[Sust-mar] Happy International Children's Day & Upcoming Community Events

[Tamara Lorincz]

Sust-Mar Friends - Happy International Children's Day!

November 20, 2009 is the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of
the Child. 
We need to do better in Nova Scotia and in Canada for our children:
http://www.unicef.org/crc/
Find out more at the Canadian Council for Early Childhood Development:
http://www.councilecd.ca/


UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS please feel free to circulate!


(1) CCPA-NS' 2ND ANNUAL FALL FUNDRAISER AND 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
FEATURING RITA DEVERELL
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Time: Friday, November 20th,
starting at 6pm . Saint Mary's University. 
We are fortunate to have broadcast journalist, scholar, theatre artist and
the current Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at MSVU, Rita Deverell, as our
guest speaker. The title of her talk is: "Who will Inherit the Resource of
the Airwaves?" Click here for more information on the speaker. Tickets are
$60 per person ($30 tax receipt); $100 for two tickets ($40 tax receipt) or
$750 for a table of 8 including special mention in the program ($350 tax
receipt). 
Tickets can be purchased by calling (902)477-1252 or toll free 1877-920-7770
or by sending a cheque to CCPA-NS PO Box 8355, Halifax, NS B3K 5M1. Tickets
are limited and this was a sold out event last year, so please get your
tickets early. No tickets will be sold at the door. 


(2) AFGHAN MALALAI JOYA "A WOMAN AMONG WARLORDS" IN HALIFAX ON SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 21 
Free talk from 7-9pm at the Multipurpose Room, Rosaria Student Centre, Mount
Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway in Halifax. Come to hear
courageous Afghan MP Malalai Joya and author of the new book "Woman Among
the Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her
Voice". BBC has called Joya "the bravest woman in Afghanistan."She is on a
North American book tour to promote her new book and to discuss the war in
Afghanistan. Joya was profiled in the award-winning film "Enemies of
Happiness" and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She is on a North
American book tour. Her new books will be for sale. Donations welcome for
the Malalai Joya Defence Fund and Tour. Organized by Halifax Peace
Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, NSPIRG, Nova Scotia Voice of Women
for Peace,  Food Not Bombs, SALSA and Mount Saint Vincent University. For
more info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com. 
*Don't miss hearing this brave Afghan woman - Malalai Joya!

*Note: Malalai Joya will also be speaking at an anti-war rally (Canada out
of NATO & Canada out of Afghanistan) in protest of the the International
Security Forum from 1-2pm on Saturday, November 21 in front of at the Westin
Hotel in Halifax where Canadian Defence Minister Peter Mackay and US Defense
Minister Robert Gates will be speaking. Please join us!


(3) "STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: REPORTING FOR OCEAN MANAGEMENT" NOV. 25
Jay Walmsley, Oceans Project Leader, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceans and
Coastal Management Division
Wednesday November 25, 2009, 1:00-2:00 PM, Room 309, Weldon Law Buidling,
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Campus, For more information,
contact the Marine Affairs Program,Marine.Affairs at dal.ca


(4) FILM SCREENING & DEBATE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- NOVEMBER 24 
 Halifax, NS - 7:00pm Tuesday November 24, 2009 - The Even Wars Have Limits
working group of the Canadian Red Cross will host a screening of the
documentary "Bombies" followed by a debate on the use of cluster munitions
by Sodales, the Dalhousie Debating Society in Room 305, Weldon Law Building,
Dalhousie University, 6061 University Ave.  


(5) CLIMATE COVER-UP TALK NOV. 25
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. FREE Admission, Room 125,
Chemistry Building, Dalhousie University, 6274 Colburg Rd.Climate Cover-up
is a bold critique of the unsavory PR campaign that has perverted the public
conversation about climate change. For two decades, when the world should
have been tackling the greatest environmental threat ever to face humankind,
we have been paralyzed by doubt and indecision. That's no accident. As Jim
shows in page after carefully documented page, we've been stalling because
some seedy and self-interested people have worked extremely hard to convince
us the problem may not be real. Climate Cover-up rips the lid off that
disinformation campaign. It exposes early strategy documents in which oil
and coal companies at times working with the tobacco industry describe how
they plan to undermine the integrity of science. Leveraging four years of
work on Jim's DeSmogBlog, Climate Cover-up names names, analyzes tactics and
illuminates strategies. It shows how easily reporters and politicians have
been bamboozled and how badly the public has been deceived. It's time to end
the Climate Cover-up. Please RSVP to rsvp at hoggan.com with 'Halifax' in the
subject line. 


(6) STOPPING GLOBAL WARMING AND RELIEVING WORLD HUNGER Nov. 26
Stopping Global Warming And Relieving World Hunger: Must We Choose Between
Them? November 26, 2009. Lecture begins at 7:30 pm, reception to follow
Potter Auditorium, Rowe Building, Dalhousie University, University Ave.,
Halifax Kathy McAfee, Department of International Relations, San Francisco
State University Contact: Claire Campbell, Department of History/College of
Sustainability, 494-3668


(7) MEDIA TRAINING 101 WORKSHOPS across NS from Nov. 23-24
Full day workshops on the basics of media relations for community organizers
by Optimum Cossette Communications and the Nova Scotia Environmental
Network. All workshops run from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM (Check-in & Coffee 8:30 AM).

Workshop Dates and Locations:
Monday, Nov. 23, Annapolis Royal Firehall, 5 Saint Anthony Street, Annapolis
Royal

Tuesday, Nov. 24, Continuing Technical Education (Room 121A), 5269 Morris
Street, Halifax

Wednesday, Nov. 25, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 40 Horseshoe Cr.,
Truro, NS
(Jenkins Hall: Riverview Room)

Friday, Nov. 27, Southend Community Centre (Woodill Room), 28 Hillview Ave.,
Sydney

Workshop Description: Working with media involves a variety of activities
from creating a media kit, to developing and maintaining a communication
plan, to building on-going relationships with mainstream and alternative
media, to immediate tasks such as pitching stories to the media and
interviewing. This one-day training session is ideal for
individuals/organizations intending to do any outreach to media. The goal of
this workshop is to acquaint participants with the functions of the news
media and equip them with basic skills, which they can immediately apply to
advancing education, publicity, and advocacy goals of their
organizations.You'll learn: the inner workings of the media - Who are the
media, What do they do and why it matters; Leveraging media opportunities -
How to place a story in the paper; How to prepare a media kit; Tools and
techniques for communicating with media - The difference between an
advisory, a press release, a PSA; and How to get your message across -
Developing key messages that count. Workshop fees include nutrition breaks,
lunch and a media toolkit binder of reference material and templates.
Funding has been generously provided by Mountain Equipment Coop. Workshop
presenters from Optimum Cossette Communications, experts in advertising,
media & public relations. For the complete agenda and registration form,
please see attached and go online to www.nsen.ca Register now for the early
bird rate. Space is limited. Registration fee includes participant media
toolkit binder, nutrition breaks and lunch. Fee is $50 members/$60
non-members. Cancellation Policy: Cancellations for registrations received
in writing by Nov. 25 will get a refund less a $15 administrative fee. For
more information and to register, please contact: Nova Scotia Environmental
Network Address: 55 Willowbend Court, Halifax, NS, B3M 3L3 
Phone: 902.454.6846 / FAX: 902.454.6841 Email: nsen at cen-rce.org / Website:
www.nsen.ca


(8) SELLING NATURE TO SAVE IT: THE CONFLICTED CASE OF PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES IN MEXICO  
Friday, November 27, 2009, 3:00 p.m. Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences
Building - Rm. 1116, Dalhousie University ALL WELCOME Reception to Follow.
Kathleen McAfee, International Relations,San Francisco State University.
World Bank economists contend that market-based environmentalism offers a
"triple win" for nature, private investors, and the poor. To this end, they
crafted Mexico's National PES program as a model of conservation efficiency
based on monetary valuation. Rejecting the Bank's position, campesino
activists insisted that the values of ecosystem services derive less from
their market prices than from their contributions to peasant livelihoods,
biodiversity, and wider social benefits that cannot be quantified or sold.
The controversies that have embroiled PES in Mexico reflect discordant
understandings of the roles of culture, agriculture, and the state in
sustainable development. They expose the limits of binary categories of
nature and society, and suggest that neoliberal conservation policies,
including global carbon markets, are ultimately incompatible with equity
goals and indigenous development priorities.  


(9) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CAUCUS MEETING NOV. 27 AT 1:30PM
You are welcome to attend the next meeting of the Environmental Education
Caucus. Location: Parks Canada Boardroom #2, Pickford and Black Building,
Historic Properties, 1869 Upper Water St. for Friday, Nov.27, 1;30-3:30 pm
for our next NS-EEC meeting. More info about the EEC:
http://www.nsen.ca/environmentaleducation.php
Join our EEC listserv: http://groups.google.com/group/ns-eec
More details: Denise Hansen, Education Specialist (Atlantic), Parks Canada -
Atlantic Service Centre
1869 Upper Water St / 1869 rue Upper Water, Halifax, N.S. / Halifax
902-426-4591; Email: denise.hansen at pc.gc.ca


(10) Community Gardening Capacity Building: Luncheon Meeting with the Nova
Scotia Agricultural College
Monday, November 30 from 12:00-1:30 p.m., Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern
Lane, Halifax. Join community gardening leaders, including Garity Chapman of
the Urban Gardening Project of the Ecology Action Centre and Mary-Jo Monk of
the Goodness Grows Garden, and Dr. Richard Donald,Vice President, Research,
Extension and Outreach Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and Sarah
Macdonald, Manager, Continuing Education Nova Scotia Agricultural College to
discuss ways we can built capacity for greater community and school gardens
in Nova Scotia. Please RSVP there are limited seating. Light lunch provided.
Project of SENSE: Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia for Everyone.
Organized by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network. For more information,
please phone: 902-454-6846, email nsen at cen-rce.org or visit us online at
www.nsen.ca


(11) ECOLOGY ACTION CENTRE HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE - DEC. 1 FROM 4-7PM
Holiday Open House on Dec. 1st at the Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern Lane,
Halifax. There will be sweet and delightful treats. Feel free to bring your
colleagues, family and clients. More information: Garity Chapman, Urban
Garden Project
Ecology Action Centre, (902) 442 1077, www.ecologyaction.ca /
www.halifaxgardennetwork.com


(12) FORMER SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE "OBAMA & THE END OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS" ON
DEC. 2 AT WOLFVILLE
On Wednesday, December 2 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Beveridge Arts Centre,
Acadia University, Wolfville. Free, public talk. Former Senator Hon. Douglas
Roche, O.C. will talk on "Obama and the End of Nuclear Weapons" and speak on
his new book "Creative Dissent: A Politician Struggle for Peace." Douglas
Roche is an author, parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized
throughout his 35-year public career in peace and human security issues. He
is the former Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee and the
Middle Powers Initiative. Mr. Roche has recently been meeting with United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the UN 5-point Action Plan for
nuclear disarmament. The author of 19 books, his latest Creative Dissent: A
Politician's Struggle for Peace will be for sale. Organized by the Halifax
Peace Coalition (HPC), Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Physicians for
Global Survival, and Mount Saint Vincent University. For more info, visit:
www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com


(13)  FORMER SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE "OBAMA & THE END OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS" ON
DEC. 3 AT DALHOUSIE
On Thursday, December 3 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. at Lord Dalhousie Room, Henry
Hicks Building (Administrative Clock Tower Building), Dalhousie University
in Halifax. Free public talk for the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies
Seminar Series. Former Senator Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. will talk on "Obama
and the End of Nuclear Weapons" and speak on his new book "Creative Dissent:
A Politician Struggle for Peace." Douglas Roche is an author,
parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his 35-year
public career in peace and human security issues. He is the former Chairman
of the United Nations Disarmament Committee and the Middle Powers
Initiative. Mr. Roche has recently been meeting with United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the UN 5-point Action Plan for nuclear
disarmament. The author of 19 books, his latest Creative Dissent: A
Politician's Struggle for Peace will be for sale. Organized by the Halifax
Peace Coalition (HPC), Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Physicians for
Global Survival, and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. For more info,
visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com


(14) FORMER SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE "OBAMA & THE END OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS" ON
DEC. 3 AT MSVU
On Thursday, December 3 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Seton Auditorium A, Seton
Academic Building, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway in
Halifax. Free, public talk. Former Senator Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. will
talk on "Obama and the End of Nuclear Weapons" and speak on his new book
"Creative Dissent: A Politician Struggle for Peace." Douglas Roche is an
author, parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his
35-year public career in peace and human security issues. He is the former
Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee and the Middle Powers
Initiative. Mr. Roche has recently been meeting with United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the UN 5-point Action Plan for nuclear
disarmament. The author of 19 books, his latest Creative Dissent: A
Politician's Struggle for Peace will be for sale. Organized by the Halifax
Peace Coalition (HPC), Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Physicians for
Global Survival, and Mount Saint Vincent University. For more info, visit:
www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com


(15) RETHINK AFGHANISTAN - FREE PUBLIC FILM SCREENING TUES. DEC. 1 AT 7:30
PM
Free public screening on Tues. Dec. 1 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Room 224,
Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue,
Halifax. Please come to watch this important new film "Rethink Afghanistan"
by Brave New Foundation. Rethink Afghanistan is a 2009 documentary about the
ongoing war in Afghanistan. This full-length documentary campaign features
experts from Afghanistan, the U.S., and Russia discussing critical issues
like military escalation, how escalation will affect Pakistan and the
surrounding region, the cost of war, civilian casualties, and the rights of
Afghan women. Donations appreciated. Organized by Halifax Peace Coalition,
Student Coalition Against War, NSPIRG and SALSA. For more info, visit:
www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email: halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com


(16) ADULT CONVERSATIONS: THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT NOVA SCOTIA'S ECONOMY DEC. 7
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs and the Canadian Business
Ethics Research Network  (CBERN) present a discussion on the state of Nova
Scotia's economy.  Keynote: Dr. David Wheeler, Dean of Management, Dalhousie
University. Respondents: Dr. J. Colin Dodds, President, Saint Mary's
University and  Nancy Tower, FCA
Chief Financial Officer, Emera Inc., Board Member, Nova Scotia Business Inc.
(NSBI). December  7, 2009
Buffet Luncheon 11:30am - 1:00pm, Westin Hotel, Harbour Suite, Tickets:
$35.00 Contact CCEPA:  428-4731 or info at ccepa.ca


(17) TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE - FREE PUBLIC FILM SCREENING TUES. DEC 8 AT 7:30
PM
Free public screening on Tues. Dec. 8 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Room 224,
Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, 6136 University Avenue,
Halifax. Taxi to the Dark Side is an important 2007 documentary film that
won the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It focuses on the tragic
murder of an Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar, beaten to death by American
soldiers while being held in extrajudicial detention at the Bagram Air Base.
The film examines US CIA and military policies. This film is important for
Canada - there is a public inquiry into Canada's military delivering Afghan
detainees into alleged torture. Donations appreciated. Organized by Halifax
Peace Coalition, Student Coalition Against War, NSPIRG and SALSA. For more
info, visit: www.hfxpeace.chebucto.org / Email:
halifaxpeacecoalition at gmail.com


(18)  AGE OF STUPID FILM & TALK ON CLIMATE CHANGE FREE PUBLIC SCREENING ON
DEC. 10
Age of Stupid Film & Talk on Climate Change Free public screening. Th. Dec.
10 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis St., Halifax.
Organized by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network www.nsen.ca (902)
454-6846. Co-sponsored by MLA Leonard Preyra.


Tamara Lorincz
Executive Director, Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN)
Sessional Instructor, Dalhousie University 2009
BA, BComm, MBA, LLB
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
Phone: (902) 443-2423
Cell: (902) 478-1379
tlorincz at dal.ca
ECJ: http://www.ecojustice.ca
GN: http://www.space4peace.org/
HPC: http://hfxpeace.chebucto.org/
NSEN: http://www.nsen.ca
"A better world is possible"

"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary
spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
to poverty, racism, and militarism." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967