Sierra-News: June 1999
Sierra Club - Chebucto Group Newsletter
CHEBUCTO GROUP IS STILL LOOKING FOR LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS ... AND
VOLUNTEER LEADERS! Elections are coming up soon; time is running out to
be a candidate in our election of Executive Committee (EXCOM) members.
If you've been waiting to get involved with the Sierra Club, now's the
time!
Leaders are elected for a two-year term, and are responsible for the
operation of Chebucto Group in Atlantic Canada. This is essentially the
same idea as the Chapter ExCom (described below) but on a local scale.
We're also looking for people to help NOMINATE candidates, and to run the
ELECTION.
For info or to voluntter, please contact John May at 902-235-2822 or email
sierra@chebucto.ns.ca
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1 - Chapter OUTINGS Committee Needs YOU!
2 - So does the CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ...
3 - Mark Butler speaks at MONTREAL Open House - 18 juin 1999
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Actually, a LOT of committees could use your help, right about now! We've
started our search for Chapter Executive Committee (EXCOM) members. This
is the steering committee that runs the Chapter, so if you dream of world
domination, er ... if you'd like to make a major impact on the planet (in
a good way) over a two-year term, we'd sure like to hear from you.
Contact Jamie Kirkpatrick in our chapter Office if
this interests you. Also, our NOMINATING Committee and ELECTIONS Committee
could use some short term volunteer help this summer. And our FUNd RAISING
Committee could use some enthusiastic volunteers ... we provide the
experience ... :)
As always, please remember to reply to the contact person listed for each
article in this e-newsletter, not to the sender (me). thanks!
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Reply to: gbattikha@yahoo.com
1 - Chapter OUTINGS Committee Needs YOU!
In our struggle for environmental protection, Outings play an important
role in education and appreciation. Outings not only bring you closer to
mother earth but to other people who share the same values and ideas.
Camping, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, snowshoeing, and horseback riding are
only some of the activities available. We currently have an Outings Chair
for the Greater Toronto Area (Ingrid Sikorcin), Ottawa (Jason Kania)and
Montreal (Ryan Young). It would be great if Outings were to be held in
cities and towns all across Eastern Canada. We are tying to get an Eastern
Canada Outings Committe together. If there are people interested in
becoming outings chairs, outings leaders or an outings participant,
contact Ginette Battikha at home in Markham (905) 475-2930 or by e-mail at
gbattikha@yahoo.com .
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2 - So does the CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ...
Reply to: Paula Boutis
GREAT LAKES FOREST COALITION
We are looking for someone from Ontario to participate as a representative
in the Sierra Club's Great Lakes Forest Coalition.
Representatives will be expected to attend two meetings per year (next one
Nov. 5-7, probably in Michigan). Between meetings, coaltion reps will
participate on a listserv list and share information on forest issues in
the Great Lakes Region. The coalition members come are from Ontario,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan.
Coalition groups include the Sierra Club, Earthroots, Wildlands League,
Great Lakes United, Audobon Society, Environmental Law Centre (Chicago),
Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Environment North (Thunder Bay).
The Club's representative should be familiar with forest issues in the
great Lakes region, and should preferably work in some capacity with these
issues on a fairly regular basis, so that the rep has ready access to info
that they can share on listserv, etc. Right now the group is really just
doing information sharing. Later on, it will engage in some active
projects. For example, making a chart of laws for comparative purposes,
looking at NAFTA and possibly making an appeal under that for some forest
protection, etc.
The coalition's goals are:
* to create a network of protected spaces representing the range of
ecosystems of the Great Lakes forests;
* to promote ecologically sustainable forestry and forest use;
* to promote economically sustainable forest-based communities.
We will achieve this through a variety of means including public
education, research, policy and legal reform.
For more information on this, please contact:
Kate Kempton - kkempton@sitefind.com
Paula Boutis - paula.boutis@sierraclub.org / (416) 513-1826
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REPLY TO
3 - MONTREAL Open House & Speakers' Nuit - 18 juin 1999
POISON IN OUR WATER!
Learn about Threats to the St. Lawrence Watershed and What You Can Do to
Help! Sierra Club, Eastern Canada Chapter invites you to an introductory
open house and educational evening
Speakers include:
DANIEL GREEN of the Societe Pour Vaincre la Pollution(SVP)
TOXICS IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
Daniel Green will be focusing on the presence of toxics including PCB's
and mercury and the effect this has on species as well as the pollution of
sediment and the increase of harmful bacteria in the St. Lawrence River
and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Also the Irving Whale.
MARK BUTLER of the Ecology Action Center
THREATS OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Georges Bank is a unique ecosystem that is biologically diverse and
ecologically significant supporting a marine community including whales,
sea turtles and fish. Many of these species are already endangered or
threatened. In the late 1980's a ten year moratorium on oil and gas
activity was put in place which is about to expire. Butler will provide a
description of the bank, and bring the group up to date on efforts to get
the moratorium renewed as well as background on oil and gas development in
the rest of Atlantic Canada
Presentations will be in English and French.
Friday June 18, 1999 6-9PM
Dawson College Amphitheatre
corner of Sherbrooke and Atwater
(metro: Atwater), Montreal
Admission is FREE. Everyone Welcome.
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Mission Statement of the Sierra Club of Canada, Eastern Canada Chapter
The purposes of the Eastern Canada Chapter are to explore, enjoy and
protect the wild places of the earth and to practise and promote the
responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources, especially within
the territorial boundaries of the Chapter and through the development of a
well-trained grassroots network.
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