[Sust-mar] Upcoming environment and social justice events - please circulate. Happy Holidays!

[Tamara Lorincz]

13 Upcoming environment and social justice events - please circulate. Happy
Holidays!


1. 
CLEAN NOVA SCOTIA OPEN HOUSE
Are you dreaming of a GREEN CHRISTMAS?
Please join Clean Nova Scotia on December 14 from 4 to 6 pm for our Annual
Holiday Open House at our office, 126 Portland Street, Dartmouth Meet and
mingle, enjoy light refreshments and friendly conversation. Discover how
your provincial environmental charity is helping curb climate change,
conserve clean water, reduce waste and take on litter. Engage in lively
discussion about environmental issues, what Santa's going to bring, or
whatever else might tickle your fancy. 
RSVPs appreciated, but not necessary: 420-3474 or cns at clean.ns.ca
BYOMT-Bring Your Own MistleToe!


2. 
Upcoming Public Screenings of "An Inconvenient Truth":
"An Inconvenient Truth"
December 12, 7:30-9:30 PM
Shambhala Cultural Centre
13495 Peggy's Cove Road (Hwy 333), Tantallon, NS

"An Inconvenient Truth"
January 14, 6:30-8:30 PM
Saint Francis Xavier University, Room TBA Antigonish, NS

Please visit http://ecologyaction.ca/energy_issues/energy_issues.shtm for a
complete listing of province-wide screenings. If you would like to help
organize a public or school screening please contact Andrea Flowers,
andrea at ecologyaction.ca.


3. 
Any exciting projects this winter? Don't miss this opportunity to learn how
to build your own yurt - a low impact shelter originating from Central Asia.
Building a shelter is an empowering and creative experience, with lots of
hands-on learning. 
This workshop will provide a thorough introduction to yurts, and the basics
of yurt construction including: coppice as a timber crop, Acadian forest
species, making a greenwood working station, using a drawknife, froe and
other hand tools, planning and designing your walls, roof, and wheel, and
erecting a yurt. We will consider practical issues unique to yurt living,
such as heating and insulation. Open to all skill levels. What: Join Little
Foot Yurts for a hands on yurt building workshop housed in a woodland yurt
paradise. Leave with the practical skills and resources to build your own
yurt. When: Friday January 12th- Sunday January 14th, 2007
Registration: Full agenda and registration form is posted on
http://www.lfy.ca/pages/workshops.html . Numbers are limited so please
register as soon as possible.
Alex & Selene Cole
Little Foot Yurts
website: www.lfy.ca
email: info at lfy.ca
phone: (902) 233-3318

4.
You are invited to a Holiday Open House at the Mersey Tobeatic Research
Institute (MTRI) on Mt. Merritt Rd., Kempt. Stop by for some Christmas
goodies December 14th , 4pm to 6pm Kyle Rowter Community Outreach Officer
Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute
9 Mount Merritt Road
PO Box 215
Kempt, Nova Scotia
B0T 1B0
phone: 902-682-2371
fax: 902-682-2760
www.merseytobeatic.ca


5.
Join us for refreshments and a celebration of a big year for the EAC!
Please drop by December 12th to our new home between 5pm-7pm.
Enjoy the treats, tours, and good cheer.
For more information please call 429-2202 or email info at ecologyaction.ca We
are located at:
2705 Fern Lane, Halifax
For directions please go to http://ecologyaction.ca/newhome/contact.htm 


6. 
Take you chances: Come to the Eco-Casino to celebrate the Sierra Club of
Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter's new location Thursday, December 14th from
4:30 to 6pm.  Food, drinks and games on the house .a gambling good time for
the Season! 
1657 Barrington St. Roy Building Suite 533 Emily McMillan Director Sierra
Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter
532-1657 Barrington St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2A1
Phone: 902-444-3113
Fax: 902-444-3116
emilym at sierraclub.ca
Join the Club! Become a member at www.sierraclub.ca


7.
Brown Bag Lunch & Learn: Information Session and Meeting on Tire Burning in
Nova Scotia. Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Ecology Action Centre. Concerned
Citizens of Truro and Brookfield will be in attendance and will give a brief
presentation about the news around Lafarge Cement Kiln possibly burning
tires in the province. Bring your lunch. Wednesday, Dec. 13 from 2:30-4:00
PM at the Ecology Action Centre
2705 Fern Lane, Halifax (corner of May St.and Robie St.) For directions
please go to http://ecologyaction.ca/newhome/contact.htm 


8. 
Homeless Memorial- Join Community to Remember and Celebrate the Lives of
People who have Lived and Died Homeless and in Poverty. Thursday, December
21st 2006 Saint Georges Church
2222 Brunswick Street, Halifax
11:00 am
Refreshments will be served following the Service
All are welcome. For more info please contact Community Action on
Homelessness: info at cahhalifax.org or call Darcy 4202186 or Claudia 420 6026


9. 
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY WORLD CAFE 
Rights and Wrongs: A Discussion About Human Rights in Canada 
Sunday December 10th from 1:00 - 3:00pm 
North Street Church; 5657 North Street .(North & Fuller). 
Food, Coffee and Tea Will Be Provided. 
Free and Open to All. 
December 10th is International Human Rights Day and the Students Coalition
Against War - SCAW in partnersh! ip with Amnesty International will be
hosting a World Cafe discussion on the state of human rights in Canada and
abroad.


10. 
rhythm.against.racism: a night of hip-hop & spoken word to subvert state
racism in this province .
. . . .
with performances by:
+  indigenous black army +
+  word iz bond +
+  the i.m.f. +
. . . . .
saturday
december 9th - 9pm
@ the khyber club
1588 barrington st
+ all ages | $4-8 by donation +
a benefit for the Bound to Be Free
Save Lincolnville Campaign
for more info see:
savelincolnville.nspirg.org
www.nspirg.org | info at nspirg.Org


11. 
Carpenters Hit the Streets to Raise Awareness

HCAP calls on all members and supporters to stand in solidarity with the
Carpenter's Union in their fight against developers and contractors who
refuse to hire union.

When: Friday, December 15th - 7:00am-9:00am
Where: Lawen Building - 2571 Robie Street at Willow St, Halifax, NS
What: A picket against Dexel Developments, a developer that hires
non-union contractors

$10.00 per hour is available to those who attend.

Please call HCAP to confirm your attendance if possible. 444.5060

Background:

The purpose of this information picket is to inform the public that many
carpenters in Nova Scotia are receiving less than union wages and benefits.

The Carpenters Union has been monitoring pay and benefit rates over the past
number of years and has noticed on most occasions that the non-union
contractors are paying less than union rates and benefits to their workers,
sometimes significantly less.  This flies in the face of the longstanding
tradition in our community of a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

The information picket hopes to make our community aware that Nova Scotia
has been built over the decades by the hard work of the carpenters who live
here. From the waterfront, along the railroad and the high-rise construction
projects, the working people of our community, and fair-minded employers,
have made this a good place to work, live and raise families. A strong union
tradition has assured that workers enjoy a reasonable share of the
prosperity.  Many of the conditions of employment enjoyed on construction
jobs today are the result of hard work of the building trade unions of the
past. But now, some developers and employers are undermining the union
standard of wages and benefits that have been achieved through decades of
successful collective bargaining.

12. 
ARCH marks the 9th International Animal Rights Day! 

At the Spring Garden Road Public Library on Saturday, *December 9th, from
5pm-7pm, the Animal Rights Collective of Halifax (ARCH, a working group of
NSPIRG) in conjunction with Uncaged Campaigns, present International Animal
Rights Day Candlelight Vigil and Slideshow.

ARCH has created a moving presentation of powerful images and
thought-provoking quotations, with accompanying music, to portray the plight
of animals used worldwide for food, clothing, experimentation and
entertainment.  This will be projected onto a large screen to engage the
public in discussion and to commemorate the lives of billions of animals
unnecessarily tortured and killed every year worldwide for human use.

Following the vigil, we invite everyone to Room #305 of the Weldon Law
Building, Dalhousie University, to hear **Prof. Vaughan Black speak about
Animals and the Law, from 7:30-8:30pm.  There will be complimentary Fair
Trade hot chocolate and homemade vegan treats served.  The speaking
engagement and refreshments are free of charge.

Contact Krista Simon at 902.431.3588 (or kesimon at eastlink.ca) for more
information.

*Rain Date: Saturday, December 16th, 2006.
**Should Mr. Black be unable to attend the planned speaking engagement, we
will show the film "Earthlings", followed by discussion.


13. 
TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HARPER GOVERNMENT
More signatures needed!
http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/cleanairactstinks/


Tamara Lorincz
Executive Director, Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN)
French Student
BA, BComm, MBA, LLB
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
(902) 443-2423
tlorincz at dal.ca
CESR: http://cesr.dsu.dal.ca
GN: http://www.space4peace.org/
HPC: http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/
NSEN: http://www.nsen.ca
"A better world is possible"

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" -
Dr. Martin Luther King