NLEN E-Update: May 24, 2011

Upcoming Events

May 15-June 15, 2011
Take Pride Take Action Spring Clean-Up
St. John’s

May 25, 2011 9:00 PM
GreenTeacher.com Webinar: “Green Craft-Making”
Webinar

May 26, 2011 12:30 PM
Coastal Matters speaker’s series: Storage / Demand Analysis for Blue Gulch Watershed – A Case Study
Lecture Theatre at College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook

May 27-June 5, 2011
Feather & Folk Nature Festival
Various locations, Codroy Valley and Port au Port Peninsula

May 28-29, 2011
Nature Conservancy of Canada annual birding weekend in the Codroy Valley
Wetlands Building, Upper Ferry

May 28-29, 2011
East Coast Trail Spring Gear Swap
The Outfitters, 220 Water St., St. John’s

May 28, 2011 10:30 AM
Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club Ecosystem Field Trip: “Air, Water, Earth & Fire”
Birch Brook Nordic trails , Happy Valley-Goose Bay

May 28, 2011 12:00 PM
Spring Flower Show at the Botanical Garden
MUN Botanical Garden, St. John’s

May 28, 2011 1:30 PM
“May Flowers” at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium!
Suncor Energy Fluvarium, St. John’s

May 29, 2011 10:00 AM
Signs of Spring Family Program
MUN Botanical Garden, St. John’s

May 30, 2011 9:00 PM
GreenTeacher.com Webinar: “Greening Education with Courage and Compassion”
Webinar

May 31, 2011 7:00 PM
River Ranger Training – Northeast Avalon region
Community Room Dominion Store, Lake Avenue, St. John’s

June 1, 2011 10:30 am
Arbor Day
Bowring Park, St. John’s

June 1, 2011 11:00 am
Arbor Day
Confederation Hill, St. John’s

June 3-5, 2011
Striking a Balance: Growth and Watershed Protection on the Avalon Peninsula
Circle Square Ranch Manuels

June 4, 2011
11th East Coast Trail Tely Hike
Kinsmen Centre, Torbay

June 4, 2011 10:30 AM
Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club Ecosystem Field Trip: “Elementary, My Dear Watson”
Birch Brook Nordic trails , Happy Valley-Goose Bay

June 8-11, 2011
Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) 2011 National Conference
University of Regina, Regina, SK

June 11, 2011 9:00 am
Plastic bag clean-up on Sugarloaf Path section of East Coast Trail
Sugarloaf Path, East Coast Trail, NL

June 11, 2011 9:00 AM
Junior Forest Wardens 16th Annual Tree Sale
Forest Ecology Centre, 204 Brookfield Road, St. John’s, NL

June 11, 2011 10:00 am
World Oceans Day 2011 Free Family Event
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John’s, NL

June 11, 2011 10:30 AM
Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club Ecosystem Field Trip: “And They’re Off!!”
Birch Brook Nordic trails , Happy Valley-Goose Bay

June 16, 2011
10th Annual Seniors’ Day at MUN Botanical Garden
MUN Botanical Gardens, St. John’s, NL

June 18, 2011 10:30 AM
Birch Brook Nordic Ski Club Ecosystem Field Trip: “A Season for Everything”
Birch Brook Nordic trails , Happy Valley-Goose Bay

July 4-8, 2011
Kids @ MUN: Enviro-Kids Summer Camp is back! (ages 5-8)
St. John’s, NL

August 8-12, 2011
Kids @ MUN: Enviro-Kids Summer Camp is back! — Eco-Island (ages 9-12)
St. John’s, NL

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Opportunities: Employment, Internships, Funding & Volunteering

Connect: Individuals with environmental sensitivities

Employment: Community Garden Outreach Coordinator (Deadline: May 26)

Employment: GREEN TEAM POSITIONS (8 weeks) – Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador (Deadline: Ongoing)

Volunteer: River Ranger Program (Northeast Avalon ACAP)

Action

Fundraising Campaign: East Coast Trail “Tely Hike” and Team Fundraising Campaign

Fundraising Campaign: Children’s Wish Foundation & Ever Green Recycling Greenest Office Challenge 2011

Seeking partners to help GREEN upcoming international conference

Contest: YEA! digital photography contest (Deadline for submissions: May 31)

Contest: Canadian Wildlife Federation video contest: Water’s Worth It! (Deadline for entries: June 1)

Resources: Publications, Websites, Newsletters and more

News Review  (May 16 – 24)

NLEN Member Organisations:
CPAWS: Scientists call on Canada to strictly protect at least 30% of its oceans

Provincial Government news releases:

Environmental Assessment Bulletin
Investments Support a Rapidly Growing Aquaculture Industry

News releases from NL opposition parties:
Only full disclosure at PUB will do, says Jones (Liberals NL)

In the media: News, Commentary, Letters to the Editor & Podcast
Iceberg alley influx (The Telegram)
Minister to ask for review of uranium mining moratorium in Labrador (The Telegram)
Aquaculture workforce gets financial boost from province (The Telegram)
Labrador-island transmission link environmental studies continuing (The Telegram)
The dangers of a Muskrat Falls albatross (The Telegram)
Ship mishap raises red flag for Placentia mayor (CBC- NL)
St. John’s aims for massive expansion (CBC-NL)
$3M to end Clarke’s Beach boil water advisory (CBC- NL)
VIDEO: Land and Sea goes to Conne River
(CBC- NL)
Controversy over Memorial University’s new partnership with IOC (TheIndepedent.ca)
The St. John’s Farmer’s Market growing steady (TheIndepedent.ca)
Rolling in the deep (TheIndepedent.ca)

Camping in Newfoundland (TheIndepedent.ca)
Alien invaders all around us (TheIndepedent.ca)

CBC NL Podcasts:Labrador Morning Show:
May 24, 2011 – Nunatsiavut – Uranium Moratorium – Review Process to begin this fall
May 24, 2011 – Handling Expansion in Labrador City
May 13, 2011 – Lower Churchill Hearings – Closing Remarks -Grand River Keeper

West Coast Morning Show:
Otto Goulding: Waste Management
Life Under the Sea
Don Downer: Waste Management
May19/11:/Kieth Cormier_SPAWN

Central Morning Show:
May 18, 2011: Today we talk with long-time sealer Jack Troake about how he sees the future of the seal fishery shaping up.

St. John’s Morning Show:
15-Minute Clean Up: Virginia Park Elementary and CNA Clarenville
Kenmount Road / Southlands development

On the Go
Guest host Maggie Gillis speaks with Randy Murphy, president of the East Coast Trail Association, about a  development proposal at Ragged Beach, Witless Bay.