The Nova Scotia Environmental Network (NSEN) was founded in 1991 and is a registered non-profit organization under the Society Act of Nova Scotia.

The Government of Nova Scotia is engaged in public consultations regarding the province's finances. Please participate in these consultations to let the Government know about the importance of making the links between the economy and the environment. The environment cannot be short-changed any longer. Our province needs to green the economy, fund environmental and climate change programs, and enforce environmental laws. We need to get our economy and our environment back to balance. Deadline for consultations is the end of March 2010. Read more information here.

Read the Guide to Getting Back to Balance

Nova Scotians are invited to comment on a discussion paper, Limiting our Risk - a discussion paper about a proposed provincial ban on non-essential lawn care pesticides. The deadline for comments is March 7, 2010. Read more information here.

Read the Discussion Paper here

In celebration of our 15th anniversary in 2007, the Nova Scotia Environmental Network launched annual environmental awards. Since then, every year NSEN has awarded groups and individuals who have made a significant contribution to environmentalism in our province. There are eight award categories for both individuals and groups. The awards will be given out at our ENGO Annual Roundtable & Award Ceremony on Friday, March 5 (snow date is March 8). Nomination forms and more information are available here.

1. Nickerson Lifetime Achievement (Individual)
2. Eco-Heroes Group of the Year (Group)
3. Eco-Hero Environmentalist of the Year (Individual)
4. Cole Award for Excellence in Environment and Health (Group or Individual)
5. Marshal Award for Aboriginal Environmental Leadership (Group or Individual)
6. Youth Environmental Leadership Award (Group or Individual)
7. Award for Environmental Political Will (Group or Individual)
8. Langille Honour in the Woods Award (Group or Individual)

Nomination Deadline: Friday, February 24

The NSEN Biosolids & Wastewater Caucus are asking Nova Scotians to collect signatures on a petition to the provincial government to declare an immediate moratorium on the use of sewage sludge (biosolids) on Nova Scotia lands and to adopt with minimum delay safe options for sewage sludge disposal or destruction.

Petition here
Open Letter on Biosolids to Premier Dexter
Biosolids FAQ
Minister Belliveau's letter on biosolids

Reads the latest biosolids news here

Department of Environment and Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture integrated overview of the water strategy, wetlands policy and the sustainable coastal development strategy.

Integrated presentation
ENGO response to the Wetlands Conservation policy
ENGO response to the Wetlands Conservation policy
Blueprint for Water Management
NGO Response to Water Strategy

Nova Scotia releases the State of the Coast report. Find out more here: www.gov.ns.ca/coast/

Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture's coastal management information for Nova Scotia here: www.gov.ns.ca/fish/marine/coastalzone

Department of Environment's Water Resources Management Strategy www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water.strategy

2010 is the United Nations Year on Biodiversity and will launch the UN Decade on Biodiversity. We all must commit ourselves to achieve significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth. Join the Countdown 2010 to help take action on biodiversity. Find out more about the Convention on Biological Diversity. Learn more about Biodiversity in Canada by visiting Environment Canada's special web site. Read the Canadian Environmental Network's background report entitled Biological Diversity and the Convention: From a Canadian environmental perspective.