Vancouver – The Wilderness Committee has reacted to news that on April 1 a permit was issued by the BC government to the First Nation owned logging company Iisaak Forest Resources Ltd to build a logging road into a pristine valley in Clayoquot Sound. Continue reading Wilderness Committee decries new logging road permit issued in BC’s Clayoquot Sound
The Kids’ World of Energy Festival brings together over 4000 students, youth, volunteers and families to engage with hands-on learning about renewable energy. Taking place at the Evergreen Brick Works, this festival will feature 3 curriculum-linked days designed specially for grade 5 and 6 classes, and 2 public days open to the community. Continue reading Kids’ World of Energy Festival: Call for volunteers
In Ontario, 30 million trees a year used to be planted on rural, private lands in the province. In the 1990s, this dropped to a low of only 2 million. Experts tell us that in order to achieve 30 percent forest cover and a healthy ecosystem, we need to plant over a billion more trees. Continue reading CAA and Trees Ontario put on a treeplanting weekend
Join charity lawyer Mark Blumberg as he discusses the “dos and don’ts” of charitable receipting (did you know that 89% of registered charities were found to be improperly issuing official donation receipts when audited by Canada Revenue Agency?). This is an interactive session, so you will have lots of opportunities to ask questions. Continue reading Free Charity Law Webinar: Receipting Practices and Legal Compliance for Environmental Charities
Community engagement, kids’ health and parent/child talks all cited as important reasons to walk or bike instead of driving to school. Continue reading Parents put brakes on driving children to school
An evening with Anishnabe Spiritual Leader Dave Courchene & ‘Survivorman’ Les Stroud. Continue reading Survival of the Indigenous Spirit – April 8th, 2011
Spend an evening with Survivorman Les Stroud and Indigenous Elder Dave Courchene, as they reveal the survival secrets of the world’s oldest tribes in a fundraiser to support the Vision Quest & Ma Koose Ka Win Ceremonies. Continue reading Survival of the Indigenous Spirit
April is Cancer Prevention Month, and the Women’s Healthy Environments Network is presenting a PWYC “Wannabe Toxic Free” film series at Toronto’s Centre for Social Innovation (215 Spadina Ave., 4th Floor, 7-9 pm). Continue reading “Wannabe Toxic Free” film series
Join volunteers for a guided walk in Rouge Park, a truly unique near-urban ecological and wilderness park in East Toronto and Markham.
Continue reading Take a Hike in Rouge Park
Find out what opportunities are hot and tasty at this mini-conference hosted by Food Forward, a registered non-profit organization in Toronto that provides a people’s voice for a better food system. Continue reading Pushing Further: Building your career in the good food movement
The Ontario Society for Environmental Education, an association that has been in existence for more than 60 years, is hosting EcoLinks, conference geared for teachers and other educators who are interested in the environment. Continue reading EcoLinks Conference
See the premiere Edmonton screening of A Chemical Reaction, a film that depicts the struggle that the town of Hudson faced as it became the first municipality in Canada to adopt a bylaw banning the non-essential use of pesticides in 1991. Continue reading A Chemical Reaction: The Story of a True Green Revolution
