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Index of Subjects The Nova Scotia Nature Nature Trust is honoured to have the keynote address at our 5th Annual Silent Auction and Dinner delivered by Canadian anthropologist and botanical explorer Wade Davis, the Explorer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society.Wade Davis received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany from Harvard University and subsequently through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent more than three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15 indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some 6,000 botanical collections. Davis's work later took him to Haiti to investigate folk preparations implicated in the creation of zombies, an assignment that led to his writing Passage of Darkness (1988) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1986), an international best-seller, which appeared in 10 languages and was later released by Universal Studios as a motion picture. He is author of five other books, including Shadows in the Sun (1998) and One River (1996). A research associate of the Institute of Economic Botany of the New York Botanical Garden, he also is a board member of the David Suzuki Foundation, Ecotrust, Future Generations, and Cultural Survival-all NGOs dedicated to conservation-based development and the protection of cultural and biological diversity. Our Silent Auction and Dinner featuring Mr. Davis will take place on Saturday, October 19th at the Sheraton in Halifax. In addition to our keynote address, Mary Jane Lamond will be performing. Attendants will be able to participate in our popular silent auction featuring unique adventure get-aways and eco-minded items, and will learn about how the Nature Trust is protecting irreplaceable natural areas here in Nova Scotia. Dinner Tickets are $75 with tables of 10 for $750 and are on sale now. Just contact Karen at the Nature Trust office at (902) 425-5263 to reserve yours. The Silent Auction is open to the public. More information at http://www.nsnt.ca/current/dinner/ -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: copyright material cannot be posted to the list CBC enviro news-briefs follow: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SMOGGY HAZE BLANKETS PROVINCE The hazy days of summer have arrived. Smog from pollution in the northeastern United States is blanketing most of mainland Nova Scotia. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_haze020815 DARTMOUTH RESIDENTS MAD AS DIRT OVER SOIL A group of Dartmouth residents appears to have stopped a plan to store contaminated soil near their back yards. The temporary storage site, in the parking lot of Dartmouth's Tacoma Plaza, on Main Street, is only 10 metres away from four homes. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_dirt020815 PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE BACK ON TRACK Passenger rail service to and from Halifax should be back on schedule Thursday. Five kilometres of damaged rail line near Shubenacadie re-opened Wednesday evening. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_train020815 JAPANESE BEETLES STAY CLOSE TO CORNWALLIS PARK Beetle trap results from this summer seem to indicate the Japanese Beetle isn't spreading from downtown Halifax. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_japbeetle020814 © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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