sust-mar: Reigster for an awesome gathering with SCC-ACC and NBEN!!

From: "Emily McMillan" <emilym@sierraclub.ca>
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Hi everyone,
This is a reminder to register for the joint Annual Gathering of the Sierra
Club-Atlantic Canada Chapter and the New Brunswick Environmental Network
being held on September 24, 25 and 26 at Camp Chaleur in Charlo, New
Brunswick.  This is a really great event (see the incredible agenda below)
and only costs $30 ($25 if you register by tomorrow's early bird deadline).
That includes meals and accommodation and child care! You can register
easily online at http://www.nben.ca/aga04.htm, by email or feel free to call
me!  Everyone is welcome. Please circulate this message in your network and
forgive cross-postings.
Hope to see you there!! It is going to be Great!!
Emily

Transportation Options:
TRAINS:  The train passes right through Charlo - how relaxing!  Let us know
and we can arrange transportation to the camp.
PLANES: Sorry, direct flights only if you are coming from Montreal...closest
airport is Moncton.
and AUTOMOBILES:  If you are driving, let us know and we can help to hook
people up for carpooling!  Also if you want to go a day early, we have free
camping lined up at the half way point.

ACCOMMODATIONS:
There are beds available at the camp (sleeping bags required) but if you
would like a little more luxury:
The Blue Heron Inn Bed and Breakfast if providing half price rooms for
gathering attendees.  Call 506-237-5560
or e-mail blueheronbb@mac.com.

FABULOUS AGENDA:
"Keeping your Community out of the Sacrifice Zone"

September 24 – 26, 2004
Camp Chaleur, Charlo, N.B.

===============================================================

_______FRIDAY NIGHT_______

5:30pm ...... Registration
              Construction of the Yurt

6pm ......... Dinner - potluck/BBQ/corn boil
              Opening Ceremony
              Soapbox: Tell your story.  An opportunity for groups
                       to present their projects and network.
              Campfire: Storytelling and Music jam


_______SATURDAY________

7:00 am ......... Falling in with Nature - Restigouche Naturalist Club
8:45-10:30 .....  Annual meetings (concurrent) for the NBEN and
                  the Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter

10:30 - 11:30: After the Gold Rush
      - The Wheel of Fortune: Oil - Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada
      - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Acadian forests - Yvon Moreault,
2001-Coalition-2004
      - Jeopardy: Dragging the Ocean through the Courts - Mark Butler,
Ecology Action Centre
      - Clue: Where have all the salmon gone? - Gordon Labillois, Eel River
Bar First Nation

11:30 - 12:30: The Domino Effect
      - Trivial Pursuit: Toxic Waste Incineration - Florien Levesque,
Environnement Vie
      - Beat the Clock: Agricultural Pesticides - Sharon Labchuk, Earth
Action
      - The Price is Right: Aquaculture - Janice Harvey, Conservation
Council of NB

12:30 - 2:30: Sandwiches on the Sand
      - Fall Wing Walk: Migrating Shorebirds - Restigouche Naturalist Club
      - Aboriginal Heritage Garden Tour - Eel River Bar First Nation

2:30 - 4:00:  Survivor
              The Sacrifice Zone: A Citizen's Do-It-Yourself Kit

     Citizen Enforcement: Case Studies:
     - Waterkeepers - Janice Harvey, Conservation Council of NB, David
Thompson, Fundy Baykeeper, Daniel LeBlanc, Sentinelles Petitcodiac
Riverkeeper
     - Using the rules - Sharon Labchuk, Earth Action

     Grassroots Organizing: Case Studies:
     - Belledune rises up - Luc Potvin, Return to Sender Coalition, Florien
Levesque,
       Environnement Vie & John Martin, Chief of Gesgapegiag First Nation
     - Keeping the poop out - Jerry Cook, Association for Preservation of
Bouctouche Watershed
     - Community Based Management - Jennifer Graham, Catalyst Community
Consulting

4:00 - 5:30:

     Citizen's Science: Case Studies:
     - Sydney Tarponds - Bruno Marcocchio, Sierra Club of Canada
     - Getting the Lead Out - David Coon, Conservation Council of NB

     Changing the Law: Case Studies:
     - Suits in the legislature - Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada
     - Squished bugs in city hall - Helen Jones, RATE
     - Increase the pressure - Civil Disobedience - Bob Landry,
Environmental Activist

Acadian Dinner, Awards Ceremony & Social Night

_______SUNDAY MORNING_______

~ Heron Island Boat Tour
~ Kayaking on the Bay of Chaleur! WOW!



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

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