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May 8th University Heights clean-up with City Councillor Peruzza

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From Anthony Perruzza, City Councillor for York West, Ward 8
Place: Driftwood Park (meet on Tobermory Drive)

It will be a fun and interactive event, in which students will have the opportunity to explore the park and pick up litter, while learning about the environmental effects of a polluted natural resource. Our community is an area filled with beautiful parks and ravines.

May 7 Lecture – Sustainability lost and found in Europe?

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On Wednesday May 7th, Verena Winiwarter, Professor for Environmental History at the Institute for Social Ecology, Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Education [IFF] of Klagenfurt University, Vienna, Austria will talk on "Sustainability Lost and Found? Lessons from the Long-term History of Soils in Europe"

History Common Room (2183 Vari Hall), 11:00 a.m.

Prof. Winiwarter, among many other things, sits on the editorial board of the journal, Global Environment

April IRIS Executive Meeting

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IRIS Executive Meeting - Pre SCOR review discussion

Tue Apr 29 12:30pm – 1:30pm (light refreshments and lunch)

305 York Lanes

Please contact Melissa Leithwood for agenda details ext 55784

April 22nd is Earth Day 2008

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Kudos to York University's Bookstore for their Earth Day promotions (see Melissa Leithwood IRIS co-ordinator, below, with one of the many displays). On Earth Day 2007, I spoke to Toronto high school students at Greenpower Canada's Earth Day workshop at the North York Civic Centre. Dawn Bazely

Climbing the CN Tower for WWF Canada

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My daughter and I were in the first group of 10 climbers at 06:00 this morning, and we shaved a minute off our previous time for climbing the CN tower. For me, the best thing about the climb is the inspiring art, painted by school children in the Greater Toronto Area, that decorates the stairwells and the atrium where hundreds of people patiently line up (some for hours), for a chance to fundraise for World Wildlife Fund Canada, by climbing 144 flights for a total of 1776 stairs. This year, my daughter's entire class contributed paintings. Looking for the work of children that I know encouraged us to keep climbing. My favourite of the ones that we recognized today (other than my daughter's arctic fox, naturally), is the one that says "thoughts are not enough, the importance is action". Um, I also liked "climb the CN tower, burn your breakfast."

 

LEAD Canada’s Cohort 13 Training Program

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Lead Canada, the Canadian affiliate of Leadership for Environment and Development International, is offering a professional development program for people interested in leadership training within the challenging sphere of sustainable development. The even runs May 11 to 16, 2008. To view all the details, see the invitation.

The Second Climate Change Research Roundtable: Climate Research Seminar and Next Steps

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The Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, the Faculty of Environmental Studies, the Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science will be hosting "The Second Climate Change Research Roundtable: Climate Research Seminar and Next Steps" on Monday, April 28, 2008 from noon until 2:30pm in Room 280, York Lanes at York University's Keele Campus.

Following the first successful York Climate Change Research Roundtable on February 22, this roundtable will focus on developments since then and future planning. Designed to strengthen common resolve to move York's climate research to a new level, the roundtable reflects the extraordinary opportunities and concerns that are unfolding in the climate change area. R.S.V.P. by: April 24, 2008 to: Sarah Whitaker 416 736 2100 ext. 20757 sarahw@yorku.ca Lunch will be provided

Toronto Green Awards

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Mayor David Miller, Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone and members of Toronto City Council invite you to join them to help celebrate the greening of Toronto at the 2008 Green Toronto Awards.

At the ceremony, we will honour and celebrate the achievements of the 2008 Green Toronto Award winners — the individuals, organizations and companies leading the way to a cleaner and greener Toronto.

We are very pleased to include Justin Rutledge and Julie Crochetière as our special musical guests. The 2008 Green Toronto Awards will take place at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, in conjunction with the Green Living Show. Complimentary tickets will be available for pick up at the ticket office in Hall A after 4 p.m.

Friday, April 25, 2008
Ceremony begins 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments 8:15 - 9:00 p.m.

Please feel free to share this invitation with your friends, colleagues - anyone and everyone who might be interested in attending - all are welcome!

Download the Flyer.

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