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Archive of previous newsletters:
- 17/11/2025 November 2025 news: November 2025: Sooke OCP, How Do We Move forward as a Community, A Merry, Waste-less Holiday Season, The Raine Gauge#28: Shouldn’t We Be Protecting Non-Piped Water Too?
- 19/10/2025 October 2025 news: Secret Lives of Trees, Saving a Local Treasure: Eagle Bluffs Forest, The fate of the OCP in Sooke, The Rain Gauge #26: Tipping Points.
- 18/03/2025 March 2025 news: Work has begun at Waddams Way Garden, The Rain Gauge – Word for the Day: Sublimation, Repairing and Swapping to Community Wealth, Bill 44 Means its OCP Time Again, Rally for Old-Growth.
- 14/02/2025 February 2025 news: Looking South in Times of Change, Let the Standing Water Stand, “My Zero Waste Life”: presentation at the Sooke Library, Community garden is taking shape, The Rain Gauge: Draught Watching, Sooke Retrofit Festival is Coming.
- 10/01/2025 January 2025 news: Keeping Sooke “Wild by Nature” with Natural Infrastructure, Zero Waste Sooke Swaps are a huge success, The Rain Gauge: Forest Clouds, coming events.
- 15/12/2024 December 2024 news: Over the past year, Transition Sooke has had an impressive array of accomplishments, donations, The Rain Gauge #17: Joys of the Metal Roof, The Sorry Saga of Sooke’s Spurned Zero Carbon Step Code.
- 09/11/2024 November 2024 news: A Clarifying Note about Politics and Transition Sooke, Good Climate News, RRRRinging in a New Seasonal Tune with Zero Waste Sooke, Fireweed Learning Commons’ Climate Guide for Sooke, Life Long Learning Book Club and The Rain Gauge.
- 05/09/2024 September 2024 news: Seniors For Climate rally in October, Dumping of Biosolids in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area, Fireweed Learning Commons Workshop, Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Stories at UViC, Old Man Lake Fire and Let’s Make History with David Evans for the BC Greens.
- 14/07/2024 July 2024 news: Happy 200, Bruce the Spruce, Election Watch, Global Days of Climate Action Coming in September, Sooke Community Garden News, The Rain Gauge: Water Works Updates, Save Our Town Centre’s Only Protected Green Space.
- 16/06/2024 June 2024 news: Sooke Community Garden Moving Ahead, Decolonizing Worldviews, Community Restoration in Otter Point, Biosolids Update: Read the newsletter here.
- 18/5/2024 May 2024 news: Earth Day 2024, Sooke Food Security Action Group, Biosolid Concerns Increase in the Region, 78% of Sooke Residents Worry about Climate Change, Sooke Library Hosts Free Workshops.
- 15/4/2024 April 2024 news: Transition Sooke AGM, Donations Campaign, Two Petitions about Fossil Gas, Seedy Saturday Rocked, Decolonizing our Worldviews: Read the newsletter here.
- 17/3/2024 March 2024 news: How, Then, Shall We Live Event Raises Deep Issues, Exciting Times at the Sustainable Food Security and Agriculture Action Group, Transition Sooke AGM and an endangered Sitka Spruce in Sooke.
- 12/2/2024 February 2024 news: Explore Human Kinship with Nature, Forum “How The, Shall We Live”, Repair Café, Big Solar Farm coming to our Region? and The Rain Gauge.
- 16/1/2024 January 2024 news: Zero Waste Sooke Yarn Swap, Community Garden site assessments begin, Where is Ella Stream, “How, Then, Shall We Live? Practising Kinship and Taking the Long View Amidst the Climate Crisis”: Transition Sooke event in March.
- 14/12/2023 December 2023 news: Zero Waste Sooke’s Seasonal Decorations Swap, Transition Sooke needs your help, Friends of Sooke Parks Society planted nine new trees, The Rain Gauge: Development and good climate news.
- 13/11/2023 November 2023 news: Butler Park — Citizens Making a Difference, Zero Waste Sooke’s Holiday Decorations Swap, Good News for BC Ecosystems, The Rain Gauge: Rainwater Harvesting.
- 13/10/2023 October 2023 news: Park clean-up by Friends of Sooke Parks, Tool Swap by Zero Waste Sooke, Soap refills in Sooke, red flag of drought is still up, The Rain Gauge: Wells, threatened neighbourhood park.
- 17/09/2023 September 2023 news: Global Climate Strike, Sooke Community Garden Update, News from Friends of Sooke Parks, 606 Water and Zero Waste Sooke, The Rain Gauge: Fish and Wildlife.
- 16/08/2023 August 2023 news: Sustainable Food Security and Agriculture Working Group Forges Ahead, Sooke Community Investment Cooperative’s first project Café Vosino, Friends of Sooke Parks Society.
- 17/07/2023 July 2023 news: Sustainable Food Security and Agriculture Working Group, getting ready for a fall forum, Back to School swap, Opinion: Why I think we should sue Big Oil and The Rain Gauge: Aquifiers.
- 18/06/2023 June 2023 news: “Lunch and Learn” at EMCS, Sooke Non-Profit Summit, Let’s Cooperatively Stick with the Stick!, The Rain Gauge#4. Read the newsletter here.
- 15/05/2023 May 2023 news: May 2023 newsletter: Transition Sooke activities on Earth Day with the 606 water group and Zero Waste Sooke, upcoming Jigsaw Puzzle and Board Game swap with Zero Waste Sooke on May 28th, and “The Rain Gauge #3”.
- 16/04/2023 April 2023 news: Transition Sooke’s “The Time is Now: Building Community Resilience Together“ Forum, was a success, Jigsaw Puzzle & Board Game Swap on Sunday, May 28 by Zero Waste Sooke and the Sooke branch of VI Regional Library and Earth Week Events April 19-22, 2023.
- 12/03/2023 March 2023 news: Transition Sooke hosts “The Time is Now: building a resilient community together”, a new series about water, Yarn Swap by Zero Waste Sooke and Transition Sooke attended the rally against Old-Growth logging.
- 09/02/2023 February 2023 news: Transition Sooke’s Strategic Plan Event Focuses on Building Relationships, more EV charging stations in Sooke, United for Old Growth rally and book review of Paulette Steeves’ The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere.
- 13/01/2023 January 2023 news: Transition Sooke evaluates its role in the community with three events, news from the Juan de Fuca Electoral District, events from Zero Waste Sooke and the workshop “A Heart for the Earth” in Sooke.
- 30/11/2022: December 2022 news: Transition Sooke Festive Gathering, Zero Waste Sooke gives a demonstration of furoshiki, the Japanese art of wrapping gifts in festive material, Lions seek alternative location, Transition Sooke in Santa Parade.
- 15/11/2022: November 2022 news: The salmon are back, solar installations in Sooke, greenwashing Natural Gas, meeting of Zero Waste Sooke and good climate news from around the world.
- 24/10/2022 October 2022 news: What happens after the election, Craft & Art Supplies Swap and Repair Café both a success and Sooke’s vanished tree canopy.
- 15/09/2022 September 2022 news: Public hearing for OCP on September 27, Transition Sooke’s municipal all-candidates’ meeting on October 2, Repair Café on October 16, Transition Sooke Takes a Stand on John Phillips Memorial Park, new Community Park Land Acquired for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area.
- 09/08/2022 August 2022 news: Upcoming council elections, potluck for Sooke’s Climate Action Coordinator Maia Carolsfeld, EMCS Solar Garden Project, a trip across Canada by EV, and Member Lily Mah-Sen’s open letter about ICBC rebate.
- 20/06/2022 June 2022 News: Important Council Committee of the Whole Meeting, the purchase of Admiral’s Forest, a new solar working group in Sooke and a book recommendation.
- 06/05/2022 May 2022 News: Successful Repair Café, information by the Transition Sooke water group, movie nights and an investment in local green space.
- 14/04/2022 April 2022 News: Earth Week; OCP Open House; Zero Waste Sooke’s Repair Café; and more.
- 10/03/2022 March 2022 News: Transition Sooke Water Group talks about the importance of clean water and how to save it, the District of Sooke delays the Official Community Plan, and Transition Sooke events for Earth Day.
- 07/02/2022 February 2022 News: Two successful presentations on groundwater, nearly 1000 more cars in Sooke than in 2019, and Transition Sooke op-ed about pausing some development in Sooke.
- 4/01/2022 January 2022 News: Transition Sooke’s actions in the media, no more glyphosate on school grounds in SD 62 and upcoming events on Climate Change.
- 12/12/2021 December 2021 News: Transition Sooke to District of Sooke: Put a hold on hew development, support of EMCS Climate Poster Contest, and Climate heroes with a rainwater harvesting system in Sooke.
- 01/11/2021 November 2021 News: Official Community Plan, the work of different Transition Sooke groups, and a comparison of Sooke with other Municipal Climate Actions in the area.
- 10/04/2021 October 2021 News: Transition Sooke at community events, push for a potential Sooke Ban on Cosmetic Use of Pesticides, support for Council’s passing of the Climate Change Mitigation strategy, the “7% Solution”, and good news from Fairy Creek.
- 09/07/2021 September 2021 News: 100 Debates on Environment, Health and Climate, West Coast Climate Action Network and Last Stand: Old Growth Forest and the Fairy Creek Ecosystem.
- 08/02/2021 August 2021 News: Climate Emergency is here, new Water Group in Transition Sooke, Proceedings to Town Hall about “Growing Pains” and one-year anniversary of Fairy Creek protests.
- 07/05/2021 July 2021 News: Online Town Hall about Sooke’s growth, concerns about the Eustace Road Development and Climate Emergency.
- 06/01/2021 June 2021 News: Upcoming online town hall by Transition Sooke about growth, Fairy Creek protests every Saturday in Sooke and Transition Sooke’s Local Economy Working Group.
- 05/03/2021 May 2021 News: Transition Sooke’s Official Community Plan raises awareness, upcoming Town Halls focused on growth and Fairy Creek protests.
- 04/01/2021: April 2021 News: Low Carbon/Low Growth Scenario proposed for Sooke, BC Climate Action Network and Zero Waste in Sooke.
- 03/01/2021 – March 2021 News: presentation to OCP Advisory Committee, new board of directors and launch of BC Climate Action Network
- 02/11/2021 – Coldest Night of the Year
- 02/02/2021 – February 2021 News
- 01/04/2021 – January 2021 News
- 11/30/2020 – December 2020 News
- 11/11/2020 – LIfelong Learning Needs You!
- 11/03/2020 – Plan for the Future
- 09/13/2020 – Climate Action and the OCP
- 09/01/2020 – September 2020 News
- 08/03/2020 – Upcoming Virtual Meeting
- 07/07/2020 – Have your say: Transportation, Parks, and Trails
- 06/26/2020 – June 2020 News
- 06/06/2020 – Celebrate International Oceans Day!
- 05/29/2020 – May 2020 News
- 04/22/2020 – April 2020 News
- 03/28/2020 – Virtual General Meeting – Wed April 1
- 03/01/2020 – Wednesday Meeting/Upcoming Events
- 02/24/2020 – AGM Reminder
- 02/20/2020 – The Planet Needs You!
- 01/30/2020 – Earth Day coming!
- 01/24/2020 – Transition Sooke Annual General Meeting
From 2013-16, former board member Sofie Hagens produced a monthly newsletter, an archive of which you’ll find here. Thank you Sofie!
Newsletter February – March 2016
Newsletter December 2015: to a wondrous 2016
Newsletter September – October 2015
The period between January and July one of the creators of the newsletter was travelling through Indonesia. Members were kept up-to-date via a monthly email.
Newsletter November – December 2013
Newsletter October – November 2013
Community, Resilience, Climate 