The Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory and Bruce Peninsula Environment Group will be hosting the 2nd annual Environmental Film Festival. The Festival will offer classic movies and documentaries with the theme THE COST OF GREED. Each film will be introduced by Dr. Stephen Scharper, Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics at the University of Toronto, with eight years experience teaching film studies. Each showing will be followed by a discussion (optional) mentored by Dr. Scharper.

People, Businesses, Cities and Schools are invited to conserve energy by powering down for the day and having fun with the lights off!
Blackout Day recognizes a massive Blackout that occurred on August 14, 2003.
It was the largest blackout in North-American history, and affected significant portions of the Northeastern United States and most of Ontario for up to 3 days in some areas.

Congratulations to the City of Owen Sound for signing up to participate. Let's make it count!

See http://blackoutday.ca/ for more info.

The IJC is holding public meetings in locations around Georgian Bay. This is an important
part of the Upper Great Lakes Study so it's ever so important that many affected citizens attend the meetings and LET YOUR VIEWS BE KNOWN. The meetings closest to us are:

Thursday, August 14th - 2pm to 4pm at the Owen Sound Armory
Thursday, August 14th - 7pm to 9pm at the Collingwood Armory.

For more information on all aspects of this major water level issue please visit www.georgianbay.ca.

The Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory and Bruce Peninsula Environment Group will be hosting the 2nd annual Environmental Film Festival. The Festival will offer classic movies and documentaries with the theme THE COST OF GREED. Each film will be introduced by Dr. Stephen Scharper, Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics at the University of Toronto, with eight years experience teaching film studies. Each showing will be followed by a discussion (optional) mentored by Dr. Scharper.

The Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory and Bruce Peninsula Environment Group will be hosting the 2nd annual Environmental Film Festival. The Festival will offer classic movies and documentaries with the theme THE COST OF GREED. Each film will be introduced by Dr. Stephen Scharper, Associate Professor of Environmental Ethics at the University of Toronto, with eight years experience teaching film studies. Each showing will be followed by a discussion (optional) mentored by Dr. Scharper.

Music. Art. Ecology
Part experimental art show ,part kick ass concert, part feast , part field party.
For us, all of us. You, me, our friends, strangers for now, kids, families. Build community.
A music line-up like the best mixed tape you ever crafted…covering the sounds from channel to channel on the airwaves.
Intimate crowd, wide open spaces. Land and love. Sound. Sound. Sound.
Commitment to the best in eco conscious festival practices, commitment to enjoying life without lectures.
Balance. In the moment, the experience, the friendship, the living.
Music. Art .Ecology.

All welcome. The Summer Summit is where Green Party members (GPO and GPC) supporters, guests and friends come to talk green political theory and policy in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The Summit is a structured but casual forum for idea sharing, green theorizing, and brainstorming. It is a low cost, non-decision making event. Everyone is welcome.

Cost: $20 - includes two nights camping on site, two suppers, campfire, forest trails, meadows. Host: Peter and Patti Ellis: 705-458-4852.

Location:
Newton-Robinson
4615 10th Line (One km west of highway 27, just north of Bond Head.)

Music. Art. Ecology
Part experimental art show ,part kick ass concert, part feast , part field party.
For us, all of us. You, me, our friends, strangers for now, kids, families. Build community.
A music line-up like the best mixed tape you ever crafted…covering the sounds from channel to channel on the airwaves.
Intimate crowd, wide open spaces. Land and love. Sound. Sound. Sound.
Commitment to the best in eco conscious festival practices, commitment to enjoying life without lectures.
Balance. In the moment, the experience, the friendship, the living.
Music. Art .Ecology.

All welcome. The Summer Summit is where Green Party members (GPO and GPC) supporters, guests and friends come to talk green political theory and policy in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The Summit is a structured but casual forum for idea sharing, green theorizing, and brainstorming. It is a low cost, non-decision making event. Everyone is welcome.

Cost: $20 - includes two nights camping on site, two suppers, campfire, forest trails, meadows. Host: Peter and Patti Ellis: 705-458-4852.

Location:
Newton-Robinson
4615 10th Line (One km west of highway 27, just north of Bond Head.)

Music. Art. Ecology
Part experimental art show ,part kick ass concert, part feast , part field party.
For us, all of us. You, me, our friends, strangers for now, kids, families. Build community.
A music line-up like the best mixed tape you ever crafted…covering the sounds from channel to channel on the airwaves.
Intimate crowd, wide open spaces. Land and love. Sound. Sound. Sound.
Commitment to the best in eco conscious festival practices, commitment to enjoying life without lectures.
Balance. In the moment, the experience, the friendship, the living.
Music. Art .Ecology.

All welcome. The Summer Summit is where Green Party members (GPO and GPC) supporters, guests and friends come to talk green political theory and policy in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. The Summit is a structured but casual forum for idea sharing, green theorizing, and brainstorming. It is a low cost, non-decision making event. Everyone is welcome.

Cost: $20 - includes two nights camping on site, two suppers, campfire, forest trails, meadows. Host: Peter and Patti Ellis: 705-458-4852.

Location:
Newton-Robinson
4615 10th Line (One km west of highway 27, just north of Bond Head.)

ERNA PARIS reads from her latest book, "The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America", which discusses the importance and development of international law.

Saturday August 30
Tolmie Memorial Presbyterian Church
Port Elgin
2:00 p.m.

Tickets $15.00 for reading and desserts
Available at Cathy’s Flowers ’n’ Treasures,
Bayberry’s and Broad Horizons Books

Erna Paris is the winner of ten national and international writing awards. She is the
author of seven acclaimed books of literary nonfiction. "Long Shadows: Truth, Lies

You are invited…

…to attend the Owen Sound in Motion Workshop, a public event hosted by the City to obtain your perspective on key transportation issues that affect us now and in the future.

The Owen Sound in Motion Workshop will help us identify opportunities and deficiencies in our transportation system, and potential ways to address these issues in a sustainable manner. It will also give you a chance to help plan for your City’s future by telling us what we should examine closely in Owen Sound’s upcoming Transportation Master Plan.

Facing the Climate Change Challenge in the Lake Huron Coastal Zone

Joan Klaassen, Senior Climatologist and Meteorologist, Environment Canada – for Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation.

Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, Southampton, Ontario
September 9, 2008 - 7pm

(The museum is located in the community of Southampton. From Hwy 21, turn east at the lights onto High St., then north onto Victoria St. N. The Museum will be on your right.)

Friday, Sept 12th 7pm - Kincardine
James Loney will be the keynote speaker at the Kincardine's Fourth Annual World Peace Day Celebration at the Royal Canadian Legion - 219 Lambton Street, Kincardine.

Loney, as a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, was captured and held for almost four months by Iraqi insurgents. His experience has allowed him to understand why military force has limited and often negative effects, compared with mediation and non-violent negotiations.

Elmwood Community Centre.

STC is a regionally based monetary system that endeavours to meet economic and social needs of the local community by providing a vehicle for the exchange of labour and goods. We promote self- reliance, community, responsibility, local autonomy and ecological sustainability. We support the spirit of cooperation and celebrate the diversity and abundance of skills and resources we have to offer each other.