sust-mar: final reminder Sierra gathering Aug.22-24 we need you!

Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:56:33 -0300
From: Emily McMillan <emilym@sierraclub.ca>
To: emilym@sierraclub.ca
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Please circulate: Participants urgently required!!!
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Hi all,
I just wanted to send a final reminder to everyone about the great weekend
we have planned - coming up soon on Aug. 22-24th in Sackville, NB.  I know
many of you are thinking of coming, but I am trying to come up with an
attendance list and the list is a bit short.  Please help me make it
longer - I will be so grateful if you would confirm your presence, so I can
make sure there is plenty of yummy food for you!  PRESS REPLY NOW, I'll feel
good, you'll feel good, it will be groovy.

Read on to learn more about what you've signed on for.

Our keynote speakers include the fabulous Elizabeth May - if you haven't
heard her speak, don't miss out and if you have, well, I don't need to tell
you how great she is.  Joining her will be noted hog-farm campaigner Denis
Belliveau, who will be adding to our hope of bilingualism by speaking in
French.

The theme of this year's gathering is Energy (Positive Energy!) and we will
be including this theme in our workshops on energy policy, education, and
agriculture.  The highlight may be a visit from the Climate Change Bus - not
to be missed!  Energy not your thing? Well, that is okay, because we also
have workshops planned on crown lands, healthy communities (also titled how
to get your government to listen to you), and green campuses.  We have the
media relations guru Pat Kipping coming to teach us all how to get more
attention from the press, and the pesticide bylaw queen Helen Jones to teach
us how to convince our communities to follow the lead of Halifax.

We will be at a great venue - the United Church, in the heart of Sackville -
and the minister of the church has invited all participants to join in the
specially prepared Sunday sermon on Eco-theology.

And that is not all - we will have drama, dancing, field trips, lots of
discussion and hopefully some action plans coming out of this weekend.  We
hope you will come - food is included in the registration cost (only $35 for
members, $45 for non-members) and we can arrange billeting or camping at no
charge. Registration starts at 6pm on Friday night, just before the keynote
speakers.  Workshops will be all day Saturday and until about noon on
Sunday, followed by a field trip. Child care will be provided - bring the
whole family!  All I ask is that you please let me know you are coming, so
we can make sure we are prepared!

Drop me a line, See you soon!

Emily

Emily McMillan
Director of Operations
Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter
1657 Barrington St. Suite 502
Halifax, NS
B3J 2A1
Phone: 902-444-3113
Fax: 902-444-3116
emilym@sierraclub.ca <mailto:emilym@sierraclub.ca>
www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic



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