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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ 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> One Earth...One Chance Become a member today - Online! Visit: https://www.sierraclub.ca/national/getinvolved/join.php <https://www.sierraclub.ca/national/getinvolved/join.php> ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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