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Save our Forests Rally

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 8 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Issue 

Southern Alberta’s forests need your help! Clearcut logging in the Castle is beginning right now, and a similar program is scheduled to begin near Bragg Creek in the summer. Now more than ever Albertans can help keep the momentum going for changes in how our forests are managed. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Outside the McDougall Centre
455 6 Street SW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 3, 2012 by AEN

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Save our Forests Rally

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 8 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

The Issue 

Southern Alberta’s forests need your help! Clearcut logging in the Castle is beginning right now, and a similar program is scheduled to begin near Bragg Creek in the summer. Now more than ever Albertans can help keep the momentum going for changes in how our forests are managed. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Outside the Alberta Legislature
10800 97 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 3, 2012 by AEN

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BikeWorks North renovation meeting

Edmonton Bicycle Commuters (EBC)
Feb 9 2012 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

EBC is opening a second community bike shop on the north side and we need your help to get it set up! Join us at this volunteer renovation meeting.

We get access to the space in February and there’s lots of work to do to prepare a lovely new shop for a tentative grand opening to the public in April. This space will also house The Spoke program. Read more »

Facebook event page
Source: Edmonton Bicycle Commuters

Location

BikeWorks North
9305 111 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 1, 2012 by AEN

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Info Session: Oil Well Impacted Communities

Rocky Ridge Ranch Homeowners Association
Feb 11 2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

To the residents of surrounding Communities that may be affected by the oil well. Read more »

Source: Rocky Ridge Ranch Homeowners Association

Location

North West Family Church
10307 Eamon Road NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted January 30, 2012 by AEN

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Film Screening: White Water | Black Gold

Feb 11 2012 - 7:00pm

Canada is now the #1 supplier of oil to the United States. Most of that oil comes from the tar sands in Alberta, processed by an industry with an insatiable thirst for water. Following the journey taken by a drop of water from Mount Snow Dome in the Columbia Icefield to Lake Athabasca, and exploring what happens to it along the way, filmmaker David Lavallee asks: “Are the powers that be turning the truth into a liquid that slides through your fingers?” Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Hillhurst Room, AWA
455 12 Street NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

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Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta Monthly Potluck

Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta
Feb 12 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm

 

Bring a vegan, vegetarian or raw vegan dish to serve at least 6 people plus your own plate, cup, cutlery and serving spoon.

Cost: $3 for members; $5 for non-members

 

Source: Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta

Location

Bonnie Doon Community League Hall
9240 93 Street
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

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Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta Monthly Potluck

Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta
Feb 12 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm

 

Bring a vegan, vegetarian or raw vegan dish to serve at least 6 people plus your own plate, cup, cutlery and serving spoon.

Cost: $3 for members; $5 for non-members

 

Source: Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta

Location

Bonnie Doon Community League Hall
9240 93 Street
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

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Film Screening & Discussion: "Moving Beyond the Automobile"

Edmonton Bicycle Commuters (EBC)
Feb 20 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Join us at Metro Cinema for a film and discussion exploring the solutions to the problem of automobile dependency. Let’s move Edmonton beyond the automobile!

The film, Moving Beyond The Automobile, is a visual handbook of concrete ways that citizens, policy makers and organizations can value pedestrian plazas over parking lots, active transportation over inactivity, and train tracks over highways for a more livable community. Read more »

Facebook event page
Source: Edmonton Bicycle Commuters

Location

Metro Cinema at the Garneau
8712 109 Street NW
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 1, 2012 by AEN

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Healthy Homes Sustainability Series: Your Green Baby— Creating a Healthy Nursery

Green Calgary
Feb 21 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Healthy Homes Sustainability Series

Are you expecting or have a young baby? Interested in sustainable, healthy options for babyhood? Join experts Lindsay Ross from Babes in Arms and Riva Mackie from Riva’s The Ecostore as they discuss all things green baby. Read more »

Source: Green Calgary

Location

Hillhurst United Church
1227 Kensington Close NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 2, 2012 by AEN

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Y2Y Speaker Series— Crossing the Flathead: The Wolverine Way

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Bow Valley Naturalists
Feb 22 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Presentation – Stories – Discussion – Door Prizes

Join National Geographic explorer and author of ‘The Wolverine Way' Douglas Chadwick for an evening of compelling storytelling about the fierce, feisty and endangered wolverine. Read more »

Source: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Location

Canmore Collegiate High School
Canmore, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 2, 2012 by AEN

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Y2Y Speaker Series— Crossing the Flathead: The Wolverine Way

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Bow Valley Naturalists
Feb 23 2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Presentation – Stories – Discussion – Door Prizes

Join National Geographic explorer and author of ‘The Wolverine Way' Douglas Chadwick for an evening of compelling storytelling about the fierce, feisty and endangered wolverine. Read more »

Source: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Location

Karsten Discovery Centre
Calgary Zoo
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 2, 2012 by AEN

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AWA Talk— The Wildest Creature in the Woods: The Pine Beetle with Andrew Nikiforuk

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 28 2012 - 7:00pm

Following a well-received evening in Edmonton in November, Andrew Nikiforuk will be hosting a talk related to his newest book, Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug are Killing North America’s Great Forests for a Calgary audience.

$5 Adults, $1 Children

For registration and more information…

Location

AWA - Hillhurst Room
455 12 Street NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted January 12, 2012 by AEN

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2012 Waste Reduction Conference: "Wide World of Waste"

Recycling Council of Alberta
Oct 3 2012 - 12:00am - Oct 5 2012 - 12:00am

The Recycling Council of Alberta is pleased to announce its 2012 Waste Reduction Conference "Wide World of Waste", to be held October 3-5, 2012, at The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. Read more »

Conference website

Location

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted February 1, 2012 by AEN

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Upcoming Events

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3 Feb 2012 - 8 Feb 2012
Turning up the Heat on Alberta’s Forest Mis-Management
8 Feb 2012
Save our Forests Rally
Edmonton
8 Feb 2012
Save our Forests Rally
Calgary
9 Feb 2012
BikeWorks North renovation meeting
Edmonton
11 Feb 2012
Info Session: Oil Well Impacted Communities
Calgary
11 Feb 2012
Film Screening: White Water | Black Gold
Calgary
12 Feb 2012
Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta Monthly Potluck
Edmonton
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