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British Columbia
June 3, 2009
Event: Clean Commuters Breakfast
Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM PST
Location: Granville Square Plaza, 200 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
Description: All sustainable commuters receive a delicious free breakfast! When: 7:00-9AM, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Where: Granville Square Plaza, 200 Granville Street (Bicycle Entrance off Granville and Hastings) What: Mini-massages for sustainable commuters Yoga for Commuters (7:00-7:25AM; 7:30AM-7:55AM) Free bicycle tune-ups, helmet fitting and Bicycle Valet Daisy, the world's largest solar powered bicycle.
For more information, contact Austen Mayor, A/Communications Advisor Regional Intranet Content Coordinator -- Environment Canada, Pacific & Yukon Region, 604-664-9055, Fax: 604-713-9517, austen.mayor@ec.gc.ca
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June 3, 2009
Event: Clean Air Day
Time: all day
Location: Ceal Tingley Park, Quesnel, BC
Description: Open to the public. Come down to Ceal Tingley Park to learn about our local air quality and what you can do to help improve it. Take what you have learned and enter to win a great prize!
For more information, contact Jeannine McCormack, 250-992-5833, Fax: 250-992-5010, bces@telus.net www.bakercreek.org
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June 3, 2009 - June 5, 2009
Event: Quesnel Commuter Challenge
Time: all day
Location: Quesnel, BC
Description: Open to the public. Sign up your workplace for the Quesnel Commuter Challenge! Walk, bike, take the bus or carpool to work and win great prizes! Categories for small business, large business, and schools. Email for more information on how to register.
For more information, contact Jeannine McCormack, 250-992-5833, Fax: 250-992-5010, bces@telus.net www.bakercreek.org
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Event: Sailing through the Arctic from Victoria, BC
Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: Victoria Harbour, Victoria , BC
Description: The public are welcome to send off me and my crew on the sail boat Silent Sound. We will be embarking on a four month expedition through the Northwest Passage and the Arctic to explore climate change and its effects on the Inuit community. We will be landing in Halifax, NS in late September or early October.
For more information, contact Cameron Dueck, (604) 798 6708, cameron@openpassageexpedition.com
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Event: Trash to Treasure Makeovers
Time: 2:00 PM PST
Location: Blinking Star Antiques, Union Bay, British Columbia
Description: Open to the public. As part of Environment Week, and in keeping with the "Antiques are Green" theme we promote, we are running a "Trash to Treasure" competition. Anything you have repurposed or repaired can be entered. Your entry can be digital (newsletter@BlinkingStar.ca) or "in person" if you live in the Comox Valley. We will have a people's choice voting process from 2-4 pm on June 6. The winning entry will receive their choice of locally-made products that we feature in the store, and can choose from glasswork, soap and hand cream, or a candle package.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Campbell Duke, 250-335-2255, newsletter@BlinkingStar.ca 2nd Floor Union Bay Post Office, www.blinkingstar.ca
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Event: Woodland Walk @ Pinecone Burke Park
Time: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM PST
Location: Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Coquitlam, British Columbia
Description: To celebrate the 14th anniversary of the creation of Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park, the Burke Mountain Naturalists will be hosting a public hike. This guided short hike will follow the Woodland Walk Trail ending at a beautiful waterfall and an old growth Douglas fir. Round trip distance of 7km.
For more information, contact Ian at 604-939.4039 or see www.bmn.bc.ca.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Event: Japanese Knotweed Removal
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Location: DeBoville Slough - Victoria Drive and Cedar Drive, Coquitlam, British Columbia
Description: Join the Friends of DeBoville Slough, BMN and other community stewards for a morning of weed-whacking on the dykes. We will be removing several thickets of highly invasive Japanese knotweed and need your help. Bring gloves, sturdy shoes, and sunscreen. Refreshments will be provided. Meet in the parking lot at the corner of Victoria Drive and Cedar Drive in Northeast Coquitlam
For more information, contact Dave or Myrna at 778-230-1509 or see www. fodbs.org.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Event: Riverview Hospital Public Tree Tour
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PST
Location: Riverview - Henry Esson Young Building, Coquitlam, British Columbia
Description: Join members of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society and a volunteer Arborist to visit some of the celebrated trees at Riverview. The walk is on uneven ground and lasts about 2 hours. Enjoy this beautiful urban green space, one of the few left in the Lower Mainland. For more info see www.rhcs.org.
For more information, contact Dana Slocum dslocum@coquitlam.ca
Alberta
April - October, 2009
Event: Biking
Time: Daily!
Location: 15 km daily
Description: I bike to work daily Monday to Friday and on weekends I bike 25-30 km.
For more information contact Hjordis Jahnsen hjordisjahnswn@capitalhealth.ca
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Sunday May 31 - Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Green Stop
Time: Every day!
Location: Province-wide, AB
Description: Open to the public. Since 1972, Alberta has celebrated Environment Week (EW). This year, we are celebrating 20 years of our EW poster series. Public events, called Green Stops, are all posted on one website where you can learn more about this special week and what you can do to participate. The choices you make - big and small - really do make a difference. To find out what is happening in Alberta communities, visit http://www.environment.gov.ab.ca/edu/eweek/
For more information contact Helen Wong, Environment Week Coordinator 2009 Alberta Environment: helen.wong@gov.ab.ca
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Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Breathe Deep, Breath Easier - Bicycle Recycle
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM MDT
Location: 1120 Railway Avenue, Canmore , AB
Description: Open to the public. The Bow Valley Clean Air Society (BVCAS) will feature a solar panel and solar oven display, a pedal power machine, a map of the proposed Calgary Region Airshed Zone (CRAZ) boundary, as well as brochures and other information detailing what BVCAS is all about. Canmore Community Cruisers will be selling used bicycles and bicycle parts as well as memberships to use the green bikes and trailers.
BVCAS will be submitting an article to the local newspapers on Tax Rebate for Green Home Repairs, which will be published on Clean Air Day, June 3rd.
For more information, contact Shirley Mushey, President, Bow Valley Clean Air Society, 403-678-4457, bvcas@telus.net
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
May 31, 2009 - June 8, 2009
Event: Grade 7 Environment Week Project
Time: Various, final presentation of awards 2:30 June 6
Location: Gillam School, Gillam, MB
Description: Open to the public. The Grade 7A Science class has been studying Environmental Issues and has decided to take on a leadership role in coordinating Environment Week activities throughout the school. There will be a number of awareness-raising events and competitions at all Grade levels from K-12. Competitions will include art activities using recycled materials, arts and letters (art work, poetry, essays, etc.) competitions with environmental themes, and science demonstrations and research projects. The Cree language class, with the guidance of Cree teacher, Jessie Lavallee, and in response to a request from elders, is doing a special project related to the current threat to polar bears in the North due to the "greenhouse effect". Students in the school are being asked to make a commitment to make some small change to improve the environment (e.g. turn lights off), and to write these commitments on "footprints" around the school. The Grade 7 class will be arranging a presentation of prizes to winners of the competitions on Monday, June 8. We would like to thank our Principal, Mr. Wayne Marche, as well as several businesses in the area, for generous donations of prizes for this event and we thank all students and teachers for their support.
For more information, call Mrs. M. Lockyer and Mrs. Susan Morran, 204-652-6599 or e-mail mlockyer@frontiersd.mb.ca
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Monday June 1 - Tuesday 2, 2009
Event: Canadian Colleges Environmental Network/Canadian University Environmental Science Network annual environmental conference
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Description: Assiniboine Community College is proud to be hosting the Canadian Colleges Environmental Network/Canadian University Environmental Science Network’s annual environmental conference. The 7th annual conference, on ‘Environmental Education – a Manitoba Perspective’, runs from June 1 to 2, 2009 in Winnipeg, MB. This two-day conference will include keynote speakers, seminars, panel discussions, field tours and socializing opportunities. Keynote speaker Dr. Tom Puk, Professor of Ecological Consciousness in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University, will kick off the event with his presentation on ‘Lifelong Ecological Consciousness and How to Incorporate it into our Educational Systems’. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, Canada’s former Foreign Minister and Nobel Peace Prize nominee will also make a presentation.
There is a two-day registration fee of just $175. Seminar topics include: a corporate approach to sustainability, building a sustainable management system at the University of Winnipeg, developing local leadership through hands-on learning, views on teaching the environment and teaching biodiversity in First Nations classrooms. Panel discussions will feature Grant Trump of ECO Canada, Gerald Farthing of the Council of Ministers of Education and Daryl Cole of CareerTrek. Field tours are available of Manitoba Hydro's Downtown Office Project and FortWhyte Alive. Dinner and Cocktails will take place on June 1 and FortWhyte and a pre-Conference Wine and Cheese will take place on May 31 at the Delta Winnipeg.
For more information, call 204.725.8712 or e-mail ag&environ@assiniboine.net
Ontario
Saturday May 30, 2009
Event: Environment Week Information Fair
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Intercity Shopping Centre, Thunder Bay
Description: Open to the public. The Zero Waste Action Team of Thunder Bay is launching Environment Week with an Environment Week Information Fair at Intercity Shopping Centre on May 30 from 9am until 6pm. Participants include the ZWATeam, Pack Pros E-Waste Collection Depot, Eco Superior Environmental Programs, Recool Canada, City of Thunder Bay Landfill and Recycling Services, City of Thunder Bay Tree Stewardship Program, the Food Action Network and Citizens Concerned About Pesticides. There will be displays and handouts and draws for a $50.00 Intercity Shopping Centre gift certificate and a copy of local author Graham Saunder's new book entitled "Gardening with Short Growing Seasons."
For more information please contact, Janice Horgos zwatcentral@yahoo.com www.zwat.org
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Week of June 1, 2009
Event: Cycling: Downtown -> Downsview
Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Description: Open to the public. I'm cycling all this week, and mostly throughout the upcoming months, from Downtown Toronto to 4905 Dufferin St. (Downsview), and back in the evenings. The ride is roughly 18km, with no major inclines. If anyone else wants to join, let me know. Rain or shine!
For more information, please contact Bryan Uyede, 416-739-4800, Bryan.Uyede@ec.gc.ca
National Capital Region
Sunday May 31, 2009
Event: Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike!
Time: 1:30 PM registration, 2:00 - 4:00 PM bike ride
Location: Pretoria Bridge and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Ottawa
Description: Open to the public. Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike! Join Councillor Clive Doucet and Netherlands Ambassador Wim Geerts for a family-friendly bike ride along the Queen Elizabeth Driveway. There will also be an unveiling of a Dutch signpost known as a "paddestoel" part way through the ride. The signpost is a gift from the Netherlands to Ottawa in recognition of our friendship and mutual interest in cycling. Dutch Groceries will be waiting for you with snacks and refreshments at the ‘Man with Two Hats’ sculpture at Dow’s Lake. The event will promote cycling as a fun, practical and clean means of transportation. Date: Sunday, May 31st Time and location: Registration begins at 1:30pm at Pretoria and the Queen Elizabeth Driveway; the ride officially starts at 2pm and goes until 4pm. Free event!
For more information, Tara Pearman, Office of Councillor Clive Doucet, (613) 580-2487, tara.pearman@ottawa.ca, www.clivedoucet.com Netherlands Embassy, gobike@netherlandsembassy.ca, www.netherlandsembassy.ca
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Monday June 1, 2009
Event: Eco Fair
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Place Du Portage III, Tower C, 11 Laurier Street, Gatineau, QC
Description: Open to the public. For this year's Environment Week, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has teamed up with the City of Gatineau to encourage and promote environmentally friendly living with the theme "Living Green" Eco-Fair During the week, the eco-fair will showcase the environmental efforts of small and large companies, governments and organisations that help others make positive changes for a healthier environment. Displays will promote a greener lifestyle through informative materials, products, services and activities for all aspects of life, ranging from beauty to waste management. The eco-fairs will take place at Place du Portage III in Gatineau on Monday June 1. Exhibition times are between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day. These events will be open to all public servants and the general public. Come discover alternatives for greening your everyday living! When & Where: Monday June 1st, Opening 10am to 3pm close, Place du Portage III, 11 Laurier Street, Gatineau QC, lobby from Tower C and hallway connecting to Phase IV
For more information, contact Chris Jalkotzy chris.jalkotzy@pwgsc.gc.ca
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Tuesday June 2, 2009
Event: Eco Fair
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: L'esplanade Laurier, Ottawa, ON
Description: Open to the public. The eco-fair will showcase the environmental efforts of small and large companies, governments and organisations that help others make positive changes for a healthier environment. Displays will promote a greener lifestyle through informative materials, products, services and activities for all aspects of life, ranging from beauty to waste management. The eco-fair will take place at l'Esplanade Laurier in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 2. Exhibition times are between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day. These events will be open to all public servants and the general public. Come discover alternatives for greening your everyday living! When & Where: Tuesday June 2nd, Opening 10am to3pm close, l'Esplanade Laurier, 300 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa ON, both lobbies and commercial space on first floor.
For more information, contact Chris Jalkotzy chris.jalkotzy@pwgsc.gc.ca
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Wednesday June 3, 2009
Event: Clean Air Day - Vélo Vogue Fashion Show
Time: 12:30 - 1:30PM
Location: Ottawa City Hall, Jane Piggott Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa
Description: Open to the public. Vélo Vogue: A Fashion Show for the Urban Cyclist! Come celebrate Clean Air Day by joining us for Vélo Vogue, a fashion show for the urban cyclist, brought to you by Ottawa City Councillor Clive Doucet and the Netherlands Embassy. Vélo Vogue will feature fun and fashionable clothes that work great on a bike! Free event!
For more information, Nancy Kukurudz, Event organizer at (613) 218-4611, nkukurudz@rogers.com Catherine Henry, Office of Councillor Clive Doucet, (613) 580-2487, catherine.henry@ottawa.ca Netherlands Embassy, gobike@netherlandsembassy.ca
Quebec
Sunday May 31, 2009
Event: Presentation of the Faites de l'air program
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: 3950 St-Laurent Boulevard, Montreal
Description: Open to the public. ‘Faites de l’air’ is Quebec’s contribution to Canada’s vehicle recycling program, Retire Your Ride. The goal for the whole country is to retire 50,000 1995 model year or older vehicles each year until March 31, 2011. The goal for Quebec is to retire 20,000 vehicles by the end of the program. The program is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and protect the environment by encouraging Quebeckers and Canadians to retire their old vehicles and recycle them responsibly. Vehicles that are a 1995 model year or older produce 19 times more pollutants than 2004 or newer models, and automobile pollution contributes to the formation of smog. There are currently over 600,000 old (1995 or earlier model year) vehicles on Quebec roads. They represent 10% of the total number of vehicles in Quebec but produce over half the pollution. That is why the ‘Faites de l’air’ program focuses on these old vehicles.
For more information contact: Pierre Véronneau pierre.veronneau@videotron.ca
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Sunday May 31, 2009
Event: Planting trees all along the Cheminot bike path in Beauport
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Starting point is at the bike path avenue of the Corridor du Littoral in Beauport, Quebec City (Beauport borough)
Description: Open to the public. The metropolitan Quebec City forestry association, the Association forestière Québec métropolitain, in collaboration with COOP PRO-VERT and in connection with Quebec City’s environment week, the Semaine de l’environnement, is inviting the public to take part in a tree-planting activity all along the bike path of the Corridor du Littoral in Beauport. The Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches branch of Quebec’s department of natural resources and wildlife, the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, is generously donating the seedlings in honour of tree and forest month, the Mois de l’arbre et des forêts.
For more information, contact Louis Olivier Cardinal, Forest Technician and Urban Forestry Project Officer, Association forestière Québec métropolitain, tel.: 418-522-0006, ext. 3025, cell: 418-208-7639, email: arbre@afqm.org
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Thursday June 4, 2009
Event: Awareness day
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Artillery Park, 2 D’Auteuil Street, Quebec City
Description: By invitation only. Information booth, giving out and planting trees, refreshments
For more information, contact Marie-Claude Belley, Acting Coordinator, Parks Canada, 2 D'Auteuil Street, PO Box 10, Station B, Quebec City, Quebec, G1K 7A1, Tel.: (418) 648-4444, Fax: (418) 648-2506
marie-claude.belley@pc.gc.ca
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Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Guided tour
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Parc linéaire de la Rivière Beauport, Quebec City (borough of Beauport)
Description: Open to the public. As part of Environment Week, the Association forester Québec metropolitan (AFQM) is offering the public free guided tours of two urban woodlots. They will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2009, from 10:00 am to noon at the Parc linéaire de la rivière Beauport (borough of Beauport, Quebec City). Since the city was founded, urban development has literally shaped the character of forests in our community. Yet there are still areas that are typical of long-ago landscapes and that have been incorporated into the urban fabric. Today, the urban woodlots, vestiges of more extensive forest, are spaces that fulfill numerous social and environmental functions that are essential to the public’s quality of life. Join us, rain or shine, it’s free! Reservations are required.
For more information, contact Association forester Québec metropolitan Guillaume Auclair, Bio. (418) 647-0909 animation@afqm.org
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Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Excursion for all: urban woodlands
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Parc linéaire de la rivière Beauport (Beauport River linear park), Quebec City (Beauport borough)
Description: Open to the public. The metropolitan Quebec City forestry association, the Association forestière Québec métropolitain, in connection with Quebec City’s environment week, the Semaine de l’environnement, is inviting the public to take part in guided visits to two urban woodlands. By exploring a combination of history and ecology, you will discover the beauty of urban woodlands and all that they can contribute to their environment.
For more information, contact Association forester Québec metropolitan Guillaume Auclair, Bio. (418) 647-0909 animation@afqm.org
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Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Excursion for all: urban woodlands
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Parc naturel du mont Bélair (Mont Bélair natural park), Quebec City (Laurentien borough)
Description: Open to the public. The metropolitan Quebec City forestry association, the Association forestière Québec métropolitain, is connection with Quebec City’s environment week, the Semaine de l’environnement, is inviting the public to take part in guided visits to two urban woodlands. By exploring a combination of history and ecology, you will discover the beauty of urban woodlands and all that they can contribute to their environment.
For more information, contact Association forester Québec metropolitan Guillaume Auclair, Bio. (418) 647-0909 animation@afqm.org
New Brunswick
Thursday June 4, 2009
Event: Fredericton Bike Park Official Launch and Open House
Time: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: 335 Queen Street
Description: 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. @ the Bikepark - 335 Queen Street, next to the Police Station. There will be coffee, juice and muffins. Coffee is free for those who bring a reusable mug; others will have to pay 50¢, which will be donated to a local cause. You can purchase a membership for the new Fredericton Bike Park for $50, or simply come and check it out. Mayor Brad Woodside will be on hand at 9:30 am for the official opening. There will also be a free bike clinic put on by Radical Edge - offering bike tune-ups, and brake and tire pressure checks. Radical Edge has donated two bike helmets to be drawn as door prizes.
For more information, contact Alycia Morehouse greenmatters@fredericton.ca
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Thursday June 4, 2009
Event: Rachel Carson 'A Sense of Wonder' Movie Screening
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street
Description: Thursday, June 4, 7pm - Charlotte Street Arts Centre Doors open at 6:30pm Admission: Free As part of a 150+ city tour across North America, Green Matters is pleased to present "A Sense of Wonder", a documentary film about leading environmental pioneer and author of Silent Spring, Rachel Carson. "A Sense of Wonder" is an intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world. This 55-minute film will be preceded by "The Story of Stuff": a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. "The Story of Stuff" exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. Taking place in the auditorium at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, doors open at 6:30pm, screening begins at 7 o'clock. The screening is being presented by Green Matters in partnership with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Members of the New Brunswick Conservation Council will be on hand to share information about Environmental stewardship and conservation and about how you can be a member of the Council.
For more information, contact Alycia Morehouse greenmatters@fredericton.ca
Nova Scotia
Saturday June 6, 2009
Event: Lovett Lake/Bayers Lake CITO (Cache In, Trash Out)
Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Bayers Lake Business Park (N 44° 38.601 W 063° 40), Halifax, NS.
Description: Open to the public. This is a CITO event -- "Cache In, Trash Out" -- hosted by the Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association in Halifax. We plan to clean up shorelines of Bayers Lake, Lovett Lake and the walking trail in between. For more information, please see our event page on geocaching.com.
For more information, contact Chuck Turner (902) 864-8083,
chuckt9881@gmail.com
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Sunday June 7, 2009
Event: McNabs & Lawlor Islands BeachCleanup
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: McNabs & Lawlor Islands Provincial Park
Description: McNabs and Lawlor Islands Beach Cleanup Sunday, June 7, 10 am to 4:30 pm (Rain dates: June 13 or June 14). Join the Friends of McNabs Island Society for the annual cleanup of McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park. Celebrate Oceans Day and Environment Week by cleaning up the beautiful beaches of these Halifax Harbour islands. Meet at Murphy’s on the Water, Cable Wharf on the Halifax Waterfront before 10 a.m. Space on the boat is limited to 150 people. Bring work gloves, drinking water, a lunch and ENTHUSIASM. We will supply the garbage bags and FREE transportation to the island for volunteers willing to clean up the beaches. Groups of more than ten must pre-register with the Friends of McNabs Island. This is the 16th year that the Friends of McNabs Island have organized a beach cleanup of the Halifax Harbour islands. Since 1991, volunteers have collected more than 8,250 bags of garbage and recyclables from McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park.
For more information, contact Cathy 902-434-2254 (evenings) or Carolyn 902-477-0187 or mcnabs@chebucto.ns.ca. Visit www.mcnabsisland.ca for more details.
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland & Labrador
Northwest Territories
Monday June 1, 2009
Event: Lug-a-Mug Campaign
Time: 8:15 AM
Location: Bellanca Building, Yellowknife, NT
Description: By invitation. You are encouraged to bring your own mug for a ‘cuppa java’ and receive an INAC Eco Bag. Mugs are available for those without. The Lug-a-Mug campaign is an ongoing Environment Canada-led campaign to reduce the amount of disposable coffee cups that are sent to landfills every year. Pledge sheets will be available for participants to show others that they have made a commitment to change and reduce their impact on the environment.
For more information contact, Peter M. Rybchinski, telephone: 867-669-2511 or e-mail:
peter_rybchinski@inac.gc.ca
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Monday June 1, 2009
Event: Learn to Compost
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: 4914-50th Street, Yellowknife, NT
Description: By invitation. Listen to special guest speakers Shannon Ripley and Charlotte Henry talk about composting and worming in the North.
For more information contact, Peter M. Rybchinski, telephone: 867-669-2511 or e-mail:
peter_rybchinski@inac.gc.ca
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Tuesday June 2, 2009
Event: Garbage Campaign
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: 4914-50th Street, Yellowknife, NT
Description: Open to the public. Sign up to collect as much garbage as possible in the downtown core of Yellowknife. Gloves are available but limited so please bring your own if you have some. Bio-degradable garbage bags will be provided.
For more information contact, Peter M. Rybchinski, telephone: 867-669-2511 or e-mail:
peter_rybchinski@inac.gc.ca
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Wednesday June 3, 2009
Event: Bicycle Clinic
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: 4914-50th Street, Yellowknife, NT
Description: By invitation. Bike to work, and have your bicycle serviced at no cost by Wilf from K&W Cycle! You will also get your name entered for a door prize.
For more information contact, Peter M. Rybchinski, telephone: 867-669-2511 or e-mail:
peter_rybchinski@inac.gc.ca
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Friday June 5, 2009
Event: Greenstone BuildingTour
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: 5101-50th Avenue, Yellowknife, NT
Description: Open to the public. Tour and learn about Yellowknife’s ‘smart building,’ an optimally energy-efficient structure! The first public building "North of 60" to have LEED certification and the first project in Yellowknife to use fly ash.
For more information contact, Aleta Fowler, or Peter M. Rybchinski, telephone: 867-669-2511 or e-mail:
aleta_fowler@inac-ainc.gc.ca , peter_rybchinski@inac.gc.ca
