All Blog Posts Tagged 'environment' (12)

Pyramid of Tires pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone

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To promote our big clean up of Cootes on Sunday March 1st, we took all except 50 of the 250 tires that were pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone watersheds last year to make our own tire pyramid.

Barry Gray of the Spectator came down and shot this great video.

Tys Theysmeyer, Head of Natural Lands for RBG was in the thick of it all and provided some insightful commentary. Tys says that about 1000 tires have been…

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Added by FixOurWorld on March 12, 2013 at 9:03am — No Comments

Pyramid of Tires pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone

Hi All,

To promote our big clean up of Cootes on Sunday March 1st, we took all except 50 of the 250 tires that were pulled out of Cootes and Grindstone watersheds last year to make our own tire pyramid.

Barry Gray of the Spectator came down and shot this great video.

Tys Theysmeyer, Head of Natural Lands for RBG was in the thick of it all and provided some insightful commentary. Tys says that about 1000 tires have been…

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Added by FixOurWorld on March 12, 2013 at 9:03am — No Comments

Scroll Down For Our 10 Most Endangered Animals List

Click links for more info and a short video on each species

1 Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

A North American bird so endangered it may actually be extinct…

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Added by FixOurWorld on March 9, 2013 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Government must heed environment commissioner’s warnings

David Suzuki via predictiveresponse.net

Feb 15 (2…

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Added by FixOurWorld on February 17, 2013 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Indigenous Canada Supporting Chief Spence

An update from the…

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Added by FixOurWorld on January 6, 2013 at 5:10pm — No Comments

Elizabeth May's Response to my letter to Prime Minister Harper

Thank you for sending me a copy of your letter to Prime Minister Harper regarding the Idle No More grassroots movement and the hunger strike of Attawapiskat First Nations Chief Theresa Spence.

The Green Party of Canada has fully supported Chief Theresa Spence’s and the Idle No…

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Added by FixOurWorld on January 6, 2013 at 2:54pm — 1 Comment

Whitefish with a Tumor from the Athabasca watershed

Environment Canada scientists have confirmed results published by researchers from the University of Alberta showing contaminants accumulating in the snow near oilsands operations, an internal federal document has revealed. The original study, led by University of Alberta scientists Erin Kelly and David Schindler, analyzed winter snow and found that contamination levels were "highest near oilsand…

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Added by FixOurWorld on November 29, 2012 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Dundas Town Hall Meeting discussing Bill C-38

Having been alerted to this Town Hall Meeting on extremely short notice, it was quite surprising to find between 50 and 75, mostly local people, in attendance with standing room only to be had.

From what panelists and participants in the Q & A…

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Added by FixOurWorld on June 17, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Public Forum on Bill C-38

Time for your voice to be heard!…

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Added by FixOurWorld on June 13, 2012 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

BlackOutSpeakOut - Speak out today for nature and democracy

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Added by FixOurWorld on June 4, 2012 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

Ontario Minister of Environment Meets with GNC Volunteers

August 5, 2011

Ontario Minister of Environment Meets with GNC Volunteers

On Tuesday, July 19th, several GNC volunteers were invited to participate in a long awaited meeting with the Minister of Environment, the Honourable John Wilkinson. Initially submitting a formal letter in October of 2011, Environment Hamilton requested the meeting to discuss ongoing…

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Added by FixOurWorld on August 5, 2011 at 11:56am — No Comments

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.

The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.

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Added by sushil yadav on January 14, 2010 at 1:42am — No Comments