Building and Solar Technology Tour
Cost: $10-20/person
- The SPEC building an unique real-world demonstration centre for green building techniques, renewable energy technologies and energy conservation. It is the only building in British Columbia that features solar photovoltaic, solar hot water and solar hot air energy systems all on one building.
- Join our monthly tours to learn more about renewable energy and energy conservation!
- Special for this month: Bring your home energy bills into SPEC for a consumption analysis! For an additional $10 SPEC's energy expert Doug Horn will this month offer to analyse your home’s energy usage and compare it to a typical BC home, determine energy usage per living area and occupants, determine renewable energy off setting possibilities and possible areas of inefficiency in your home. Please ensure you bring in both natural gas and electricity bills that have at least one year worth of data.
To register: http://www.spec.roundtablelive.org/events
Ilse Sarady
Operations Manager
Society Promoting Environmental Conservation
2150 Maple Street
Vancouver BC V6J 3T3
(604) 736-7732
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CANADA OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
U.S.OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
PICKET ACTION
Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre
620 Royal Ave, New Westminster, BC
Press Contact: Andrew Barry, MAWO Co Chair: 604.780.4029
- So far in 2010 the number of occupation soldiers killed is double that of the number from last year at this time. On April 10 Tyler Todd became the 142nd Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan. The death of Canadian soldiers does not look to be ending anytime soon as the government of Canada is planning to extend
its mission beyond its end date of 2011.
- For the 63rd time in 5 years Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) will
be picketing outside the Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre against the war and
occupation of Afghanistan.
- Nita Palmer, the author of the recently released book "War and Occupation in
Afghanistan: Which Way Forward?" was outraged at the continued killing of Afghan
civilians by occupation forces. "This madness is leading to more pain and suffering for innocent Afghan civilians. We in Canada must do more action and make more noise to stop this war and occupation."
- With each passing day the 8 year Canada/US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan is being exposed for its brutality and inhumanity. At a parliamentary committee hearing on Wednesday, April 14, Malgarai Ahmadshah, a former translator for the
Canadian military confirmed previous reports of Canada's involvement in torture in Afghanistan.
- It is not only torture but this is terror inflicted on the Afghan people through
arrests, killings, and a lack of progress in all aspects of life has that has caused widespread anger and more hostility towards the occupation forces. April 12th saw another Afghan protest, this time in Kandahar province, in response to
the occupation forces killing four more civilians and injuring 18 more.
"Last month the scandal broke out about the US covering up their civilian killings in Paktiya Province, and now in April Canada's torture of Afghan civilians is further exposed," MAWO Co-Chair Andrew Barry stated. "This has to
stop. The Canada/US/NATO occupation is only causing more misery and suffering for Afghans. We must join the Afghan protesters in calling for an immediate end to this war and occupation."
- For more information on the picket action or to arrange an interview with a MAWO spokesperson, please contact Andrew Barry at 604.780.4029.
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A public Open House is scheduled on April 15 from 6 to 8 pm to review plans for Surrey Bend Regional
Park. Nature Vancouver was very involved in having this important natural habitat of Fraser River foreshore protected in 1995.
- It is a large 348 hectare wetland including bog, riparian deciduous forest, and shrub thickets. It provides critical undyked Fraser River floodplain habitat.
- The draft plan recently prepared for recreational development includes over 10 km of looped trail throughout the park. Lower Mainland naturalist clubs are raising concerns that recreational use should be restricted to only the eastern third of these conservation lands, thereby allowing two thirds of the site for wildlife conservation. The plan proposed is for phased development, and the first phase does concentrate on this eastern area and with a price tag of $3.8 million.
- It is the second and third phase proposed development which presents concerns.
Phases 2 and 3 propose extending the trails throughout Surrey Bend and with a price tag of an additional $15 million. Why provide trails looped throughout the entire river frontage of this important natural habitat? It makes more sense, especially given the conservation values for which this land was set aside, to leave some areas without human disturbance. It is important for naturalists to attend this Open House in North Surrey to voice your views: Phase 1 recreational development is enough. The plan should be scaled back by withdrawing the developments proposed for Phase 2 and 3.
Fill out a comment sheet.
- The location for the April 15 Open House is the Pacific Academy, 10238 168th Street in Surrey.
Location is just north of the Hwy #1. From Highway #1 take the 104th Avenue exit, cross the freeway to its north side and turn right on 104th Avenue. Head east and then turn right on 168th Street. For a map just Google Pacific Academy, Surrey.
You can download a draft copy of the Park Management Plan from the Surrey Parks and Recreation website.
http://tinyurl.com/yypx5qt
Recreational Development at Surrey Bend
http://www.naturevancouver.ca/node/1252
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SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM NIGHT
7:00pm Thurs. April 15 @ BCGEU Hall 2994 Douglas, Victoria
CRIPS AND BLOOD: MADE IN AMERICA Directed by Stacy Peralta 2009, 95 Minutes The film explores the social, economic and political factors within the city of Los Angeles that lead to the rise of the rival gangs. The bulk of the film focuses on the past in order to understand the present, which is an interesting but very effective approach given the subject matter. An unflinching documentary chronicles one of the longest-running civil wars in the history of America though a deeply humanistic lens. The Bloods and Crips are two of South Los Angeles' most notorious African-American gangs. While many outsiders simply cannot understand the decades-long cycle of despair and destruction that has come to define their daily lives, the individuals who comprise each gang are not simply mindless, gun-toting thugs, but real people with real families who have become caught up in a struggle from which the only escape is often death. Beginning with an illuminating look at the genesis of L.A.'s gang culture, "Crips and Bloods: Made in America" follows the bloody feud that would stretch on for a grueling four decades, revealing the turf wars, hierarchy, family structure, gun culture, and stringent rules through interviews with gangsters past and present, as well as experts, activists, and academics. Throughout the film, the numerous issues blanketing the streets of South L.A. with a deep sense of dread are reflected upon by gang intervention experts, former gang members, writers, and academics in an effort to examine the erosion of identity that helps to perpetrate black self-hatred, prison culture, and the disappearance of the black father in the home. Admission by donation. Sponsored by the Goods for Cuba Campaign. Social Justice Night takes place the 3rd Thursday of every month.
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A night of music and comedy featuring Pawnshop Diamond, Melissa Devost, Creaking Planks, and the Kidnap Kids
For more info: feminisms@gmail.com
At the Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir at Seymour
Cost is $10.00 or whatever you can pay
Hosted by Co-op Radio The FWord
