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Do you want to host an event during Canada Water Week?

SP — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:26:42 +0000

Just like it sounds, Canada Water Week is a week-long celebration of water from coast-to-coast-to-coast, coinciding with World Water Day on March 22. This year, Canada Water Week runs from March 19 to 25, 2012. Individuals, organizations and governments from across the country are rallying around the theme of “Discovering our Water Footprint” by organizing or participating in fun and educational events.

Guelph is the city that is making a difference; being a groundwater-based community with a finite resource, conserving, protecting and enjoying our water is everyone’s responsibility. If you are interested in Read the rest

Shane Philips’ “Walk for Water” Diary

SP — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:19:47 +0000

Preface:

During the passed few weeks in my travels through parts of the middle east and europe one thing that has resonated even more in my day to day life is water. In my visit to Dubai, one of the richest cities in the world, a city literally built out of the dessert, one thing was blazingly apparent. Through all the technical and engineering achievements and billions of dollars of disposable money, water was the forgotten traggedy of this glorious city. As I sat in my 7 star hotel room I was reminded that drinking the water that flowed from… Read the rest

Thoughts from the “Walk for Water”

Mike — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:09:57 +0000

Our sincere thanks to Kira Burger, one of the 6 dedicated souls who walked to Queen’s Park in Toronto from Guelph on a “Walk for Water”….

It’s raining. The sky is the colour of the pavement that stretches out before our tired legs. I see Toronto’s CN Tower hovering on the horizon, appearing more a mirage in the mist than a physical reality. It’s 7am on a Sunday morning in Burlington. Mixed in with the hum of cars passing us by, I can hear the laughter of groggy voices, and the patter of five pairs of feet keeping an… Read the rest

GRCA News: Watershed residents can participate in survey on water issues

Mike — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:03:33 +0000

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

WATER WAY Performance

Mike — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:31:39 +0000

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)

http://www.ndact.com

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,
… Read the rest

Wellington Water Watchers Official Comment on the proposed Management Plan for the Dolime Quarry

Mike — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:05:18 +0000

Comments on Management Plan

Background:

Wellington Water Watchers (WWW) is an organization of citizens of Guelph/Wellington, committed to the protection of local water resources and to educating the public about threats to the watershed.

Shortly after the formation of WWW in 2007 we became aware of issues that were being raised about the Dolime Quarry and possible future threats to water quality in the aquifer that supplies the City of Guelph with much of its potable water..WWW remains concerned about these possible threats and has been vigilant in keeping informed of developments at the quarry site which
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FOODSTOCK organizers nominated for tourism awards

Mike — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:57:44 +0000

Media Alert

FOODSTOCK organizers nominated for tourism awards

Movement to stop the mega quarry could garner tourism awards

November 8^th, 2011

Honeywood, ON – Two key organizers of FOODSTOCK are nominated for the regional Hills of Headwaters Tourism Awards. Less than a month has passed since the October 16^th event took place, yet FOODSTOCK has become something of a legend.

On that blustery Sunday, 100 chefs from Nunavut to Saskatchewan descended on a small Ontario farming community north of Shelburne, ON to help put a… Read the rest

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

Mike — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:00:43 +0000

* 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

“Aqualibria” The Movie

Mike — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:54:53 +0000

Check out this clip from the Mercury

http://www.guelphmercury.com/videozone/617534–aqualibria-the-movie

“Aqualibria” The Movie

On the set of “Aqualibria”, a short film about zombies and water rights. APPLE DEVICE DOWNLOAD

Date: October 31, 2011 – 02:28 PM

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Guelph Civic League Annual General Meeting – Dec 1st

Mike — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:08:29 +0000

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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Wellington Water Watchers » Community

Do you want to host an event during Canada Water Week?

Shane Philips’ “Walk for Water” Diary

Thoughts from the “Walk for Water”

GRCA News: Watershed residents can participate in survey on water issues

Grand River Conservation Authority

GRCA NEWS

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011

Release on receipt

Grand River watershed residents can participate in survey on water issues

WATER WAY Performance

Wellington Water Watchers Official Comment on the proposed Management Plan for the Dolime Quarry

FOODSTOCK organizers nominated for tourism awards

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

“Aqualibria” The Movie

“Aqualibria” The Movie

Guelph Civic League Annual General Meeting – Dec 1st

Grand River watershed residents
can participate in survey on water issues