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Index of Subjects --047d7bfcec48a261f00511d0f2ba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi folks, I have not yet seen the doc. I agree the topic of bird friendly coffee is an extremely important one. I know the NS Bird Society has discussed it on occasion. BNS has not yet. There needs to be more discussion/awareness of differences in certifications and brands in terms of their benefit to birds, and where and how we can introduce more bird friendly coffee into our days and events of our organizations. As a member of the BNS program committee, in addition to currently trying to line up a screening of 'The Messenger' documentary in the area (followed up by discussion), I'd like to help get some more discussion going around bird friendly and 'Bird Friendly' coffee too. This could include, among other things, an invited speaker for one of our monthly meetings. Our groups/organizations could be promoting bird friendly coffee by: - serving it at our events - encouraging local fair trade coffee companies to seek 'bird friendly' certification - writing up a promotional one-pager we can distribute to highlight the benefits - making web maps of locations in NS where bird friendly coffee can be bought when out birding and need a caffeine fix - start with our birding hotspots - donating bird friendly coffee to events held by other groups (e.g., town meetings, school groups) - subsidizing shipment of bird friendly coffee to the area from Birds and Beans or other certified companies (e.g., 'order bird friendly coffee through BNS or the NSBS or Bird Studies Canada and receive a 15% discount'); for organizations we could consider this as a donation/ investment for bird conservation - starting a listserv or Facebook group devoted to constructive discussions around this - putting a blurb on our webpages - it could also be a great topic for a blog or yearly challenge: a big bird-friendly coffee year (writing about daily challenges finding it, discussions with people etc), or "a year without Tim's". If you have other ideas on speakers or opportunities BNS could be involved in, please pass them along here, to Jameslchurchill@gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Jameslchurchill@gmail.com');>, or the BNS Facebook group. Thanks to John for initiating this conversation. Cheers, On Saturday, March 21, 2015, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi All, > > I watched the Songbird SOS program that was first aired Thursday night on > the Nature of Things. It was good to see the number of Canadian scientists > that were featured. A longer program could have featured many more I'm > sure. With my interest in acoustic monitoring, I was pleased to see how > they used this technology to demonstrate the extent of nocturnal migration > and what it sounds like. > > > > The piece on forest-grown coffee was well done but didn't go into what the > individual consumer can do to encourage the expansion of forest-grown > coffee. There is a Canadian supplier of certified bird friendly, forest > grown coffee, Birds and Beans. They have a video on their website > explaining what this certification means, and you can order certified > coffee from them online. The website is birdsandbeans.ca. The scientist > featured at the beginning and end of Songbird SOS, Bridget Stutchbury, has > sponsored some of their blends. > > > > I have tried to initiate a dialogue on several occasions with Just Us in > Grand Pre about bird certified blends but have had no success so far. They > claim much of their coffee is shade-grown so why not go through the bird > certification process, a process that they insist is indispensable when it > comes to fair trade. Given the alarming declines in bird populations as > emphasized in this TV program, it is time for us to demand that coffee > companies provide proof that their products have been certified by an > independent agency as promoting the conservation of birds. > > John > -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com (902) 681-2374 --047d7bfcec48a261f00511d0f2ba Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, <div>I have not yet seen the doc. </div><div><div>I agr= ee the topic of bird friendly coffee is an extremely important o= ne. I know the NS Bird Society has discussed it on occasion. BNS has n= ot yet. There needs to be more discussion/awareness of differences in certi= fications and brands in terms of their benefit to birds, and where and how = we can introduce more bird friendly coffee into our days and events of= our organizations. </div><div><br></div><div>As a member of the BNS p= rogram committee, in addition to currently trying to line up= a screening of 'The Messenger' documentary in the area (followed u= p by discussion), I'd like to help get some more discussion going = around bird friendly and 'Bird Friendly' coffee too. This could inc= lude, among other things, an invited speaker for one of our monthly meeting= s.</div><div><br></div>Our groups/organizations could be promoting bir= d friendly coffee by:</div><div>- serving it at our events</div><= div>- encouraging local fair trade coffee companies to seek 'bird = friendly' certification</div><div>- writing up a promotional one-p= ager we can distribute to highlight the benefits </div><div>- making w= eb maps of locations in NS where bird friendly coffee can be boug= ht when out birding and need a caffeine fix - start with our birding h= otspots</div><div>- donating bird friendly coffee to events held by ot= her groups (e.g., town meetings, school groups)</div><div>- subsidizing shi= pment of bird friendly coffee to the area from Birds and Beans or other cer= tified companies (e.g., 'order bird friendly coffee through BNS or the = NSBS or Bird Studies Canada and receive a 15% discount'); for organizat= ions we could consider this as a donation/ investment for bird co= nservation</div><div>- starting a listserv or Facebook group devoted to con= structive discussions around this</div><div>- putting a blurb on our webpag= es</div><div><br></div><div> - it could also be a great topi= c for a blog or yearly challenge: a big bird-friendly coffee year (writing = about daily challenges finding it, discussions with people etc), or &q= uot;a year without Tim's".<span></span><br>&l