The winter is coming to an end and we can just start to see nature getting reading for spring.

But who is waking up, who is still asleep? Who is building nests, who is hunting again?

Let’s discover who is getting up and on the move despite the snow!

Saturdays & Sundays at 1:30pm
March 5 – 27, 2011
Program runs approx. 45-60 minutes

Preregistration is recommended

Fluvarium Kids Club Weekend Programs
Have you heard? Kids ages 5–10 and their families are invited to join Fluvarium Kids!

Receive updates, collect stickers, and earn a Fluvarium Kids Fresh Water Friends certificate

when you attend sessions in four different months! 

This Fluvarium Kids program is Family Fun and includes an outdoor component, game, story and craft!

Fluvarium Kids programs are complimentary with admission.
Ask about our Annual Family Pass.

For more information contact:
Denise Hennebury – 754-3474 – dhennebury@fluvarium.ca

Overview:

The full-day session hosted by the NLEN will bring together NLEN members as well as other non-member environmental organisations for a workshop aimed at professional development and networking.

The purpose of the workshop is threefold:

• build the capacity of the participants with respect to proposal writing;
• provide a forum for dialogue between participating organisations and potential funders;
• provide an opportunity for funders to promote their funding programs.

Participant registration fee: 
NLEN members: $20.00
Non-mebers: $30.00

[Note: Lunch and refreshment breaks will be provided to all participants and resource people].

Transportation subsidies for participants:
Transportation subsidies will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis exclusively to NLEN members. For those travelling by car: 15 cents/km; or 25 cents/km for the driver if carpooling with 1 or more workshop participant(s). By air: if flying within the Island, the equivalent of 15 cents/km driving mileage rate towards cost of the airline ticket; or 1/2 the cost of the airline ticket if flying from Labrador.

AGENDA

This workshop is made possible thanks to the financial support of Environment Canada.

For further information:

Chris Hogan (NLEN)
Phone: 709-753-7898  /  Email: nlen.ed@gmail.com

NL public to voice in on Lower Churchill project’s potential environmental impact. It’s coming time for the public word on Nalcor Energy’s Lower Churchill project. Registration to address the review panel during upcoming general environmental consultations closed Feb. 21. The deadline for topic-specific hearings is Feb. 25. Link to the full story from The Independent.

You are invited to view the Environmental Policy Institute’s next film on Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:00 p.m. in the Forest Centre, FC2014.  See poster below or click on  http://www.e2-series.com/ for more information.  Parking is available in area P2 directly across from the front of the Fine Arts Building.

The Geological Survey Division (NL Department of Natural Resources) is pleased to provide this reminder of tonight’s GAC-NL / PEGNL annual public lecture:   

MINERALS IN THE 21^st CENTURY: SURGING DEMAND, RESTRICTED SUPPLIES AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES by: Dr. Raymond Goldie, Vice-President, Senior Mining Analyst, Salman Partners Incorporated7:00 pm- 8:00 pm, Monday, February 21, 2011

Johnson GEO CENTRE, Signal Hill Road, St. John’s

Sponsored by the Geological Association of Canada NL Section and the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador

Reception with Cash Bar to follow.

See the attached poster for a presentation on e-waste Josh Lepawsky will be giving at the Johnson GeoCentre next Tuesday evening.

St. John’s, NL –  Unless $33,000 is raised by Friday, February 18, the Nature Conservancy of Canada will lose the fight to save 4,000 acres of land in Southwest Newfoundland and one of the largest parcels of private lands on the Island.

While over $750,000 has been raised for this massive project, the remaining $33,000 proves to be the hardest left to raise.

The urgency to protect this incredible, unique place lies in the threat of losing habitat for the threatened species, Woodland Caribou, waterfowl and migratory birds that live here uninterrupted. This opportunity represents the largest private land conservation deal in Atlantic Canada and is seen as a highly important area to protect by scientists, the conservation community, governments and private individuals.

By donating to the Grassy Place, not only will you help NCC save this incredible landscape, you will be helping save an untouched piece of Canada for all time. If NCC is successful in raising the remaining $33,000 by Friday, February 18, the property will be forever left in its natural state. If not, the property will be back on the open market and at risk for sub-division and development.

We need your help to save this amazing place.

To donate to NCC in efforts to protect the Grassy Place, call Douglas Ballam at 709.753.5540 or Alicia toll free at 1.866.319.5985.

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For stunning still photos or for interviews, please call 506.450.6010

Crystal Folkins

Communications Manager, Atlantic Region

The Nature Conservancy of Canada

924 Prospect Street, suite 180

Fredericton, NB   E3B 2T9

Tel.: 506.450.6010

Mobile: 506.292.5118

Fax: 506.450.6013

www.natureconservancy.ca/at

What are the consequences of a childhood removed from nature? One generation from now most people in North America will have spent more time in the virtual world than in nature. New media technologies have improved our lives in countless ways; information now appears with a click, overseas friends are part of our daily lives, and even grandma loves Wii.

But what are we missing when we are behind screens? And how will this impact our children, our society, and eventually, our planet?

Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Educators (NLEE) – in partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network (NLEN)  – will be hosting two FREE Connections Events to screen “Play Again” to the public.

STEPHENVILLE – CNA Main Lecture Theatre Fowlow Bldg.

Presented in partnership with the Bay St. George Sustainability Committee Monday, Feb 21st, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

CORNER BROOK – CNA Main Lecture Theatre

Presented in partnership with the Model Forest of NL Monday, Feb 28th, 7:00- 9:00 pm

Parents, teachers, youth, educators, community members – all are welcome to attend! There will be networking after the film; coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.

If you would like to arrange a screening for your workplace or to students at your school while the film is here on the West Coast, please contact margaret.mckeon@wnlsd.ca to arrange a time.

To learn more about this film, please watch the below trailers or visit: [ http://www.playagainfilm.com/ ]www.playagainfilm.com

TRAILER 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3J0szCGqk

TRAILER 2 (with David Suzuki):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erVmBIx2lUY&feature=related

For more information about the events, please contact Stephanie Simms at info@nlee.ca, or call 709-753-7848.