Contacting your political representatives
Political leaders are greatly influenced by public opinion. In fact, politicians keep close tabs on the issues constituents raise in … Continue reading Contacting your political representatives
Tag: Get Involved
Tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper to keep Canada in Kyoto
The global warming debate is heating up again. This time the debate isn?t about whether or not global warming is … Continue reading Tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper to keep Canada in Kyoto
Calling Volunteers for Annual Carden Alvar Butterfly and Dragonfly Counts
Brown Bag Lunch & Learn
Bring your lunch and come out to listen to a free, inspirational public presentation about how Whistler, BC and Canmore, AB developed and implemented integrated community sustainability plans.
Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society – June Volunteer Events
June is seeming like it is going to be a quiet month for us as school is wrapping up for the year. We are hoping to host a few stewardship activities over the summer and in September. I will keep you all posted as things come up…..(read more)
Continue reading “Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society – June Volunteer Events”
Alternatives Journal Call for Proposals – CREATIVE COMMUNITIES
In Walkerton, an arts project bridges ecology and community healing by encouraging people to use writing, performance and sculpture to share their stories of the 2000 water crisis that killed seven ? stories now shared with water managers-in-training. In Montreal, an activist group hands out over 10,000 fake traffic tickets for vehicle emissions as part of a performance art display, forcing drivers to think about the environmental impacts of their vehicles and driving habits. Around the world, art is used to bring people together to envision a more sustainable and equitable future and to transform communities into vibrant, thriving places.
Continue reading “Alternatives Journal Call for Proposals – CREATIVE COMMUNITIES”
2006 EMAN National Science Meeting
The Ecological Monitoring & Assessment Network (EMAN) Coordinating Office invites you to participate in the 2006 National Science Meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba. EMAN National Science Meetings offer an occasion for the ecological monitoring community across Canada to meet, present their program and findings, learn mechanisms to enhance the effectiveness of their monitoring programs, and identify collaboration opportunities. Network partners increasingly note the challenge of turning monitoring data into meaningful knowledge to influence decision-making. This year?s conference will emphasize the synthesis and delivery of monitoring information under the theme ?Data to Outcomes: What have we learned? Who did we tell? What difference did it make??
Canadian Environment Awards Names Finalists for Fifth Anniversary Celebration
TORONTO, May 4 /CNW/ – The Canadian Environment Awards today named the finalists who will be honoured during its annual … Continue reading Canadian Environment Awards Names Finalists for Fifth Anniversary Celebration
TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
The TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC) is a conservation program aimed at removing litter from along Canadian rivers, lakes, wetlands and oceans. Volunteers work together to help create safer, garbage-free habitats for Canada’s wildlife and gather valuable information at the same time. Each debris item collected is recorded on special data cards, and the data are used to target, through education and legislation, the behaviours that produce the most aquatic debris.
Continue reading “TD Canada Trust Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup”
Save Lake Simcoe
Environmental Defence is partnering with Ontario Nature and the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition to save Ontario ‘s Lake Simcoe and … Continue reading Save Lake Simcoe
EATING WELL ? Alternatives Journal Call for Proposals
* Increasing numbers of undernourished and starving due to maldistribution of food.
* Limited access to nutritious food, resulting in obesity and behavioral disorders.
* Heightened dangers of human and environmental exposures to pesticides in food.
* Loss of diversity, soil productivity and arable land.
* High costs and low prices squeezing farmers out of a livelihood.
This list reads like a 21st-century litany of symptoms affecting our food system. But it might surprise you to learn that the People?s Food Commission actually identified these trends in 1980. In its groundbreaking report, The Land of Milk and Money, the commission linked human health and environmental issues with industrial food production, outlining the complex system around food for the first time.
Continue reading “EATING WELL ? Alternatives Journal Call for Proposals”
Taking Back The Bluffs
Thank you to everyone who came out to our “Taking Back the Bluffs Celebration. Your continued support is vital and … Continue reading Taking Back The Bluffs