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UNITY RIDE QUARRY AWARENESS
When: Depart Saturday Sept 17th at 10:30 a.m
Where: Peace Valley Ranch
638135 Prince of Wales Rd.
People can join the Unity Ride by car, or on foot, from the intersection of 2nd Line West Mulmur Township and 20th sideroad. It is a public rd.; please give care, and space, to the horses and their riders. Contact: Grey Eagle
Cell: 647-522-2754
Unity Ride to Stop the Second Largest Quarry in Canada
When: Depart Saturday Sept 17th at 10:30 a.m… Read the rest
80 of Canada’s best chefs cook up a storm to help Stop The Mega Quarry
FOODSTOCK: Save the land that feeds us
80 of Canada’s best chefs cook up a storm to help Stop The Mega Quarry.
September 12th, 2011
Honeywood, ON – On Sunday, October 16th 80 chefs from Nunavut to
Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia will descend on a small Ontario farming
community south of Collingwood, ON to help put a stop to a proposed mega
quarry project that would obliterate thousands of acres of high yield, Class
1 farmland. The prospect of turning so much prime cropland close to the GTA
into stone has got food… Read the rest
Would you like to see more bottled water bans in Canada?
- August 24, 2011 5:27 PM | Read 56 comments56
- By Community Team
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/08/would-you-like-to-see-more-bottled-water-bans-in-canada.html
Water Healing Ritual and Water Fair
Mandaza (Augustine) Kandemwa,
African Traditional Healer
THE SACREDNESS OF WATER
FUNDRAISING TALK, FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2011 7:00-9:00PM GOLDIE MILL RUIN, GUELPH
BOOK SIGNING, SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 2011, 12:00PM-1:00PM THE BOOKSHELF, GUELPH
WATER HEALING RITUAL, AND WATER DAY SATURDAY AUGUST 28, 2011 10:00-4:00PM GUELPH ARBORETUM
The Tatenda community of Toronto, extends to us here in Guelph, the rare and honoured opportunity to welcome Mandaza (Augustine) Kandemwa, an African Traditional Healer from Zimbabwe to our community. Supported by Sacred Wisdom Centre and interested water stewards of our community, we will experience and receive Mandaza gifts of wisdom, love,… Read the rest
Seeds of Resistance Workshop in Guelph, this Sunday August 28th
There’s a great workshop being held in Guelph this weekend, come on out
if you can. Please spread the word to anyone you think would be
interested. The poster is attached.
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/Knowing the Land is Resistance /presents the Seeds of Resistance Tour:
*When:* Sunday, August 28th, 4-7pm
*Where:* Guelph Arboretum (Meet at the Arboretum Center off College Rd.,
in between Victoria and Gordon.)
Knowing the Land is Resistance (KLR) is a collective that seeks to
engage communities in getting to know their land base by combining
forest literacy, sensory awareness, ecosystem… Read the rest
Volunteers Needed
We have a number of great volunteer opportunities over the next month. Please see the list below and If you are interested, please email arlene.slocombe@gmail.com.
Work Bee/ Pizza night: Wed. Aug. 31, 4:00 – 7:00 pm (and later if needed)
All Water Watchers are invited to join our work bee/pizza night happening on Wednesday August 31 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm (and later if necessary) at the City of Guelph Water Works Building on York Rd. (29 Waterworks Rd.). We need to add stickers with logos onto 4,500 stainless steel water bottles that will be distributed to… Read the rest
Kids’ Ecological River Walk & Urban Nature Exploration
Participation call-out:
Kids’ Ecological River Walk & Urban Nature Exploration
OPIRG-Guelph is currently in the planning stages of developing a Children’s Ecological Walking Tour of the Speed River. The tour will be geared towards children ages 7 – 11, and will centre on our local river ecosystem, native trees, plants and animal species, watershed issues and what we can do to protect our urban nature.
On Sunday, August 28th we will be hosting a ‘test run’ of the tour and are looking for kids and care-givers who would like to participate and provide us with some feedback on the experience.… Read the rest
90 seconds of inspiration.
Dear friends,
You’ve got to see this video:
This video lays out an inspiring vision that can help spread the movement far and wide: take 90 seconds to watch it, and then share it with everyone you know.
On September 24th, we’ll come together in every nation on
Guelph’s Fresh Water Jamboree Festival – This Saturday Aug.6
Fourth year for Guelph’s Fresh Water Jamboree music, art and environment community festival
GUELPH, ONTARIO – The 2011 Fresh Water Jamboree will be held at Riverside Park at the Bandshell on Saturday August 6, 2011, from noon to midnight.
The Fresh Water Jamboree is an annual one-day music festival established to help raise awareness about “fresh water” in Wellington County, the province of Ontario and across Canada. Be The Artist, a Guelph-based organization that promotes musicians and environmental initiatives, launched Guelph’s first “green” music festival in 2008.
“We’re expecting to see 600 or 700 people at the event this year,” says… Read the rest
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
We are currently recruiting new volunteers who want to be active in Water Watcher activities. If you have interest in any of the following areas:
Staffing WWW displays at various events
Brainstorming strategies
Distributing water at events
Assisting with the in-school delivery of education programs
Research Issues
Communications: Photography, video, web site – various, E-communications (monthly e bulletin, blogs, email, facebook, you-tube)
Fundraising
Outreach
Delivering Water Bottles
Rally organizing
Please let us know by clicking here to fill in your contact information. We will be in touch shortly to get… Read the rest
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