<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="5"><span>Exciting Change of Plans for March Green Drinks!!!</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Take out your calendars and sharpen your pencils because
there has been a slight change in plans for this months Green Drinks
event. The world over will be celebrating <span style="font-weight: bold;">International Green Drinks Day
on March 21</span><sup style="font-weight: bold;">st</sup> , which means the good people of HRM will need
celebrate one week earlier this month. To celebrate we will be joining fellow
Canadians who will be attending the annual Green Communities conference in </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Halifax</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>.
Green Drinks will take place at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Halifax Delta Hotel</span> in the Bluenose room
and a cash bar and light refreshments will be provided. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>But wait, there's more!</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>We would also like to invite you to attend the keynote
address at the Green Communities conference with Mr. James Hoggan – free
of charge! Mr. Hoggan will be speaking in the ballroom at </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>7pm- 8pm</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>.
Green Drinks will immediately follow. If you can't make the talk
you are still welcome to join us at </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>8pm</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span> in the Bluenose
room. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>James Hoggan – Communicating
Sustainability – March 21<sup>st</sup> at </span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>7pm</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN-US">How do Canadians feel about the environment and
respond to the messages we communicate about sustainability? Green Communities
will benefit from the research and marketing experience of award-winning public
relations firm President, James Hoggan & Associates. <a target="_blank" href="http://webmail.mcgill.ca/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoggan.com%2Fabout.html">http://www.hoggan.com/about.html</a> </span></font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span lang="EN-US">Mr. Hoggan also chairs a sustainable development
project in the Four Great Rivers region, an environmentally pristine, but
endangered corner of </span></font><span lang="EN-US">Eastern Tibet</span><span lang="EN-US">, and is the founder of the DeSmogBlog, <a target="_blank" href="http://webmail.mcgill.ca/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmogblog.com%2F">
http://www.desmogblog.com/</a> an internet
weblog dedicated to exposing the public relations tactics that are being used
to confuse the public about climate change.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Please contact Kari Riddell at 420-3474 to
RSVP for the James Hoggan talk by March 16th. </span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Thank you!</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span>Green Drinks Committee (Kari, Karen, Alex and Aftab)<br></span></font></b>
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