In a declaration of solidarity with 33 detained Mapuche hunger strikers whose current medical status is of grave concern, the Mapuche Solidarity
Collective - Unceded Coast Salish Territory has joined the International Campaign in Support of Mapuche Political Prisoners and, we are inviting
community activist from the Vancouver and surrounding areas of the Lower Mainland and all those concerned with the rights of indigenous people, to attend a demonstration in front of the Chilean Consulate
1185 West Georgia St., Suite 1610
Vancouver, BC to formally declare our opposition to the Chilean government's continued application of Pinochet-era anti-terrorism legislation against Mapuche democratic protest. The event,
which will involve the presentation of a letter to the Chilean Consul in Vancouver, will take place on Thursday, September the 2nd at 12:00 (Noon).
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All day event
Description:
Seabirds: Linking the Global Oceans
1st World Seabird Conference
September 7 to 11, 2010
Victoria Conferrence Centre, Victoria, BC
World Seabird Conference Registration OPEN
- Registration for the 1st World Seabird Conference is now open! We invite you to join us in Victoria, Canada for this unique conference. Check out the website for program updates, including preliminary details regarding the conference workshop series. See: www.WorldSeabirdConference.com
- Abstract submission is open and we invite you to submit your research. Don't miss your opportunity to share your work - submit your abstract today! The submission deadline is Friday, March 5.
1st World Seabird Conference Community
- Great news! As of today, over 100 abstracts have been submitted and over 700 seabird enthusiasts have subscribed to our growing community. Please help us spread the word - forward this information to your colleagues and invite them to subscribe to our community.
Seeking Speakers
The following sessions are seeking speakers:
- Seabird Phenotypic Plasticity and Microevolution
- Spatial Ecology At Sea: Opportunities and Challenges for Seabird Marine Protected Areas
Please contact Patrick Jodice of the Scientific Program Committee for submission details. Email: pjodice@exchange.clemson.edu
Sponsorship Opportunities
- The conference provides an excellent opportunity to gain exposure and set your product, service, and brand apart from your competitors. For details regarding how to support the conference, and for a list of our sponsors, click on the link below.
Donations
- Donations are greatly appreciated to support the global seabird group's efforts to put seabird management and conservation into a worldwide perspective.
Pre, During & Post Conference Meetings
- If you anticipate your organization will require meeting space at the Victoria Conference Centre before, during or immediately following the conference please log in and complete the Meeting Request Form (available on the website) at your earliest convenience.
International Steering Committee
Member Organizations
- African Seabird Group
- Agreement for the Conservation of Albatrosses & Petrels
- Alaska Audubon Society
- American Bird Conservancy, Seabird Program
- Argentina Seabird Group
- Australasian Seabird Group
- BirdLife International, Global Seabird Program
- Brazilian Seabird Scientists
- Circumpolar Seabird Group
- Dutch Seabird Group
- European Seabirds at Sea Group
- Falklands Conservation
- Farallon Institute
- Indian Ocean Seabird Group
- Japan Seabird Group
- Marine Conservation Unit, NZ Dept of conservation
- Mediterranean Seabird Association
- North Pacific Research Board
- NW Atlantic Bird-at-Sea Conservation Cooperative
- Pacific Seabird Group
- Peruvian Association for the Conservation of
- Nature & Science
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- Taiwan International Birding Association
- The Seabird Group
- Waterbird Society
Anne-Marie Sleeman
Senior Communications Advisor | Conseillère en communications
Communications Branch | Direction générale des Communications
Environment Canada | Environnement Canada
#201- 401 Burrard Street | 401, rue Burrard, bureau 201
Vancouver, BC V6C 3S5 | Vancouver, C.-B. V6C 3S5
anne-marie.sleeman@ec.gc.ca
Telephone | Téléphone 604 713-9514
Facsimile | Télécopieur 604 713-9517
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada |
Website | Site Web www.ec.gc.ca
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All day event
Description:
10th Taiga Rescue Network World Conference
The agenda in brief for the TRN conference September 8-12th is now up on the web.
See the line-up of speakers and some of the rich content of the agenda. Biodiversity, paper,
climate and new forestry. Youth conference. Excursions. And much more. The TAIGA RESCUE CHALLENGES provides a meeting point for forest activist, scientist, politicians
and business people from all over the world.
Come to Dalarna in the heart of Sweden and be a part of it!
Open Days agenda online: http://nordicforests.org/conference-invitation-taiga-rescue-challenges/
Open Days agenda pdf: http://naturskyddsforeningen.se/upload/Foreningsdokument/Ovrigt/TRN-2010_invitation.pdf
Register at: http://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/trn-conference
Also have a look at the NordicForests.org pre-tour – see Scandinavian forestry behind the curtain: http://nordicforests.org/tour/
Sincerely yours,
The organising committee in Sweden through John Lööf Green
John Lööf Green
Information officer at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation’s forest network project ”More life in the forest”
Media Consultant at Green Media
Gotlandsgatan 67
116 38 Stockholm
Sweden
Office +46-8-559 2 559 8
Mobile +46-76 - 833 57 56
john.loof-green@naturskyddsforeningen.se
john@greenmedia.se
Skype: joanverde
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Description:
Regional District of Nanaimo releases program details for ‘Water Pricing Workshop’
Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing is a tool to achieve a larger end: Sustainable Service Delivery
"Water pricing is a hot issue in communities across the country. Yet it remains an almost totally untapped option for helping ensure our water service infrastructure -- the pipes, pumps and reservoirs -- is well maintained and up to date," states Kirk Stinchcombe, co-author of Worth Every Penny: A Primer on Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing.
- Sustainable Service Delivery is another emerging issue in BC. Changing and/or additional demands mean the local government workload is expanding. Local governments are being challenged to maintain and/or replace existing infrastructure over time and to ‘do more with less’.
- Part of the rollout to stimulate a national dialogue on sustainable water management, the Nanaimo Water Pricing Workshop program is a unique blend of research and practice.
- To learn more about the program, click on Worth Every Penny: Regional District of Nanaimo releases program details for 'Water Pricing Workshop' on September 9th.
John Finnie PEng, Chair
CAVI - Convening for Action on Vancouver Island
(General Manager, Regional & Community Utilities, Regional District of Nanaimo)
jfinnie@rdn.bc.ca
Kim Stephens, MEng, PEng
Program Coordinator
Water Sustainability Action Plan for BC
Cell: 604-817-4657
Email: kstephens@watersustainabilitybc.ca
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Description:
Public Forum with Amanda Tattersall
Power in Coalition sponsored by the Metro Vancouver Alliance & J.S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities
SFU Harbour Centre
515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver
- How can we change things in an age in which government are fixated on the bottom line and conventional protest rallies have lost their punch?
- Coalitions can be important tools for social change and community revitalization. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Come and hear Amanda Tattersall, community organizer and author of Power in Coalition, discuss how community coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organizational development, and community renewal.
- Amanda is a community organizer, researcher, and union activist with Unions New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is currently a Director of the Sydney Alliance, a broad based coalition of unions, community organizations, and faith groups.
Auction and Relief Sale
Water is Life
September 10 to 12 at Tradex in Abbotsford
Join in for a great weekend of food, music, treasures to buy or bid on, there will be something for everyone!
And while you're having a good time, you will be supporting MCC water projects, helping provide water for people around the world.
Check the web site out for all the details about Music, quilt viewing, Children's opera and lots more.
www.bc.mcc.org/getinvolved/reliefsales
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Description:
Whistler Readers & Writers Festival
- The eighth annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival will take place September 11-13
- More than twenty invited Canadian authors and editors will descend on Whistler this fall as special guests in a weekend-long siege of word-wielding and poetry-slinging. Don’t miss 2009 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winner Lee Henderson (The Man Game), Claire Mulligan (2008 finalist), and Annabel Lyon (2005 finalist) all reading together on Opening Night! Other BC Book Prize recipients participating include Nancy Lee (2003 finalist) and Wayne Grady (2005 finalist) as one of the Writers in Residence!
www.theviciouscircle.ca
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Description:
Victoria Anarchist Bookfair dates: September 11th and 12th, 2010
NEW LOCATION: The James Bay Community School Centre, 140 Oswego Street, Songhees Territories
Fifth year of the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, located on unceded Songhees Territory in Victoria, British Columbia. The Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists, with participants from all over North America and beyond. We seek to introduce anarchism to the public, to further elaborate upon current and historical anarchist ideals and to foster dialogue between various anarchist tendencies. Participants from different anarchist traditions, visions, and practices are welcome. Events include book and information tables, workshops, readings, films, presentations, and much more.
Details are available from the Bookfair website located at http://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca/.
Festival of Anarchy Events: for Sept 5 - 10 (various locations t.b.a.)
- In addition to the Bookfair, a "Festival of Anarchy" will take place during the preceding week, with diverse anarchist-themed events occurring at different venues in Victoria. You can propose any type of events; the only limit is your imagination.
- Festival of Anarchy events are organized autonomously from the Bookfair and, as such, venues are the responsibility of Festival Event Organizers. If you are interested in being part of the Festival, please provide a title and short description of your program.
The Bookfair collective is committed to helping promote autonomous festival events to the best of our ability through the program zine and the website. To ensure your Festival of Anarchy event will be included in the Bookfair program-zine, please submit a description of your event by August 1st, 2010.
EMAIL: info@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca
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Description:
Chefs, Culinary Instructors, Cooks and Culinary Students – September 11th & 12th, 2010
- This September 11th through 12th on Vancouver Island, The Canadian Chefs’ Congress offers a professional opportunity of a lifetime - 500 chefs, amazing food, wine, camping, community, farms and oceans . Join a select group of chefs and cooks for a very special chefs-only event - Network with chefs from across the country at Providence Farm, a beautiful 400 acre farm in British Columbia’s Cowichan Valley. An amazing opportunity to work with professional chefs and this country’s top culinary icons. This year’s theme is Oceans for Tomorrow - take back information on our oceans, ingredients & sustainability. Conference rate includes: seminars; guests speakers (including David Suzuki); special events; food & beverage; accommodations (your own camping spot on the farm grounds); Friday evening welcome Sloping Hill Pork pig roast (September 10th); Students receive a 10% discount (discount code is “iamastudent”)
- Visit the site for conference rates (just $200), information on additional lodging for those not taking advantage of included camp site and for reduced flight offers from WestJet at http://canadianchefscongress.com/british-columbia/ The 2010 Canadian Chefs‘ Congress in BC, a professional development-personal enlightenment-culinary opportunity you don’t want to miss! Brought to you, in part, by the BC Shellfish Growers Association and the Chef’s Table Society of BC
Time:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 3rd annual: LOST STREAMS & HISTORY Walks for September as “Wild Salmon Month” in Vancouver
with noted Vancouver Historians - by Donation
Sept 11 - St. George's Creek and Daylighting Proposal - a talk about the past, present and the future of this stream - with Bryn Davidson
Sept 12 - Musqueam Creek - Vancouver's Last Wild Salmon Stream - with Terry Point
Sept 18 - Vancouver's Ancient Tsusnahm Creek - with Terry Slack
Sept 18 - Gibby's Field - remnants of the last surviving creek bed of the once-vast China Creek system - with Dan Fass
Sept 19 - Ancient Salmon Stream and Musqueam Village at Jericho Beach -with Victor Guerin
Sept 25 - A Walk with the Ancient Plants of Camosun Bog - with Terry Taylor
Oct 2 - Mount Pleasant's Brewery Creek and the Natural Landscape of Vancouver- walk with Bruce Macdonald
Oct 17 - Lost Streams Discussions - why is it important to talk about Lost Streams? - walk with Celia Brauer and the Historians
Please register for walks with the links above. For information on this and our other events, please check
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
Time:
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Description:
http://www.iuappa2010.com/
We encourage you to attend the 15th International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations' (IUAPPA) World Clean Air Congress from September 12-16, 2010 in spectacular Vancouver, British Columbia.
- The 2010 IUAPPA Congress theme of "Achieving Environmental Sustainability in a Resource Hungry World" recognizes the need for holistic management approaches to effectively mitigate potential water, food, energy, and environmental challenges. This Congress will bring together specialists from academia, industry, consulting, environmental advocacy groups, and government to present innovative ways to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and minimize environmental impacts. The program will examine international, national and local-scale issues facing both emerging and developed economies.
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All day event
Description:
International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations’ (IUAPPA) World Clean Air Congress (Sept 12 - 16)
- The IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress will bring together specialists from academia, industry, consulting, environmental advocacy groups, and government to present innovative ways to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and minimize environmental impacts. The technical program will address the Congress theme, “Achieving Environmental Sustainability in a Resource Hungry World,” covering fundamental issues related to four focus areas: science, policy, industry, and sustainability.
- The Congress will also feature presentations from industry leaders including Mike Harcourt, Former Premier of British Columbia, Mayor of Vancouver, and City Councillor; Martin Williams, Chairman of the Executive Body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution; Edith Ardiente, Vice President, Environmental and Energy Affairs of Navistar, Inc.; and Miriam Lev-on, Executive Director and co-founder of the LEVON Group, LLC.
Visit www.iuappa2010.com for more information.
Time:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 3rd annual: LOST STREAMS & HISTORY Walks for September as “Wild Salmon Month” in Vancouver
with noted Vancouver Historians - by Donation
Sept 11 - St. George's Creek and Daylighting Proposal - a talk about the past, present and the future of this stream - with Bryn Davidson
Sept 12 - Musqueam Creek - Vancouver's Last Wild Salmon Stream - with Terry Point
Sept 18 - Vancouver's Ancient Tsusnahm Creek - with Terry Slack
Sept 18 - Gibby's Field - remnants of the last surviving creek bed of the once-vast China Creek system - with Dan Fass
Sept 19 - Ancient Salmon Stream and Musqueam Village at Jericho Beach -with Victor Guerin
Sept 25 - A Walk with the Ancient Plants of Camosun Bog - with Terry Taylor
Oct 2 - Mount Pleasant's Brewery Creek and the Natural Landscape of Vancouver- walk with Bruce Macdonald
Oct 17 - Lost Streams Discussions - why is it important to talk about Lost Streams? - walk with Celia Brauer and the Historians
Please register for walks with the links above. For information on this and our other events, please check
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
Time:
All day event
Description:
Canada’s Electric Vehicles Conference and Trade Show
Sept. 13 to 16
Hosted by Electric Mobility Canada
At the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard Street
- Following the great success of the PHEV ’09 Conference in Montreal, EV 2010 VÉ will welcome over 60 speakers from Canada, USA, Europe and Asia, offering delegates an unprecedented learning opportunity covering technical, business and policy discussions for electric mobility.
- Our dynamic program includes special technical sessions on advanced energy storage and municipal readiness, 2 plenary sessions, as well as a 4-track technical program of 16 sessions, covering issues related to vehicle technologies, infrastructure and other readiness measures, public policies and institutional changes required, as well as commercialization and environmental impacts. Visit our web site for details on all the presentations planned.
- Join us in spectacular Vancouver, where you will meet representatives from auto manufacturers, EV industry executives from OEM’s, utilities, environmental technology, service companies, government policy makers from Canada and the US, and connect with Electric Mobility Canada members from across the country.
- Mark your calendars now and visit www.emc-mec.ca. Click on the EV 2010 VÉ banner for information on the Conference program, trade show, visiting Vancouver and online registration.
Time:
All day event
Description:
Join Dr. James Hansen, Clayton Thomas Mueller and Naomi Klein
For Climate Reality
At the University of Toronto
Organized by Center for Global Change Science
www.scienceforpeace.ca
Time:
All day event
Description:
Bike Shorts Film Festival.
Bike Shorts celebrate cycling in all its unique forms and the people who ride them. It is a fun evening of eclectic and creative films.
- If you want to read about the films, click on the link below to read an article in MOMENTUM Magazine.
http://momentumplanet.com/articles/vancouvers-sixth-annual-bike-shorts-film-fest
-If you plan to come, please buy your tickets soon! Last year, Bike Shorts sold out and had to turn people away at the door.
September 15 @ Vancity Theatre - 1181 Seymour St
Tickets - $10
Two different screenings - at 7pm and 9:15pm (film listings on www.bikeshorts.ca)
Valet bike parking by the VACC.
Tickets available at:
Cambie Cycles - www.cambiecycles.com
3317 Cambie St.
Atomic Bikes - www.atomicbikeshop.com
1555 West 6th Ave.
Bikes on the Drive - www.bikesonthedrive.com
1350 Commercial Drive
Jett Grrl - www.jettgrrl.com
247 Union St.
On the Rivet - www.ontherivet.com
8 East Broadway
Bike Doctor - www.thebikedr.com
137 West Broadway
VACC - www.vacc.bc.ca
Time:
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Description:
Light Time - A Natural History of Illumination
At the Vancouver Public Library, Lower Level,
Alma Van Dusen Room & Peter Kaye Room
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Common Ground Magazine, Special Event!
Geoff Olson Live!
- Using cartoons and graphics, artist and writer Geoff Olson examines how science and spirituality may find common ground through one seemingly simple, yet greatly puzzling phenomenon: LIGHT
- Tickets are $15 at door and $12 in advance by calling me at Common Ground offices: 604-733-2215
Time:
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Description:
Live Appearance with David Suzuki
Presents The Legacy, An Elder's Vision for our Sustainable Future
At Kitsilano Secondary School
2550 West 10th Ave.
Ticket Info: 604-253-6442
Presented by the Peolpe's Co-op Bookstore and Greystone Books
www.legacy-davidsuzuki.org
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
Description:
WAM! World Art Market
Museum of Anthropology
September 18-19, 2010, 10 am-5 pm
MOA's first-ever global marketplace features indigenous art, artists, performers, musicians, and cuisine from around the world.
- Tickets $7 per person (includes HST) at the door (includes Museum entry). MOA members and UBC staff, students, and faculty free. Members-Only Reception, Friday, September 17, 7 pm, with Malcolm Aiken Quartet.
- Inspired by long-established events such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, The Cultural Survival Bazaar, and the Maori Market in Wellington, New Zealand, MOA’s first annual World Art Market will showcase the art, craft, music, dance, and cuisine of indigenous peoples from around the world. WAM! will take place over two days in September on the grounds of the Museum, in a giant tent overlooking mountains and sea.
- Mark your calendars for this amazing opportunity to meet and purchase works by artists from around the world while taking in the family-friendly festival atmosphere. The winners of a juried design competition, open to all participating artists, will be awarded prizes in various categories at a special MOA members-only event on September 17. Not a member? Sign up NOW to receive your invitation: www.moa.ubc.ca/join.
- Click on www.moa.ubc.ca/world-art-market for a list of participating artists from near and far, performers (including Aché Brasil, Coyes-Thompson Band, Cris Derksen, Pepe Danza, Git Hayetsk First Nations Dancers, Kunaka Marimba, Sister Says, and more!), and a full schedule of music, dance, drumming, workshops, and demonstrations planned for this amazing festival. Also check www.moa.ubc.ca/blog for the inside scoop on WAM!
WAM! sponsored in part by the UBC Faculty of Arts. Opening reception sponsored by Chambar Restaurant. Media sponsor The Georgia Straight.
Time:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 3rd annual: LOST STREAMS & HISTORY Walks for September as “Wild Salmon Month” in Vancouver
with noted Vancouver Historians - by Donation
Sept 11 - St. George's Creek and Daylighting Proposal - a talk about the past, present and the future of this stream - with Bryn Davidson
Sept 12 - Musqueam Creek - Vancouver's Last Wild Salmon Stream - with Terry Point
Sept 18 - Vancouver's Ancient Tsusnahm Creek - with Terry Slack
Sept 18 - Gibby's Field - remnants of the last surviving creek bed of the once-vast China Creek system - with Dan Fass
Sept 19 - Ancient Salmon Stream and Musqueam Village at Jericho Beach -with Victor Guerin
Sept 25 - A Walk with the Ancient Plants of Camosun Bog - with Terry Taylor
Oct 2 - Mount Pleasant's Brewery Creek and the Natural Landscape of Vancouver- walk with Bruce Macdonald
Oct 17 - Lost Streams Discussions - why is it important to talk about Lost Streams? - walk with Celia Brauer and the Historians
Please register for walks with the links above. For information on this and our other events, please check
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
Time:
10:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
Hosted by Scotia Bank
At Sunset Beach
New location and New Walk
25th Annual Aids Walk for Life
Community Pancake Breakfast at Sunset Beach at 10am
www.aidswalkforlifevancouver.ca
Get more info and register to walk with your friends and family at 11:30 am
604-915-WALK
Time:
10:00am - 2:00pm
Description:
On Sunday, September 19th, join the Wilderness Committee, the Peace Valley Environment Association, Sierra Club BC and the Treaty 8 First
Nations to say No to the Site C Dam.
- The rally will begin at 10:00am on the front steps of the legislative assembly building in Victoria. Speakers include David Suzuki, Chief
Roland Wilson, and more!
- Then join us for a 1.5 hour paddle up the beautiful Gorge Waterway. This family friendly outdoor event is the perfect place to get your kayaks and canoe in the water, and support an important cause.
About Site C
- Nestled in the Northeast corner of British Columbia, the Peace River Valley is home to Treaty 8 First Nations’ hunting, fishing, and trapping grounds, fertile agricultural lands and farms, old growth boreal forests, and is one of the most important wildlife corridors in the Yellowstone to Yukon migration corridor chain.
- But the beautiful Peace River Valley is under threat. BC Hydro wants to flood this valley and build a third dam on the already choked Peace River, right in the heart of this spectacular valley, leaving very little free-flowing river in BC.
- We can’t let this happen. The Site C Dam would destroy critical ungulate habitat that has sustained wildlife that has supplied generations of First Nations people with food and cultural sustenance for thousands of years. It will destroy one of the largest and most important wildlife corridors on the continent, and submerge valuable carbon sinks instead of promoting food security and the need to adapt to climate change.
To learn more please visit www.wildernesscommittee.org/sitec
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
Description:
WAM! World Art Market
Museum of Anthropology
September 18-19, 2010, 10 am-5 pm
MOA's first-ever global marketplace features indigenous art, artists, performers, musicians, and cuisine from around the world.
- Tickets $7 per person (includes HST) at the door (includes Museum entry). MOA members and UBC staff, students, and faculty free. Members-Only Reception, Friday, September 17, 7 pm, with Malcolm Aiken Quartet.
- Inspired by long-established events such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, The Cultural Survival Bazaar, and the Maori Market in Wellington, New Zealand, MOA’s first annual World Art Market will showcase the art, craft, music, dance, and cuisine of indigenous peoples from around the world. WAM! will take place over two days in September on the grounds of the Museum, in a giant tent overlooking mountains and sea.
- Mark your calendars for this amazing opportunity to meet and purchase works by artists from around the world while taking in the family-friendly festival atmosphere. The winners of a juried design competition, open to all participating artists, will be awarded prizes in various categories at a special MOA members-only event on September 17. Not a member? Sign up NOW to receive your invitation: www.moa.ubc.ca/join.
- Click on www.moa.ubc.ca/world-art-market for a list of participating artists from near and far, performers (including Aché Brasil, Coyes-Thompson Band, Cris Derksen, Pepe Danza, Git Hayetsk First Nations Dancers, Kunaka Marimba, Sister Says, and more!), and a full schedule of music, dance, drumming, workshops, and demonstrations planned for this amazing festival. Also check www.moa.ubc.ca/blog for the inside scoop on WAM!
WAM! sponsored in part by the UBC Faculty of Arts. Opening reception sponsored by Chambar Restaurant. Media sponsor The Georgia Straight.
Time:
11:00am - 1:00pm
Description:
The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 3rd annual: LOST STREAMS & HISTORY Walks for September as “Wild Salmon Month” in Vancouver
with noted Vancouver Historians - by Donation
Sept 11 - St. George's Creek and Daylighting Proposal - a talk about the past, present and the future of this stream - with Bryn Davidson
Sept 12 - Musqueam Creek - Vancouver's Last Wild Salmon Stream - with Terry Point
Sept 18 - Vancouver's Ancient Tsusnahm Creek - with Terry Slack
Sept 18 - Gibby's Field - remnants of the last surviving creek bed of the once-vast China Creek system - with Dan Fass
Sept 19 - Ancient Salmon Stream and Musqueam Village at Jericho Beach -with Victor Guerin
Sept 25 - A Walk with the Ancient Plants of Camosun Bog - with Terry Taylor
Oct 2 - Mount Pleasant's Brewery Creek and the Natural Landscape of Vancouver- walk with Bruce Macdonald
Oct 17 - Lost Streams Discussions - why is it important to talk about Lost Streams? - walk with Celia Brauer and the Historians
Please register for walks with the links above. For information on this and our other events, please check
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
Time:
All day event
Description:
The 5th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival!
- The 2010 5th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival will be held on Sunday September 20, 2009 from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
@ Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 4870 Chute Lake Road, Kelowna.
- Nearly 1000 attendees enjoyed the daylong celebration in 2009, with 720 lbs of food raised for the Kelowna Community Food Bank, as well as $3,500 raised for the Okanagan Greens Society community outreach programs. Highlights from the 2009 festival included: Percy Schmeiser’s standing room only GE Free discussion, the first hybrid festival shuttle bus, the consignment fashion show and the stunning array of local, natural organic goodness presented by all the participants.
- We are taking bookings for Activist Alley this year; a newly designated area outside the Summerhill Pyramid where NGOs, community groups or charities and anyone with a like-minded green message can set-up for free!
- For 2010 we are pleased to announce that the City of Kelowna is helping the OOF with a CFEP grant for entertainment. We are very thankful to Choices Markets for a second year as our Green Sprout Sponsor. The Kelowna Capital News and Sun FM are on-board again as the festival media sponsors and Cutting Edge Concepts continues their fantastic support with design and maintenance of www.okanagangreens.ca. We are also welcoming back Mission Family Chiropractic as the festival hybrid bus sponsor!
- We have moved all the OOF exhibitor information & registration on-line to make everything easy and paperfree. Register here
- And please contact me if you have any ideas or questions!
With gratitude,
Wendy
Wendy Wright
mailto:wendy@okanagangreens.ca
250.469.1881
Okanagan Greens Society
PO BOX 20103, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9H2
www.okanagangreens.ca
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description:
Invitation: Conférences Trudeau Lectures 2010-2011
Presenting ; Professor Clare Bradford
“What Children’s Literature Tells Us” / “Ce que nous enseigne la littérature pour enfants”
Lauréate Trudeau en résidence 2009 Visiting Trudeau Fellow, University of Winnipeg/Deakin University, Australia
At the Segal Graduate School of Business, Room 1300-1500 Simon Fraser University
500 Granville Street, Vancouver
Free admission – Reception to follow
Entrée libre – suivi d’une réception
Reservations/Pour participer : www.sfu.ca/reserve
For more information/Pour plus de renseignements:
Bettina B. Cenerelli, Dr. phil.
Directrice de programme/Program Director
Prix de recherche, mentorat & interaction publique
Fellowships, Mentorships & Public Interaction
Fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
1514, av. Docteur-Penfield
Montréal (Québec) H3G 1B9
Canada
cenerelli@trudeaufoundation.ca cenerelli@fondationtrudeau.ca
T. +1 514-938-0001, #227
Cell: +1 514-465-7233
F. +1 514-938-0046
www.fondationtrudeau.ca/www.trudeaufoundation.ca
Time:
All day event
Description:
Dear Y2Y Friends,
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative is pleased to be a promotional co-sponsor of the upcoming conference
Remarkable Beyond Boundaries Conference
For two days in September, a diverse gathering in Waterton Lakes National Park will explore the past, present, and future of the Crown of the Continent. Convened by the University of Montana's Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy on September 23-24, 2010, the conference features keynote speakers Jack Nesbit (author of Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson across Western North America), Jonathan B. Tourtellot (Director and Geotourism Editor, National Geographic Traveler), Darrell Kipp (Director, Piegan Institute), Lynn Scarlett (former Deputy Secretary of the Interior), and the Hon. Jim Prentice (Canada's Minister of Environment; invited).
Keynote speakers, panelists, and audience members will examine the unique elements that define what it means to live and work in the Crown of the Continent, celebrating the efforts of people and organizations to preserve the culture, heritage, communities, and landscape of the region now and for future generations. Participants will assess the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and build relationships and knowledge to shape the future of the region.
Registration is now open and rooms are filling fast. For more information on the conference, including registration and sponsorship opportunities, visit the Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent website.
Sincerely,
Wendy Francis
Director of Conservation: Science and Action
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All day event
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September 24 - Burns Bog Gala with motivational speaker Ray Zahab.
An evening to recognize environmental greatness with local cuisine, awards ceremony, auction and entertainment. Details, TBA.
http://www.burnsbog.org/events/
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All day event
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6th Annual Vancouver International HIP HOP FOR PEACE FESTIVAL Featuring the return of OBSESIN - pioneers of Cuban Hip Hop direct from Cuba September 24, 25, 26
New Westminster
Downtown Vancouver
Surrey Free & All Ages
On September 24th, 25th and 26th the Greater Vancouver area will host three days of performances by local and international MCs, Breakdancers, DJs and Graffiti artists.
This festival aims to promote peace through the global phenomenon of Hip Hop. Over the last 6 years the festival has brought together an impressive roster of over a hundred talented artists from the Middle Eastto Latin Americato Indigenous communities across North America. The festival includes workshops and tutorials teaching participants how to rap, breakdance and spin records like a DJ. Obsesin rocked audiences in their debut performance in Western Canada at last years festival and their return will be the highlight of this years festival. Obsesin has garnered the attention and admiration of fans, international media and superstar artists like Afrika Bambaata, Mos Def, and Philadelphias - The Roots. The group is comprised of MCs, Magia (Magia Lopez) and El Tipo Este (Alexey Rodriguez, also a producer) as well as their DJ and gifted beat-smith, Isnay Rodriguez. Aside from being internationally renowned artists, Obsesin are also dedicated organizers with the Agencia Cubana de Rap.
See the poster at: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/10092426hhf6.pdf To arrange interviews with this years roster of artists and festival coordinators please contact: Janine Solanki 778 881 6156 janine_solanki@yahoo.ca Shakeel Lochan 604 719 7410 shakeellochan@yahoo.ca
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6:30pm - 9:30pm
Description:
Connecting to the Universal Flow through Chi Kung
Presented by Gretchen Andersen
- Join us for an inspiring evening of wisdom teachings that will introduce you to an ancient practice to connect you with a path of balance, harmony, flow, and synchronicity. These teachings will support you to recognize that full joy comes as a result of harmonizing your potential with the Universal Energy, fountain of all manifestations of Chi and the 5 Elements in the universe.
- The primary motivation of this path is to develop a finite ability to manage our own personal energy and use our vital chi for the path of personal and spiritual development. The 7 Lotus Chi Kung was created by Dr. Carlos de León to help develop and recognize this potential by using: postures, body movement, breathing, and visualization and meditation practices. This Chi Kung system is a unique synthesis from the research of hundreds of styles of Chi Kung and Yoga from the East.
- The goal of 7 Lotus Chi Kung is to support any spiritual practice in our modern world. This is a rare jewel for anyone who is interested in living a life filled with more vitality, happiness and being of service.
- Gretchen Andersen has been teaching in Mexico and other parts of the world for the last thirty years. During this time she has researched, studied and practiced multi-disciplinary paths of energy management, healing and spiritual development for growth in consciousness and compassion. She has been a student of Carlos de Leon and other prominent Spiritual Teachers and Chinese Masters in the area of Martial Arts and Chi Kung. Gretchen has a personal dedicated practice of Chi Kung, Dance Body Movement, and Meditation and also teaches the sequential levels of 7 Lotus form of Chi Kung in Mexico and around the world.
Open to Everyone
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Location: Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace, 1825 West 16th, Vancouver, B.C.
Entrance Fee: $30 plus HST tax
To Register Contact: Renate Geier: rgeier@telus.net - (604) 813-2848
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All day event
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September 25 - Run with Ray at Jog for the Bog.
5km, 10km or 40km run with ultramarathoner Ray Zahab.
Online regisration now open!
http://www.burnsbog.org/events/
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11:00am - 1:00pm
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The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 3rd annual: LOST STREAMS & HISTORY Walks for September as “Wild Salmon Month” in Vancouver
with noted Vancouver Historians - by Donation
Sept 11 - St. George's Creek and Daylighting Proposal - a talk about the past, present and the future of this stream - with Bryn Davidson
Sept 12 - Musqueam Creek - Vancouver's Last Wild Salmon Stream - with Terry Point
Sept 18 - Vancouver's Ancient Tsusnahm Creek - with Terry Slack
Sept 18 - Gibby's Field - remnants of the last surviving creek bed of the once-vast China Creek system - with Dan Fass
Sept 19 - Ancient Salmon Stream and Musqueam Village at Jericho Beach -with Victor Guerin
Sept 25 - A Walk with the Ancient Plants of Camosun Bog - with Terry Taylor
Oct 2 - Mount Pleasant's Brewery Creek and the Natural Landscape of Vancouver- walk with Bruce Macdonald
Oct 17 - Lost Streams Discussions - why is it important to talk about Lost Streams? - walk with Celia Brauer and the Historians
Please register for walks with the links above. For information on this and our other events, please check
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
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7:00pm - 10:00pm
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The 2010 Moon Festival will take place on Saturday September 25th.
- The Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival is a signature festival for the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood. It celebrates the full moon and harvest abundance, honouring diverse cultural traditions. The festival highlights art, music, environmental stewardship, and community participation. The 8th annual Moon Festival begins well before the actual day with lantern workshops, finale rehearsals, ravine stewardship and much more.
- The first annual festival was started in 2003 by artist Carmen Rosen in collaboration with the community. The Moon Festival is a co-production of Still Moon Arts Society and the Renfrew Park Community Association.
4:00-6:45pm Harvest Fair at Slocan Park – food, music, art, and harvest abundance.
7:00pm Twilight lantern parade along Renfrew Ravine from Slocan Park to Renfrew Park.
7:30-8:30pm Lanterns, art, music, tea and moon cakes at Renfrew Park.
8:30pm Finale at Renfrew Park field – live music, dance, stilts, fire, and fireworks.
http://stillmoon.org/?page_id=77
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All day event
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BC Rivers Day is a province-wide event, held every year on the last Sunday in September. Established in 1980 and coordinated by the Outdoor Recreation Council (ORC), it has been proclaimed by communities across BC and attracts over 75,000 people to more than 100 events each year. The success of this event in BC has also recently led to the establishment of a "National Rivers Day" - and as part of the UN Water for Life Decade starting in 2005, a new "World Rivers Day" will be celebrated each September. This will use BC Rivers Day as a model and concurrent river-related events will take place in a number of different countries.
http://commons.bcit.ca/riversday/
Also check Outdoor Recreation Council of BC web site
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All day event
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For BC Rivers Day
Paddle your canoe or kayak down the Harrison River, led by a Chehalis Nation Cultural gudie.
www.hopemountain.org
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All day event
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The 5th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival
Hosted by the Okanagan Greens
At Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 4870 Chute Lake Road in Kelowna, BC
- The 5th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival, the Okanagan’s finest green living exposition, will be held on Sunday September 26, 2010 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at Summerhill Pyramid Winery, 4870 Chute Lake Road Kelowna.
- General admission is $5 at the door plus a non-perishable food item for the Kelowna Community Food Bank.
http://www.okanagangreens.ca/festivals_detail.php?festivals_id=5
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11:00am - 5:00pm
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Come down to the Vancouver Public Library for Vancouver's Biggest Magazine and Book Fair, Workshops and more.
The Wilderness Committee will have a table there, so come and visit us!
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver
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All day event
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HAT's annual forum convenes the conservation community of researchers, managers, educators, business and government for a fully catered professional development day of networking, workshops and collaborations. Some highlights form the 2009 forum included Naomi Klein's fundraising workshop and a fine organic lunch on the patio at Royal Roads.
More details coming soon.
www.conservation-connection.bc.ca
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3:00pm - 7:00pm
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Sustainability 3.0: Redefining Green
In the Japanese Language Hall
475 Alexander Street
Admission by donation
- The Strathcona BIA is proud to present its third sustainability expo. This annual event is targeted at local business and property owners, employees, community members, and residents. It showcases the sustainability efforts of Strathcona businesses, provides networking opportunities, and inspires the community to move toward the BIA’s vision of Strathcona as Vancouver’s Green Zone.
- There will be an exhibition area, a keynote address and Q&A with sustainability expert, Bob Willard, and a series of mini-presentations followed by a Q&A with the presenters. Attendees will find resources on programs for waste/recycling management, the Strathcona Resource Exchange, energy conservation and much more!
For more information, please visit: http://www.strathconagreenzone.com/expo.html
CU there!
Sophie
SBIA Sustainability Coordinator
www.strathconabia.com
twitter: @SBIA_GreenZone
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All day event
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Transparency Turnaround: When public information goes private and personal information goes public
In the Theatre At UBC Robson Square in Vancouver
There will be keynote speakers
Topics include:
- Freedom of info and privacy
- BC's era of services and surveillance
- "Nothing to see here" Barriers and access
- Policy advice, Cabinet confidences and more
Call 604-739-9788
For more info and registration
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7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Public Forum with Amanda Tattersall
Power in Coalition
sponsored by the Metro Vancouver Alliance
SFU Harbour Centre
515 W. Hastings Street
Vancouver
- How can we change things in an age in which government are fixated on the bottom line and conventional protest rallies have lost their punch?
- Coalitions can be important tools for social change and community revitalization. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Come and hear Amanda Tattersall, community organizer and author of Power in Coalition, discuss how community coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organizational development, and community renewal.
- Amanda is a community organizer, researcher, and union activist with Unions New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is currently a Director of the Sydney Alliance, a broad based coalition of unions, community organizations, and faith groups.
Keziah McCrystal Rothlin
VDLC Executive Assistant
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All day event
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Hosted by Langley Field Naturalists at the Langley Golf and Banquet Centre Sept. 30 to Oct. 3
the Theme is "Nature on the Urban Edge"
Lots of field trips, activities and presentations planned.
Speakers include Dr. Mike Pearson and Malcolm Weatherston.
Guest Speaker Dr. Fredrick Bunnell "Species loss, climate change and the near urban naturalist"
Check www.bcnature.ca
Registration is with the Langley Field Naturalists
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12:30pm - 3:30pm
Description:
David Korten: Creating a Real Wealth Economy for a Just and Sustainable Cascadia
Transformational Lecture Series featuring David Korten. Presented by Cascadia Region Green Building Council
"Creating a Real Wealth Economy for a Just and Sustainable Cascadia"
Speaker: David Korten, Author, When Corporations Rule the World and Agenda for a New Economy
Where: Roundhouse Community Centre (Performance Centre), 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver
About the talk:
- We humans are awakening to the reality that we are living beings and that life, by its nature, can exist only in community. The framework for a New Economy is designed to bring humans into balance with Earth's biosphere, equitably share the wealth of our common human heritage, and make democracy a living practice. It's time to turn away from the economic system ruled by global corporations and financial markets and create a future in which economic power is rooted in people and communities of place.
- Visionary author and lecturer Dr. David Korten will speak on the themes of his most recent book, Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, which sets forth a framework for an economy designed to bring humans into balance with Earth's biosphere, equitably share the wealth of our common human heritage, and make democracy a living practice.
For more information and to register, please click on the link below.
www.cascadiagbc.org
12pm» Mapuche Rally