Insights/Rencontres, please distribute widely

Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:49:13 -0300
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Adieu Terre-à-Terre/Ecoversité, à l'émission Rencontres

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La série qui se veut la mise en vedette des organismes environnementaux les plus dynamiques du Nouveau-Brunswick marque plutôt la fin d'un de ses groupes les plus accomplis à l'émission Rencontres ce mois de juin.  Il s'agit d'un portrait de Terre-à-Terre. 

Ce groupe qui portait autrefois le nom Écoversité et qui est largement responsable pour avoir déclenché la lutte pour sauver la rivière Petitcodiac est devenu Terre-à-Terre lorsqu'un important nombre d'artistes ont gonflé leurs rangs. Depuis les dernières années, Terre-à-Terre avait adopté une approche contestataire faisant surtout appel à la satire comme arme, par exemple lorsqu'ils ont livré une boule de vase de la Petitcodiac au bureau du Premier ministre Bernard Lord.

Comment ce groupe ayant près de dix ans de militantisme au sud-est du Nouveau-Brunswick a-t-il évolué? Et pourquoi met-il fin à ses activités?
Rencontrez Camille Arsenault, Philippe-André Collette et Michel DesNeiges pour les réponses.

L'émission Rencontres est une série originale produite par la Fondation Médias Verts.  Rencontres est diffusée via l'Internet à l'adresse [www.elements.nb.ca].

Visitez également le nouveau site web de la Fondation Médias Verts à [www.mediasverts.org].


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Farewell, Down-to-Earth, on this month's
episode of Insights

Message:
In June, the Insights internet video series marks the end of one of New Brunswick's most creative environmental organizations of the past decade.
 
Down-to-Earth was created by local Moncton artists and environmentalists in order to tackle a wide spectrum of issues including those relating to the "mental" environment.  Their creative campaigns and stunts captured the imagination such as the time they delivered a Petitcodiac River MudBall to Premier Bernard Lord's office.  

Down-to-Earth actually began as the Université de Moncton student group called Ecoversité.  Ecoversité had made a name for itself by taking on the Petitcodiac River issue.

How has this group evolved over the course of ten years of militancy in southeastern New Brunswick? And why is it closing its doors?  Get the answers from Philippe-André Collette, Camille Arsenault and Michel DesNeiges on this month's episode of Insights.

Insights is an original Internet video series produced by the Médias Verts Foundation.

Watch Insights on-line on the elements web site [www.elements.nb.ca].

Also, visit the new Médias Verts web site at [www.mediasverts.org].



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PROTESTERS PLAN G7 DEMONSTRATION
A group calling themselves the 'G-7 Welcoming Committee' held training
sessions on effective protesting this weekend. 
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_protest020603

DFO INVESTIGATES ILLEGAL LOBSTER FISHING
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it's found more evidence
of illegal lobster fishing off Southwestern Nova Scotia.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_lobster020603

ECOLOGY GROUP FEARS DISCARDED SHELLS HARMFUL
An environmental group is raising questions about discarded radioactive
shell casings on the ocean floor off Nova Scotia.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_shells020603

NSP WAY OFF ON COST PROJECTIONS?
An expert hired by the agency that reviews electrical rates in Nova
Scotia is not impressed with Nova Scotia Power's calculations.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_nsp020604

STORA WARNS RATE HIKE COULD DOOM PAPER MILLS
Nova Scotia Power's rate request has drawn another warning from
executives with the pulp firm, Stora Enso. It says the future of two paper
mills in Port Hawkesbury depends on electrical rates.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_stora020604

MOTORISTS TO PAY MORE TO DRIVE
Motorists in Atlantic Canada can expect to pay more for their auto
insurance.  The Insurance Bureau of Canada has released a report
projecting losses of more than $200 million in the region last year. 
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_insurance020604

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