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easy ways for people to engage.” Environment Lethbridge
strives to educate and inform people of the possibilities
and benefits of sustainable practices such as recycling and
composting, and has fun with it by hosting workshops,
seminars, talks, and events. Last year it took over the City’s
popular Reuse Rendezvous, an example of mobilizing citywide community spirit to increase waste diversion. On the
second weekend every September, residents are invited
to place usable, unwanted items on their front lawn with
a “free” sign, and then are encouraged to peruse the
city’s neighbourhoods in search of items they can reuse
or repurpose themselves. And every June, Environment
Lethbridge invites the public to celebrate the environment
with The Keen for Green Fest, a free family-friendly, ecoconscious barbecue featuring guest speakers, music, prizes,
vendors, and informational booths on, you guessed it,
environmental sustainability. “We have a strong belief at
Environment Lethbridge that we can’t do this on our own.
We need lots of support from community members and
volunteers, so we are going to be looking at lots of ways
that people can get involved,” Kathleen says. She adds,
“Everybody that lives in Lethbridge deserves to have a
healthy environment to live in. We deserve to have clean
air; we deserve to have clean water.”
Needless to say, protecting our water supply is an integral
element to creating a sustainable future in our city and
region. According to the Oldman Watershed Council,
the Oldman Watershed covers 23,000 sq. km of Southern
Alberta and 2,100 sq. km of Northern Montana. We rely
heavily on this system to maintain its levels and provide our
entire region with clean, drinkable water. The Oldman River
is a part of this massive, critically-important region; it’s a
primary wat \