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Cowichan Valley Regional District

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Network of networks in Cowichan Region is like a forest ecosystem” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in February 2025

February 25, 2025


“The Cowichan Region Climate Gathering was an opportunity to celebrate the incredible climate action work in the region,” stated Cindy Lise. “The planning team aimed to strengthen the important relationships that allow us to build a stronger and more aligned collective approach to caring for our environment and increasing our resiliency to the changing world. There are many benefits to sharing, coordinating and collaborating in our own region, and the Cultural ways of being teach us that there is so much more that we could do.”

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DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: A perspective on what provincial downloading means for local government in the Cowichan Valley” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in October 2022

October 25, 2022


“You can only try to work with relationships and move things forward for so long. It is exhausting. As soon as you establish a relationship with someone in a provincial ministry, they move on. It is every year or two. Staff turnover is constant. Or they do not have staff. Relationships are important. Working together is important. But it has to be both sides working together, and I do not see that. It is a constant frustration to watch and anticipate what is going to happen next, or not, when provincial ministries have jurisdiction but do not act,” stated Lori Iannidinardo.

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