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Remember: sust-mar messages must be plain text format (no html). Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two events and one news item you might be interested. 1) Potluck Lecture with Chief Bassey Archibong Chief Archibong of Nigeria is the Interim Executive Director for the Non-Government Organization Coalition for the Environment (NGOCE). Come out to learn about how Chief Archibong and this environmental group are saving the rainforest in Cross River State, developing sustainable management of resources, and helping the rural and urban communities in southwestern Nigeria. Monday, May 12 6:30-8:30 Room 41 1312 Robie St. School for Resource & Environmental Studies House Dalhousie University All welcome! Please bring a food item to share and bring your own drink. This is a relaxed summer evening event and a chance to break bread with an environmental and social activist from Africa. Organized by NSPIRG, Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) and the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR). For more info, please email cesr@dal.ca or visit our web site at http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr *For more info about NGOCE, please visit: http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/Africa/Nigeria/?state=mo re http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/29/Nigeria.html 2) Social and Environmental Responsibility Pledge Ceremony for Graduating Students Wednesday, May 14 2:30-4:30 Room 316 6136 University Ave. Student Union Building Dalhousie University All welcome! At the ceremony, each student recites the pledge, receives a pledge card and a green ribbon. The pledge reads: “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.” Family and friends are encouraged to attend. There will be light refreshments. If you are interested in taking the pledge, please contact Ramona.Ryan@dal.ca or Ramona at 494.2871 and tell me your name, degree you will be receiving, contact information (email and phone) and how many will be attending. Organized by the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR). For general info, please email cesr@dal.ca or visit our web site at http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr 3) For your interest: Globe & Mail, A9 May 6, 2003 Bike-pedalling rewarding, Norwegian civil staff told. Reuters. Oslo. Norwegian municipal workers are being offered cash incentives to get on their bikes as part of a government drive to encourage pedal power and cut car use. The scheme, which also aims to boost fitness, started yesterday and will pay civil employees about 60 cents for every kilometre they cycle while on business up to a maximum journey of five kilometres. The ride to and from work will not count. http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2689271 http://www.norwaypost.no/content.asp?cluster_id=21695&folder_id=5 Globe & Mail, A12 May 7, 2003 Reuters. Washington. Scandinavia best place for mothers, study says. Norway, Sweden and Denmark are top three world's best countries in which to be a mother... according to a study released yesterday. In its annual Mothers Index, relief group Save the Children compared the well-being of mothers and their children in 117 countries... http://www.savethechildren.org/sowm2003/sowm_list.shtml ____________________________________________________________________________ If a friend forwarded this email to you, please consider joining sust-mar yourself. Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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