[NatureNS] Great CDN Shoreline Clean-Up, Sept. 20, Pt. Pleasant Park

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:38:47 -0300
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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No problem, Tonya -- done!  Cheers from Jim

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Tonya Wimmer <TWIMMER@dal.ca>
> Date: August 28, 2008 1:30:25 PM ADT
> To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: Great CDN Shoreline Clean-Up
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I was wondering if you would be able to post the following message  
> from my
> colleague at WWF-Canada regarding the Great Canadian Shoreline  
> Clean-Up on the
> nature-ns listserv. I'm not subscribed right now and don't remember  
> how to post
> things.
>
> Cheers,
> Tonya
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Fifteen years a go a small group of people got together to clean up  
> a beach in
> Vancouver, BC. Today, the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, in  
> partnership
> with WWF-Canada, has now grown into the second largest cleanup in  
> the world.
> Powered by Canadians, this program allows people from all regions  
> and all walks
> of life to make a positive difference to their environment. Last  
> year alone,
> over 52,000 Canadians registered to clean up 1,240 shorelines  
> removing 87,489
> kg of harmful shoreline litter.
>
> This year, we invite Nova Scotians to join WWF-Canada, Atlantic  
> Region, and
> Dalhousie University Students at Point Pleasant Park on Saturday,  
> September
> 20th to come out help remove harmful shoreline litter.
>
> Registration will begin at 10 am at Black Rock Beach, followed by a  
> cleanup of
> the southern most tip of the park to the shorelines stretching  
> along the
> Northwest Arm. We will wrap up the event with a BBQ and lots of great
> give-aways. Participants are encouraged to use sustainable  
> transportation, such
> as car pooling, public transit, or bicycles, as well as bring their  
> own
> reusable food containers and cups as a way to reduce our impact on the
> environment.
>
> Interested participants can register online at  www.vanaqua.org/ 
> cleanup. Please
> note, no advance registration is required, but those who do so by  
> August 31
> will have a chance to win a Canadian Sailing Expeditions Cruise,  
> and will get a
> free t-shirt the day of the event.
>
> Please note: If our numbers are too large, we will spread out to  
> the Halifax
> Waterfront and other shorelines in the city and meet back at Point  
> Pleasant for
> the BBQ.
>
> Contact Stacey McCarthy, smccarthy@wwfcanada.org, at WWF-Canada,  
> Atlantic
> Region, with any additional questions.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> "From space, the planet is blue. From space, the planet is the  
> territory, not
> of humans, but of the whale" - Heathcote Williams
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Tonya Wimmer, MSc.
> Species Conservation Manager
> World Wildlife Fund Canada, Halifax
> 902-482-1105 ext. 32
> &
> NS Marine Animal Response Society
> 1-866-567-6277
> &
> Dalhousie University, Halifax
> http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/tw/tonya.htm
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>


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No problem, Tonya -- done! =A0Cheers from Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin =
forwarded message:</div><br =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Tonya Wimmer &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:TWIMMER@dal.ca">TWIMMER@dal.ca</a>></font></div><div =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">August 28, 2008 1:30:25 PM ADT</font></div><div =
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Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></font><=
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Great CDN Shoreline =
Clean-Up</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jim,</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I was =
wondering if you would be able to post the following message from =
my</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">colleague at WWF-Canada regarding the Great =
Canadian Shoreline Clean-Up on the</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">nature-ns =
listserv. I'm not subscribed right now and don't remember how to =
post</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">things.</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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">Cheers,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tonya</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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">------------------------------------------------</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Fifteen years a go a small group of people got =
together to clean up a beach in</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Vancouver, =
BC. Today, the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, in =
partnership</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with WWF-Canada, has now grown =
into the second largest cleanup in the world.</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Powered by Canadians, this program allows people =
from all regions and all walks</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of life to =
make a positive difference to their environment. Last year =
alone,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">over 52,000 Canadians registered =
to clean up 1,240 shorelines removing 87,489</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">kg of harmful shoreline litter.</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This =
year, we invite Nova Scotians to join WWF-Canada, Atlantic Region, =
and</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dalhousie University Students at =
Point Pleasant Park on Saturday, September</div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">20th to =
come out help remove harmful shoreline litter.</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Registration will begin at 10 am at Black Rock Beach, followed by a =
cleanup of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the southern most tip of the =
park to the shorelines stretching along the</div><div style=3D"margin-top:=
 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Northwest Arm. We will wrap up the event with a BBQ and lots of =
great</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">give-aways. Participants are =
encouraged to use sustainable transportation, such</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">as car pooling, public transit, or bicycles, as well =
as bring their own</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">reusable food containers =
and cups as a way to reduce our impact on the</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">environment.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Interested participants can =
register online at<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =
</span>www.vanaqua.org/cleanup. Please</div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">note, no =
advance registration is required, but those who do so by August =
31</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; ">will have a chance to win a Canadian Sailing =
Expeditions Cruise, and will get a</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">free t-shirt =
the day of the event.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; =
"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please note: If our numbers are =
too large, we will spread out to the Halifax</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Waterfront and other shorelines in the city and meet =
back at Point Pleasant for</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the =
BBQ.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Contact Stacey McCarthy, <a =
href=3D"mailto:smccarthy@wwfcanada.org">smccarthy@wwfcanada.org</a>, at =
WWF-Canada, Atlantic</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Region, with any additional =
questions.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">----------------------------------------</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"=46rom =
space, the planet is blue. =46rom space, the planet is the territory, =
not</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of humans, but of the whale" - =
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">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Tonya Wimmer, MSc.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Species =
Conservation Manager</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">World Wildlife Fund Canada, =
Halifax</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">902-482-1105 ext. 32</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">&amp;</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NS Marine =
Animal Response Society</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">1-866-567-6277</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">&amp;</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Dalhousie University, Halifax</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"http://whitelab.biology.dal.ca/tw/tonya.htm">http://whitelab.biolo=
gy.dal.ca/tw/tonya.htm</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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