Friday, October 19, 2007

Vandana Shiva's ZNet

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Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of many books. In India she has established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity ...

www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=90

Worldwatch Institute

Analyzes interdisciplinary environmental data from around the world, providing information on how to build a sustainable society.

www.worldwatch.org/

Windsor Clean City Commitee

Welcome to Clean City Windsor

3540 North Service Road East - Windsor, ON N8W 5X2 519-974-1010 ext 231 - Fax: 519-944-3161. City of Windsor Clean City Committee ...

www.cleancitywindsor.ca/

Windsor Environmental Law Society

University of Windsor - Political Science Main - Announcements

The University of Windsor Environmental Law Society is pleased to present The Climate Project’s Walter Palmer on... in the MOOT ...

cronus.uwindsor.ca/units/polsci/political.nsf/main/B2CA84E6E834A46B852571F10066E5F3?OpenDocument

Project Porchlight

Project Porchlight screenshot You may have heard about Project Porchlight in the local media or on a weblog near you just recently. ...

ottawa.overnow.com/project-porchlight/

Windsor Bicycling Committee

The Windsor Bicycling Committee (WBC) is comprised of 10 members, including one City Councillor, who strive to enhance the safety and viability of bicycling ...
www.citywindsor.ca/002440.asp

Petition No. 83

The petitioner alleges that air quality in Windsor has suffered due to a dramatic ... There is a link between diesel pollution, smog, ozone depletion, ...

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/petitions.nsf/viewe1.1/66BAC7F522CEEF6785256DB2005C9ED2

People and Health and Pollution

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www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2595

HypheNations: Canadian and Canadian-American Bridges

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"Toxic Trespass" - NFB Film Screening in Windsor

ENVIRO FILM:
Investigating the Chemical Soup Around Us Hosted by Windsor Cancer Prevention Coalition

In Toxic Trespass, intrepid filmmaker Barri Cohen launches an
investigation into the effects of the chemical soup around us. She
starts with her 10-year-old daughter, whose blood carries carcinogens like benzene and the long-banned DDT. Then, Cohen heads out to Windsor and Sarnia: Canadian toxic hotspots, with startling clusters of deadly diseases.

Here, everyone seems to know children who have suffered respiratory illnesses, leukemia, brain tumours and other illnesses. And on the Native reserve of Aamjiwnaang, ringed by Sarnia's "chemical valley," the film reveals a startling birth rate problem that officials just can't ignore.

Cohen journeys into toxic nightmares all too common in industrialized countries. She meets passionate activists working for positive change, along with doctors and scientists who see evidence of links between environmental pollution and health problems. And she learns how quickly barriers can go up when anyone tries to even ask questions about the connection betweeen toxins and serious health problems.

Perhaps most appalling - and funny, in their own twisted way - are the roadblocks Cohen encounters when she tries to get information from federal officials. One tells her his department is "planning to
discuss the plans."

This moving documentary is empowering and leavened with wry humour. Carried by Cohen's passion for truth and her disarming openness, it is essential viewing for anyone concerned about the effects of pollutants on our - and our children's - very DNA. Toxic Trespass is accompanied by a comprehensive guidebook for educators, activists and concerned citizens, produced by the Women's Healthy Environment Network. 2007, 80 min

Fed-Up Windsor

By converting more urban space to gardens, not only can suburban arehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifas converted back to forest, but cities become greener by changing impervious surfaces to vegetation. Also, localized gardening is primarily driven by human energy, not oil powered machines. Permaculture techniques, such as companion planting, allow greater cooperation between plants; such agricultural practices have proven, over generations of gardeners from all over the world, to produce more abundant, culturally appropriate, disease-resistant, and nutritious crops.

http://users.resist.ca/~fedup/

How Can I Get Involved?

Anyone who wants to help build our region's capacity for local, organic food pro- duction and distribution is encouraged to join our net- work.
Do you have space that you want to contribute?
We will build, maintain, and harvest a garden, dependent on the availability of gardeners.

Do you want to garden?
We will coordinate interested gardeners, and provide them with space, help, and advise as needed.

Do you have a surplus from your own gardens?
Please don't let it go to waste. We will collect and distribute it to those in need.

Do you have fruit trees that go unharvested?
Please tell us. We will harvest them so that all of us can enjoy their bounty.

Event Board

Sunday Potlucks
6pm in the backyard of the Ecohouse (793 Sunset Ave.): anyone can come and share their favourite dish, get to know their fellow gardeners, and participate in discussions about FedUp, gardening practices, and food politics.
Click here for a map to the Ecohouse.

The Global Resource Centre (GRC)

University of Windsor

Social Justice main site

Volunteer

The Global Resource Centre (GRC) and its campus partner, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) - Windsor, need volunteers to help run our ...


www.uwindsor.ca/units/socialjustice/main.nsf/inToc/C819094789EC9F9D852571D4006796C9

Downtown Windsor Farmers' Market

Web site for the Downtown Windsor Farmers' Market presented by the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association. Choose from the finest fresh, ...

www.downtownwindsorfarmersmarket.ca

Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA)

The authority governing conservation and environmental issues in Essex County. Lists conservation areas and parks with events, environmental services and ...

www.erca.org/

Walpole Island

Migration, Demographics, War of 1812, Flora, Harsen's Isl;and & Chenal Ecarte, neat old pictures, Genealogical Research.

www-personal.umich.edu/~ksands/Warpole.html

Point Pelee National Park

A lush Carolinian forest oasis at the southern tip of Canada, Point Pelee National Park resounds with migrating song birds in the spring, hums with cicadas ...

www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pelee/index_E.asp

The Friends of Ojibway Prairie Inc.

The Friends of Ojibway Prairie, volunteers, co-operative non-profit, charitable association, Windsor, Ontario.

www.ojibway.ca/foop.htm

Peche Island

Peche Island was acquired by the City of Windsor on November 1, 1999. Formerly this 35 hectare (86.5 acre) island was managed as a provincial park by the ...

Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority

Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority "EWSWA", Click here for a detailed Site Map... ewswa.org site map. EWSWA is a municipal agency created by the County of ...

www.ewswa.org/pages/home.html

OPIRG Windsor Action Groups

ACTION GROUPS are essentially collectives - groups of people who voluntarily agree to work together on a common issue towards a common goal while sharing responsibilities and decisions equally. The groups vary from year to year depending on what students are interested in. Groups receive staff support, training and use of OPIRG-Windsor's resources to operate. At least one person from each group attends board meetings to keep them informed. By becoming involved in a group you do not necessarily have to support or endorse all other groups but must treat all members with respect (see basis of unity below).


CURRENTLY ACTIVE Public Interest Groups:

1) The ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP are currently working with the University Environmental Coaltion on establishing an Environmental Policy at the University (improving recycling, composting, energy efficiency, etc.) and on organizing a the International Day of Action on Climate Change.

2) The ANTI-POVERTY GROUP

3) The SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP is working on establishing a “No Sweat” (fair trade) policy at the University and against Tuition increases

4) The MEDIA GROUP works on issues around corporate control of the media as well as producing OPIRG's NEWSPAPER THE “GLOBAL VOICE” and RADIO SHOW.

5) The WINDSOR’S ANIMAL ACTION GROUP (W.A.A.G.) mission is to prevent cruelty to, and encourage consideration for, all animals, human and non-human. They are working against cruelty to animals in the entertainment business (circuses, etc.) and promoting vegetarianism. Click here for more information.


PAST Public Interest Groups:
The ANTI-RACISM GROUP was formed to address the barriers faced by minorities in society. OPIRG hired three students to develop a more effective anti-racism training and to improve our diversity programme. The Anti-Racism group will also work with community and campus groups as well as various departments at the university to promote cultural sensitivity.
The CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP investigating and reporting on corporate rip-offs, safety and environmental impact of products and services you buy.
The ORGANIC FOOD GROUP promoting the use of organic produce and campaigning against genetically modified foods.
The THEATRE ACTION GROUP doing street theatre and theatre of the oppressed and giving performances on various social justice and environmental issues.

opirg.uwindsor.ca/units/opirg/main.nsf/inToc/15F2325686781521852572F7004A1A9E?OpenDocument

Recycling Centre

Essex-Windsor Recycling Centre. Recycling Centre location map. Exit off the E.C. Row Expressway at Central Avenue (North). Turn East at the traffic lights ...

www.ewswa.org/pages/recycle/rc.html

Compost - Garden Gold




Leaves, grass clippings, garden waste, brush, tree trimmings, shrubs and paper (from Essex-Windsor residents). The material is shredded, and composted a 55 ...

www.ewswa.org/pages/recycle/compost.html

Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC)

Funding for the development of this site generously provided by Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment ... www.detroitriver.ca

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Citizens Environment Alliance

In a response to the proposed Clean Water Act, the Citizens Environment Alliance (CEA) has offered additional amendments to the Ontario ...
www.citizensenvironmentalliance.org/

Cancer Prevention Network

The Cancer Prevention Network - South Region has representatives from 19 healthcare organizations within Windsor and Essex County with a mandate to support ...
www.wrcc.on.ca/webpage.cfm?org_id=214

The City of Windsor

Official site of the city, featuring a community calendar, notices including construction, seasonal services and other information for residents and ...
www.citywindsor.ca/

West Windsor Citizens for Transportation Alternatives

What happened to this initiative?... it was a great, progressive idea for our transportation system... let's go Windsor!

West Windsor Citizens for Transportation Alternatives Whole Earth Center. In November 2000, former Governor Christine Whitman ordered an Environmental ...
homepages.wwptoday.com/advocates/millstone/ - 18k -

Windsor - You Are Here


The environment and the economy go hand in hand... let's think green and make a difference.

Sierra Youth Coalition

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The SYC is the youth-run branch of the Sierra Club of Canada that serves as an action centre for youth concerned about the environment.
syc-cjs.org/

Sierra Youth Coalition / Coalition Jeunesse Sierra

Warm Welcome!

We are so excited to be finally putting our daydreams into action... please stay tuned and find out what inspiring things people in our own community are doing to create a better place for us all to share.