Sustainable Gift Guide 2023: For Family, Friends and Loved Ones
Here is our list of sustainable gift ideas for this holiday season! There are lots of ways to show the people in your life that you care while being conscious of your consumption and environmental impact Leave us a comment below with your ideas USEFUL • Break the... Read more
What To Watch, Read, & Listen To – Climate Action and COP28
WHAT IS COP28? COP is attended by industry stakeholders, politicians, researchers and scholars, Indigenous stakeholders, NGOs and other members of civil society. However, these groups are not given the same representation and privileges at COP events and negotiations.... Read more
News Is Blocked On Social Media in Canada… Now What?
Did you hear? Meta and Google are blocking news in Canada in response to the Online News Act (Bill C-18). It’s scary living in a time when companies have so much power over what news we take in online. We aren’t exactly sure what to do about it, but here are some... Read more
We Need To Talk About Wildfires (and the Media)
You may have seen the news about devastating wildfires raging in Hawaii right now, with one town (Lahaina) being burnt down almost entirely. With wildfires happening across Canada this summer, displacing people in BC, Alberta and Nova Scotia, it’s hard to not feel... Read more
Earth Overshoot Day is August 2nd 2023
What does it mean? What can you do about it? What does it mean? Earth overshoot day is the calculated (world bio capacity divided by world’s ecological footprint) calendar date representing the point in a given year when we’ve used up all of the natural resources that... Read more
June 21st is National Indigenous Day
Today is #nationalindigenouspeoplesday It is a day to celebrate indigenous heritage, cultures and art, but it is also a day for settlers to get educated, give back, and join in solidarity Appreciating other cultures is important, but it is our responsibility as... Read more
Asian Heritage Month
Ella here to talk about #asianheritagemonth ! Asian Heritage Month started on May 1 and “ends” on May 31 (although it is important to think about Asian history every day of the year). It has been celebrated in so-called Canada since the 1990s! The theme for 2023 is... Read more
Red Dress Day
Today, May 5th, is Red Dress Day, a day to honour the spirits of #mmiwg2s and to take action to bring them justice. If you are a settler in so-called Canada, please take today to read the findings from the national inquiry into MMIWG and to learn the calls for... Read more
A Local Guide To Participating in Earth Week
Highlighting actions and events related to art, nature, and social justice happening in Victoria, in BC and remotely! Check out the events below and browse the Community Events Calendar for more! What is Earth Week? • The first Earth Day, inspired by protests of the... Read more
Migrant Rights Protest
On Sunday March 19th, 2023, protestors in Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton and other provinces across Canada, came together to demand rights for all migrants. The protest was put on by the Migrant Rights Network, and in Edmonton (where I was in attendance, photos below)... Read more
Black History Month
February is #blackhistorymonth : What I’m learning to do as a non-Black mixed POC. This post was inspired by Mikhaela Connell’s article for Greenpeace. Ella here (CU’s social media coordinator) As a non-Black mixed Euro-Canadian and Korean POC, I definitely want to... Read more
Happy Lunar New Year!!!
Happy Lunar New Year 恭喜發財 새해 복 많이 받으세요 Ella here If you don’t know me, I’m the social media coordinator for CU Lunar new year is close to my heart as I celebrate Seollal with my Korean family, and Chinese New Year with my step family This lunar new year is this... Read more
Setting Goals in 2023
New Year’s resolutions have always seemed intimidating and many people seem to set themselves up for failure. Why is this? Well, from what I have seen and experienced in my own life, oftentimes it seems like people set New Year’s resolutions as a way to punish... Read more
2022 Creatively United Wrapped
2022 Creatively United Wrapped is here! In 2022 you helped us… Reach 670 Instagram followers Reach 1.46K YouTube subscribers Put on four Climate and Artists series webinars Launch our ‘Trees Matter’ film Put out 16 newsletters In 2022 our website… Had 26,971 unique... Read more
Sustainable Holiday Gift Guide (Victoria + Vancouver BC)
This year we’re bringing you the ULTIMATE Sustainable Holiday Gift Guide (Victoria + Vancouver/BC) 🎁 This is in no way an exhaustive list but we just wanted to highlight some of our absolute favourite local organizations, markets and businesses to check out... Read more
Guide for a Green Weekend! (and Avoid Black Friday/Cyber Monday)
WHAT IS BLACK FRIDAY / CYBER MONDAY? The term “Black Friday” had been used in the mid 1800s to indicate a decline in gold prices that caused a market crash The term became associated with this time of year, right around American Thanksgiving, in the 1950s when... Read more
COP27: The good, the bad, and what you can do
What is COP27? COP27 is the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference aka the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, the 27th COP conference since 1994 The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a treaty through which signing nations agreed to... Read more
Thoughts on Breach Media’s courageous article “how the NDP establishment stole the BC leadership race”
This is a follow up to my post Calling out mainstream media for their coverage of Anjali’s disqualification. To some this may be considered old news, because of the fast-pace nature of the news cycle. However, I am still left confused, seeking answers and looking for... Read more
Calling out mainstream media for their coverage of Anjali’s disqualification
The past couple days I was disheartened to see the language being used by mainstream media to talk about the BC NDP’s disqualification of Anjali Appadurai from the leadership race. For example, the CBC (reposted by local news outlets like Capital Daily) said that the... Read more
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
September 30 is the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Take time to: Follow Indigenous knowledge holders and groups, and uplift their voices🧡 Read (and watch) to learn about Canada’s colonial history and legacy🧡 Reflect on your relationship to... Read more
Let’s Talk About BC Salmon – Why Are They Important?
Why are they important? What is threatening them? What can you do? • There are 5 species of pacific salmon in BC: Sockeye, Pink, Chum, Coho and Chinook • Salmon are keystone species in BC, meaning that many other organisms along BC’s coast rely on salmon to sustain... Read more
Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year ! Let’s spread good fortune and support Asian-owned businesses, Asian artists and BIPOC organizations in 2022 Hi there My name is Ella and I am the social media coordinator for CU I am half-Korean and my step family is Chinese, so I am lucky to... Read more
BC Floods: Sharable Infographics and Information
Why are they happening? Preparation and safety tips.These conditions are not just being caused by “natural” disasters. They are “unnatural” disasters that have been exacerbated by climate change and exploitative land and resource management.
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Reflections from Fairy Creek
As Creatively United’s media person, I have spent a large part of the past year learning about all things old-growth and Fairy Creek. I follow all the essential accounts (see @fairycreekblockade and @rainforestflyingsquad for on-the-ground updates), I have gathered... Read more