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[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:00
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This month we present two great films:
"MANDELA AND FIDEL"
By Estella BravoMandela visited Cuba in 1991, a year after being released from prison, and met Fidel Castro then. That was the beginning of a close friendship between two exceptional men of our era, a friendship which was renewed in each of their many meetings and wound up with an embrace and the exclamation “My brother!”. "REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE"
An inspiring film about a community that got fed up...
[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of June 23
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 15:40
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NEWS
It has been an important week for conversations on energy and the environment this week. The Federal Government’s official approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline project last Tuesday afternoon spurred waves of dialogue about our collective reliance on fossil fuels and the need to think critically about the ways we consume energy. It’s an important time to get involved.
Tonight Elizabeth May and Ken Wu will be hosting the Environmental and Climate Change Action Seminar at the Ambrosia Centre from 7 to 9 PM. The evening will focus on how to build effective environmental campaigns. Tickets are $10. For more info link to the Facebook event.
Did you know that the
UVic Office of Sustainability has a website? This...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of June 23
News from the Ecosocialist Coalition
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- Published on Sunday, 22 June 2014 23:00
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What will stop Enbridge?
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- Published on Friday, 20 June 2014 20:40
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In this issue: The fight has only just begun: Enbridge | Why is BC weakening its environmental laws? | Legal aid helps citizens tackle coal shipments | Making companies pay for climate change impacts | West Coast summer law student volunteers go to court
Dear Paov,
On June 17, the federal government ignored the will of British Columbians...
Action Alert! Help protect Sasquatch Provincial Park
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- Published on Friday, 20 June 2014 14:20
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Read more: Action Alert! Help protect Sasquatch Provincial Park
SEA Event: DOOMED SYSTEMS AND BROKEN POLITICS: How do we fix them?
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- Published on Thursday, 19 June 2014 17:20
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You are invited to a new event, and in spite of short notice, we are hoping it will be of interest for many who can attend. The topic is on systems analysis and our broken politics here in BC and Canada. This will be held on June 24th, at the Fairfield Community Center, at 7pm.
Please RSVP on the Facebook page, if you can.
From the event page:
Colossal issues like global poverty and ecological collapse are threatening human existence; however, finding appropriate solutions is only half the battle. The second, more challenging half is actually implementing the solutions!
Why, throughout history, have humans organized their societies in such ineffective ways? Can we organize our social structures to meet the task of sustainability?
Pamela Schreiner was in the software and telecommunications industry for over 20 years and has also worked as a mathematics teacher overseas. She has been studying organizational structures for quite some time and has cultivated an informed perspective on how we might come together more logically and beneficially. She will provide a historical timeline of human-made structures and cycles of collapse.
Mark McInnes is a political junkie, history grad, and an executive member of both S.E.A. and the Royal Oak Community Association. He will move the discussion into the present setting with an analysis of broken politics in B.C. and Canada. Along with insight into how politics has been gamed, Mark will offer practical solutions. You can't fix what's broken if you cannot clearly see what is happening!
Tea and coffee will be brewing!
Read more: SEA Event: DOOMED SYSTEMS AND BROKEN POLITICS: How do we fix them?
Connecting kids to nature with Sierra Club BC nature camps
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- Published on Thursday, 19 June 2014 17:00
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Send your kid to a Sierra summer camp!
Sierra Club BC Summer Camps
Play! It's in your nature.
This summer, Sierra Club BC is offering day and overnight camps for ages 7-16. Based on our award-winning education programming, Sierra Club BC's week-long camps give kids an opportunity to get outside and learn about nature in both urban and rural parts of the Capital Regional District.
Nature in My Community
(Day Camp, 7-12 yrs)Campers will explore the people, places, and nature that surrounds them. Young explorers will go on hikes, learn about the plants and animals of B.C.’s different ecosystems, map our communities, and discover what is growing right in their own backyards! July 7 - 11 at Esquimalt Rec. Centre August 18 - 22 at Panorama Rec. Centre
Wild Things Nature Camp
(Day & overnight camp, 12-16 yrs)Campers will build skills needed to feel safe exploring their local community, as well as the great outdoors. Nature education, risk management, and camping skills are combined with teambuilding and leadership training. This includes a two-night camping trip in partnership with Parks Canada. August 11 - 15 or August 25 - 29 at Pearkes Rec. Centre
Meet the Camp Team
Sierra Club BC’s renowned Education Program has gathered a team of enthusiastic and responsible camp leaders. Elodie Button (pictured left), our Summer Camp Coordinator, is a certified Wilderness First Responder who will be leading our camp staff and also delivering our programs.Registration and payment occurs through each participating recreation centre. For more information on camp dates, what campers need to bring, and general camp FAQs, please visit our website.
Read more: Connecting kids to nature with Sierra Club BC nature camps
Upcoming events and opportunities
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 18:20
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Dear Friends of SJS:
Victoria Friends of Cuba write:
Due to our hall not being available on the 3rd Thursday of the month when we show our films Social Justice Film Night will be on the 4th Thursday, June 26.
Social Justice Film Night presents:
"MANDELA AND FIDEL"
By Estella BravoMandela visited Cuba in 1991, a year after being released from prison, and met Fidel Castro then. That was the beginning of a close friendship between two exceptional men of our era, a friendship which was renewed in each of their many meetings and wound up with an embrace and the exclamation “My brother!”.
"REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE" By Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston
An inspiring film about a community that got fed up and just built their own hospital.
Could a remote hospital that runs on solar panels, in a community without paved roads or electricity, provide...
[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:00
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Social Justice Film Night presents:
"MANDELA AND FIDEL"
By Estella BravoMandela visited Cuba in 1991, a year after being released from prison, and met Fidel Castro then. That was the beginning of a close friendship between two exceptional men of our era, a friendship which was renewed in each of their many meetings and wound up with an embrace and the exclamation “My brother!”. "REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE" By Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston
An inspiring film about a...
REVIEWS: Understanding Shadows: The Corrupt Use of Intelligence
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 11:00
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"... Michael Quilligan's focus is on the weapons of mass deception which elites and states use to keep us ignorant. His book is a meticulously researched and corroborated survey of how 'intelligence' is used to hide, distort, and bury the truth of great events, and instead implant a 'version', a narrative, which reflects the requirements of the rulers of the world and serves to conceal reality. Intelligence services and their linked military, criminal, and undercover 'assets', do a lot of things, of which spying is perceived as the most exciting and glamorous. But they do more. For example, they murder. The French secret service's assassination of a Greenpeace photographer in New Zealand is an egregious example, another the almost incessant stream of doorstep killings and public executions by Israel's Mossad. And now we have daily murder by drone and missile on the orders of a former law professor who became President of the United States, carried out from secret bunkers by agents of one or other of the plethora of intelligence agencies which have been so expanded since 9/11 as to constitute a state, an unanswerable state, within a state..."
READ MORE: Irish Left Review June 13, 2014
"The readers of this book should understand that hardly any international crisis happened without the involvement of secret agencies or their shadowy contractors. A stimulating reading matter."
Ludwig Watzal, READ MORE: MCW News)
Read more: REVIEWS: Understanding Shadows: The Corrupt Use of Intelligence
We will stand united: No tar sands pipelines!
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:20
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Freaking Out About the Northern Gateway Decision? Take a Deep Breath
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:00
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Read more: Freaking Out About the Northern Gateway Decision? Take a Deep Breath
[coalalert] OYSTER RIVER COAL ISSUE EDITORIAL CARTOON
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:20
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[Uvic-sustainability] Help us improve our communications!
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 14:00
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Hi all,
We’ll be working on a new UVic Sustainability website and social media strategy over the next few months.
Before we start, we’d love to get your input on what you’d like to see improved on our website by answering a few questions on this online questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HWB9WY8
Many thanks!
Rita, Zoe and Matt
Office of Campus Planning & Sustainability
University of Victoria
[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of June 17th
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 11:00
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NEWS
Canadian Ocean Awareness Student Network
Be sure to stay tuned to the new Canadian Ocean Awareness Student Network (COASTNet) that has just officially launched. The organization, founded by UVic Alumni Ely Davidson, seeks to unite Canadian students and researchers in conversation around ocean science, encouraging interdisciplinary learning and collaboration to promote more healthy and sustainable oceans. Also have a look at their Facebook page: and follow their Twitter @COASTNet Canada.
Upcoming Enbridge Decision
On the radar for many this week is the Federal Governments’ upcoming decision on the future of the Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline project, which is scheduled for release this afternoon. The company’s plan to build a $7.9 billion pipeline, and related increases in oil tanker traffic, is fraught with contention and widespread resistance in communities in both the interior and coastal regions...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of June 17th
Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 June 2014 11:00
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Social Justice Film Night presents:
"MANDELA AND FIDEL"
By Estella BravoMandela visited Cuba in 1991, a year after being released from prison, and met Fidel Castro then. That was the beginning of a close friendship between two exceptional men of our era, a friendship which was renewed in each of their many meetings and wound up with an embrace and the exclamation “My brother!”. "REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE" By Beth Geglia and Jesse Freeston
An inspiring film about a community that got...
[coalalert] Campell River Mirror: " COAL DRILLING PROPOSAL MAKES RESIDENTS NERVOUS"
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- Published on Saturday, 14 June 2014 11:00
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[coalalert] CV ECHO COAL ARTICLE
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- Published on Friday, 13 June 2014 11:40
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[evoz] June 16 4:00 pm- Oppose healthcare cuts for refugees
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- Published on Thursday, 12 June 2014 13:00
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On behalf of REACH (Refugee’s Equal Access to Canadian Healthcare) please see our poster for the upcoming National Day of Action on Monday, June 16th at 4:00pm at the corner of Douglas and Fort. Access our Facebook page for the poster: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308148379347471&set=a.240703966091913.1073741828.237338483095128&type=1&theater We hope you can join us!
The Glue That Holds Us All Together By Vacy Vlazna
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 10:40
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The Glue that holds Us Together by Vacy Viazna
http://www.countercurrents.org/vlazna050614.htm
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