HAPPY EARTH DAY!
“Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which it’s loveliness arises.” ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish Dramatist and Poet
Congratulations Sioux Lookout!
With an exciting day fast approaching… this post is a great time for me to share some exciting information! I would like to extend many thanks to the community of Sioux Lookout for setting an incredibly positive example and for being a community leading in environmental sustainability initiatives. . BYLAW NO. 20-10 BEING A BYLAW [...]
Heal the Bay “Trash Your Friends”
Fortunately, this post is not an April Fool’s joke. It’s true that this new campaign by “Heal the Bay” will be beneficial since I am telling you about it, you will tell your friends, and your friends will tell their friends until Mr, Ms and Mrs somebody from who knows where will find out about [...]
Earth Day 2010 Participating Retailers!
It’s that time of year! Earth Day is on Thursday, April 22, 2010. For more information, and for a list of participating retailers, CLICK HERE.
Marion Drysdale Provincial Award Winner
Exciting News!!! The video that I entered in the Marion Drysdale Contest for the theme, “Suppress Excess; Living Within Our Means,” won provincially in the video-animation category. I was presented a framed certificate at the award ceremony by the Minister for Education. This is a prestigious Student Achievement Award held by the Ontario Secondary School [...]
Retired Teachers of Ontario – District 35
I was invited to “teach” the teachers, as a matter of speaking (no pun intended). The subject of my presentation was youth community leadership. I told them about my accomplishments over the past few years relating to environmental activism. I’ve been completing scholarship applications lately and I love this question. I decided to share my [...]
Sustainable Communities in the North Conference
On February 25 and 26 I attended the 1st annual “Sustainable Communities in the North Conference” (Thunder Bay, ON) with members of the Dryden Envirothon Team. The main issue that the conference addressed was peak oil and resilience of communities. Conference pre-requisite: watched the documentary – “The End of Suburbia”. “It is necessary that all [...]
