[All] Gren News April 9/ 2018

[Susan]

And there’s more! (see below)

Susan K 

 

A Will for the  Woods

Thursday April 19, 2018

7 pm

Princess Twin Cinema

 <https://maps.google.com/?q=46+King+St+N,+Waterloo+ON&entry=gmail&source=g> 46 King St N, Waterloo ON

 

For information:  <mailto:info at goodgreendeathproject.ca> info at goodgreendeathproject.ca 

 

Tickets are $10 on Eventbrite link  <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-will-for-the-woods-tickets-42952090860> https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-will-for-the-woods-tickets-42952090860

 

What if our last act could be a gift to the planet? Determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth, musician, psychiatrist, and folk dancer Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial while battling lymphoma. The spirited Clark and his partner Jane, boldly facing his mortality, embrace the planning of a spiritually meaningful funeral and join with a compassionate local cemetarian to use green burial to save a North Carolina woods from being clear-cut. 

 

With poignancy and unexpected humor, A Will for the Woods portrays the last days of a multifaceted advocate – and one community's role in the genesis of a revolutionary movement. As the film follows Clark's dream of leaving a legacy in harmony with timeless cycles, environmentalism takes on a profound intimacy.  

 

After the film join panellists and Good Green Death Project Instigators, Susan Koswan and Ellen Newman to learn more about their project, what green funeral and burial options are currently available in the region, and get answers to all those questions you've been *dying* to ask. ;-)

 

Thank you to our sponsor, Hilton Landmarks.

 

Dandelion Festival+20

Saturday May 26, 2018

Noon – 4 pm

Waterloo Park (west side around picnic shelter)

Public Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/187607405342688/

 

Celebrating 20 years since the first Dandelion Festival and 10 years since Ontario passed the Cosmetic pesticide ban legislation! Free dandelion-based food samples, crafts, music, earth-friendly-exhibitors, Book-mo-bike, Reading Tent and lots more! This anniversary year, we’re focussing on native pollinators and habitat. 

 

 

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Hi folks!

 

Lots happening! Here you go!

 

 

LOCAL

 

Sustainable Waterloo 9th annual Evening of Recognition: Thursday April 12th

Waterloo Region’s organizations and communities are creating a low carbon future. Come celebrate their 2017 achievements at Thursday's Evening of Recognition! Register for free at http://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca/events/?platform=hootsuite 





Hold the Line festival 2018

September 7th and 8th are the dates announced for the Second Annual Hold the Line Festival. Biking, Music, Food and Camping, Workshops and more! Info here: 

https://www.holdthelinewr.org/

 

Environmental Racism & the Politics of Waste 

Online or Live Lecture Tues Apr 24 @ 7PM E at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo 

Ingred Waldron is a Dalhousie University Professor is coming to the Perimeter Institute and will speak on Environmental Racism in Nova Scotia. Details of the event and free tickets are available here: 

 <http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture> http://wgsi.org/generation-sdg/environmental-racism-politics-waste-ingrid-waldron-public-lecture

 

 

 

 

PROVINCIAL NEWS

 

Pipelines are officially deemed a "THREAT" in Ontario

The Environmental Registry has just announced that Liquid hydrocarbon pipelines are now a prescribed threat in source protection plans under Ontario's Clean Water Act. Details here: 

https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw <https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzOTUw&statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en> &statusId=MjA1MzM4&language=en



 

Chalk River 10 year licence renewal meets Indigenous Opposition

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee says that the Anishinabek Nation is standing with the Iroquois Caucus opposing the unprecedented 10-year license to run Chalk River Laboratories.

 

“The new license sets the stage for the building and testing of a new generation of small nuclear reactors at Chalk River,” says Grand Council Chief Madahbee.  “They are going to create a giant dump on the surface that could leach radioactive waste into the Ottawa River.  The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completely disregarded our concerns and recommendations. We assert inherent ownership of the water and jurisdiction within our regions and traditional territories.  As I have said before, we will stand with our Iroquois allies to protect the drinking water.  Water is the lifeblood of Mother Earth.”

http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/04/05/anishinabek-stand-with-iroquois-caucus-condemning-decision-for-a-radioactive-dump-at-chalk-river-licensed-for-ten-years/

 

 

FEDERAL NEWS

 

May 31: Kinder Morgan Deadline

Kinder Morgan states if shareholders don't support the pipe by May 31st, the project will be cancelled. Currently, all funding has stopped except for essential services. Details here:

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/kinder-morgan-to-halt-its-spending-on-trans-mountain-pipeline-due-to-b-c-opposition

 

Meanwhile stocks in Kinder Morgan stock plunges.

http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/kinder-morgan-considering-investing-elsewhere-if-trans-mountain-pipeline-untenable: 

 

Methane 15 times higher than reported.

Oil & gas methane emissions are 15 times higher (or more) than what Big Oil claim (and that's when they are obligated to report, which is not the case in many countries) - as evidenced (again) in Canada 
http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/3/industry-vastly-underreporting-methane-emissions-study/

 

 

US NEWS

 

Line 3 inspires weaker water protections

Bills to nullify Minnesota’s water quality standard for wild rice, meant to keep nitrates out of drinking water are advancing through the Minnesota Legislature to help approve Enbridge Line 3.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/business/national-business/article208179519.html



 

Catholic Line 3 Protest

In the mean time, @350 announced on Twitter that 26 Catholic workers from across the US are currently taking peaceful action at a #Line 3 pipeline storage yard near Barnum, MN, calling on Enbridge to discontinue work on the project. 





 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

 

"Catastrophic" warning from Mark Carney

Mark Carney, former Canadian Finance Minister and current governor of the Bank of England has warned of the “catastrophic impact” climate change could have for the financial system unless firms do more to disclose their vulnerabilities.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/06/mark-carney-warns-climate-change-threat-financial-system?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

 

RAN report shows banks more than doubled Tar Sands Investments.

In 2017 banks invested $115 BILLION into Tar Sands investments. Visit here to see which banks were involved. Excellent website. 

https://www.ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2018

 

 

Melting Ice Sheets changing PH levels in Antarctic Waters

Oceanographers have detected a trend of decreasing salinity in Antarctic waters fed by ice sheet melt. That affects the density of the deep, very cold waters that drive key ocean currents. (It also signals the importance of ice sheets and glacier systems to maintain healthy PH balance in the oceans!)

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042018/antarctica-ice-sheet-shelf-glaciers-grounding-line-receding-worst-case-sea-level-rise-risk



 

Colorado Glaciers at 66% of their normal levels. 

With emerging drought risks there are more calls for reservoirs. 

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule <https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/05/colorado-mountain-snowpack-drought/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers> &utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=americanrivers

 

Anchor mishap results in massive oil spill in Indonesia

In Indonesia, a foreign coal vessel dropped anchor in the bay and dragged Pertamina's oil pipeline 120 meters from its initial location, causing it to crack resulting in massive spill that spanned 50 square miles and that killed 5 people. https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-pipeline-spill-indonesia-2556434833.html

 

 

Columbian kids win climate change case in court

25 kids, aged 7 to 26, sued the government of Colombia for failing to protect the environment. The country’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of the children and now the government must come up with an action plan for stopping deforestation in the Amazon and escalate its fight against climate change. 

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kids-won-climate-change-case-in-colombia/



 

 

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