Latest News from ICAN
CSWM “Weigh In On Waste” Survey
ICAN’s Live Lightly Team (Reduce, ReUse and Recycle) has been asked by Comox Strathcona Waste Management to promote their online survey “Weigh in On Waste”. Over the next few years, CSWM will be renewing the Solid Waste Management Plan regarding how CSWM manages...
Is Your Well Registered?
Registration is for domestic wells only. Registering your well creates a record of your water use on the Provincial Groundwater Wells and Aquifers (GWELLS) site. This helps ensure that your general use (i.e. what your household uses) is considered in decision making...
ICAN Approved for 1% For The Planet
Quadra ICAN is delighted to report that it has been approved as an environmental nonprofit eligible to receive donations through the 1% For The Planet program. Many thanks to Breanne Quesnel of Spirit of the West for recommending us to the program. Spirit of the West...
ICAN Co-ordinator — Part-time Position
Quadra Island Climate Action Network is seeking to hire a general coordinator. The position is part-time, approximately 40 hours per month, with flexible hours; the successful applicant will work from home. The position is presently funded for one year. ICAN will be...
New Site Features: Events Calendar and Discussion Forum
A couple of new additions have been made to the ICAN web site, hopefully making it even easier for people to get involved. A web-based discussion forum is now online, at https://quadraican.ca/forum/. The intent is for the forum to be useful for general ICAN...
Ride Share Interest Survey
The Quadra Island Climate Action Network (ICAN) Transportation Team is exploring alternative modes of transportation to improve transportation around and beyond Quadra Island. We are considering creating infrastructure for ride sharing. Ride sharing is essentially...
Access to Monitor for 14-Panel Solar Array on Quadra Elementary School.
Compare the output with your own household’s electricity needs. The power monitor dashboard is now available, please check it out: https://www.apsystemsema.com/ema/intoDemoUser.action?id=2c9f934a7f4430fb017f8a2495297751&locale=en_US
Sewing the Seeds for the Quadra Island of Library of Things
BELOVED COMMUNITY, the ICAN DIY team is approaching its third year of laying the foundations for a tool library and makerspace on Quadra. We are inspired, motivated and encouraged in this pursuit and are preparing to take some big steps this year. More about...
Growing Food – Invitation #1
So, you think January is a strange time to be thinking about gardening? Not me. Winter is the only time that I let anyone into my backyard to see my garden. And I am even more likely to make that invitation if there has been a recent snowfall. Then everything looks...
Two More LEARN Food Security HANDS-ON Workshops
Brought to you by ICAN and the Quadra Island Garden Club. This time online with Zoom. Sprouting workshop poster January 27th at 2:30pm – 3:30pm via Zoom Learn to Sprout: Winter Garden in a Bottle with Barb Mindell Learn: How to grow sprouted seeds & legumes Tricks...