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February 2026 – What Have We Been Up To: EnviroCollective Tours White City, Global Affairs Canada in Regina, Canada In The Age of Electricity, Dale Hamilton the Gardener and the Golfer Show, From Inspiration to Action: How Communities Are Launching Repair Cafes Stuff Explained: Words and Slogans on the News. Did You Know: The Economic Forum Centers. Organizational Highlight: Munch Catering Opens New Location at The Nest. Community Activist Profile: The Fidget Guy. Upcoming Events: SEVA Annual General Meeting, Wetlands Fest 2026, Circle Project Repair Cafe, Regina Seedy Saturday, Regina Climate Action Expo: Meet the Groups Driving Change. Green Technology Spotlight: Could Regina Host a Computer Repair Café? Reinventing Cold – How Magnet Power Could Replace Refrigerants Forever, Solar Panels from Food Waste Eco Creations:
Sustaining Culture – An Eco‑Creation for African Heritage Month. Resource Feature: The Clean Energy Show: Big Ideas, Plain Language. In The News: Smokestacks vs. Schoolkids: Round Two, ASHRAE and UNEP Approve Two-Year Work Plan Focused on Life Cycle Refrigerant Management, The Farmer Taking On Canada’s Biggest Pension Fund Over Climate Risk, Canadians Choose Renewables as the Path Forward, Climate-Proofing Infrastructure, Renewables Surge Into a New Era of Power Growth, Solar Rising, Gas Fading: India Signals a New Energy Order

January 2026 – What We Have Been Up To: George Bothwell Library Mini Expo, What 2025 Taught Climate Communicators. Organization Highlight: Saskatchewan Electric Vehicle Association. Did You Know: Regina Repair Cafe Stats for 2026, So What is The World Economic Forum? Why Does WEF Matter in Saskatchewan. Upcoming Events: The Gardener and the Golfer, Canada in The Age of Electricity, Unsilenced Art Show Moose Jaw Museum, Conversations on Coal in Sask, Wetlands Fest 2026, Repair Cafe’s are Back for 2026. Meet Our New Repair Cafe Coordinator: Bev Yuen. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: The Flatlander and Frozen Pipes. Green Technology Spotlight: So What About a Limitless Energy Source? Kyoto Fusioneering. Eco Creations: From Seatbelts to Statement Pieces. Resource Feature: Building Canada’s Climate Conversation, World Economic Forum Publications. In The News: Canada Finally Puts Plastics in the Naughty Corner, DAVOS The 2026 Geopolitical Risk Outlook, The world’s largest AI data centre is coming to drought-stricken northern Alberta, Plastic Exports Put on Hold: What’s Behind Ottawa’s Pause? Where Do Emissions Come From? Get Involved With EnviroCollective: Volunteer & Contact Information.

December 2025 – What We Have Been Up To: Heritage Repair Cafe Highlights, Sask Council on International Cooperation, Bothwell Library Partnership. Organization Highlight: Break the Divide. Community Activist Profile: Abhay Singh Sachal. Did You Know: Global Repair Cafe Stats, What if the way we graze cattle could help heal the planet?, What if SaskPower Gave Away Free Electricity? Who Cares About Australia, We Live in the Cold. Upcoming Events: Global Citizens Award: Call for Nominations, Mini Expo, The Gardner and the Golfer – A One-Women Show National Tour, Upcoming Event: Global Citizen Awards Gala 2026. Volunteer Opportunities: Repair Cafe Coordinator Wanted! Kids & Youth Corner: Book Review – The 21. Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Accolades: Thank You Autumn for Sharing Regina’s Hidden Gems. The Second Hand Scoop: My Best Thrift of 2025. Industry Champions: Awasis Organics. Green Technology Spotlight: New Life for Old Tech, The Engine That Makes Its Own Hydrogen. ECO Creations: Holiday Edition. Resource Feature: SuperCook Recipes by Ingredient, Nerds Unite, Silos for Sunshine. In the News: Shopping Bags out of Upholstery Swatches, The Dignity Bag, Repair Cafe Volunteers Highlighted, Fossil Jobs Decline as Clean Energy Surges Worldwide, LNG Demand Drops as the World Moves On, FREE EV Charging at Seven Oaks, Rethinking How we Farm, You May be from Regina, But Your Voice Matters, Canadian Heat‑Pump Users: Your Input Matters. Something to Think About: Get the Dirt on Sustainble Building

November 2025 – Highlights From Last Month: Luther College Repair Cafe, ASHRAE Conference, BuildGreen Saskatchewan Public Forum, UofR Strategic Planning, Be a Disinformation Detective, Inside the TEDx Speaking Experience. Organizational Highlight: Non Profit Volunteer Sector Studies Network. Community Activist Profile: Credell Simeon. Did You Know? Findland’s Libraries Lend Sewing Machines, What is COP 30, Brazil is in the Top Five Countries for LEED Certification. Upcoming Events: Santa’s Workshop Repair Cafe, Learning Event Diefenbaker Water Project, Your Voice Matters: National Strategy on Environmental Racism and Justice, Regina, What Should We Fix, Rebuild, or Renew? Volunteer Opportunities: Power Behind EV Learning! Kids & Youth Corner: Science Made Simple. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: Book Review “Not the End of the World”, For our Friends at Bike Regina, Shout Out to Darke Hall. The Second Hand Scoop: Pop Shop Thrift Store. Industry Campions: Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) Investment Opportunity. Eco Creations: Transforming Broken China into Sustainable Keepsakes. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Action of Education (Calls 6–12)(62-66), Key Outcomes for Indigenous Peoples at COP30. Resource Feature: Student EV Challenge, Exposing Lies, Empowering Solutions. In The News: Coal in the Stocking -Saskatchewan’s Power Plan on Trial, Prisons vs Education, So you think you know it all? Take the Test!, Sask Energy Ways to Save, Take Control of Your Water with eWater! City’s Cart Swap program.

October 2025 – Highlights From Last Month: Regina Mural Champions Free Youth Transit, Regina City Hall Rally Led by 12-Year-Old Urges Climate Commitment, YWCA Repair Cafe Highlights, SCIC Global Connections, SWRC Hosts Repair Cafe Network. Organizational Highlight: Indigenous Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren Support Network. Community Activist Profile: Kerrie Strathy. Did You Know: What is 211 Saskatchewan, Upcoming Events: We Can Fix it for Free, NVSSN Growing Nonprofit Series, Results-Based Management 201, How to Lower your Utility Bills, Youth Climate Action Workshop. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: Book Review Trespassing Across America, Greta Thunberg – Little People Big Dreams. The Second Hand Scoop: Pups Closet. Industry Campions: norrsken. Eco Creations: Local Voices, Global Goals: Youth Empowerment and Cultural Sustainability. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Child Welfare (Calls 1–5), What is the Jordan’s Principal. Resource Feature: Regina Food Waste Diversion Pilot Officially Launches, From E-Waste to Empowerment, Indigenous Voices, Climate Choices – Leadership Training Opens. In The News: Cities are Heating Up, and Fast, 19 Ways to Help the Climate, Ranked, Canada’s Climate Edge Could Be Its Economic Ace, Global Renewables to Double by 2030, Electronic Equipment Stewardship Program Regulations, The Cost of Cutting Back, Suncor’s Impact on Canadian Charities, Fighting for a Future That’s Melting Away, Reusable Food Packaging, Tofino to become 1st municipality in Canada to ban sale of single-use plastic water bottles, The Heat Is On: Countdown to COP30, Durability by Design: Quebec’s Bold Step Toward a Circular Economy, AUREUS: Turning UV Light into Urban Energy, The Last Word: Why Not Regina?

September 2025 – Highlights from Last Month: George Bothwell Repair Cafe, BirdSong Communications, Regina’s Art Supply Exchange, Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC) Training, Calgary Repair Exchange, SEVA’s Electrify Regina Event, Aurora Renewables. Organizational Highlight: Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC). Community Activist Profile: Nasiba Hamidy. Makers Space – Editorial. Did You Know?: Orange Shirt Day, All about Leaves, from our Friends at Nature Regina. Stuff Explained: Saskatoon Makerspace. Upcoming Events: The Next Repair Cafe, SCIC Events, NVSSN Upcoming Nonprofit Learning Events, Results-Based Management 201,Inclusive Program and Service Design Workshop, SSCF Charity Professional Development Day, How to Lower Your Utility Bills, Saskatchewan Zero Emission Vehicle and Clean Fuels Awareness Survey. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: Enviro receives large donation from the Sign Guys, Secondhand Wonderland donation. The Second Hand Scoop: The Cat & The Fiddle Antiques. Eco Creations: Solar Art Sparks a Brighter Future. What is Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Resource Feature: Regina Food Waste Diversion Pilot. In The News: SaskPower’s Northern Saskatchewan Microgrid Project, International Energy Agency update, Recycling plastic without sorting? World’s first hydrogen-powered plasma torch melts plastic, Nation-Building not Nation Burning, Start your own Linux Repair Café, Electronic Equipment Stewardship Program Regulations, The Carbon Storage Illusion: Time to Rethink, Global Emissions: A Mixed Report Card

August 2025 – Highlights from Last Month: SSCF Friendraiser Event, Sask Repair Cafe Organizers Meet-Up, Supporting Biodiversity, Welcoming SCIC New Executive Director Malcolm Toland. Did You Know: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Link to SDG’s, South Saskatchewan Community Foundation and its Role with SDG’s. Community Activist Profile: Nora Stewart. Upcoming Events: Sept 6th Repair Cafe at George Bothwell Library, Regina Electronics Recycling and Data Destruction Event, SCIC Events – Unlocking Strategy for Impact, Global Goals Week, Digital Campaigning Workshop Series, Gender Equality Event, Repair Cafe Back at the YWCA October 4th, Sept 20th International Day of Climate Action Events | Draw the Line | Seniors for Climate, Growing Nonprofits Series | Practical Tools for Nonprofit Boards That Work | Talking to Funders and Donors About Operational Dollars | Strategic Performance Management in the Nonprofit Context | Digital Tools to Strengthen Nonprofits | Consensus, Trust, and Governance. Volunteer Opportunities: Front of House Coordinator. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: Can I donate my stuff that doesn’t work? The Second Hand Scoop: Krave Antiques & Collectables. Eco Creations: Cultural Sustainability Nurturing Heritage for a Sustainable Future. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Social Enterprises Impact over Income: What is a Social Enterprise, The Safe Café – Youth Run Social Enterprise, Harvesting Hope – Regina’s Food Bank Revolution, Social Enterprises From Our Past Issues. Resource Feature: Five-Day Composting? BrewNature’s Revolution Starts in Saskatchewan. In The News: Climate Pulse: Key Issues and Priorities in Saskatchewan, Plastics Treaty, U.S. Emissions Rise, China’s Fall, Factcheck: Trump’s Climate Report, Ai-based Textile Recycling System, Oil and Gas Loses Economic Clout, Climate Polluters – We Can Still See You, Debt Forgiveness, Reserve 107, Constructing New Worlds. Something to Think About: What is a 15 Minute City, Planning Right Saves Money.

July 2025 – Highlights from Last Month: Ankara N Vogue Carnival, Ladybug Release Party in the Park, SCIC Creating Momentum Youth Summit, Repair Cafe Highlights. Inside the news: International Court of Justice Ruling And What It Means For Saskatchewan. Community Activist Profile: Jerilyn Nixon with SEVA. Upcoming Events: Next Repair Cafe, Walk a Mile in Their Shoes, BuildGreen Saskatchewan Conference, Bird Watching Basics, Seniors for Climate, Community Climate Action, Nature Saskatchewan Fall Meet. Volunteer Opportunities: Repair MacGyvers Needed. Tips Trick Hack and Accolades: Ash-Rose Bakery& Coffee House, Scondhand Wonderland. The Second Hand Scoop: YQR Vintage Market. Eco Creations: Upcycled Fashion Take Center Stage. Sustainable Development Goal #17 – Partnerships. The Dirt on Sustainable Construction: Regina’s only Strawbale Commercial Building, Transition to Trades, Street Culture Construction Services, Ranch Ehrlo Redefines Housing, Sustainable Revival. Resource Feature: The Climate Reality Project, Community Tool Box. In The News: Affinity – New Repair Cafe Sponsor, How Credit Unions are Pushing a Just Energy Transition, Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Coalition Survey, Cats, Crops, and Compost, Powering Progress – Interprovincial Electrical Grid, Debt Justice, Green is the New Black (Gold), Saskatchewan Faces Another Legal Challenge Over Coal, Alaska First Ever Heat Advisory.

June 2025 – Highlights from last month: Pine Lodge, Native Plant and Seedling Sale, Pallet Wrap Recycling, 100 Men Who Care, SCIC (Saskatchewan Council on International Cooperation) AGM, Repair Cafe Breakdown. Community Activist Profile: Auralee MacPherson. Upcoming Events: Repair Cafe at Encore Market, Bike Regina AGM. Volunteer Opportunities: Fairy Godmothers Wanted. Did You Know: Seed Sitters, What’s With All the Seeds? Tip Tricks, Hacks and Accolades: In Box Emails, Micro Infrastructure, Klein’s Paint, Employment Network. The Second Hand Scope: YWCA Encore Market. Green Technology Spotlight: Test Drive EVs in Regina. Eco Creations: Cathedral Artist Gerry Ruecker. Sustainable Development Goal #16. Cathedral Neighbourhood Stories: Cathedral Village Arts Festival, The Artesian, Mortise and Tenon – Refillery, Seed Sustainable Style, Pause Coffee, Aware House Books, Cathedral Forest, A Neighbourhood Built for Footsteps. In The News: Cathedral Community Explores Future of Business Improvement District, Library of Things YXE Big Winner, The Climate Lens’s New Podcast Episode, NewHydrogen Unveils Breakthrough in Green Energy, Changes to Regina’s Curbside Recycling. Something to Think About: What is A Business Improvement District (BID), Tool Libraries, is Regina Ready?

May 2025 – Highlights from last month: Youth Climate Strike, Fridays for Future Youth Empowerment Fund, Regional Centre for Excellence, TEDx Regina, Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Leeson Lecture, Sask Waste Reduction Conference, Successful Repair Cafe. Editorial: City of Regina’s Parks Master Plan. Did You Know: Shand Greenhouse, Tree Canada, 2 Billion Trees, FCM Green Municipal Fund, Greenwash Explained by Hamsters. Community Activist Profile: Gail Fennell. Upcoming Events: Regina Youth Climate Dialogue, Spring Seedling Sale, 2025 Indigenous Perspectives Roundtable, Next Repair Cafe, Bike Regina AGM. Tips Tricks Hacks and Accolades. The Second Hand Scoop: Regina Antique Mall. Industry Champions: k-light Recycling Solutions. Green Technology Spotlight. Eco Creations. Sustainable Development Goal #15. Policy and Legislation: What’s EPR. Resource Feature: Waste Reduction Hub – how do we get rid of our stuff. In The News: MacPherson Engineering Gets go ahead to design Geothermal Pool, How Farmers Can Lead the Food Revolution, EV’s and Tariffs, Salt Batteries, Magnets for Refrigeration/

April 2025 – Highlights from last month: Infill Housing Forum, How to Build a Carbon Budget, Earth Day on CBC, Making Music from Trash, Seed Give Away, Crocus Walk, Green Drinks, Editorial: Regina Biodiversity Reserve / Park. Did You Know: Bird Strikes, Sarcan New Items. Success Stories: Go Green Program. Community Activist Profile: Kike Dueck. Upcoming Events: Climate Rally, TEDx Regina, Butterfly Rangers, Regina Youth Climate Dialogue, Cathedral Village Arts Festival, YWCA Repair Cafe, Salthaven West Needs Our Help. Tips, Trips, Tricks, Hacks and Accolades. Local Business: Encore Cafe. Social Enterprise Deals: Encore Furniture, Habitat ReStore. The Second Hand Scoop: Plato’s Closet. Green Technology Spotlight: EV’s are Good for the Environment. Eco Creations: Reimagining Fashion Through Sustainability. SDG’s Explained. Resource Feature: Saskatchewan Environmental Society Lesson Plans, EnviroCollective Resource Directory for Educators, South American Methane Tool, You’re Being Lied to About Electric Cars, All the Metals We Mined in One Visualization, Electric Car vs Combustion Engine, City of Regina Waste Wizard, Sustainable Development Group, National Climate League Report – #14 Retrofit Program. In The News: Regional Centre of Expertise send Letter to Sask Premier, Elbows Up for Climate Action, Trump Targets Nonprofits’ Status, The 89% Project, EV Sales in Last 12 Months

March 2025 – Highlights from last month: YWCA Partnership, SSCF State of the Foundation Address, Nonprofit/Municipal Roundtable, Connecting Community Organizations with the University of Regina, Wetlands Fest, Lunch and Learn with Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Getting to Zero: Checking In on Local Carbon Reduction Initiatives, Butterfly Pathways, Green Drinks, First Repair Cafe of 2025, Heritage Vintage Market. Upcoming Events: Creating Programs Based on Lived Experience, Worldwide Climate Education Week, Cathedral Village Arts Festival May 24th, Pop Up Repair Cafe May 30th. Eco Creations: Making Music in a Throwaway Culture. Community Activist Profile: Eriel Tchekwie Deranger. Green Technology Editorial: Yes, EVs work in the winter. Did You Know: Sustainable Development Goal 13. In The News: Bottled Water Warning, Utah Supreme Court’s ruling. Tips, Trips, Hacks and Accolades: Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, Get your Free Sign. Resource Feature: Geotab, EnviroCollective Resource Directory – Organizations. National Climate League Report – Sustainable Buildings.

February 2025 – Highlights from last month: Jubilee 2025, Global Connections, SCIC Global Citizens Gala, Regenerative Farming Play. Upcoming Events: Wetlands Fest, Explore Circularity Day, Green Drinks are Back!, Antique and Vintage Heritage Market, Repair Cafe, Making Music in a Throwaway Culture. Global Debt Crisis. Volunteer Opportunities: Become a Butterfly Ranger. Organization Highlight: Better Bus Youth. Community Activist Profile: Kimberli Kolody-Watt. Stuff Explained: What is a Leaky Bucket? Green Technology Spotlight: Hydroponics and Food Security. Word of the Day: Gig Economy. Did You Know: Sustainable Development Goal 12. News From our Friends: Calgary Climate Hub. Policy and Legislation Updates: The Right to Repair Legislation. In The News: Right to Repair, City of Toronto Carbon Budget, Fusion Reactor, All Timber Wind Turbine Blades, Made in Canada, Office Towers to Green Houses. Tips Trips and Accolades: Arusha Centre. Resource Feature: Sustainable Marketplace. National Climate League: Citizens Advisory Committee.

January 2025 – Highlights from last month: Calgary Climate Hub, Arusha Centre, Community Wise Resource Centre, Heritage Community Association. Upcoming Events: Heritage Antique and Vintage Market, Regina’s First Repair Cafe for 2025, Nominations Open Sask Waste Reduction Council Awards, Saskatchewan Council on International Cooperation Events – Global Connections & Global Citizens Awards Gala, RCE Nominations Opens for 2025 Education for Sustainable Development Recognition Awards, Regina Energy Transition Lobby for Free Transit, One Women Play “She wont Come in From the Fields”, Organization Highlight: Munch Catering Regina. Community Activist Profile: Vanessa Matthews. Business Highlight: Cobs Bread A Triple Bottom Line Company. Stuff Explained: What is a Triple Bottom Line Company, What is Greenwashing, California: What is Hydro climate whiplash or weather whiplash? Did you know: United Nations SDG 11. News from our Friends: Wascana Solar Coop. Policy and Legislation Updates: Davos for Dummies – A Quick Guide. In The News. Educators Resource Feature: EcoSchools Canada. The 6th National Climate League Report: What is an Adaption Plan.

December 2024 – Highlights from last month: Huston House, Wascana Solar Coop Social, South Sask Community Foundation Dream Session. Social Enterprise Highlights: Soul Sisters Catering, YWCA Encore Second Hand Clothing Store. GreenGeeks Website. Congratulations to the Lakeview Community Association. Business Highlight: Centennial Books. United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #10. Repair Cafe Coming in 2025. Community Activist Profile: Moses Anjorin TEDx Regina. Resource Feature: Regina Car Share Cooperative. The 6th National Climate League Report: What is our Energy Mix. In The News: Island Nations at United Nations Court, SARCAN’s expanded Recycling Program. Tips, Tricks, Hacks & Accolades: New City Council

November 2024 – Highlights from last month: 2024 Regina Civic Election, Luther College COP 29 Info Session, Film Screening of Plastic People. Plastics: Bayfield Ontario Becomes Plastic Free, CarbonBrief on Plastics Treaty, COP 29 History and Information, UofR and Luther College Service Learning Students submission. Business Highlight: ReThink BioClean. United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #9. Organization Highlight: Repair Cafe’s. Community Activist Profile: Dr Amber Fletcher. Resource Feature: Climate West. National Climate League Report: Monthly Breakdown. In The News: Carbon Pricing, Amazon removes plastic in packing materials, Canadian Postal Union Ready to Re-Invent themselves, Demolishing buildings is a waste.
There’s another way: deconstruction, Harley-Davidson goes Electric. Tips, Tricks, Hacks & Accolades: Candidate Emails

August 2024 – Highlights from last month: Food Bank Community Food Hub Opens, I Love Regina Day, South Sask Community Foundation Friendraiser Event, Crushed an art opening by Any Snider. UofR and Luther College Service Learning Students submission, Business Highlight: HillyBilly Vac Shack, United Nations SDGs #6. Organization Highlight: Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES). Community Activist Profile: Leanne Johner-Gooding. Accolades to Better Bus Youth and Regina Energy Transition. Resource Feature: Guerrilla Gardening. Climate Jargon by The Energy Mix. In The News: Edmonton Urban Forest, Climate change will worsen our already bad roads. Upcoming Events: Sustainability Expo and Repair Cafe October 5, Electrify Regina by SEVA October 5

July 2024 – Highlights from last month: Teach in Tuesday at Hampton Hub, 2024 Sustainability Expo New Partnership, UofR and Luther College Service Learning Students submit final paper for publication in ECN E-Newsletter. Policy and Legislation Update: Summary of Proposed Changes – SK Electronic Equipment Regulations. Business Highlight: Over The Hill Orchard. Kids Corner: Netflix Octonauts. United Nations SDGs #5. Organization Highlight: KAIROS Regina. Community Activist Profile:
Thabo & Tiro Mthembu from The Hampton Hub. Tips, Tricks, Hacks & Accolades. Climate Jargon: The Energy Mix. In The News: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, highlights a survey, Industrial carbon pricing is crucial for deploying carbon capture, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), New battery storage system to alleviate pressures on Saskatchewan power grid. Resource Feature:
Word Economic Forum. Ucoming Events: Discover the Future of Sustainable Living with the 3rd Annual Sustainability Expo, Nature Regina – Fall Birds in Wascana Park.

June 2024 – Highlights from last month: UofR and Luther College Service Learning Class Submissions, Building Sustainble Futures A Net-Zero Community Vision. City Updates: City Turns Brown Bins Blue. Business Highlights: Best Buy Auto Parts. Industry Champions: Wind Farm Coming To Weyburn. United Nations SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Goal #4. Resource Feature: Climate Action Tracker. Organzation Highlight: Regina Art Supply Exchange. Community Activist Profile: Emily Eaton. Tips, Tricks, Hacks & Accolades: Habitat ReStore ReUse, Ortman Bay Beautification, Take Control of Your Alley. In The News: Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii, Canadian Senate passes Canada’s first environmental justice bill. Upcoming Events: 2024 Sustainbility Expo, Nature Regina Garden Tours, International Repair Cafe Webinar, SCIC Youth Leadership and Activist Training

May 2024 – Highlights from last month: Catherdral Village Arts Festival, UofR and Luther College Service Learning. Did You Know: City of Regina’s Early Adopter Incentive Proposal. Business Highlights: YWCA Encore Market, PlastiPoints. Resource Feature: EcoFriendly West. United Nations SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Goal #3. Organzation Highlight: Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council (SWRC). Community Activist Profile: Matt Pointer from SEVA. Tips, Tricks and Hacks (new feature). Upcoming Events: Seniors’ University Group “Big Book Sale”, Canadian Climate Institute “Indigenous Perspectives roundtable, Honouring Indigenous Climate Leadership”, Celebrate Native Prairie Appreciation Week (NPAW), Nature Saskatchewan celebrates 75th anniversary, Canadian Environment Week 2024, UofR Conference on Building Sustainable Futures – A Net-Zero Community Vision

April 2024 – Highlights from last month: Fridays for Future Climate Strike, Nature Regina crocus walk, SEVA’s (Sask Electric Vehicle Association) Electrify Regina event. Did You Know: Empowering Home Energy Efficiency. Business Highlight: Wascana Solar Co-op Share Offering. United Nations SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Goal #2. Organization Highlight: Saskatchewan Council on International Cooperation. Community Activist Profile: Terry Sleeva. Upcoming Events: Janes Walk, Regina Farmers Market, Sask Chamber of Commerce – Food, Fuel, Fertilizer Global Summit. Luther College Advocacy Campaign Planning Workshop: Using your Organization’s Expertise to Influence Policy. Cathedral Village Arts Festival, RainBarrel Truckload Sale.

March 2024 – Highlights from last month: SCIC (Sask Council on International Cooperation) Global Connections with Regina Open Door, Organization Highlight: Climate Strike YQR Coalition, United Nations SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Goal #1, Resource Feature: Milken Institute School of Public Health – George Washington University, Upcoming Events: Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) America’s Meeting, Friday’s for Future Global Climate Strike, Electrify Regina EV Expo, Online Art Adventures: Recycled Wall Hangings, Earth Day Canada,

February 2024 – Highlights from last month: Sask Council on International Cooperation 50th anniversary: Members meet and great, Global Citizens Awards gala, ECN met with FNU (First Nations University) students on a sustainability project, Organization Highlight: Nature Regina, Local Business Highlight: REV Auto Group Regina, Industry Highlight: Red Leaf Pulp, United Nations SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), Community Activist Profile: Jim Elliott, Resource Feature: Greenpeace, Upcoming Events: SCIC Global Connections, NVSSN non-profit workshop series, SSCF Film Screening – Uncharitable,

January 2024 – Organization Highlight: The Salvation Army Thrift Store, Local Business Highlight: Regina Farmer’s Market, Industry Highlight: Deep Earth Energy Geothermal Exploration, Community Activist Profile: Amy Snider, Resource Feature: Indigenous Climate Hub, Upcoming Events: Recycling in Regina, Frost, SCIC Global Citizens Awards,

December 2023 – Highlights from last month, SCIC’s Global Connections event at Bushwakkers, Organization Highlight: The Log House Thrift Store, Local Business Highlight: The Alternative refillery, Local Industry Highlight: Electrical Solutions Inc revolutionizs rail switch lighting, Community Activist Profile: Florence Stratton a long time social justice and environmental activist, Resource Feature: “The Essentials of Economic Sustainability” a book on how current economic practices degrade ecosystems and exacerbate social inequalities.

November 2023 – Highlights from last month, Stakeholders share ideas on an industry trade show and speaker series, Sustainable Development Goals Workshop. Resource Feature: Government of Canada’s Greener Future. Organization Highlight: Rain Barrels. Local Business Highlight: Regina Sports Exchange. Local Industry Highlight: Prairie Clean Energy. Upcoming Events: SCIC Global Connections, Sask Power Consultation

October 2023 – We’re thrilled to share the success of Regina’s 2023 Sustainability Expo, Resource Feature: Positive News on the Climate Crisis, Organization Highlight: The Regina and Region Home Builders Organization Association, Local Business Highlight: Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Upcoming Events: SCIC Global Connections – November Networking Social – Regina

September 2023 – What We’ve Working on: 2023 Sustainability Expo and Repair Cafe, Resource Feature: TED Talks and the Climate Crisis, Organization Highlight: The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Local Business Highlight: Once Upon a Child, Upcoming Events: SCIC Reading Circle / Sask Outdoors / EnviroCollective’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Expo

August 2023 – What We’ve Working on: 2023 Sustainability Expo, Resource Feature: How to Live in a Chaotic Climate, Organization Highlight: Nature Saskatchewan, Local Business Highlight: Mortise and Tenon, Upcoming Events: Sustainability Expo / Glow Ride / Drive Electric.

July 2023 – Nature Scavenger Hunt, Climate Atlas, Regina Folk Festival and Music Declares Emergency, biktix electric bikes, Sustainable Expo call for vendors

June 2023 – Eco drinks, City of Regina Sustainability Framework, Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Studies Network at Luther College, Hampton Hub, Environmental Scavenger Hunt

May 2023 – Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Bike to Work, Grasslands Hidden Wilderness, The Climate Reality Project, Local Business Highlight: Aveda Salon, Upcoming Green Drinks

April 2023 – Earth Day give away, Climate Reality “2022 National Climate League Standings”, Bike Regina, Local Business Highlight: ReAppliabel Parts, Transportation Campaign

March 2023 – EnviroCollective Lecture at Luther College “Climate hazards and gender”, Resource Feature: The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg, Organization Highlight: Better Bus Youth, Local Business Highlight: SS Sharpening Service, Upcoming: Earth Day

February 2023 – SK Council for International Cooperation (SCIC) for the documentary screening and panel discussion of “The Great Green Wall”, Resource Feature: The Monster in Our Closet” Organization Highlight: Sask Waster Reduction “Let’s Waste Less” Local Business Highlight “The Penny University”, Upcoming Event International Womens Day lecture at Luther College

January 2023 – EnviroCollective Highlights from 2022, “Implementing Equity A Renewable Regina that Works for Everyone” a report by Emily Eaton and Simon Enoch, Saskatchewan Electric Vehicle Association, Business Highlight: The Alternative a local refillery and zero waste Market, Upcoming International Development Week events