TRANSITION TOWN CAFÉ resumes on November 4th at the Reading Room Café in Sooke. Meeting on the first Sunday of each month between 2 – 4 p.m. these informal gatherings will continue into 2013.

“Public Roundtable on Sooke’s Economy – Are we ready for a local currency?”

This event is hosted by the Sooke Transition Town Society partnering with local economic and business organizations. It will be held in November with details of day, time and location yet to be announced.
Check our local media and our website for precise details.

“End of the World (as we know it!)” BONFIRE, FEAST & DANCE
Sunset, Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
This is about celebrating a new sustainable future while letting go of what no longer works for people and the planet.

Kick the Chemical Habit!

Household ingredients like lemon juice, salt and baking soda make great general cleaners. But there are easy ways to avoid harmful chemicals for even tough jobs. Did you know silver cleans up in an instant when heated in a pot of boiling water lined with tinfoil and sprinkled with baking soda? Or that a wet rag dipped in fireplace ash scours everything from pots and pans to the window in your woodstove and your glass cooktop?

Kick the Paper Towel Habit!

Whatever happened to the ragbag? Anything—from a stained tea towel to a cotton T-shirt past wearing—can be cut up with pinking shears and used instead of paper towels. Washable and reusable, rags are economical and environmentally friendly. You’ll be amazed how easy it can be to live paper-towel free!

Kick the Bottled-Water Habit!

Two-thirds of the literally billions of plastic bottles produced in North America annually end up in landfills where they leach chemicals into the earth. More and more experts, from David Suzuki to Health Canada, are telling us that just because water comes in a bottle doesn’t mean it’s better. Good-quality carbon filters on taps or in a carafe system are a better way to go.

Kick the Plastic Wrap Habit!

Plastic wrap is not recyclable, is one-use disposable and some are made from PVC, the worst of the plastics. Store leftovers for reheating in covered heatproof glass casseroles (check out thrift stores), and store other leftovers in wide-mouth glass jars.  Or cover bowls with a plate or re-usable elastic-sided bowl cover.

The first Sooke Slow Food Cycle celebrates peddle power, sustainability and the
joys of localization on Thanksgiving Sunday, Oct. 9.  It’s an initiative
of Sooke Transition Town and the Juan de Fuca Cycling Coalition in
collaboration with four community partners – the T’Sou-ke First Nation, Sooke
Food CHI, the JDF Community Trails Society and Slow Food Vancouver Island &
the Gulf Islands. Please join us for this family friendly day of fresh air,
exercise and a series of unique, Transition Town-themed workshops at farms,
homes, businesses and green spaces. Learn more at http://www.sookeslowfoodcycle.com