Jul
23
2010
News & Announcements
Jun
23
2010
Canadian Environmental Network e-Bulletin — June 23, 2010
The Canadian Environmental Network has posted the June 23rd, 2010 edition of their e-Bulletin.
Highlights
Jun
11
2010
Alberta Native Plant Council wins Emerald Award
Congratulations to the Alberta Native Plant Council (an AEN member group) for their win in the Non-Profit Association category at last night's Emerald Awards. Congratulations to all of the other winners and nominees as well. A full list of this year's Emerald Award recipients can be found on the Alberta Emerald Foundation website. Read More
Jun
04
2010
CPAWS celebrates grizzly victory
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, an AEN member group, is celebrating a victory with the recent announcement that the Alberta govenrment will list the grizzly bear as a threatened species. Read More
May
26
2010
RCEN e-Bulletin: May 26, 2010
The Canadian Environmental Network has posted the May 26th edition of the e-Bulletin.
Highlights
May
18
2010
Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
Eight conservation groups, including AEN members CPAWS and Greenpeace, and the Canadian forest industry have signed off on one of the largest conservation agreements in the world. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement covers 72 million hectares of publically owned forests — an area twice the size of Germany.
May
17
2010
RePower Alberta Launches Across the Province
Building the Green Economy
Sierra Club Prairie and Greenpeace Canada have launched the Province-wide green tour, ‘RePower Alberta: Building the Green Economy’, and will see leaders in various sectors of the green jobs economy talking about the growing economic and community benefits of moving to a green economy and how to start laying the stepping stones in getting there.
The tour already has confirmed dates in Peace River, Manning, Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton, Slave Lake and Red Deer with additional tour dates being planned throughout the summer.
RePower Alberta is calling on the Alberta Government to implement a Green Energy Strategy. After decades of riding the roller-coaster of the fossil fuel sectors’ boom and bust cycles, the time has come for Alberta to forge a new energy path. Renewable energy resources and green just solutions are ready and waiting to meet our increasing energy demands. Read More
May
12
2010
RCEN e-Bulletin — 12 May 2010
The Canadian Environmental Network has posted the May 12th edition of the e-Bulletin.
Highlights
May
10
2010
Oil & The Arts: Creative Responses to the Energy Economy
Public Speakers Series
How do oil and art mix? How are visual artists, performance artists, and writers responding to the oil and energy economy? How are artists and curators representing, documenting, and archiving Alberta’s oil economy? What is the role of public art in contemplating the issues arising from Alberta’s oil economy? This speaker series will feature local and international artists, activists, and critics whose creative work addresses these questions and responds to the energy economy.
Dates: May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Natural Resources Engineering Facility (NRE) 1-001, University of Alberta. See map: http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1§or=1&feature=24 Read More
Apr
28
2010
RCEN e-Bulletin — 28 April 2010
The Canadian Environmental Network has posted the April 28th edition of the e-Bulletin.
Highlights
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell and Ahmed Djoghlaf to Speak at 2010 RCEN Conference
- Celebrate the International Day for Biodiversity this May 22nd
- Biodiversity Hotspot #7: Blow a Bubble for Bubblegum Coral!
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