Art Gallery of Nova Scotia - Come to this public screening of the film Age of Stupid Film & discuss climate change and the important international negotiations in Copenhagen. Free public screening but donations appreciated. more...

Ecology Action Centre, - Join community gardening leaders and Dr. Richard Donald,Vice President, Research, Extension and Outreach Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and Sarah Macdonald, Manager, Continuing Education Nova Scotia Agricultural College to discuss ways we can built capacity for greater community and school gardens in Nova Scotia. more...

Southend Community Centre (Woodill Room) - Full day workshop from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM on basic media training for community organizers by Optimum Cossette Communications. Cost: Early Bird until Nov. more...

Nova Scotia Agricultural College - Full day workshop from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM on basic media training for community organizers by Optimum Cossette Communications. Cost: Early Bird until Nov. more...

Continuing Technical Education - Full day workshops on the basics of media relations for community organizers by Optimum Cossette Communications and the Nova Scotia Environmental Network. This one-day training session is ideal for individuals/organizations intending to do any outreach to media. more...

Annapolis Royal Firehall - Full day workshop from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM on basic media training for community organizers by Optimum Cossette Communications. Cost: Early Bird until Nov. more...

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, - Description: This two-part workshop aims to teach participants basic rules for effective writing, interviewing and reporting. By examining the techniques journalists use to engage their readers, participants will learn how to write livelier news reports and features for alternative media outlets. more...

Windhorse Farm, New Germany, Nova Scotia - Highlights: • Key Note Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Sherman Boates, Manager Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, 2010 the United Nations Year on Biodiversity • Key Note Dinner Speaker: Dr. more...

Weldon Law School, Room 105, Dalhousie University - Come to discuss an Environmental Bill of Rights for Nova Scotia. Ontario has this type of legislation; Nova Scotia should as well. more...

Weldon Law School, Room 105, Dalhousie University - Free Public Discussion and Reception Speaker: Beatrice Olivastri is the Chief Executive Officer of Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE), a member of the 76 country federation of FOE International all dedicated to campaigning on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our time. She initiated Friends of the Earth Canada’s Environmental Rights program including precedent setting legal interventions on the polluter pays principle, environmental rights and inter-generational equity, use of class action for environmental justice and the world’s first court case on lack of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol against Canada. more...

Just Us! Café - Join us for fair trade coffee & snacks and watch this important, classic film. David Suzuki said, “I give the film every superlative – riveting, revealing, inspiring, etc…It penetrates to the heart of the global, ecological, and social crisis that afflicts the world… required viewing for all who know we are on a destructive path and want to get off. more...

Weldon Law School, room 104 - The Nova Scotia Environmental Network’s Environmental Law & Policy Caucus and the East Coast Environmental Law are holding a briefing on Contaminated Sites in Nova Scotia and Environmental Defence’s new Environmental Legal Scorecard National Scorecard. John Briggs the Executive Director of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia will be present to discuss the recent release of the commissions Discussion Paper on Contaminates Site in Nova Scotia – comments are due by mid-July. more...

Room 265, Sobey Building, Saint Mary\'s University - Free public lecture. All welcome. more...

St. Pauls, Spryfield United Church - Attend this free public film & interactive, stimulating discussion. Watch the highly acclaimed Story of Stuff short film. more...

Thomas Raddall Room, Keshen Goodman Library - Come and “plant a seed” to help us bring to life the first community garden in Halifax West, next to the new Mainland Common Community Centre. Find out more about urban and school gardening possibilities. more...

Alderney Gate Library - Community Book Club and Study Circle on Nancy Taylor’s new book “Go Green: How to Building an Earth Friendly Community” can be borrowed from NSEN Library, HRM Public Libraries or purchased from P'lovers Environmental Store, 5657 Spring Garden Road and Outside the Lines Bookstore on 6297 Quinpool Road. More info about the book: http://nancyhtaylor. more...

Dalhousie Law School - Come to hear our Pro Bono students present on an Environmental Bill of Rights and a Mining and Sustainability Policy for Nova Scotia. Howard Epstein, land use law professor, will be speaking about municipal law and sustainable development. more...

Chester Playhouse - Tickets $5 at the door or advance tickets available at Outside the Lines bookstore 6297 Quinpool Rd. or P’lovers Environmental Store 5657 Spring Garden Rd. more...

Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University - Tickets $5 at the door or advance tickets available at Outside the Lines bookstore 6297 Quinpool Rd. or P’lovers Environmental Store 5657 Spring Garden Rd. more...

Al Whittle Theatre, Acadia Cinema Cooperative - Tickets $5 at the door or in advance tickets available at Box of Delights, 466 Main Street, Wolfville. Come and watch a film about the life of Rachel Carson, the courageous American biologist, who wrote the book “Silent Spring” in 1962. more...

Department of Environment boardroom - Department of Environment boardroom on 5151 Terminal Road, Halifax For those interested in environmental and sustainability education. Free and all welcome! For more information about the NSEN Environmental Education Caucus meeting, please contact the Nova Scotia Environmental Network at Phone: 902-454-6846, Email: nsen@cen-rce. more...

Lunenburg Academy, Third floor Assembly Hall - Attend this free public film & interactive, stimulating discussion. Watch the highly acclaimed Story of Stuff short film. more...

Spring Garden Road Memorial Library - Attend this free public film & interactive, stimulating discussion. Watch the highly acclaimed Story of Stuff short film. more...

Keating Millenium Centre - Free public meeting. Lunch provided. more...

Nova Scotia Public Archives - Please don’t miss this important full day strategy meeting for NSEN members from 9:00-4:00 PM at the Nova Scotia Public Archives, 6016 University Avenue, Halifax. This meeting is to network, learn and strategize as an environmental movement. more...

Nova Scotia Public Archives - Join us at 3pm for the award ceremony with cake and speeches. All welcome to celebrate our NSEN ECO-HERO AWARD WINNERS FOR 2009. more...

Room C, Keshen Goodman Library - Free public meeting to create a community garden next to the new Mainland Common Community centre in Clayton Park. Special guest: Marjorie Willison, CBC Gardening extraordinaire! . more...

Ecology Action Centre - Come and join our Law & Policy Caucus chaired by Lawyer Emily Pudden. We will discuss ways we can advance environmental law and policy in the province. more...

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) - Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA), 630 Francklyn St. in Halifax Free public meeting. more...

Royal Canadian Legion - Irena Salina's award-winning 2008 documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the economics. more...

Mount Saint Vincent University, Seton Auditorium C - Irena Salina's award-winning 2008 documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the economics. more...

Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, Room 1016, Dalhousie University - Speaker: Thomas Isaac on Bio: Thomas Isaac, BA, MA, LLB, LLM. Mr. more...

Keating Millennium Centre Boardroom - Free public film & discussion. A critical look at our consumption and production systems and a review our new Nova Scotia Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Action. more...

Nova Scotia Community College, Lunenburg Campus - Free public meeting. Lunch provided. more...

Hayes Room, 5th Floor, Rowe Management Building - To join the Environmental Education Caucus, or for a copy of the agenda and minutes of meetings, please contact the Chair: Caroline Canning Program Officer/Agente de Programme Public Education and Engagement Atlantic Region/ Participation et sensibilisation du public Région de l'Atlantique Environment Canada/Environnement Canada 902-426-3716 (ph) 902-426-2062 (fax) caroline. canning@ec. more...

Room 105, Dalhousie Law School - In Recognition of the Global Day of Action on Climate Change. Organized by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network. more...

Halifax North Memorial Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

NS Museum of Natural History - The next EE Caucus meeting will take place from 10am - noon at the NS Museum of Natural History (1747 Summer Street). For more information, please contact the EEC chair: Caroline Canning Program Officer/Agente de Programme Public Education and Engagement Atlantic Region/ Participation et sensibilisation du public Région de l'Atlantique Environment Canada/Environnement Canada 902-426-3716 (ph) 902-426-2062 (fax) caroline. more...

Boardroom, Ecology Action Centre, - Veggie pizza and natural pop meeting. Please RSVP to ensure a seat and lunch. more...

Bedford Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union - Key Note Speaker: L. Ron Farrell, Dean, School of Trades & Technology Nova Scotia Community College Special Screening of the film “First Annual Sustainability Education Symposium in Nova Scotia” Presentations by NSTU President Alexis Allen and the NS Department of Education. more...

Tantallon Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

Keshen Goodman Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

Women’s Council House - The Nova Scotia Environmental Network is hosting its Annual Gathering tobring environmentalists together to share ideas and resources on our mostpressing environmental challenges and to celebrate our successes. Come tohear key note speakers, find ways to work better together, strategize, andcreate a vision and actions for the environmental movement. more...

Alderney Gate Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library - We live in a society that is obsessed with the production and consumption of stuff. But what we don't see are the consequences. more...

Room 104, Dalhousie Law School - Join Author Mike Nickerson and Activist Donna Dillman for dialogue on sustainability. One by one, people are realizing that human activity cannot grow forever on a finite planet. more...

Just Us! Café - A provocative and powerful film! Join us for fair trade coffee & snacks and watch this important film. David Suzuki said, “I give the film every superlative – riveting, revealing, inspiring, etc…It penetrates to the heart of the global, ecological, and social crisis that afflicts the world… required viewing for all who know we are on a destructive path and want to get off. more...

Just Us! Cafe - A provocative and powerful film! Starts at 7 PM sharp. Join us for fair trade coffee & snacks and watch this important film. more...

Student Union Building, Dalhousie University, Room 307 - Halifax Harbour treatment plant is now up and running, the leftover toxic sludge has started to be sprayed on agricultural land in the province. Is it safe? Our health and natural environment may be at risk. more...

Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University - The aim of ECELAW’s 2008 Environmental Law Workshop is to enable community groups and individuals to effectively engage in the process of enforcing environmental laws. There will be three main components of the workshop: understanding the role the public can play in enforcing environmental laws, understanding the government’s role and exploring how the current legislation aimed at environmental protection can be strengthened. more...

Southend Community Centre (Woodill Room) - Free public presentation – Food and drink reception to follow. All welcome. more...

Annapolis Royal Fire Hall - Free public presentation – Food and drink reception to follow. All welcome. more...

Oakwood House - The Solstice Social will be a full day on the lovely shores of Lake Banook dedicated to environmental education with professional development, networking, and resource-sharing opportunities. A potluck lunch will provide time for socializing and celebration of summer. more...

Room 3337, NSCC Waterfront Campus - Monday, June 9 12:00-3:00 p. m. more...

North Memorial Public Library - Mining in Communities at Home and Abroad Thursday, May 22 7:00-8:45 p. m. more...

Room 104, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University - Come to learn about new fundamental principles that have emerged in Canadian environmental law such as: environmental rights, the precautionary principle, the intergenerational equity principle, sustainability, the public trust, the ecosystem approach, ecological integrity, the inherent value of the environment, pollution prevention, and the polluter pays principle. Jerry DeMarco is Vice-Chair of the Environmental Review Tribunal. more...

Room 1009, Rowe Management building, Dalhousie University - An important free public forum about our most precious natural resource: water. Panelists include: Dr. more...

Ecology Action Centre - NSEN is hosting an ENGO Water Strategy Meeting on Wednesday, April 9 from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Ecology Action Centre boardroom, 2705 Fern Lane, in Halifax. Please attend this important strategy meeting to discuss the Water Strategy discussion paper and to plan for the upcoming water consultations. more...

Room 406, Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University - . Please attend this important information session on Tuesday April 8 from 10am -12pm in room 406 of the Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University, 6061 University Avenue in Halifax (parking at meters on the street or the IWK Hospital parkade). more...

Dalhousie University- Weldon Law School - Community Foundation of Nova Scotia, Environmental Trust Fund, and more! Come to learn about the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia’s environmental endownment incentive and grant programs and the Nova Scotia Environmental Network’s funding resources. Find out more about the funding due to the federal government’s cuts to environmental and climate changes programs. more...

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery - Peacebuilding and Earthkeeping: Building a Culture of Respect for People and the Planet The public is invited to a free food & drink reception and art display to celebrate the winners of the Trashformation 2008 Art Contest and the first Annual Sustainability Education Symposium. The Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Loyola Academic Complex on the Saint Mary’s University Campus, accessible from Gorsebrook Avenue or off Robie Street south of the McNally Building. more...

Saint Mary\'s University - Peaceful Schools International and the Nova Scotia Environmental Network are co-organizing the First Annual Sustainability Education Symposium in Nova Scotia in March. The key note speaker is Manitoba's Deputy Minister of Education, Geral Farthing. more...

Saint Mary’s University, Burke Building Theatre A - Public Forum with Keynote Speakers: Dr. Anita Wenden, co-founder of Earth and Peace Education Associates International, New York [Earth Charter: An Ethical Framework for Planning Sustainability Education] Dr. more...

Nova Scotia Public Archives, Aitken Room - Please RSVP by Monday, March 17 NSEN will be hosting a full-day workshop on the Fundy Tidal Energy Stakeholder Environmental Assessment (SEA) on Wednesday, March 19 from 8:30-4:30 PM at the Nova Scotia Public Archives, 6016 University Avenue, in Halifax. This will be the only opportunity for the environmental community to learn about and provide input into the Fundy Tidal Energy project. more...

White Rock Community Centre - A free public meeting on Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia. Presenters include: Bear River First Nation and their sustainability work, Acadia Environmental Society, Atlantic Canada Sustainability Initiative, plus more…. more...

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs - Free, public meeting on advancing sustainability education in Nova Scotia. Lunch and refreshments provided. more...

Student Union Building, Dalhousie University - Are HRM biosolids (a mixture of sewage sludge and cement kiln dust) safe to use as a “fertilizer” on the Nova Scotia farmland that produces the food we eat? Three of North America’s leading researchers: Dr. Murray Mc Bride, Dr. more...

Bayers Road Shopping Cenre - A meeting for NSEN members with the NDP Environment Critic and Deputy Leader of the Provincial NDP Graham Steele. A chance for us to pose our environmental questions to the NDP Party. more...

Liberal Caucus Office - This is a meeting for NSEN members with the Environment Critic Keith Colwell, Energy Critic Michel Samson, and Natural Resources Critic Leo Glavine. It is a chance for us to pose our environmental questions to the Liberal Party. more...

Nova Scotia Public Archives, Aitken Room - This is a full day meeting to plan for the upcoming municipal, provincial and federal elections. Let’s make sure the environment is a top priority! Tony Tracy of the Canadian Labour Congress will be sharing the lessons from labour for election readiness. more...

Nova Scotia Public Archives - Free public presentation. The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development is responsible for the administration of the environmental petitions process within the Office of the Auditor General. more...

Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall, Nova Scotia Agricultural College - The Nova Scotia Education for Sustainable Development Working Group also known as SENSE: Sustainability Education in Nova Scotia for Everyone will be having our next meeting at the Nova Scotia Community College. Our meeting is an open, public meeting, we will provide lunch and we can offer travel subsides. more...