[Sust-mar] Annual Environmental Conference in Nova Scotia Friday, July 28-30 with Key Note Journalist Ralph Surette

[NSEN]

Be sure to attend this great event, meet new people, make a difference and
get back to nature!

Don't miss the Nova Scotia Environmental Network & Sierra Club of Canada -
Atlantic Canada Chapter's Conference and Annual General Meeting entitled: 

Sustainable Living at the Shire: A Green Hobbit Gathering
Friday, July 28 - Sunday, July 30

Location: The Shire Learning Centre, Carleton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
On 165 acres of wilderness on Mink Lake http://www.oftheshire.org/

Join us for a wonderful weekend in a beautiful setting!
*	Bring your ideas and enthusiasm to strengthen the environmental
movement
*	Discuss environmental topics also linked with health and social
justice issues in Atlantic Canada
*	Attend informative exhibits, panels and workshops
*	Participate in guided forest walks, peer coaching, yoga and
soap-making
*	Enjoy canoeing, swimming, volley ball, camp fires and music
*	Watch timely environmental films
*	Feast on delicious vegetarian meals
*	Listen to inspiring speakers

Key Note: "A Veteran Journalist's View of the Environmental Challenge"
by Ralph Surette, Freelance Journalist and Popular Herald Columnist

Registration: Early Bird Registration: Regular: $55 Student / Low-Income:
$35 One Day: $25
(includes carbon offsets, all meals, childcare, tenting & conference fees,
display space)
NOTE: Early Bird Registration deadline is Friday, July 21 (afterward $10
more)

Sponsors: Assante Asset Management, Nova Scotia Department of Energy,
Resource Recovery Fund Board, and Waste Check Yarmouth

For full details and to register on-line, please visit:
http://www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic/aga06.htm
Or email atlanticcanadachapter at sierraclub.ca, phone (902) 444-3113 or visit
us at Sierra Club of Canada Atlantic Chapter, 1657 Barrington Street, Suite
507, Halifax.

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Tamara Lorincz
Executive Director  (NSEN)
Nova Scotia Environmental Network 
55 Willowbend Ct. 
Halifax, NS Canada B3M 3L3
Phone: 902-454-6846
Fax: 902-454-6841
Email: nsen at web.ca
Web Site: www.nsen.ca