Category Archives: Guelph
OPIRG Board Appointees Needed – Deadline November 9th
Happy Fall OPIRG members & volunteers!
The OPIRG Board of Directors is currently accepting applications to fill 3 temporary appointment positions.
What is expected of you when you join the Board?
A request from “Occupy Guelph”
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.
Participants in the occupations come from all walks of… Read the rest
A Fishy Presentation
Sunday October 23
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
Creek dam for a very ‘fishy”… Read the rest
Fall Energy Fair October 22
Greetings of the autumn season!
Now that the days are colder and the winds are blowing, it’s a great time to think about energy conservation for a snug home, school or church building this winter. Come out to the Fall Energy Fair and learn about the actions that will be most cost-effective and ‘doable’ for you!
Join us from 12-1pm for sandwiches, followed by an afternoon of presentations, workshops, vendor displays and interactive learning, all FREE of charge! Co-sponsored by Transition Guelph, GEL (Guelph Environmental Leadership), Greening Sacred Spaces, Guelph Hydro and St. James the Apostle Anglican
Proposed mega quarry ‘most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen,’ Sandals says
- Rob O’Flanagan, Mercury staff
- Sat Oct 08 2011
Proposed mega quarry ‘most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen,’ Sandals says
GUELPH — Re-elected Guelph MPP Liz Sandals didn’t speak much about the proposed “mega quarry” in Melancthon during the election, but she delivered a sharp, condemnatory opinion about it the day after Ontario went to the polls.
“I think it’s the most
Do You Have Ideas for The Direction of Wellington Water Watchers as an Organization?
Greetings Water Watchers and interested members of our community!
We would like to hear from you. do you have ideas on where our organization should be heading? Do you have concerns about water protection in our County? Do you have ideas for educational programs or community celebrations about water and our connection to this life source? Do you want to be heard???
Please come to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on
Wednesday Oct. 12th
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Van Gogh’s Ear (10 Wyndham St N)
We promise that AGM business will take no more… Read the rest
Guelph Mega Quarry Meeting
Hey folks!
On Saturday October 8th at 2pm we will be having a meeting against the Mega Quarry at Fresh Start on 40 Baker St. for residents from in and around Guelph. The purpose of this meeting is to learn more about the quarry from each other, have a place to bring up new ideas and strategies, to find ways to support NDACT and to let one another know what we’re up to in terms of defending the proposed site.
We would love to hear what you have to say!
The space is wheelchair accessible!
-Shabina +… Read the rest
City of Guelph Committee Report – DoLime Sept 19, 2011
This is a good summary to date of the activity around Dolime:
City of Guelph Report
Here are some pages from a recent Guelph City committee report on the subject of the Dolime Quarry, plus Appendix A,B,C from that same report.
Click any page to view full size.
Committee Report
Letter from James Dick Construction Ltd.
Letters from Mayor Karen Farbridge to MNR
Letters from MNR to Mayor Karen Farbridge
James Gordon’s Statement on the DoLime Quarry
We must act now to ensure Guelph’s water security.
As co-founder of the Wellington Water Watchers, I worked with thousands of other Guelphites to oppose water-taking by Nestlé from our aquifer, and raise the issue about the threat to our water supply resulting from quarries in our area. I’ve been working for over 30 years to educate youth about our climate and how we need to protect the air we breathe, the land on which we live, and the water we drink.
The DoLime quarry is situated within two kilometres of eight of the City of Guelph’s water… Read the rest
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