Who are we?
We are all volunteers involved in very exciting projects aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of our community... one emission at a time!
Oh, and we are also registered as a non-profit society with a mission and purpose that you can read here.
Contact Us
Want to get involved and share in the fun that we are having reinventing our community? Just turn up at one of our meetings or events, or get in touch! It's that easy!
Email:
squamishcan@gmail.com
Phone:
604.562.0446
(Krystle tenBrink, President)
Seasonal Foods of Sea to Sky
NEW! SQUAMISH CAN'S FOOD CALENDAR - Squamish CAN promotes seasonal eating with the Sea to Sky food calendar. Choosing to eat seasonal foods grown locally is good for our health, our community's economy and the environment.
The calendar promotes growing our own food by telling us what to grow and when and, if that's not possible, it shows us when produce is harvested so we can purchase in season at the farmers' market or at the grocery store. Read the full story as published in The Chief here and download the calendar here, or get your copy at your local farmers' market along the Sea-to-Sky Corridor.
Squamish CAN's Bike-rack Brigade
The Bike-rack Brigade at the Farmers' Market & Pavilion Park!
July 2011 - Squamish CAN’s Bike-rack Brigade has worked in collaboration with Dobra Design and the District of Squamish to bring two bike-racks to Pavilion Park and the Farmers’ Market area. Every Saturday morning, it is wonderful to see so many bikes downtown; it was about time we had some racks so they are not all over the place, lying around. The demand is such, we do not expect two bike-racks will take care of it all, but Squamish CAN will continue to work to add more. Check out other Bike-rack Brigade missions here.
Photo: Farmers’ Market Manager Carolyn Morris (left), Squamish CAN Coordinator Ana Santos (centre) and DoS Operations Supervisor Scott Lamont (right).
Disclaimer
-DISCLAIMER-
Please note that Squamish CAN does not necessarily endorse any companies, products or services mentioned in this website. Our intention is to inform, not to endorse, and we expect everybody to apply due diligence and take responsibility for their own choices.
Events
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Squamish CAN... become a Blue Community
Squamish CAN... Become a Blue Community
WHAT is a Blue Community? One that adopts a water commons framework - water belongs to no one and is the responsibility of all - by taking on three actions.
1. Recognizing water as a human right.
2. Promoting publicly financed, owned and operated water and wastewater services.
3. Banning the sale of bottled water in public facilities and at municipal events.
HOW to become a Blue Community? With Squamish CAN and the community's encouragement and support, the District of Squamish needs to:
Sign a municipal declaration recognizing water as a human right.
Ban or phase out the sale and purchase of bottled water in municipally owned facilities and at municipal events.
DOS Take Back the Tap January 2011. YEAH!
Pass a resolution or declaration to keep water and wastewater infrastructure in public hands in our community.
WHO is already a Blue Community?
Burnaby, BC … March 22nd 2011 … The FIRST in Canada!
Victoria, BC ... June 2011
Tiny, ONT … September 2011 … population just over 10,000!
Ajax, ONT … December 2011 …
North Vancouver, BC … February 2012
Blue Communities PROJECT … is a joint initiative of the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to help communities protect the water commons – our shared water resources – in the face of increasing pressure to put water up for sale and privatize water services.
WHY a Blue Community?
Take a look this Blue Communities Project Guide for the many reasons …
WHERE are we?
Squamish CAN has been in communications with the DOS to hopefully move forward.
CALL TO ACTION!!! Interested in participating? Questions? Feedback? Suggestions?
Contact Star Morris semorris@uniserve.com t: 604.892.2212
Squamish CAN gets recognized as an outstanding volunteer group
Squamish's 3rd re-use-it fair - April 28th, 2012
In collaboration with the District of Squamish, Squamish CAN’s Re-Use-It Fair event is already setting forward-looking standards and inspiring trends. On Sat April 28, 2012 hundreds of people helped keep over 97 tonnes of material out of the landfill.
Statistics
Fall 2011 - 185 vehicles - 70 tonnes of material - 2 tonnes landfilled 70 tonnes reused or recycled
Spring 2012 - 270 vehicles - 97 tonnes of material - 5 tonnes landfilled 92 tonnes reused or recycled
Lets Celebrate No More Free Dump Days!
Congratulations to the entire community of Squamish for participating and putting so much effort into changing our collective behaviour. Remember, waste reduction makes sense, and not just in an environmental way. Our landfill is currently being expanded; it is a big hole in the land but also in our financial plan – millions of our taxpayer dollars are being spent to patch it up! And how long is the new landfill going to last? They say just 5 years – can we really be happy with that!?
The success of events like the re-use-it fair tells us this is far from the case. We are obviously learning to be responsible not just over what we consume but in the way we dispose of our stuff too! :)
Special thanks to all our volunteers and supporters, including; the District of Squamish, Squamish Lions Club, Squamish Scrap Metal, Carney’s Waste Systems, Miller Capilano, Squamish Insurance, Squamish Re-Build and all the volunteers that helped out, this was our largest re-use-it fair to date!
Squamish CAN's Library
Squamish CAN's library is housed at ‘In the Raw Organics’ on Cleveland Avenue, downtown Squamish. For a small donation, you can borrow any movie or book, any time*. ‘In the Raw Organics’ is open 7 days a week; don’t forget the popcorn while you are there!
*Please note movies are exclusively for home use; many require a licence for public or educational use (for more info, contact us at squamishcan@gmail.com). Donations will go towards more movies.
Check out our movie list here (latest update, Aug 2011).
Waste alerts!
Composting in bear country is possible!
Download the new District of Squamish's flyer "5 Simple Steps to Making Compost in Bear Country - in Squamish!" right here.
Squamish Styrofoam recycling initiative debuts
As from right now, and thanks to Nesters’ store manager Sean Daly, there is a place for Styrofoam in our community!
Read more about this recycling program here.
Feedback or questions? Email Squamish CAN at squamishcan@gmail.com
What happens to our recyclables?
Squamish residents have asked Squamish CAN this question time and time again. Well, Carneys' answer is finally here!
See also Squamish CAN's Waste pages here and here to learn what we do with the rest of our so-called waste.
Any comments? Send them to squamishcan@gmail.com
Questioning the phase-out of incandescent bulbs? Unsure about Compact Fluorescent Light-bulbs (CFLs)? You may find the information here, here and here useful.
The choice is yours to make, but remember that, in Squamish, we can recycle all types of bulbs*, incandescent and CFL.
Squamish CAN has partnered with Rona and the District of Squamish to offer convenient collection points. Place your used bulbs in the containers provided at Municipal Hall (2nd Avenue) and Rona (Discovery Way).
(*) Due to safety issues, long fluorescent tubes must be taken directly to Rona. All bulbs are sent to Aevitas Inc., Rona’s recycling partner in Ontario.
NEW used household battery recycling program – now FREE!!
Squamish CAN is pleased to announce that a FREE program to collect and recycle used household batteries has now been established Province-wide through a collaboration between the BC Ministry of the Environment and the non-profit Call2Recycle. Read more here.
In Squamish, take your used batteries and cell-phones to Nesters Market, Changes at Save On Foods, Extra Foods, Municipal Hall and the Squamish Adventure Centre, and place them in the boxes provided (see image below). You will notice that bags are provided – please bag only rechargeable & lithium batteries and cell phones.
Turn to our Waste group's Projects page for more info.
© 2012 Created by Ana Santos.
