[Sust-mar] News from the Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN)

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NEWS FROM THE NOVA SCOTIA ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK

Hello & Happy New Year Sust-Mar!

Please find below Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN) public meetings
and events that you might be interested in. A reminder to be sure to
Connect! with us and add your announcements, events, jobs, and action alerts
to our online community calendar on our web site: NSEN.ca. 


1.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CAUCUS ON FRI. JAN. 16
Our next Environmental Education (EEC) Caucus meeting will be on Friday,
January 16 in the Hayes Rm. 5th floor, Rowe Management Bldg., Dalhousie
University, 6100 University Ave. from 10am-12pm. If you are an environmental
educator or have an interest in the field please join us. Caucus Chair:
Caroline Canning, Program Officer for Public Education and Engagement
Atlantic Region, Environment Canada 902-426-3716 (ph) / 902-426-2062 (fax) /
caroline.canning at ec.gc.ca Web: www.ec.gc.ca/educators Visit:
www.nsen.ca/environmentaleducation.php


2. 
MINING CAUCUS MONTHLY TELECONFERENCE ON TUES. FEB. 3
Our next Mining Caucus teleconference will be on Tuesday, February 3 from
10:00am-11:30am. If you are concerned about how mining is done in the
province, please consider joining our caucus. Caucus Chair: Gretchen
Fitzgerald, Sierra Club of Canada - Atlantic Chapter. For teleconference
details, please email NSEN: nsen at cen-rce.org


3. 
WATER CAUCUS TELECONFERENCE IN FEB. TBA
Our focus is broad and includes all things water – groundwater, surface
water, freshwater, watersheds, and coastal. If you would like to join our
Water Caucus teleconference in February (details TBA), please contact
Interim Caucus Chair: Anna McCarron, B.A., M.U.R.P. Water Conservation
Programs Coordinator, Clean Nova Scotia, 126 Portland St., Dartmouth, NS B2Y
1H8 t. (902) 420-7939 / f. (902) 424-5334 / 1-800 665-5377 / Email:
amccarron at clean.ns.ca 


4. 
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CAUCUS MEETING ON FEB. 20 
A meeting of the Environmental Law & Policy Caucus will be on Friday,
February 20 from 12:00am-1:30 pm at the Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern
Lane in Halifax. Please RSVP for this lunchtime meeting. There will be lunch
provided. Caucus Chair: Emily Pudden, BA, LLB Contact:
caucus_nsen at cen-rce.org We will discuss ways we can advance environmental
law and policy in the province. We will also have a briefing on the Pro Bono
Law projects related to Mining & Sustainability and the Nova Scotia
Environmental Bill of Rights, Environmental Commissioner and Environmental
Review Tribunal. Improvements to Environmental Assessment. *Please let us
know if you would like to teleconference into this meeting.


5. 
NSEN ECO-HERO AWARDS: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – DUE FRIDAY, FEB. 16 
Nominate an individual or group for our Eco-Awards to acknowledge and
appreciate the hard work of environmentalists in our province. The awards
will be given out at our ENGO Roundtable on Friday, February 27 (snow date
is March 2). Nomination forms are attached and more information is available
at http://www.nsen.ca/ecohero.php or please contact NSEN at
nsen at cen-rce.org. There are 7 award categories for both individuals and
groups. 
1. Nickerson Lifetime Achievement (Individual) 
2. Eco-Heroes Group of the Year (Group) 
3. Eco-Hero Environmentalist of the Year (Individual)
4. Cole Award in Excellence in Environment and Health (Group or Individual)
5. Marshall Award for Aboriginal Environmental Leadership (Group or
Individual) 
6. Youth Environmental Leadership Award (Group or Individual)
7. Award for Environmental Political Will (Group or Individual)


6. 
THE 2009 SCHEDULE OF OUR SENSE (SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION IN NS FOR EVERYONE)
NETWORKING MEETINGS WILL BE: 
*TO ATTEND any of these free public meetings, please email Coordinator
Janelle Frail: esd_novascotia at lsf-lst.ca Lunch provided. 
(A)
 Friday, January 23, 2009 from 10am-3pm at the Nova Scotia Community College
Lunenburg Campus in Bridgewater with lunch provided. Keynote: Leon De
Vreede, Community Sustainability Officer for the Town of Bridgewater, Jim
Drescher of Windhorse Farms, Andrea Cleland with Global Education
Association, The Nodding Group, Helping Nature Heal, Mersey Tobeatic
Research Institute, and others!

(B)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Canadian
Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) in Halifax with lunch provided.
Keynote: Lynn Hartwell, NS Community Services who will talk about the Social
Perspectives of Sustainable Prosperity (linking
environment-economic-social):
http://www.gov.ns.ca/coms/department/documents/Weaving_the_Threads.pdf We
will have other speakers on the social side of sustainability.

(C)
Friday, March 6, 2009 from 10am-3pm at St. Francis Xavier University,
Keating Building in Antigonish with lunch provided. Keynote: Julie Stinson,
Community Sustainability Officer for the Town of Antigonish. We will have
other speakers on sustainability in the schools and in the community from
the region

(D)
Saturday & Sunday, May 23 & 24, 2009 2nd Annual Sustainability Education
Symposium: Theme: Heath, Recreation and Nature Education. More details to
come.


7. 
WORKSHOPS ON NOVA SCOTIA’S SOLID WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Invitation to Participate: Stakeholder Workshops on the Renewal of Nova
Scotia’s Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy. We need your knowledge,
ideas and expertise to help Nova Scotia reduce waste to no more than 300
kilograms per person per year. Nova Scotia Environment has prepared the
paper, Thinking Outside the Landfill, to use as a starting point for the
exchange of ideas. To register, email: solidwastestrategy at gov.ns.ca or call
902-424-4300 Registration cut off is 3 days before the date of each
workshop. All Half Day Workshops 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. More info and
consultation background documents:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/waste/strategy.asp
•	January 15 Wesleyan Church, 70 Haley Road Yarmouth
•	January 16 Kentville Fire Hall, 463 Main Street Kentville
•	January 21 Colchester MRF, 185 Mingo Road Kemptown
•	January 22 Museum of Industry, 147 North Foord Street Stellarton
•	January 27 Delta Sydney, 300 Esplanade Sydney
•	January 29 Holiday Inn Harbourview, 99 Wyse Road Dartmouth
•	Halifax* February 3 Westin Nova Scotian, 1181 Hollis Street Halifax
*French language support available


8. 
COLLABORATION ON BIODIVERSITY PROJECT – GIVE YOUR INPUT 
As a Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Canada must
report every four years on implementation of the Convention. Environment
Canada’s Biodiversity Convention Office (EC-BCO) has requested that the
Canadian Environmental Network and its provincial affiliates (including
NSEN) conduct a survey to solicit ENGO views with respect to progress,
challenges, lessons learned and biodiversity priorities in the post 2010
period. A summary of the survey results will be included in the 4th National
CBD Report and will be presented at a multi-stakeholder meeting in Ottawa in
March 2009. For more details and to participate to share your concerns,
please email NSEN: nsen at cen-rce.org 


9. 
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
(A)	"Making our community sustainable - successful sustainability
initiatives in Sweden and NS" on Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 2:00 pm to
4:30 pm in the Tupper Building, Room Tupper C I
Dalhousie University, Halifax. Small reception to follow. The Swedish
Consulate, Halifax Regional Municipality, Atlantic Chapter - Canada Green
Building Council and Dalhousie University cordially invite you to this
seminar. Please R.S.V.P. before January 21, 2009 Claudine Fougere - Phone:
490-6028 / E-mail: fougerec at halifax.ca

(B)	Foundations of Board Governance in Tatamagouche Centre March 19,
2009
This workshop provides an overview of the key elements of a strong Board,
and introduces a framework and tools for participants to assess their own
Board strengths and areas for improvement. Program Start: March 19, 2009
10:00 A.M. Cost: $105 ($85 tuition + $20 meals/snacks). More details:
http://tatacentre.ca/programs/details/70

(C)	 "Go Green: How to Build An Earth Friendly Community" BOOK CLUB
Saturday, April 4 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Helen Creighton Room,
Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth. Please join our
Community Book Club and Study Circle – Read the book, discuss and take
action! This community book club is a follow up to The Story of Stuff:
Toward Sustainable Consumption and Production series held at the HRM
libraries. The book “Go Green” can be borrowed from NSEN Library, HRM Public
Libraries or purchased from P'lovers Environmental Store, 5657 Spring Garden
Road and Outside the Lines Bookstore on 6297 Quinpool Road. More info about
the book: http://nancyhtaylor.com/ Please RSVP as there are only 60 seats.
Contact NSEN for more details: nsen at cen-rce.org

(D) The Ecology Action Centre presents: Power Politics - Energy, Policy and
real Solutions to Climate Change in Nova Scotia on Wed. Jan. 21, 7:00pm
(snow date Jan 28) in Room 105, Weldon Law building, Dalhousie Law School. A
panel discussion with: James Taylor, Nova Scotia Power; Scott McCoombs, N.S.
Department of the Environment Dan Roscoe, Scotian Wind Fields. More info:
www.ecologyaction.ca 

(E) Free public lecture “Current Trends in Aboriginal Law” Speaker: Thomas
Isaac on Tuesday, February 3 from 7:30-9:00 pm, in Room 1016 Dalhousie
University, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building 6100 University Avenue,
Halifax. Bio: Thomas Isaac, BA, MA, LLB, LLM. Mr. Isaac is a partner at the
law firm of McCarthy Tétrault in Vancouver. He is a nationally recognized
authority in the area of aboriginal law. Mr. Isaac advises clients across
Canada on aboriginal legal matters, and related environmental assessment,
regulatory, and constitutional issues. He is the author of seven books
including Aboriginal Law: Commentary, Cases and Materials and Aboriginal and
Treaty Rights in the Maritimes: The Marshall Decision and Beyond. Organized
by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network and the School for Environmental
Resources at Dalhousie University. For more information, please call (902)
454-6846, email nsen at cen-rce.org or visit our web site: www.nsen.ca

(F) Story of Stuff: Toward Sustainable Consumption and Production – Free
Public Film & Discussion
1. Keating Millenium Centre, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish,
Tuesday, January 27, 12:00-1:30 p.m. 2. Spring Garden Road Memorial Library,
5381 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax, Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Contact NSEN for more details: nsen at cen-rce.org

(G) Envisioning a Community Garden for Mainland Common – Free public meeting
to create a community garden next to the new Mainland Common Community
centre in Clayton Park. Come to this important meeting on Saturday, February
21 from 2-4pm in Room C, Keshen Goodman Library, 330 Lacewood Drive. Special
guest: Marjorie Willison, CBC Gardening extraordinaire, who will inspire us
to start a community garden in Clayton Park. All welcome. Contact NSEN for
more details: nsen at cen-rce.org

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To RSVP for any of the above meetings or more information about our
activities and caucuses, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best wishes
for 2009!

Tamara Lorincz
Executive Director 
Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN)
55 Willowbend Ct. Halifax, NS Canada B3M 3L3
Phone: 902-454-6846
Fax: 902-454-6841 
Email: nsen at cen-rce.org 
Web Site: www.nsen.ca
*NSEN : Connecting for a Sustainable Future*