VIU Mission: Sustainability -- Week 3
The operative word for this week is rain!

DYK? Here in Vancouver Island we live in a rainforest-- but that doesn’t equate to taking the resulting rich water resource for granted!

You may have a bit of a breather this week, so what better time to get out and recharge in nature--rain or not!

Do you think a lot about water? Most of us don't. This week is a chance to explore how water seeps into everyday life! (HINT: Every day nearly all the time )

This week, we encourage you to think about how you can be a good steward of water and forests and to try out a few climate action strategies. Yes, they're linked!

Submit this form by Sunday, February 21 to be entered into a random draw for a nifty weekly prize (VIU Sustainability hoodie and VIU Sustainability mug).

All entries will be entered into a random draw at the end of this campaign for other prizes.

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WATCH -- RDN's A Journey to the Nanaimo River Watershed *
Take a few minutes to see where Nanaimo's water comes from and then answer these questions.
True
False
Maybe
Don't know
Water is only important for people
The source of Nanaimo's drinking water is at sea level.
A watershed is shaped like a plate.
Foresters only look at trees
A watershed typically has 5 levels
Forests can help regulate water temperature for fish
All precipitation in a watershed gets to the ocean
Riparian areas are VERY important
Jump Lake gets about 10x the precipitation Nanaimo does
The average person uses about 200 liters/day
Water is an infinite resource
Forest fires can affect water quality
What was your biggest takeaway from Team Watersmart's video? *
CALCULATE -- your water use/energy use when you shower *
What's the cost ($ and litres) of your shower (just one)? https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/shower-cost 
SHARE -- your meatless meal creation!
What did you make for your meatless meal? (or what was your favourite meatless meal this week) Want to show us what you made? Post on social media with #VIUMissionMeatless or email us at sustainability@viu.ca
Favourite forest place?
You can put a marker on this map to show us https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1XjhTzPrSA72x_uavuPH_tmoJEsRZZris&usp=sharing OR describe below.
Favourite water place?
You can put a marker on this map to show us! https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1WgllGVYHkloavfCTWPIrItqqh0HhKaMY&usp=sharing OR describe below.
Are you going to enter the Sweaties?
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You can see the heat!
Borrow an infrared camera from the VIU library and see where you might be losing heat that you don’t need to. Take a picture of that heat loss, and tell us how you plan to do better now that you know better! Send the picture and your remediation plan to sustainability@viu.ca 
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