Wellington Water Watchers » Asking YOU! http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca We're dedicated to preserving water quality in Guelph and Wellington counties Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:21:29 +0000 en hourly 1 Speed River Festival discussion http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/speed-river-festival-discussion/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/speed-river-festival-discussion/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:07:56 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2525 Proposal: Speed River Festival                                                                           

 

Project:

  • Establish the Speed River Festival in Guelph as a means of promoting the awareness, appreciation and restoration of this natural amenity
  • Build on the history of community engagement through events such as the Speed River Project to use a festival to focus interest on the rivers and related environmental issues in Guelph
  • Use the festival as a means of promoting awareness and involvement of non-governmental and governmental organizations and initiatives relevant to the environment in the city
  • Contribute to the economic vitality of the area through the festival approach – Guelph currently

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Dave Schultz dschultz@grandriver.ca
show details 10:37 AM (23 minutes ago)

Grand River Conservation Authority

GRCA NEWS

 

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011

Release on receipt

Grand River watershed residents
can participate in survey on water issues

The Grand River Conservation Authority is asking residents to participate in a survey on water issues in the Grand River watershed.

The GRCA is conducting the survey as part of a project to update a Water Management Plan that will examine the… Read the rest

]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/grca-news-watershed-residents-can-participate-in-survey-on-water-issues/feed/ 0 WATER WAY Performance http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/water-way-performance-2/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/water-way-performance-2/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:31:39 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2449

SKSS productions is pleased to present
WATER WAY
a multi discipline performance event
Sunday Nov. 27  7:30 pm
George Luscombe Theatre, Univ. of Guelph
The creation of art for the sake of water
to benefit
Wellington Water Watchers   www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca
and
North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Task Force  (NDACT – No Mega Quarry)
Bringing together professional singers, actors, musicians, designers, visual arists, dancers, storytellers and spoken word artists, Water Way will feature original and time-honoured explorations of our human connection to water.
Jan Sherman, Storyteller, Jane and John Watson, Actors, Fall On Your Feet Dance Collective,

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]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/water-way-performance-2/feed/ 0 If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:00:43 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2424 * Guelph Festival of Moving Media: If A Tree Falls…
The Guelph Festival of Moving Media
with the CSA Docurama Film Series and OPIRG Guelph
present…

If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Thursday, November 3, 2011
6:30PM
University of Guelph, Thornbrough 1200
$6 PWYC – Free to all UofG students

What could lead someone to decide that arson was a reasonable response to environmental problems? How had a shadowy group—the ELF(Earth Liberation Front)—been formed, and how had investigators cracked them? How had someone like Daniel (the films protagonist) found… Read the rest

]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/if-a-tree-falls-a-story-of-the-earth-liberation-front/feed/ 0 Guelph Civic League Annual General Meeting – Dec 1st http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/guelph-civic-league-annual-general-meeting-dec-1st/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/guelph-civic-league-annual-general-meeting-dec-1st/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:08:29 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2417 Hello GCL member groups! We would like to give notice of the next GCL Annual General Meeting. It will take place on Thursday, December 1st, from 7 pm to 9 pm at 10 Carden. We will of course be electing a new executive committee. Note that there is currently a number of vacancies on the executive committee, so please consider volunteering some of your time to support healthy local democracy in Guelph. In addition, there will be the presentation of the annual report and a discussion on where to focus our energies in the coming year. We also will be

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]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/11/guelph-civic-league-annual-general-meeting-dec-1st/feed/ 0 “AQUALIBRIA”: ZOMBIE FILM SHOOT IN ST. GEORGE’S SQUARE http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/%e2%80%9caqualibria%e2%80%9d-zombie-film-shoot-in-st-george%e2%80%99s-square/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/%e2%80%9caqualibria%e2%80%9d-zombie-film-shoot-in-st-george%e2%80%99s-square/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:11:39 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2414 This Sunday, October 30th, at 12 noon, in connection with Occupy Guelph, a film shoot is happening in St. George’s Square. It is a comedic improvised scene and your participation is requested. We need folks to play crowd members and folks to dress up as zombies. Here is a quick rundown of the scene:
Tim Burdock, the professional spokesperson for a bottled water company called “Aqualibiria” is launching a bold new product that is marketed as the next big thing in bottled water. The product is called “Aqualibria Bottled Bath Water”. It is a large water cooler jug of… Read the rest

]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/%e2%80%9caqualibria%e2%80%9d-zombie-film-shoot-in-st-george%e2%80%99s-square/feed/ 0 OPIRG Board Appointees Needed – Deadline November 9th http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/opirg-board-appointees-needed-deadline-november-9th/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/opirg-board-appointees-needed-deadline-november-9th/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:12:21 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2410

Happy Fall OPIRG members & volunteers!


The OPIRG Board of Directors is currently accepting applications to fill 3 temporary appointment positions.  

Do you have experience with OPIRG?  
Do you have an interest in how decisions are made at the organization? 
Then you should think about this opportunity!

What is expected of you when you join the Board?
-A commitment to upholding and promoting our mandate “OPIRG works to bring about greater environmental and social justice through research, education and action.”
-Ability to participate in regular Board meetings (generally weekly or every other week), currently these meetings

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]]> http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/opirg-board-appointees-needed-deadline-november-9th/feed/ 0 A request from “Occupy Guelph” http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/a-request-from-occupy-guelph/ http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/2011/10/a-request-from-occupy-guelph/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:58:21 +0000 Mike http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/?p=2406 Dear fellow Guelphites,

 

I am writing to you not as an official representative, but as an active participant in the Occupy Guelph movement that started last Saturday, October 15th in St. George’s Square, in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. and the more than 1500 similar occupations happening around the world.

 

The Occupy movement is not about any single issue.  It represents a mass gathering of people worldwide in response to corruption, inequality, greed, environmental destruction, unjust wars, and numerous other ills that have so rigorously haunted our times.

 

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2—4 pm
Location—Former Marden
Creek Dam site

Turn into 5441 Hwy 6 North,
drive passed the house with the red roof.
Park in the field at the end of
the farm laneway.

Learn about—
- Different fish types & invertebrates
living in the creek
- Water quality
- The dam removal and how it helps
improve watershed health

Bring the family and join Larry Halyk of
the Wellington County Stewardship
Council at the site of the former Marden
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CUPE Action Alert
Time is running out to stop CETA – the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement being negotiated between Canada and the European Union. Negotiations are being held in Ottawa this week and this could be the final time both parties sit down at the table.Municipalities across Canada are raising concerns about CETA and the implications for public water, local procurement and democracy.

Here’s three things you can do to help stop this dangerous trade deal being negotiated

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