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To: Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) From: Mark Butler <ar427@chebucto.ns.ca> Tip: if your message doesn't reach sust-mar, you probably sent it with html coding. Use your "Format" pull-down menu to switch to plain text format. ____________________________________________________________________________ From: peggy cameron <p.cameron@ns.sympatico.ca> Ecology Action Centre's 5th annual Garden Party & Auction Sunday, May 25th, 12-3pm St. Mary's Boat Club Auctioneer: John Dunsworth Emcee: Olga Milosovitch Come and support Nova Scotia's oldest environmental organization AND have fun too! Hundreds of items include plants, garden consults, weekend get-aways, pottery, art, dance, music and transit tickets. Over twenty major sponsors, to please everyone from gardeners to culture vultures. Mark Sunday May 25th on your calendar and join other EAC supporters adn friends for a great afternoon! -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR WEB PICKS: FOREST FIRE THREATENS PROTECTED AREA Crews continue to fight a forest fire in the largest remaining wild area in the Maritimes. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_shelburnefire20030522 © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation FROM: SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING MAGAZINE 'Protesters scatter plastic bottles in front of NS legislature' http://www.solidwastemag.com/article.asp?id=18648 Copyright © 2003 Business Information Group. * World 'losing battle against extinctions' * The world will avert the threat of mass extinctions only when it finds a fairer way to share resources, a US scientist says. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3047253.stm * Peruvian farmers learn from history * Irrigation techniques perfected by the Incas 500 years ago are rapidly increasing farming output in Peru. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/3047421.stm Copyright BBC 2003 EPA ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS Mark Hertsgaard, AlterNet With the supposedly moderate Whitman out, Bush will redefine his approach to the environment -- a critical battleground in 2004. Of course, Republicans aren't going to change their environmental policies -- just how they talk about them. http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15977 LUNTZSPEAK By Nick Garafola, Utne.com Ever wonder how Bush and other Republicans get away with trashing Mother Nature while sounding like environmentalists? Meet Republican pollster Frank Luntz, master of doublespeak and the anti-environmentalist's secret weapon. http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2003_58/news/10555-1.html
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