[All] GREN: Jan 17-23 events and local news

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Quick Action, News and Upcoming Local Events from Jan 17-23rd.
 
Quick Action: 
Fill this quick form to send a pre-written note to federal party leaders to oppose more federal taxpayer subsidies for nuclear power in exchange for funding towards sustainable energy.   http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/send_a_message.php
 
 
News:
 
Good News for Sustainable Energy!
Wind generation in Ontario rose by more than 60 per cent over the previous year, up to 2.3 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2009. At the same time, output from Ontario ’s coal-fired plants dropped to 9.8 TWh, the lowest output in 45 years.

http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=5019
 
Critics argue city stifling fluoride debate To view this Waterloo Chronicle News Story visit here:  http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/article/198980 
 
 
Pesticide Ban Backlash: A group of pesticide companies is seeking Federal charges against MOE Minister John Gerretsen and members of senior staff stating there may be sufficient grounds for criminal charges of fraud in regards to Ontario's Pesticide Ban. To read more check the CBC website here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/14/consumer-pesticide-ban.html
 
 
Local Events 
 
Sunday Jan 17
 
Sunday Jan 17
A meeting to plan the Button Factory's Earth Day Parade called the Procession of the Species will take place at the Regina Street Centre starting at 2pm. Organizers are looking for interested artists and volunteers. For more info visit here: http://sites.google.com/site/kwprocession/
 
Tuesday January 19, 2010  
Clair Lake Class EA Addendum Public Drop In  
4:30-7:30pm
Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Hauser Haus
101 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo
For more info visit here:
http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=78
 
Wednesday Jan 20 th
Community, Environment, and Justice Research Group (CEJRG), based out of the Centre for Community Research Learning and Action (CCRLA) at Wilfrid Laurier University, is composed of faculty, students, and community members with a common interest in creating a just and environmentally sustainable local and global community. Our mission is to engage with the intersections of environment, community, and justice through research and collaboration. We want to be a centre of excellence that is a resource to the community and put our research into the service of local efforts engaged in pro-environmental change.  In order to introduce our ideas to you and hear your ideas about how this could work, we are pleased to invite you to attend a community forum meeting:
When: Wednesday, January 20th; 7pm-9pm
Where: CCRLA (232 King St, Room 214)
 At this meeting, we hope to learn together:
·   What kind of resource could CEJRG be for the community?
·   What role could our community partners play in CEJRG?
·   How to best create interactions between CEJRG and our community partners.
Please forward this invitation to all the people or organizations that you know may be interested in this meeting
Sincerely,
Manuel Riemer (Director); Livia Dittmer (Co-Director), and the CEJRG team.
To RSVP and for questions or further details, please contact Gina Hickman at hick8090 at wlu.ca or 519-208-7428.
 
Thursday Jan 21st
GREN MEETING: 
7:15: Cambridge City Hall, 50 Dickson Street (in downtown Galt). Tour of this “green” building led by the designer Bob Paul.

8:15 pm: Daphne and Gord Nicholls’ home, 36 The Crestway, Kitchener
        1) Updates on GREN Committees
        2) Brainstorming on GREN goals and work for 2010
        3) Updates by GREN members.

 
Thursday Jan 21
Kicking our CO2 Addiction: Difficult but Doable; dither or deploy, 6pm, University of Waterloo, Davis Centre room 1302
Lecture by Alistair Miller, Researcher Emeritus - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, on projections of global demand for energy and ways that this energy could be provided with acceptable side-effects and lowest possible cost.  For more details, see http://www.wise.uwaterloo.ca/Activities/AMiller.html 
 
Thursday Jan 21
Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map The lecture will be held at 7 p. m. in CIGI's Atrium. For tickets, visit www.cigionline.com .
 
Friday Jan 22
GREN pipeline meeting at John Jackson's starting at 2pm
 
Saturday Jan 23
Canadians for Democracy not Prorogation! - Citizen Protest 
11am to 1pm 
Waterloo Public Square on King Street in Waterloo (by the bell)
For more info visit: http://noprorogue.ca/waterloo/
 
Have a great week everybody!
Lulu :0)
 
 
 
 
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