Thank you for all those that joined us during Boost Your Eco! Despite some technical difficulties in the beginning, it was a good few days. There are some important events coming up, and some events are postponed.
1. April 4 Shale Gas Exploration ban rally
2. April 4 Food justice speaking series
3. April 7 ****Rally for the woodlot****
4. April 9 Free school postponed
5. April 9 Drink Local pub crawl postponed
6. April 9 Wood lot tour
7. April 13 workshop
8. April 30th CCNB Spring into Action Auction.
1. April 4, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm, Rally for a ban on shale gas exploration and mining, Corner of Regent and Prospect Streets, Fredericton.
Info: Bethany Thorne-Dykstra at citizensforresponsibleresourcedevelopment@hotmail.ca or (506) 372-4685
2. APRIL 4: WORKING FOR FOOD JUSTICE. The Rural Social Justice Centre for Research wishes to invite the public to the first in a series of Lunch and Learn seminars entitled "For the Love of Food." For the Love of Food is a 5 part series designed to promote social justice through food activism. The lunch hour talks and discussions will focus on local food issues including accessibility, farming, food purchasing, consumption practices and sustainability. The lunch hour talks take place 11:30 -1:00pm in Holy Cross House, conference room at St. Thomas University.
April 4: “Working for food justice” with Sylvia Priestley-Brown of Fredericton Foodies, Edie Klee of the NB Community Harvest Gardens, and Julianne Butt of World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Bring along a mug to enjoy a free cup of soup and a slice of bread made with local ingredients. All are welcome and admission is free.
For more information, please contact Dr. Susan Machum at 452-0430 or smachum@stu.ca
3. April 7 A RALLY FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE: “DON’T PAVE OVER OUR FUTURE”
TIME: Lunchtime (12:15pm - 12:45pm)
LOCATION: beside the future Costco site (at lights in front of Home Depot, Corbett Place, along new Maryland Hwy)
On Thursday, April 07, 2011, at lunchtime (12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m) - a week before the meeting of the UNB Board of Governors in Fredericton - the Friends of the UNB Woodlot invite students, faculty, alumni, and the general public to take a stand for action on climate change. A rally along the New Maryland Highway is to be held, as well as a taping-off event of the Corbett Brook Marsh and Larch Swale in the UNB Woodlot.
This is to highlight the fact that the 80-metre wetland buffer guarantee by UNB has been broken for Costco, and to show our solidarity for the protection of wetlands that protect us from the catastrophic rains of climate change. We want to hold the UNB Board of Governors accountable and ask them to prevent any building within this 80-metre buffer. In the spirit of a public rally asking for action on climate change, citizens are invited to bring signs and any objects that give attention to our concern for the future, including umbrellas, life jackets, water wings, inner tubes, snorkels, air mattresses, and canoes. For all the thousands of people who walk their dogs in the UNB Woodlot, we would encourage you to bring your companion animal – and a dog life jacket if you have one!
“The message at the rally is simple. Don’t pave over our future and our children’s future,” says Caroline Lubbe-D’Arcy with the Friends of the UNB Woodlot. “We expect many high school and university students to attend this rally. In solidarity, come out with your neighbour, your UNB faculty member, your family, your grandparents, or your fellow recreational user of the UNB Woodlot!” “The UNB Board of Governors approved development of the UNB Woodlot with the explicit understanding that any development would take place no closer than 80 metres from Ecologically Sensitive areas,” says Monika Stelzl with the Friends of the UNB Woodlot. “Yet the UNB Administration is proceeding this spring with the Costco building and parking lot that will be only 30 metres from Corbett Brook Marsh, in violation of the 80-metre guarantee made to the UNB Board of Governors. And development plans for the Costco gasoline station are only 30 metres from Larch Swale.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mark D’Arcy and Caroline Lubbe-D'Arcy, The Friends of the UNB Woodlot Tel: 1-506-454-1230 (Caroline) Tel: 1-506-454-5119 (Mark) E-mail: friendsoftheUNBwoodlot@gmail.com
4. April 9 Free school POSTPONED
5. April 9 Pub crawl POSTPONED
6. April 9 · 3:00pm - 6:00pm. Woodlot tour. Location: UNB Woodlot.
Come and learn about the history, ecology and current issues of the University of New Brunswick Woodlot with the UNB Student Union and the STUdent Union! It will be an easy hike, focused around gaining knowledge from the land, and the people working hard to protect it! Present will be Friends of the UNB Woodlot and the UNB Environmental Law Society. We will be meeting outside the SUB around 3pm to grab the 3:22pm bus to go to the Regent Mall. From there we will hike from the back of Home Depot into the Woodlot! Meet us at 4pm in the back of Home Depot if you have your own drive and carpool if possible please!
Contact: stusustainability@gmail.com
7. April 13, 7 pm - 8:30 pm, Workshop: From Pot to Plot, Ducks Unlimited, 752 Union Street, Fredericton. 10$ Info: NB Community Harvest Gardens Inc., www.nbchg.org or contact Edee Klee at 457-5533 8. April 30, Conservation Council of New Brunswick's Spring Into Action Auction/Awards Night, Crown Plaza, Fredericton. Info: nfo@conservationcouncil.ca or 506-458-8747
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