Sample Email to Arouse Interest in
your local Chapter
(To send to people who are not already
BC SEA members)
( Word
File, 116kb)
Hi there,
I am writing to you because I suspect you regard sustainability
as paramountbeing critical to our future, and you live
in the Rivendale area. Please continue to read on.
Currently when the wind blows in British Columbia, no wind
turbines collect its energy. When the sun shines on homes
and buildings, few solar panels or water heaters collect
its heat. When the tides roll through B.C.'s coastal inlets,
no tidal turbines capture their awesome power.
But all this is about to change. The British Columbia Sustainable
Energy Association (BCSEA), launched in June 2004, is promoting
much greater use of renewable energy in B.C..
BC Sustainable Energy Association
BCSEA is a non-profit association of citizens, professionals
and practitioners, committed to promoting the understanding,
development, and adoption of sustainable energy and energy
conservation and efficiency in British Columbia.
Read and learn more about BCSEA by visiting their website
(http://www.bcsea.org).
Hopefully you too will be inspired to join this growing movement
through their online membership service.
The BCSEA, it seems to me, can fill several huge
gaps, including:
- Unifying the wealth of expertise and enthusiasm that
already exists in BC with regards to sustainable energy, and
channelling that synergy to influence policy and planning
at the federal, provincial and municipal levels;
- Acting as a clearinghouse for practical information
on sustainable energy at the commercial and residential
levels;
- Providing a forum for citizens, government and industry
to share ideas and initiate action with regards to sustainable
energy; and
- Establishing the British Columbia’sn citizenry as
a leader in renewable, sustainable energy.
Call to action
I recently joined the Association and I am urging you
to do the same. The membership fee is a pittance in comparison
to what we as a society can gain from clean, renewable forms
of energy. Humans are the only living creatures that extract
material from the earth, refine it, and return the by-products
back to the earth and atmosphere in a non-biodegradable
form. We need to mitigate wean ourselves off this behaviour
and take pro-active measures to redirect society onto a more
sustainable path.
Next Steps
Once As soon as we have 10 members from in the Rivendale
area we can establish our own BCSEA Chapter and begin
to have real influence on federal, provincial and municipal
policy and planning with regards to energy. We would
operate under the auspices of the provincial organization,
yet would have a great deal of freedom in to achieving pursue
sustainable energy objectives at the community level. Please
send me a short email when you join BCSEA, and I will
keep a contact list of Rivendale members. I will take the
lead on organizing our first meeting to move this forward.
Please forward this to anyone else you think may be interested
in this initiative. Here is a wonderful opportunity to act
locally while thinking globally. It simply makes good
sense. The BCSEA website, once again, is http://www.bcsea.org
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