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Environmental Facebook groups worth looking at – March 2008

facebook-thumb.gifHere are some Canadian environment-related Facebook groups that are worth checking out. They are all active and utilize Facebook events, links, discussion boards, and photo galleries frequently. And of course, their content is pretty cool as well….

The Green Chain Gang
Entertainment & Arts – Movies
This group is based upon the blockbuster documentary ‘The Green Chain” written and directed by our buddy Mark Leiren-Young.

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Organizations – Non-Profit Organizations
CPAWS uses Facebook to share their campaigns, videos, and photos relating to their programs and activities.

EcoEco (ECOlogyECOnomy: A Sustainable Dilemma?)
Common Interest – Activities
Based in Toronto, Ontario, EcoEco promotes and manages their monthly events using the “Events” application.

Planet in Focus
Entertainment & Arts – General
Our friends at Planet in Focus utilize almost every Facebook group feature.

SeaChoice
Organizations – Non-Profit Organizations
Canada’s Sustainable Seafood Program, learn about which seafood is good and safe to eat as well as view informative multi-media content about the various SeaChoice campaigns across the country.

The Tyee
Internet & Technology – News
With over 800 active members, you really can’t miss anything.

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Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home

garbage-rev.jpgPlanet in Focus: Toronto International Environmental Film and Video Festival is pleased to co-present “Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home” at the 15th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
April 17- 27, 2008

With his first son just born, filmmaker Andrew Nisker is very concerned with the state of our planet. As the average household level of consumption rises, so does the astronomical amount of waste we collectively create. Are we turning the earth into one giant garbage can? Determined to understand the damage we are doing, Nisker enlists the average urban family, the McDonald’s, to keep every scrap of garbage that they produce for three months in their increasingly smelly garage. From organic waste to dirty diapers, from plastic bottles to Christmas wrapping, the McDonald’s discover that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet. At turns hilarious, provocative, and alarming, Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home will change the way you think about the garbage sitting out on your curb and will make you think twice before you eat on paper plates. Directed by Andrew Nisker, Canada, 76 min. Visit the web site: http://www.garbagerevolution.com/

BLOOR – Sat Apr 19   1:00 PM

AL GREEN – Tue Apr 22   9:00 PM

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Protecting Caribou and You

Across the country, CPAWS’ chapters are working in their provinces
and territories to protect Boreal Woodland caribou. Together, we’re
asking the federal government to meet its obligation to protect
Woodland caribou habitat under the Species at Risk Act.  Here’s what’s
happening:

Nationwide

The goals

  1. April 2008 (expected): To
    meet its obligation under the Species at Risk Act,  the federal
    government issues a map of critical Boreal woodland caribou habitat —
    let’s make sure they finally do it.
  2. by Fall 2009:
    Following a public consultation, the government releases a Woodland
    caribou recovery plan to protect their remaining Boreal habitat.

You can help — sign our petition!

Watch the video

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Around the Web, Career Opportunities

ECO Canada announces winners of the 2008 Environmental Employer of the Year Awards

Vancouver, March 14, 2008 – ECO Canada announced the winners of the 2008
Environmental Employer of the Year Awards last night at the GLOBE 2008
Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The awards were presented to two
outstanding Canadian environmental companies in two categories–SLR
Consulting (Canada) Ltd. (formerly SEACOR Environmental Inc.) won in the large
company category, while the Delphi Group took home the big prize in the
small-to-medium sized company category. This is the second win for Delphi and
the first win for SLR Consulting.

“The Delphi Group and SLR Consulting Ltd. were chosen as the winners of this
year’s awards primarily because of exceptional HR practices that have led to a
very high level of employee satisfaction,” said Grant Trump, President and CEO
of ECO Canada. “Well-developed HR practices are the basis for any company’s
success, but particularly when you consider the recruitment and retention
demands of our industry today,” said Trump.

Companies are required to complete three requirements to be considered for the
award–an employer essay that describes specific policies that contribute
to a positive working environment, an employer survey that asks employers to
outline things such as employee turnover and length of tenure, and an employee
survey, which asks for written feedback from employees on the working
environment in the company and needs to be filled out by 25% of total staff.

“Employers and employees are both surveyed, but the award application process
itself is focused heavily on employee feedback,” said Joel Pagnucco, Manager of
Employer Services at ECO Canada. “Essentially, it’s the staff members
themselves who choose the winners.”

ECO Canada administers the annual Environmental Employer of the Year award, but
applications are reviewed externally and winners are chosen by an external
selection committee made up of HR professionals from across the country.

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Quirks & Quarks, 1975

Hear the first four episodes ever broadcast, hosted by David Suzuki from the CBC Digital Archives….

Is science just a subject for academics and geeks? Not according to the CBC Radio program Quirks & Quarks. When it debuted in 1975, Quirks
set out to show Canadians that science is exciting, interesting and
relevant to our daily lives — and the program has pursued that same
goal ever since. The first host of the show was outspoken geneticist
David Suzuki, at the helm from 1975 to 1979. Jay Ingram hosted from
1979 to 1991, and Bob McDonald has been host since 1992. The CBC
Digital Archives features the first four entire episodes from the
program’s inaugural year of 1975, plus a broad selection of shorter
clips from throughout the show’s history.

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Alberta, Around the Web

Tonight on Doc Zone: Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta

TONIGHT on CBC’s Doc Zone! Thursday March 13 at 9pm on CBC-TV & Saturday March 15 at 10pm ET/PT  on CBC Newsworld

Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta
captures the intersecting storylines of a remarkable cast of characters
eager to cash in on the oil boom in Fort McMurray, Alberta.  Washington
lobbyists, Newfie pipefitters, Chinese investors and Norwegian
industrialists descend on tar-soaked “Fort McMoney”, a modern-day
Eldorado, where rents are sky rocketing and cocaine abuse is four times
the provincial average. Up for grabs – a stake in a $100 billion energy
bonanza and Canada’s economic sovereignty.

Read more about this documentary on the CBC.

Discuss this film online.

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