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Beth Carruthers's Blog – October 2012 Archive (3)
An Ecology of Mind - film screening
Nora Bateson will present her film "An Ecology of Mind"
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012
Room SB 301, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Added by Beth Carruthers on October 23, 2012 at 3:31pm — 1 Comment
No Tankers No Pipeline Tour - Council of Canadians
TOUR: No Pipelines. No Tankers.
To raise awareness and build community solidarity and support in the fights to stop pipeline expansions in BC, the Council of Canadians is organizing a six-city tour this month to say: “No Pipelines, No Tankers.” The tour will help educate about the devastating environmental impacts of these massive pipeline projects, which will move tar sands crude to BC’s coastline where it will be loaded into supertankers and shipped through precarious waters to new…
ContinueAdded by Beth Carruthers on October 23, 2012 at 3:28pm — No Comments
Enabling Sustainability Policy and Planning at the Local Level: The Example of Food Policy
This briefing note introduces some ways of bringing sustainability priorities into action, notably through food policies. Download pdf here:
Enabling Sustainability Policy and Planning at the Local Level: The Example of Food Policy
Added by Beth Carruthers on October 10, 2012 at 3:35pm — No Comments
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