[Sust-mar] NOVA SCOTIA S. O. S. RALLIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, NOV. 21

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NOVA SCOTIA S. O. S. RALLIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

November 20, 2007 - Concerned citizens across Nova Scotia will be Speaking
Out in Solidarity (SOS) tomorrow morning in an appeal for better stewardship
of the environment in Nova Scotia.

On the eve of the next sitting of the provincial legislature, campaign
leaders Marilyn Stanton of Digby and Christiane Tanner of Cape Breton
indicate they want the provincial government to adopt the recommendations of
the Digby panel review, and get on with adopting a "green" agenda.

"Christiane and myself, two women from different areas of the province,
decided joined hands across the North Mountain to send a distress call to
our provincial leaders," declared Marilyn Stanton, "What has resulted is a
snowball of rallies across the province. Citizens want the government to act
on their promises and to be better stewards of the environment."

The Nova Scotia government adopted the Environmental Goals and Sustainable
Prosperity Act this earlier year, which makes several commitments, including
promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, integrate sustainable
principles into the economy, and to become a world leader in sustainability
by 2020.

WHAT: S. O. S. Rally for the Environment

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
8 - 10 a.m. (check for time in your area) 10 a.m. - all Rally participants
to sing "SOS Rally Song"

WHERE: INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY SITES AROUND NOVA SCOTIA.
Sydney: 295 Charlotte Street, Contact: Christiane Tanner, 902-562-2961
Trenton: Environment and Labour office in Granton, Pictou County,
Contact: Peter Boyles 902-755-3938
Halifax: Granville Street entrance of Province House, Contact: Gretchen
Fitzgerald, 902-444-3113 or 902-453-4837
Kentville: Near the Cornwallis Inn at 9:30 am for walk to parking lot behind
Environment Minister Parent's office (381B Main Street) at 10 am,
Contact: Michaele Kustudic, 902-542-3462, kmichaele at hotmail.com
Digby: 9:30 a.m., Water Street, at the bandstand beside the Tourist
Information Centre and across from the former video rental business. The
town crier will make a proclamation. Contact: Marilyn Stanton, Marilyn
Stanton, 902-834-2205, mstanton at ns.sympatico.ca Annapolis Royal: 10-10:30
am, at the traffic light, Hwy #1 and St. 
George Street
Windsor: 10 am, Town of Windsor Building, Contact: Pam DiNicola,
avon.peninsula at hotmail.com

WHO:
Groups and individuals engaged in this effort include:

. Marilyn Stanton, Partnership for Sustainable Development of Digby Neck and
Islands Society, 902-834-2205, mstanton at ns.sympatico.ca

. Christiane Tanner - Citizens Against Strip Mining, 902-562-2961,
christianetanner at eastlink.ca

. Janice Ashworth, Energy Issues Committee, Ecology Action Centre, 902-
442-0199, janice.ashworth at ecologyaction.ca

. Fred Blois, Citizens Against the Burning of Tires, 902-893-2641,
fred at moldingknives.com

. Peter Boyles - Hillside-Trenton Environmental Watch Association,
morganbrandy at hotmail.com

. Pam DiNicola, Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society, 902-757-3190,
avon.peninsula at hotmail.com

. Gretchen Fitzgerald, Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter,
902-444-3113 OR 902-452-4837 (cell), gretchenf at sierraclub.ca

. Barbara Gallagher, Citizens Action to Protect the Environment,
902-633-2513, a_b.gallagher at ns.sympatico.ca

. Jennifer Graham, Coastal Issues Committee, Ecology Action Centre,
902-442-5046, coastal at ecologyaction.ca

. Stephen Hawboldt (stephenhawboldt at annapolisriver.ca) and Andy Sharpe
(andysharpe at annapolisriver.ca) - Clean Annapolis River Project, 902-532-7533

. Michaele Kustudic, Annapolis Valley Chapter, Council of Canadians,
902-542-3462, kmichaele at hotmail.com

. Lisa Mitchell, LJM Environmental Consulting, (902) 542-7970, (902)
670-1113 (cell), lisa.mitchell at ljmenvironmental.ca

. Sonja Wood, Friends of the Avon River, 902-684-9541,
bbfossils at xplornet.com