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NEWS
BLOGS
3rd Annual
Location: Parking lot Boston Pizza Keswick, Ontario
Time:9:30AM Saturday, September 17th
Barrie Tree planting
Sunday Sept. 18th
TD Friends of the Environment will be spearheading a tree planting initiative in the Sunnidale area, Barrie.
We need human action to restore our urban canopy here in Barrie to a minimum of 30% for a balanced and healthy environment. For more information contact
Ontario protests the destruction of farmland and fresh water resources
Join fellow Ontarians for a peaceful gathering to oppose the proposed mega quarry in Melancthon Township, just north of Shelburne.
Friday, September 30, 12:00pm - 2:00pm.
Queens Park, Toronto
Save the Land that Feeds us
Celebrity chef event in support of stopping the Melancthon Mega Quarry.
Sunday, October 16, 2011.
Staying on course in the October election
Environmental Defence, the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, and AWARE Simcoe want to send a consistent message to provincial candidates about issues we care about. We also want to record their responses and publicize the results to help educate voters about the promises. We need your help to have an impact!
Info about candidates, all candidates meetings, and about candidates’ responses are posted here:
- Simcoe County
- Lake Simcoe watershed (minus Simcoe County)
Take action with us!
- Attend all candidates meetings
- Ask them questions and record responses
- Share information about all candidates meetings, and about candidates’ responses in the Lake Simcoe watershed or Simcoe County Contact Claire Malcolmson: cmalcolmson@EnvironmentalDefence.ca, 416-323-9521 x 257, or 1-877-399-2333 x 257;
- Let us know if you want our collated research so that you can write a letter to the editor or editorial in your town.
Environmental Defence has launched Penelope4Ontario.ca, a non-partisan campaign centred on Penelope, an eight-year-old girl. Though she's under 5 feet, she's asking some big questions.
She's calling on party leaders to strengthen their commitments to protecting our environment and her future. And, she's asking Ontarians to vote for her future on October 6th.
Please visit Penelope4Ontario.ca to watch her video, make your pledge for the environment this October and see she what she thinks about where the parties stand on the issues.
Get your voting thumbs ready!
How do you stretch summer out until you can't stretch it any more? You capture a picture (or two hundred) of Canada's stunning beaches and share it with all of your friends in the 'Life's a Beach!' photo contest. Turns out that there's a lot of photogenic beaches and people in Canada. So many, that we had a hard time picking just one photo! And that means, we need your help.
We're posting out top 20 picks to facebook, and it's your turn to vote for who you want to win a Digital SLR! 'Like' your favourite photo to vote! It's (almost) as easy as bumming it on the beach. Voting closes at Midnight on Friday September 23, 2011.
Claire Malcolmson has replaced Aidan Grove-White as the Program Manager for water. We wish Aidan luck in his new job with the Ontario Public Service, and offer him a big thanks for his enthusiasm and creativity. Claire will now be responsible for Lake Simcoe, the Great Lakes, and the Blue Flag Beach program.
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