[getsmart-l] Gravel Watch hosts an evening with Elizabeth May - February 5

[Janet May]

Invitation to to an evening with Elizabeth May, Tuesday Feb. 5, 7:00 p.m.
Puslinch Community Centre, South of Guelph, N of 401. Map and further
information at: www.gravelwatch.org How climate change translates to
community action.

Gravel Watch Ontario presents an evening with Elizabeth May, LL.B, Order of
Canada, environmentalist, writer, activist, leader of the Green Party of
Canada, former Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, discussing
how climate change translates to community action - and what this means in
Ontario's balance between increasing development and environmental
protection.

A question & answer period will follow Ms. May's presentation on issues such
as:

* What happens when a pit/quarry wants to be your new neighbour?
* The Niagara escarpment: how much of it should we mine?
* What is the right trade-off between pits and farmland?
* Should wetlands be turned into pits and quarries?
* Should Lake Superior coastlines be quarried to pave Michigan highways? 
* Are pit/quarry applications ever turned down?
* Ontario regulations say pits/quarries are an interim use of the
land --- do you agree?
* Who, really, makes up rules about pits/quarries?

*Date:* Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008

*Time:* 6:45 pm seating, 7:00 pm meeting begins

*Cost:* $10 (students free) payable at the door

*Location:* Puslinch Community Centre, Village of Aberfoyle, Wellington
County Road #46 just north of Highway #401. See map below.

The meeting is sponsored by *Gravel Watch Ontario*, a province-wide
coalition of citizen groups and individuals. *Gravel Watch Ontario* acts in
the interests of residents and communities to protect the health, safety,
quality of life of Ontarians and the natural environment in matters that
relate to aggregate resources. *http://www.gravelwatch.org
<http://www.gravelwatch.org/>.*

Reserve your ticket now. Send your name, address, email and phone number to
Ann Ironside, *ann.ironside at sympatico.ca <mailto:ann.ironside at sympatico.ca>*
RR #1, Ariss, On, N0B 1B0. Phone 519-846-5764. For more information and map,
click on this link:*
http://www.gravelwatch.org/orig-gw/misc/080205-flyer-01.pdf*

Arrive early, seating is limited. Even if you have reserved a ticket, please
arrive by 6:45 pm. We look forward to seeing you at this enlightening event.

*Map to Puslinch Community Centre, Aberfoyle, near Highway 401, near Guelph
Ontario.*




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