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Hi everyone,
This is a reminder to register for the joint Annual Gathering of the Sierra
Club-Atlantic Canada Chapter and the New Brunswick Environmental Network
being held on September 24, 25 and 26 at Camp Chaleur in Charlo, New
Brunswick. This is a really great event (see the incredible agenda below)
and only costs $30 ($25 if you register by tomorrow's early bird deadline).
That includes meals and accommodation and child care! You can register
easily online at http://www.nben.ca/aga04.htm, by email or feel free to call
me! Everyone is welcome. Please circulate this message in your network and
forgive cross-postings.
Hope to see you there!! It is going to be Great!!
Emily
Transportation Options:
TRAINS: The train passes right through Charlo - how relaxing! Let us know
and we can arrange transportation to the camp.
PLANES: Sorry, direct flights only if you are coming from Montreal...closest
airport is Moncton.
and AUTOMOBILES: If you are driving, let us know and we can help to hook
people up for carpooling! Also if you want to go a day early, we have free
camping lined up at the half way point.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
There are beds available at the camp (sleeping bags required) but if you
would like a little more luxury:
The Blue Heron Inn Bed and Breakfast if providing half price rooms for
gathering attendees. Call 506-237-5560
or e-mail blueheronbb@mac.com.
FABULOUS AGENDA:
"Keeping your Community out of the Sacrifice Zone"
September 24 – 26, 2004
Camp Chaleur, Charlo, N.B.
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_______FRIDAY NIGHT_______
5:30pm ...... Registration
Construction of the Yurt
6pm ......... Dinner - potluck/BBQ/corn boil
Opening Ceremony
Soapbox: Tell your story. An opportunity for groups
to present their projects and network.
Campfire: Storytelling and Music jam
_______SATURDAY________
7:00 am ......... Falling in with Nature - Restigouche Naturalist Club
8:45-10:30 ..... Annual meetings (concurrent) for the NBEN and
the Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter
10:30 - 11:30: After the Gold Rush
- The Wheel of Fortune: Oil - Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Acadian forests - Yvon Moreault,
2001-Coalition-2004
- Jeopardy: Dragging the Ocean through the Courts - Mark Butler,
Ecology Action Centre
- Clue: Where have all the salmon gone? - Gordon Labillois, Eel River
Bar First Nation
11:30 - 12:30: The Domino Effect
- Trivial Pursuit: Toxic Waste Incineration - Florien Levesque,
Environnement Vie
- Beat the Clock: Agricultural Pesticides - Sharon Labchuk, Earth
Action
- The Price is Right: Aquaculture - Janice Harvey, Conservation
Council of NB
12:30 - 2:30: Sandwiches on the Sand
- Fall Wing Walk: Migrating Shorebirds - Restigouche Naturalist Club
- Aboriginal Heritage Garden Tour - Eel River Bar First Nation
2:30 - 4:00: Survivor
The Sacrifice Zone: A Citizen's Do-It-Yourself Kit
Citizen Enforcement: Case Studies:
- Waterkeepers - Janice Harvey, Conservation Council of NB, David
Thompson, Fundy Baykeeper, Daniel LeBlanc, Sentinelles Petitcodiac
Riverkeeper
- Using the rules - Sharon Labchuk, Earth Action
Grassroots Organizing: Case Studies:
- Belledune rises up - Luc Potvin, Return to Sender Coalition, Florien
Levesque,
Environnement Vie & John Martin, Chief of Gesgapegiag First Nation
- Keeping the poop out - Jerry Cook, Association for Preservation of
Bouctouche Watershed
- Community Based Management - Jennifer Graham, Catalyst Community
Consulting
4:00 - 5:30:
Citizen's Science: Case Studies:
- Sydney Tarponds - Bruno Marcocchio, Sierra Club of Canada
- Getting the Lead Out - David Coon, Conservation Council of NB
Changing the Law: Case Studies:
- Suits in the legislature - Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada
- Squished bugs in city hall - Helen Jones, RATE
- Increase the pressure - Civil Disobedience - Bob Landry,
Environmental Activist
Acadian Dinner, Awards Ceremony & Social Night
_______SUNDAY MORNING_______
~ Heron Island Boat Tour
~ Kayaking on the Bay of Chaleur! WOW!
Emily McMillan
Director, Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter
1657 Barrington St., Suite 502
Halifax, NS, B3J 2A1
emilym@sierraclub.ca <mailto:emilym@sierraclub.ca>
Phone: 902-444-3113
Fax: 902-444-3116
www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic <http://www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic>
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