Toxic Tour: On The Front Line

Saturday, May 10 at 12:00 noon
Maawn Doosh Gumig Community and Youth Centre 
1972 Virgil Avenue, Sarnia, Ontario 
519-491-2160 or 519-491-1374 

AGENDA: 

Meeting outside of Maawn Doosh Gumig at 12:00 noon for Opening Prayer and song. The walk will include prayers to the 4 directions. We plan to walk through Aamjiwnaang to honor our relations with the land, air and water along the St.Clair river, through Chemical Valley. Back through Aamjiwnaang and walking along Talfourd Creek and to end back at the community centre for dinner at 5:00 pm.


The London Chapter of the Council of Canadians will be participating in this action! We will have both the giant Black Line 9 Snake, to be operated by 11 volunteer puppeteers, and our usual yellow CoC banner with us. 

For rides from London call Roberta, 519-601-2053.

Monthly Meeting of the London Chapter of the Council of Canadians

TZEPORAH BERMAN 
("Canada's Queen of Green") 
"Hope and Engagement: 
Tackling Climate Change and Pipeline Politics" 
Monday, May 12 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm 
Stevenson and Hunt Room 
London Public Library 251 Dundas St., London, Ontario 

$5 suggested donation 

http://www.tzeporahberman.com/ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzeporah_Berman 

Tzeporah Berman has been designing and winning environmental campaigns in Canada and internationally for 20 years. She currently works as a strategic advisor for dozens of environmental organizations, First Nations and philanthropic advisors on clean energy, oilsands and pipelines. She is the former co-director of Greenpeace International's Global Climate and Energy Program, Executive Director and Co-founder of PowerUp Canada and Co-founder and Campaign Director of ForestEthics. Tzeporah was one of the experts in Leonardo Di Caprio's environmental documentary 11th hour, was one of six Canadian nominees for the Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, has been profiled as one of 50 Visionaries Changing the World in Utne Reader and as "Canada's Queen of Green" in the cover story for Readers Digest. This year Tzeporah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of British Columbia. Her first book, This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge was recently published by Knopf Canada.

Walk for Water!

Sunday April 27, 2014 at 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm 
Boys and Girls Club of London 
184 Horton Street East, London, Ontario 

The Walk for Water event postponed from the Water Rights Film Festival due to the cold windy weather (and resulting unsafe icy trail around the Forks of the Thames) on Saturday April 5 has been rescheduled to be combined with Earth Day festivities at Watson Street Park on Sunday April 27, 2014 from 12 noon to 2 pm. This is a family event open to the whole community--everyone is welcome! 

All participants in the Walk for Water will depart at 12 noon from the parking lot of the Boys and Girls Club of London (184 Horton St. ) and follow the walk circuit below: We will walk south on Richmond Street to the bike path at the bridge. We will follow the bike path easterly along the north bank of the Thames River through Richard Harrison Park. We follow the bike path under the Wellington Street Bridge that comes up onto the east side of Wellington Road. We cross the bridge and enter Watson Street Park. We follow the path way through Watson Street Park to Adelaide Street We turn back and follow the path back to Watson Street Park and join in the Earth Day festivities, including marching the giant 30 foot Benevolent Blue Water Snake around the park. 

This Walk for Water will be accompanied by Upper Thames River Conservation Authority Biologist Cathy Quinlan who will be pointing out various items of interest along the Thames River. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, the Solidarity Film Coalition and the Boys and Girls Club of London welcome everyone's participation during London's Earth Day celebrations on Sunday April 27th!

MAUDE BARLOW IN PERSON! Saturday April 26, 2014

"A River Runs Through Us" 
Oxford People Against the Landfill 
Ingersoll District Memorial Arena 
97 Mutual St. S, Ingersoll, Ontario 

FREE! 

Maude is scheduled to speak at 1:30 pm; other speakers continue until 3:30 pm.

The giant 30 foot Benevolent Blue Water Serpent will participate at some point in this event! 

Need a ride? Roberta 519-601-2053 
Carpools leave London at 11:00 a.m.

WATER RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL IMPORTANT NOTICE!

NOTICE! THE WATER WALK PLANNED FOR THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) AT 11:00 HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER! RAIN DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. SHORT FILMS START AT 12 NOON AT MUSEUM LONDON AS PLANNED!