Western Environment Centre Newfoundland

"We are at a really new moment in human history." Much of our work has climate at the core, so we've been following this ongoing discussion on transforming Newfoundland and Labrador's energy economy with Dr. Angela Carter closely. Here are two additional interviews with Dr. Carter that we encourage our members to listen to, and an article that summarizes the issues:... https://www.cbc.ca//offshore-oil-industry-book-angela-cart https://www.cbc.ca//15812515-otg-asks-oil-advocates-questi https://www.cbc.ca//15812517-more-questions-moving-away-oi

As part of our Green Living Workshop Series, we partnered with Drive Electric NL to bring you an info session and Q&A all about electric vehicles.

Keep your eyes out for this exciting initiative!

Today's the day we're launching our brand new website! Find the brand new site here: www.wecnl.ca and don't forget to sign up to our mailing list to stay in the loop on everything still to come. Let us know what you think!

Our November email update is available now!

Heads up! The deadline to apply for this exciting opportunity to work with local food in the Humber Valley is this Wednesday, October 28th, at 5:00pm.

Our monthly email update is out today! Check it out here. https://mailchi.mp//oct2020-update-western-environment-cen

Big news! We're soon launching our brand new website, where we're delighted to showcase our projects, and share our vision for a more sustainable environment and food future in Western Newfoundland. If you haven't already, sign up for WEC updates here: www.wecnl.ca, and you'll be the first to know when our new site is live.

Big thanks to our volunteers Sage, Malach, and Niki, who helped us with sifting compost from the Humber Heights Community Compost this past weekend! We're so happy to have their help at our community gardens this Fall. Do you know a student interested in gaining volunteer experience in our gardens? Contact us at [email protected] to talk with Katie about volunteer opportunities.

We're excited to be partnering with Food First NL to help pilot the "Humber Valley Food Hub". This project needs a Program Coordinator: someone who is business savvy, community-minded, and who understands the value of local food! If this sounds like you, check out the full job post and apply right here: https://www.foodfirstnl.ca/jobs.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Community Garden Grand Opening this past Saturday! Amazing weather and wonderful company. Special thanks to the Reid Street garden committee for helping make it happen, and to the City of Corner Brook for partnering to make the project such a success!

It won't be long and our volunteers will be geared up for your cherry, pear, and apple picking needs In the meantime, if you feel overwhelmed with any other fruit or vegetable please reach out and we'll split the harvest amongst you, the volunteers, and community members in need.

The gardens are growing well!

We are making progress! Ten of the beds are now in place at Caribou Road. Just waiting for five more. Thanks to City of Corner Brook for the construction job! Big thanks to the wonderful and strong volunteers who helped out today. Also got the shed delivered to Reid Street. Hurray!

The garden shed and some beds have arrived at the Caribou Road Community Garden site! A few of us will be putting the beds in place this morning, and then they can start to get filled with compost and soil. Hopefully gardeners will be able to start planting within a week or two. Hurray!