect with Wildlife] Dr. Ryan Fisher, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, has plans for Regina to join the Urban Wildlife Information Network by setting up an urban wildlife monitoring system similar to the one in Saskatoon.
Help Doug Clark, University of Saskatchewan, process photographs of Arctic bears.
The Canadian government will invest $402,000 over 3 years to conserve and restore native prairie and shoreline habitat around Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve.
Book Time
In Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert explores the unintended consequences of human initiatives to tame and control nature.
Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Earth’s Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World, says, “The sounds of the natural world are beautiful and they make us happy.” If we lose them, “we lose joy.”
Bird Play
Bird jokes so bad they should be “ill-eagle”
Play Crow Bingo - beginner & intermediate levels – on your next walk.
Check out EcoFriendly Sask’s Nature Companion, a free nature app for Canada’s four western provinces
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