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<a href="../201111/25481.html">next message in --_d2a0c8a5-9286-4d1d-b50d-04158c62597e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Paul. I am retired now and will not be attending that tourism meetin= g tomorrow. I am so glad you're still involved.=20 You are a fountain of knowledge too especially about nature. The tourism in= dustry needs you. Lynne Perry =20 Date: Tue=2C 15 Nov 2011 12:38:46 -0800 From: paulrita2001@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca If anyone knows about tourism=2C you are the one Lynne! Hope you will be at Keji tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you. Paul From: Lynne Perry <perry.lynne@hotmail.com> To: Nature Nova Scotia <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday=2C November 15=2C 2011 3:36:30 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism As a former tourism worker=2C I doubt that 'many' would be attracted to tha= t.=20 I once had young people come into Shelburne and request to see our slums...= ...for some university course that they were taking. I was hard pressed ot= help them in that area.=20 This would be an environmental educational issue like the tar sands in Albe= rta.=20 We do have some issues but not that we'd want to advertise methinks. =20 It would get government attention but would it help our cause?=20 I used 'tourism' to help restore old buildings=2C protect birding habitat a= nd to help us keep lighthouses. Not all of it worked.=20 When a person travels they want to be entertained and educated.=20 A business like the one proposed would have to make money to be viable.=20 ???? Lynne Perry From: heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Tue=2C 15 Nov 2011 15:48:49 -0400 Subject: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism I think it would be a novel idea to have a tour company lead a Nova Scotia = tour to our blights on nature namely the Sydney tar ponds=2C the gypsum min= e outside Elmsdale which I have heard is the biggest hole in the world=2C a= biomass clear-cut=2C the algae streams near the mink farms=2C fish farms a= nd the list could be endless. Of course the tour company could show a few o= f our beautiful sights just to show what is left.=20 I am serious about the tour company idea. Can you imagine an advertisement = in Canadian Geographic for just that type of tour... It may draw the intere= st of which ever would be the current government. If anyone wants to start = up such a tour company=2C don't expect a tourism start up grant from the go= vernment. :) Heather in Halifax = --_d2a0c8a5-9286-4d1d-b50d-04158c62597e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'> Thanks Paul. I am retired now and will not be attending that tourism meetin= g tomorrow. I am so glad you're still involved. <BR> You are a fountain of knowledge too especially about nature. The tourism in= dustry needs you. Lynne Perry<BR> =3B<BR> <DIV> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> Date: Tue=2C 15 Nov 2011 12:38:46 -0800<BR>From: paulrita2001@yahoo.com<BR>= Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><BR= > <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff=3B FONT-FAMILY: times new roman=2C new= york=2C times=2C serif=3B COLOR: #000=3B FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><SPAN>If anyone knows about tourism=2C you are the one Lynne!</SPAN></= DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Hope you will be at Keji tomorrow.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Looking forward to seeing you.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN>Paul</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman'=2C 'new york'=2C times=2C seri= f=3B FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman'=2C 'new york'=2C times=2C seri= f=3B FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <HR SIZE=3D1> <B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Lynne Perry <=3Bper= ry.lynne@hotmail.com>=3B<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPA= N></B> Nature Nova Scotia <=3Bnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=3B<BR><B><SPAN s= tyle=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday=2C November 15=2C 2011 = 3:36:30 PM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: = [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=3Decxyiv1611755950> <STYLE> .ExternalClass #ecxyiv1611755950 .ecxyiv1611755950hmmessage P {padding:0px=3B} .ExternalClass #ecxyiv1611755950 body.ecxyiv1611755950hmmessage {font-size:10pt=3Bfont-family:Tahoma=3B} </STYLE> <DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>As a former tourism worker=2C =3BI doubt that 'many' wou= ld be attracted to that. =3B<BR>I once had young people come into Shelb= urne and request to see our slums......for some university course that they= were taking. =3B =3BI =3Bwas hard pressed ot help them in that= area. <BR>This would be =3Ban environmental educational issue like the= tar sands in Alberta. <BR>We do have some issues but not that we'd want to= advertise methinks.  =3B<BR>It would get government attention but woul= d it help our cause? <BR>I used 'tourism' to help restore old buildings=2C = protect birding habitat and to help us keep lighthouses.<BR>Not all of it w= orked. <BR>When a person travels they want to be entertained and educated. = <BR>A business like the one proposed would have to make money to be viable.= <BR>????<BR>Lynne Perry<BR> <DIV> <HR id=3Decxyiv1611755950stopSpelling> From: heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Date:= Tue=2C 15 Nov 2011 15:48:49 -0400<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Eco-horrorism<BR>= <BR> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I thin= k it would be a novel idea to have a tour company lead a Nova Scotia tour t= o our blights on nature namely the Sydney tar ponds=2C the gypsum mine outs= ide Elmsdale which I have heard is the biggest hole in the world=2C a bioma= ss clear-cut=2C the algae streams near the mink farms=2C fish farms and the= list could be endless. Of course the tour company could show a few of our = beautiful sights just to show what is left. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I am s= erious about the tour company idea. Can you imagine an advertisement in Can= adian Geographic for just that type of tour... It may dra