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Bottled Water Free Day – March 11

image001Dear Friends of Bottled Water Free Day,

Bottled Water Free Day Bulletin:

With only 4 days to go until Canada’s first Bottled Water Free Day on March 11th, there is momentum across the country.  Every day more and more individuals, schools, municipalities, environmental organizations and unions are signing the pledge!

“The Story of Bottled Water” – Watch the Trailer Here!

Only a few …

CELEBRATE WORLD WATER DAY

International World Water Day is on Monday March 22. Come celebrate this day with a knock-your-socks-off show Wellington Water Watchers has planned. This first ever annual event will be held at the E.L. Fox Auditorium (J.F.Ross high school). We will be celebrating what our youth have to say about our precious water. High school students throughout our county are creating submissions through our Message in the Bottle program, that we will be showcasing here – some submissions are art …

The Guelph International Resource Centre (GIRC) – Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Guelph International Resource Centre will be held

Monday March 29, 2010; 7:00-9:00 p.m.
@ 10 Carden Street (Community Room)

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!

We are here thanks to you — our friends, supporters, partners and volunteers.
Come just to hear what we’ve been up to, to celebrate our successes with us, to contribute your ideas, and/or to find out how to get involved.

Nominations are open for our board of directors.

For further information, please contact Rob Case at …

TALK LOCAL – Rogers TV Guelph

Are you interested in Learning more about our Message in the Bottle program? We have been successfully delivering this ambitious program throughout elementary schools in our county this 2009/2010 school year. We are now launching our secondary school program that will celebrate our youth’s vision about “Our Precious Water” on International Water Day (Monday March 22) at the River Run Centre!

Listen in on
Rogers TV Guelph – Talk Local Show
airing Tuesday February 16
from 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, …

Year end Video Greeting to Nestle

Good news and bad news about Nestle Waters Canada bottling plant in Aberfoyle.

The bad news is that they were granted a one year extension on their existing Permit-to-take-Water due to the inability to perform particular tests in low flow conditions (last summer was a very wet one). For one more year, Nestle will be able to remove water from our aquifer, package this precious substance into small, single-use disposable plastic containers, and for the most part, ship it out …

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