Sustainability day, MEC, Living on Earth..., Project CHIRP!

-Sustainability Day volunteers needed
-Gear Swap & Bike Drop, at Mountain Equipment Co-op
-Living on Earth as if we want to Stay - Mike Nickerson
-Project CHIRP! (Creating Habitat in Residential areas and Parkland)
with The Canadian Wildlife Federation

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Sustainability Day
On Tuesday October 28, 2008 the Guelph Institute for the Environment
(GIE) is launching an environmental day entitled “Sustainability Day:
Greening the Campus”. The proposed Sustainability Day will bring
university and community groups together, strengthening communication
and working to make Guelph’s environmental network as effective as
possible in impacting policy and environmental health in our community.
There will be a number of activities related to the issue of increasing
sustainability. These activities will include:
• The Green Raffle (see below for details)
• The Sustainability Resource Fair – this fair will provide a forum for
environmental groups from the University and the Guelph community to
share practical ways to live sustainably. A focal point of this display
will be the Zerofootprint calculator.
• Speaker and Workshops in the University Centre, room 103.

Students are involved in all aspects of the organization of
Sustainability Day. The Green Raffle is a student initiative that should
prove to be a central part of Sustainability Day. We are currently
organizing a student volunteer group of over 100 students who will be
involved in this initiative.

Groups of students will be positioned across campus on October 28 and
will reward people (students, staff, faculty) who are practicing
environmentally sustainable “behaviours” with a “Green Raffle” ticket.
Behaviour that warrants rewarding will include riding a bike, taking the
bus, using reusable food containers, using the stairs instead of the
elevator, etc. Raffle recipients will be instructed to fill out their
raffle ticket and then to take it to the Sustainability Resource Fair in
the University Centre. At the end of the day raffle tickets will be
drawn and raffle winners will receive various sustainable prizes.

We are still looking for volunteers to help out with this event. If you
would be interested in participating in the Green Raffle please contact
me at kbolton@uoguelph.ca

Sustainably Yours,
Kim Bolton

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Gear Swap & Bike Drop, at Mountain Equipment Co-op
Sun Oct 26, 2008, Toronto, ON
Hey everybody, it's that time of year again: the MEC Gear
Swap, coupled with CBN's Bike Drop.

This Sunday, October 26, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, MEC will
be selling outdoor gear items for people and CBN will have a
space set up to accept donated bicycles.

Date: Oct.26, 2008
Locale: MEC's parking garage (King, just east of Spadina)
Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm

Do you have a bike collecting dust in your
garage/basement/backyard/shed that you really thought you
were going to ride this summer, but now it just doesn't need
to spend another winter in storage only to be neglected? We
can help! Drop it off, and we'll get it all spruced up and
put it back in circulation!

Do you have a couple of hours on your hands this Sunday, and
just don't know what to do with your time? We can help with
that, too! Let us know you're available, and we'll line you
up to come down to MEC to talk about CBN and thank bike
donors.

416-504-2918, or
info (at) communitybicyclenetwork.org

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Living on Earth as if we want to Stay - with Mike Nickerson, Sustainability author and educator Tue Oct 28, 2008, Kitchener, ON
Sponsor: Grand River Environmental Network
6 p.m. Pot Luck, with talk and discussion following
St. John's Kitchen, 79 Victoria St. at Weber

Sustainability author, Mike Nickerson, and uranium activist, Donna Dillman, are on an international book tour.

"It is odd," says Nickerson, "at a time when our biggest problems are the result of our size, that our leaders maintain that more growth is the solution. Like adolescents approaching adulthood, our society clings to its carefree past. Since most adults have been able to make that transformation successfully, there is good reason to believe that our society will also accept its maturity."

Nickerson's latest book, "Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay," details the differing views on how to be successful in our changing times. One, the "Life" perspective, says we need to preserve and enhance ecosystems and communities, the other, the "Money" perspective, says we need to continuously expand production and consumption. These two approaches differ significantly on how they would deal with today's most serious problems.

When: Tue Oct 28, 2008
Where: Kitchener, ON Canada
For more information:
Contact Name: Donna Dillman
Website: http://www.SustainWellBeing.net
Phone: 613-259-9988
E-mail: dillman54(at)sympatico.ca

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Project CHIRP! (Creating Habitat in Residential areas and Parkland)
with The Canadian Wildlife Federation

Date: Wednesday October 29
Time: 7-9:30pm
Location: Toronto Botanical Gardens
777 Lawrence Avenue East
Cost: $20 each (Advance payment)
Included: 2, CWF, songbird I.D. posters and "Creating Habitat for Wildlife" garden planner.

Tour the first, Canadian Wildlife Federation-certified, backyard, songbird habitat and its’ planted green roof! It has become a “re-fueling” station for local and migratory songbirds. Find out what a songbird pond is; How and what to plant for songbirds; And CWF habitat certification; Learn how to
Shop FOR Songbirds, Contribute to international songbird conservation efforts.

You will receive the Canadian Wildlife Federation garden planner, "Creating Habitat for Wildlife" and two, songbird identification posters. In addition, I have prepared handouts on; native species that I have incorporated, helpful websites, tree care for a changing climate and shopping wisely for songbird conservation.

When: Wed Oct 29, 2008
Where: Toronto, ON Canada
For more information:
Contact Name: Christina Sharma
Website: http://www.projectchirp.com
Phone: 416-236-7234
E-mail: projectchirp (at) rogers.com