Low Carbon Resilience: Community Conversation

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Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) is a green lens that balances the co-benefits of environmental, economic and social determinants and aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (see note). Among the co-benefits:

  • Economic co-benefits look to diversify the local economy and reduce waste and optimize resources;
  • Social co-benefits look to enhance human health and well-being, improve climate awareness and access to data and information, and improve community livability and vitality;
  • Environmental co-benefits look to improve water quality, support habitat creation and promote regional connectivity.

Expanding active transportation corridors, investing in wastewater treatment infrastructure, and the availability of a community carbon calculator are just some of Sooke's steps forward to create low carbon resilience. Join the conversation! The combined efforts of all citizens will allow Sooke to truly deliver in this area.

You're invited to:

  • share stories of how you are reducing your carbon footprint
  • help us understand what is hard about lowering emissions.

Feel free to share in this learning space and we'll have a conversation that demonstrates our care for the community - show your love for Sooke and pay it forward to future generations!

“Residents and neighbours, who we know share a love for Sooke, can share their ideas to support and inspire each other,” says Jessica Boquist, Parks and Environmental Services Coordinator, and staff liaison with the Climate Action Committee “The Climate Action Committee wants to understand what is working in Sooke and what barriers residents are experiencing to lowering their emissions. This conversation will support the incredible work of all stewards of our community,” Boquist adds.

Every action in daily living has a climate impact – either locally or globally. By inherently applying consideration for the environment through a “low carbon resilience” lens, the District is taking action to support the community to have a lighter carbon footprint. As a community that embraces our natural assets including local parks, trails, waterways and ocean-fronts; we honour the history of the lands of the T’Sou-ke and Sc’ianew (Cheanuh) First Nations within the Coast Salish Territory.


Note: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - SDGs were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030 (United Nations website)

Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) is a green lens that balances the co-benefits of environmental, economic and social determinants and aligns with Sustainable Development Goals (see note). Among the co-benefits:

  • Economic co-benefits look to diversify the local economy and reduce waste and optimize resources;
  • Social co-benefits look to enhance human health and well-being, improve climate awareness and access to data and information, and improve community livability and vitality;
  • Environmental co-benefits look to improve water quality, support habitat creation and promote regional connectivity.

Expanding active transportation corridors, investing in wastewater treatment infrastructure, and the availability of a community carbon calculator are just some of Sooke's steps forward to create low carbon resilience. Join the conversation! The combined efforts of all citizens will allow Sooke to truly deliver in this area.

You're invited to:

  • share stories of how you are reducing your carbon footprint
  • help us understand what is hard about lowering emissions.

Feel free to share in this learning space and we'll have a conversation that demonstrates our care for the community - show your love for Sooke and pay it forward to future generations!

“Residents and neighbours, who we know share a love for Sooke, can share their ideas to support and inspire each other,” says Jessica Boquist, Parks and Environmental Services Coordinator, and staff liaison with the Climate Action Committee “The Climate Action Committee wants to understand what is working in Sooke and what barriers residents are experiencing to lowering their emissions. This conversation will support the incredible work of all stewards of our community,” Boquist adds.

Every action in daily living has a climate impact – either locally or globally. By inherently applying consideration for the environment through a “low carbon resilience” lens, the District is taking action to support the community to have a lighter carbon footprint. As a community that embraces our natural assets including local parks, trails, waterways and ocean-fronts; we honour the history of the lands of the T’Sou-ke and Sc’ianew (Cheanuh) First Nations within the Coast Salish Territory.


Note: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - SDGs were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030 (United Nations website)

Community Learning Space

We want to hear from you:

  • What are you doing today to lower your carbon footprint? Share the action you are taking. Do you: drive an electric car? have solar panels? grow your own food? made a change to travel by car less?
  • What has your experience been like? What did you wish you knew sooner? What benefits have you experienced by making these changes? 

Every neighbour can help and inspire the next: let's learn from each other's experiences and we join together through this community conversation! 

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    My Climate Action Plan (Sharing on behalf of William G. Wallace)

    over 3 years ago

    Christina Moog, District of Sooke Communications Coordinator, sharing this inspiring post on behalf of William G. Wallace, describing his commitment to become net-zero by 2025:

    What I have done and can do to reduce my GHG and contribute to Sooke’s annual reduction of around 7% per year and a 50% reduction from 2018 levels by 2030.

    My Goal.

    Become Net 0 by 2025

    Actions Taken & Working On

    • No more flights / no visits to Ontario since / 2019
    • Housing / reduced sq/ft from 1700 to 750 / 2018
    • Less Driving / limit gas to $60 month, budget for electric... Continue reading
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    LCR and Climate First

    by adolan, over 3 years ago

    I have read a bit about Low Carbon Resilience and I am concerned that if all we are doing is balancing the co-benefits of environment, community and economy, then we cannot really address the climate emergency. LCR still feels like "economy-first" and we need to be "climate-first."

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    Need a hand building a garden bed?

    by Paula, over 3 years ago
    If you need a hand making a raised bed for growing a garden, reply here. Transition Sooke is helping people build raised beds for gardening.
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    Growing Some Food

    by Paula, over 3 years ago
    It's so enjoyable to grow some of the food needed for my home. We call it our One Mile Diet, as a nod to the Hundred Mile Diet that works so well around this island.

    Our One Mile Diet includes strawberries and fresh greens for salads and stir-fry dishes. We have tasty beets and parsnips, and all the onions and garlic we'll ever need. Some of our hanging baskets hold fresh herbs.

    We have plenty of runner bean seeds to share with anyone who wants some! These runner beans grow quickly with pretty flowers. The beans can be eaten young... Continue reading

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    home made heaters

    by sookerman, over 3 years ago

    Well we did a few things to reduce our energy use here at our home in Sooke. We did the usual insulating and then put up a hot water heating system. Today we had an excess of hot water as it was a sunny day. We also have two home made solar furnaces, one on my workshop and one on the dining room. These work great during the cooler off seasons when we have a sunny day.

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