Climate change bill defeated with 'no debate', and upcoming events

RMR: Rick's Rant - Senate Defeats Bill with no Debate

1. Craft sale and open house Nov 26-28
2. Cinema politica presents H2Oil Nov 26
3. Community forestry panel discussion Nov 29
4. buy and barter food swap Dec 4
5. World sustainable development teach-in day live webcast Dec 3
6. UPEI environmental confrence Spring
7. Environmental law workshop in moncton Nov 27

Have an eco-holiday! Trees and Turkeys!

Students for Sustainability had a great brainstorming session and we came up with an exciting idea. The holidays are for spending time with family, eating delicious food, listening to music, relaxing, and generally enjoying yourself. They also have become a highly consumerist time with lots of waste created. In order to Get Back to Basics we want to have an eco-holiday festival centred around four main components:
1. Music
2. [Sustainable and local] Food
3. [Ecologically friendly] gifts
4. Action

So we're calling on the Fredericton community to come out and join us in an afternoon of celebration of sharing. Whether it be eating local food, making eco-friendly gifts, selling your hand-crafted wares or art, sharing your skills of gift-wrapping or craft-making, sharing your musical talents, or making a holiday eco-pledge there's something for everyone at our Eco-Holiday Fair!  If you'd like to come out and join us in some way or another let us know at stusustainability@gmail.com

Date for this event is tentatively Saturday December 4th.
All proceeds will be going to a local charity.
Location: James Dunn Hall at STU campus

Eco Holiday related  links:

• 19 Eco-friendly gift ideas
• Canada ecological gifts program 
• The Story of Stuff
• The Hidden cost of Christmas
• Xmas Resistance
• Buy Nothing Christmas
• Buy Nothing Day

Climate change webinar, community garden launch and other events

1. Climate change webinar
2. NB Climate Change Public Education and Outreach Hub
3. Community garden launch!
4. CCNB membership drive


1. Earthscan Earthcasts   Pre-COP Webinar:  Communicating Climate Change

Thursday 11th November 2010     17:00 (UK time – GMT), 12:00 (EDT), 9:00 (PDT)

Earthscan would like to invite you to a free webinar presented by
Chris Rose – author of How to Win Campaigns: Communicating for Change – and Lorraine Whitmarsh, author of Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication.

Media coverage of cook-in

We have an article in Here magazine!
http://herenb.canadaeast.com/news/article/1302885


http://www.theaq.net/2010/enviro-group-says-eat-locally/-4341


Here's an article about the Health Centre's food workshops
http://www.theaq.net/2010/students-get-the-low-down-on-cheap-healthy-eating/-2376

Here's an old one about boost your eco
http://www.theaq.net/2010/students-for-sustainability-host-eco-fest/-2754

Cook-in pictures!

Thank you Liz for the pictures!

Food, Food, FOOD! Eating Local Zine

Our Food Zine has finally been published! Click the link to view or download the pdf file. We had a successful cook-in, thanks for everyone who came to learn and share. We had delicious kale chips, apple crisp, bread, and winter root barley stew; all made from local ingredients!