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Protect Nova Scotia Agricultural Land Petition
We encourage you to sign this online petition and to spread the word through your friends and networks.

In recognition of the fight by citizens of Kings County, Nova Scotia, to protect hundreds of acres of agricultural land from development-purposed amendments to the land use by-law, as brought forward by the Municipality of the County of Kings, and

In recognition of the work of the Nova Scotia Agricultural Land Review Committee,

Be it resolved, that there is a need to strengthen the Province of Nova Scotia’s interest in agricultural land to ensure such land is respected as a non-renewable resource and given unequivocal protection from development.

With my endorsement I petition the Councillors of the Municipality of the County of Kings and/or the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia to place a moratorium on any further development of Nova Scotia's agricultural land, in order to ensure the food security of future generations of Nova Scotians.
Posted by: Pauline Raven (Biosolids and Waste Water Working G
http://www.petitiononline.com/p4n3s2a1/petition.html

Climate Change and the G20
Climate Change and the G8/G20: Not Business as Usual
KAIROS North-South Town Hall Meetings.

While Canada welcomes the world’s most powerful leaders to the G20 summit in June, KAIROS and Canadians welcome Southern and Indigenous partners to share with us the real impacts of climate change on their daily lives … and to discuss what a just solution to the climate crisis could look like.

Those who are most affected by climate change have no place at the decision-making table. This “Global Town Hall” is a chance for us to come together in a dialogue of real substance to talk about real solutions. Participants will have an opportunity to hear from partners, local experts, and then to engage in dialogue with them and each other as we search for effective solutions to the global injustice of climate change.

** When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Where: St. Andrew's United Church, 6036 Cobourg Road
Contact: Bev MacDonald, pharmin@ns.sympatico.ca, 902-228-2603

Speakers: Isaiah Kipyegon Toroitich, Kenya Climate and Economic Justice, Norwegian Church Aid; Naty Atz Sunc, Guatemala - General Coordinator of CEIBA, the Association for Community Development and Promotion

Soup supper provided. Donations welcome. Posted by: Janelle Frail

Public Consultations Now for NS Coasts
Give your input on Coastal Management in Nova Scotia. The complete schedule for the Public Oceans Network (PON)’s public consultations is as follows:
• May 19 - Antigonish
• May 20 – Sydney
• May 26 - HRM (Dartmouth)
Venues and locations are available at http://www.gov.ns.ca/coast in addition to these public consultations the PON plans targeted private meetings with special interests. The public is invited to give input via the Department’s website, (http://www.gov.ns.ca/coast/views.htm ) or via written submission. For more information and directions to the open houses visit: www.gov.ns.ca/coast Telephone: (902) 424-2894

*Read the State of the Coast report: http://www.gov.ns.ca/coast/state-of-the-coast.htm
Posted by: Tamara Lorincz, Executive Director
www.gov.ns.ca/coast

Take the NS Litter Pledge: Best Thing You'll Never Do!
Not even if I think my litter is biodegradable; not even if there isn't a trash can handy. Not even if nobody's watching, or my litter is something really, really small. I pledge to never, ever litter. Because it's the best thing I'll never do for the environment.

For more information about the 2008 Litter Survey, or how to organize a litter clean-up in your community:
Nova Scotia Environment
Waste Resource Management Branch
PO Box 442
5151 Terminal Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2P8
Phone: (902) 424-4300
Toll free: 1-877-9-ENVIRO
E-mail: SWRM@gov.ns.ca
Posted by: Nova Scotia Department of Environment
www.bestthingyoullneverdo.ca/pledge.php