Category Archives: Guelph
Volunteers Needed
Greetings all Water Watcher volunteers,
For all newly signed on volunteers, and for anyone needing a refresher, you are all invited to attend our:
New Wellington Water Watcher Volunteer Orientation: Wednesday September 28, 2:30 – 4:30 pm, 10 Carden
All new Water Watcher volunteers will be invited to this orientation session held in the Nook (upstairs, 2nd floor) at 10 Carden, downtown Guelph. This will be a great way for those interested in volunteering with our organization to learn what we are all about and to find the best fit with our volunteer needs. Refreshments will be served. If you… Read the rest
Wellington Water Watchers Annual General Meeting
SAVE THE DATE:
Wednesday October 12th, 2011, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location – The newly renovated Van Gogh’s Ear – main floor
CALL TO ALL WELLINGTON WATER WATCHERS AND CITIZENS INTERESTED IN WATER PROTECTION:
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!
Do you have ideas of where our organization should be heading? Do you have concerns about water protection in our County? Do you want to be heard???
Come to this year’s Wellington Water Watchers’ Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The focus of this AGM will be to hear from you, our membership and citizens of this community. Instead of… Read the rest
Walk For Water 102km
Join Shane Philips and friends who will “Walk for Water” on Saturday Oct. 1 and Sunday Oct. 2, 2011, from Guelph to Queen’s Park to deliver the message that water is not a commodity. Walkers will depart at 8:00 am from Planet Bean south (1467 Gordon – Planet Bean is generously offering a free drink to all walkers!) Water Walkers will follow highway 6 south (passing the Nestle Waters Canada bottling plant just south of Aberfoyle) to Clappison’s Corners and will head East on Hwy #5, stopping at St. John’s Anglican Church (2464 Dundas St., Burlington, ON) for a camp-out… Read the rest
Protection of aquifer should be election priority
There is much local interest in the Melancthon Township Mega Quarry, and there are many protests planned to put an end to this insane idea.
However, one issue that is not receiving enough attention in this provincial election in Guelph is the threat to the safety of our own water supply. One of the biggest threats to our pristine groundwater is from the Dolime quarry. This quarry’s current licence allows its owners to extract material to a prescribed legal depth limit, and therein lies the problem.
Guelph relies almost 100 per cent on ground water, as opposed to… Read the rest
GUFF Newsletter September 2011
Canada’s first Tree Day is Wednesday September 21st.
It will always be on the Wednesday in the middle of Forestry Week . This year, in honour of the occasion we have a photo contest that we told you about in June. There are only three weeks left as it ends on Oct 8th. Then the winners will be announced in November and we will have a celebration for them as we finish our participation in the International Year of the Forest.
Details of the contest are on our website but we enclose them here to inspire you to participate. … Read the rest
Walk For Water 102km
Hey Friends.
Most of us know how precious this resource is and have been waiting for the opportunity to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others. As children and families in struggling countries walk for water everyday just to meet the minimal requirements of life, I along side friends, family and other passionate individuals will walk from Guelph Ontario to Queens Park in Toronto to deliver a message to the MOE. Stop the commodification of water. Reduce bottled water consumption by tapping into
350.org Moving Planet Community Critical Mass in Guelph!
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
Concerns about the Proposed Dolime Management Plan and Aquitard Protection
Memo To: Wellington Water Watchers
From: Hugh Whiteley P. Eng.
Date: August 10 2011
RE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER IN ONTARIO
Background
I am aware, through conversations with Mike Darmon, that Wellington Water Watchers has a continuing concern with the potential threat to water quality posed by proposed removal of a portion of the aquitard that overlies the Gasport aquifer at the (former) Guelph Dolime Quarry. I share this concern. I find that the approach to-date of the Ontario Government to management of the quarry operations, as regards the protection of water quality in the aquifer, is inadequate… Read the rest
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