• Did you know that light is a source of pollution?
• Did you know that light pollution negatively affects human health, wildlife, and your wallet?
• Did you know that light pollution is easy to remedy?

Attention Community Officials, Builders, Naturalists, everybody:

Putting the Spotlight on Outdoor Lighting

A symposium to shed light on the issue of light pollution

Cost: Free

Presentations by:

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The Alberta Council for Environmental Education is pleased to announce that registration is now open for these full-day workshops, and is limited to the first 35 registrants. Register today!

Pre-registration is required

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Join Elizabeth May at the annual Sierra Youth Coalition Conference at the University of Alberta. Elizabeth May will address the topic, "Picking up the pieces: Climate Activism Post-Copenhagen."

Friday evening is open to members of the public for a charge of $10.

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Register now! You can register and pay with any major credit card at http://www.geoec.org

About the Conference

Featuring the following keynotes:

• Chris Turner, author of The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need
• Craig Kielburger, founder of Free the Children
• Geoff Green, adventurer, educator, and founder of Students On Ice

This is the annual conference of the GEOEC (Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council of Alberta), which has partnered with several other groups, including ACEE and the ATA, to bring you this conference.  Teachers and educators from the non-formal sector are invited to attend this conference, which will be a forum to share, celebrate, and promote promising practices for developing engaged global citizens for the 21^st Century. Workshops will be listed on-line within a month.

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Mark Your Calendars and Call for Speakers

The Recycling Council of Alberta is pleased to announce its 2010 Waste Reduction Conference “Building Tomorrow”, to be held October 13-15, 2010, at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Lake Louise, Alberta.

The conference will feature a wide variety of topics and sessions, and potential speakers are welcome to submit ideas for presentations on waste reduction topics, including progressive ICI and C&D initiatives, zero waste, and other innovative programs and technologies.

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Say goodbye to your furnace? Habitat Studio and Workshop has successfully built three homes in Edmonton that are so efficient that they can be each be heated on a -30C day with a few hair dryers. How did they do it? The builders of these homes will be sharing detailed tips and techniques on how to do this without breaking the bank. This presentation on the future of cold-climate construction will be of interest to builders, designers, and homeowners.

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Land use practices may be having an impact on boreal bird communities.

Dr. Erin Bayne will present a photographic overview of the consequences of changing land-use practices in the boreal forest. The implications of these changes for boreal biodiversity will be discussed, with an emphasis on how bird communities are changing and why.

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Rationale for the Conference

The Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC) is the youth arm of the Sierra Club working towards local sustainability. This is hugely beneficial because geographical areas face similar issues locally and work together as a network of individuals (environmentalists) and collectives (organizations). The goal of this conference is to educate all interested students from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and provide them with tangible skills and opportunities to get involved in the green movement. Ultimately this conference provides the means to develop the knowledge and ability to work towards a more sustainable future. Please join us for a fun-filled weekend including very interesting workshops and seminars. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with students interested in similar issues as yourself!

Hosted by the Students’ Union’s ECOS

Fees: $30 before Jan 5th, 2010, $50 for non-SYC members after Jan 5^th

Info & Registration: http://thinksustainability.ca/
Contact: syc [dot] matei [at] gmail [dot] com

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The Alberta Government is considering amendments to water allocation and water licence transfer systems in the province. This review is being driven by issues of overallocation of water in some areas of the province and the economic and environmental issues that overallocation has caused.