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WWW is hiring!
We’re hiring an Executive Director and a Schools Coordinator for our Message in a Bottle campaign.
If you know any amazing folks that fit the bill, we welcome their resumes!
Executive Director
Purpose of Position:
The Wellington Water Watchers is a Not for Profit Organization with over 800 members. We are dedicated to the protection, restoration and conservation of drinking water in Guelph and Wellington County. Until recently we have been a 100% volunteer organization but are now in need of full and …
Waterworks Open House, June 13th
Come out and celebrate 130 years of municipal water in Guelph!
At the Guelph Waterworks this Saturday, June 13th from 10 am to 2pm, you can chat with staff and check out the interactive displays while enjoying a free BBQ, door prizes and fun for the kids – you can even pick up a rain barrel.
The Waterworks is at 29 Waterworks Place, off of York Road.
Headwaters 100 Mile Challenge
10 Days of Eating Locally
Official Launch: Monday May 11th, 2009
Location: Guelph Youth Music Centre 75 Cardigan St
Time: 10:00-11:00am
Please join the Headwaters Environmental Leadership Program of the Upper Grand District School Board as they officially launch their 100-Mile Diet Challenge. For ten days, June 2 to 11, 2009, the students will be eating only locally grown and produced food from a hundred mile radius of Guelph.
GREN Comes to Guelph, April 16th
April 16th, 7:15-9:15pm at 10 Carden St.
Members from Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Brantford and Guelph have been meeting for a year to network on similar environmental issues.
Come and meet the neighbours!
Agenda:
1. Description of GREN and its projects.
2. Guelph response to Places to Grow growth as seen through development practices.
-Low Impact Development ppt by GUFF (Guelph Urban Forest Friends)
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FCM asks bottled water to get out of town
See this CBC article discussing the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ decision to encourage tap water and phase out bottled water sales in their municipalities.
This is another encouraging step in protecting our local water resources, reducing plastic waste and educating Canadians about the impact of bottled water.
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