REAL MOVES.
Rideau Environmental
Action League – REAL (formerly LL Green) has moved into a former
municipal works warehouse in Smith Falls, across the Railway Museum.
The building sits on the Rideau River “with canoe access”, says
Susan Brandum, and houses REAL’s office and reuse store. The
new location will allow shoreline restoration, community gardens and
native plants gardening. Renovations are expected to be completed in
May.
WELL DONE!
Police had to be brought in to manage the traffic at a
record-breaking Well Wise forum
last week in Orono, which attracted 350 well owners. Well Wise
staffers Lindsay Conboy and Brenda Ibey said the event was so
crowded “people were sitting on the floor.” Another Well Wise well
forum held last week in Greenbank drew 95 participants. Well Wise,
which delivers Well Aware in
Durham Region, is holding a series of community forums in
partnership with the Region of Durham and local conservation
authorities.
PRAISE. “Green
pioneers deserve thanks, support,” opined an editorial
in the Waterloo Record, heaping high praise on REEP Waterloo for
developing a demonstration house to help lead the way to a greener
future.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.
Green Communities
Canada seeks an Associate Director as a senior member of the
management team. Requires project management and program development
skills. See Good Work
listing. Due: 18 April.
ELORA ED. With the
impending retirement of Don Eaton as Executive Director of the Elora Centre for Environmental
Excellence, the search for a new ED is under way. See posting. Due: 17
April.
LOW-INCOME. Clean Nova Scotia and ACAP Cape Breton are among the
organizations delivering a new $1.6 million low-income
energy efficiency program in Nova Scotia. The program, being
delivered as a bundled service, includes training and hiring of
crews to carry out retrofits of 200 homes. Based on an earlier
pilot, the Government of Nova Scotia decided on a system of local
delivery agents with exclusivity in each region.
PESTICIDE FREE? OUI!
A new report by Équiterre and
The David Suzuki Foundation
recommends measures to strengthen Quebec’s Pesticides Management
Code and encourages other provinces (e.g., Ontario, planning its own
legislation) to follow Quebec’s lead in banning certain cosmetic
lawn and garden pesticides. See the media release (English
and French
) and the report (English
and French).
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST.
Get your camera for Windfall
Ecology Centre‘s Earth
Week Photography contest. Theme: What on Earth Are You
Doing? It’s Easy Being Green! “Show us how individual or group
action can bring about change in an easy way. For example, an entry
might be someone using a push-mower to cut their lawn.” Submit photos
before 14 April.
BC FESTIVAL. Green Ideas Network
hosts the 2nd
Annual Environmental Film Festival and Student Video Contest as
part of Surrey’s Environmental
Extravaganza. Solutions-based documentaries include
Vancouver-made Tableland. 22
& 24 April.
SCREENING GARBAGE. Clean North presents Canadian
movie Garbage! The
Revolution starts at home followed by a panel discussion.
Sault-Ste.Marie, 22
April. Also check for Garbage! at the Canadian International
Documentary Festival (Hot
Docs) in Toronto, 19 & 22 April.
E-CYCLING. The 2008 International Computer
Refurbisher’s Summit (ICRS) will focus on the “Triple Bottom
Line” aspects of electronics refurbishing: the reuse of technology
to create positive impacts on the environment, the economy and the
valued social infrastructure. Toronto, 5-6 May.
PRICING CARBON.
Canada can achieve a 65 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050 – and interim cuts of 20 per cent by 2020 – says a
new report
from the National Round Table on
Environment and Economy. “The policy package required to achieve
deep long-term reductions must place a price on carbon emissions,”
with complementary policies and regulations, the report states.
Options for pricing mechanisms include an emission tax, a
cap-and-trade system, or a combination of the two.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES.
Eleven of Canada’s largest environmental and conservation
organizations have come to a groundbreaking consensus around a
roadmap for environmental action. Tomorrow
Today: How Canada can make a world of difference offers
practical directions for addressing the state of the environment.
The groups’ recommendations centre on climate change, energy use,
food production, toxic substances, water, forests and oceans.
JOBS.
Ecology
Action Centre, Halifax, is hiring 3 positions: Standing Tall
Campaign Coordinator, due 3 April; Development
& Outreach Coordinator, due 16 April; Energy and
Climate Change Coordinator, due 25 April … Earth Day Canada, EcoKids Program
Manager, Toronto, due 21 April … AutoShare, Senior Manager,
Member Services, Toronto, due 11 April … Coalition on the Niagara
Escarpment (CONE), Executive Director, due 4
April.
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