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2006
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<p><a href="http://albertafoothillsnetwork.org/">Alberta Foothills Network</a> • <strong>Environmental Direct Action Network</strong></p><p>The official <strong>Give your Bum a Voice! University of Alberta - Kimberly Clark Campaign</strong> is about to commence! Please join us for the presentation outlined below to learn more.</p><p>If you are unable to make the presentation but are interested in any of the following, please email Rebecca at <span class="spamspan"><span class="u">savethefoothills</span> [at] <span class="d">gmail [dot] com</span></span> for info on how you can join this exciting campaign.</p><p>This new campaign will offer:</p><ul><li>Fun, creative and exciting actions, events and meetings;</li><li>Experience, training and mentoring for all levels of activists and organizers from experts in Alberta and beyond;</li><li>Learn more about the link between consumption (on campus and in your home) in Alberta and the loss of our foothill forests;</li><li>An original Market Action Campaign: one of the first of its kind in the province;</li><li>Working cooperatively with the environmental communities of the University, Edmonton, Canada and the USA;</li><li>Opportunities for <span style="font-weight: bold">you</span> to make a difference for forests, wildlife and water in <span style="font-weight: bold">our</span> province.</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold">When:</span> Wed Sept 13, 2pm <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Where:</span> <a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/building.cfm?id=36" target="_blank">Humanities L1-2</a>, U of A Campus</p><p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.apirg.org">APIRG</a> for putting on the <a href="http://www.apirg.org/welcome/">DISORGANIZE: The Alternative Week of Welcome</a> at the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca">U of A</a>. Please visit <a href="http://www.apirg.org/welcome/">http://www.apirg.org/welcome/</a> to learn more about exciting events, presentations and music performers for the entire week!</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold">Title of workshop:</span> Big Bad Corporations on Campus – The Link between the University's toilet paper and Alberta’s Endangered Foothills Forests</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold">Brief description of workshop goals/focus:</span><br />Did you know that the toilet paper and paper towels that you use on campus are contributing to the loss of Alberta’s Endangered Foothill forests? Considered Endangered because only 1.4% is protected, the foothills are home to threatened species such as Woodland Caribou and Grizzly Bear. The link to this region and your toilet paper is the corporation <a href="http://www.kimberly-clark.com/">Kimberly Clark</a>. Together with local environmental groups, <a href="http://www.greenpeace.ca">Greenpeace</a> is helping to raise awareness of the truth your toilet paper through their <a href="http://kleercut.net/en/">Kleercut Campaign</a>. Come out and learn about this campaign, how Alberta and your University ties in and how you can get involved. </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold">Brief bio of presenter:</span><br />Rebecca Reeves is currently the outreach coordinator for the Alberta Foothills Network – an international coalition committed to the protection of the last remaining forests of Alberta’s Endangered Foothills. She is also a graduate of the University of Alberta and helped to create <a href="http://ecos.su.ualberta.ca/">ECOS (the Environmental Coordination Office of Students)</a> and the <a href="http://www.cjsr.ualberta.ca/">CJSR</a> show <a href="http://www.cjsr.ualberta.ca/news/news.php?s=14">Terra Informa</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Rebecca Reeves </p><p>Outreach Coordinator</p><p>Alberta Foothills Network </p><p>PO Box 52031 Edmonton, AB T6G 2T5</p><p>Phone: (780) 913-9375</p>
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