While this is sort of like a ‘report’ on the Islands Trust open community meeting on Pender Island (British Columbia, Canada), I am putting this up as a ‘blog’ rather than a ‘newsletter’ because it is not about an observer-excluding journalistic view of this event, it is about my situationally included experience.  I attended the meeting since members of the community were invited to do so, to openly ‘share their views’ on proposed ‘climate change’ amendments to the ‘Official Community Plan’ for North Pender Island.

These amendments were precipitated by .. “the Provincial Government of B.C.’s ‘Bill 27 (the Local Government (Green Communities) Statutes Amendment Act) which requires that all Official Community Plans be amended to included greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets and climate change policies by May 31, 2010.”

Anyone interested can see the ‘Fact Sheets’ associated with this initiative at www.islandstruct.bc.ca/climatechange

To give a taste of this, here’s an excerpt from the FACT SHEET on ‘The Science of Climate Change’ at; http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/climatechange/pdf/scienceandimpactsofclimatechange.pdf

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