Corner Brook Climate Change Adaptation Workshop – January 19th

The City would like to encourage residents to attend an upcoming workshop on climate change related issues.  This workshop is part of the pilot phase of a project, Enhancing Community Adaptation to Climate Change, which involves six communities in Newfoundland, including Corner Brook. It takes place Wednesday Jan 19th, 2011 from 9-11:30 AM (daytime session) and 7-9 PM (evening session) at the Pepsi Centre, Conference Room #1.

The workshop will be led by a facilitator who will help guide workshop participants through examining concerns, opportunities and adaptation options related to slope movement issues and climate change.  During the workshop, participants will be asked to think about and discuss slope movement issues facing Corner Brook. This includes the location of slope issues; vulnerable residents, infrastructure and economic sectors; environmental impacts; and adaptation choices and priorities.

This workshop is being held as part of a project partnership between the City of Corner Brook, the Department of Geography at Memorial University, the Department of Environment and Conservation, Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador, and Professional Municipal Administrators.

To RSVP please call Melanie Irvine (709-746-8859) or e-mail mela_irvine@yahoo.ca. For more information please call 637-1620 or visit www.cornerbrook.com.

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE – All Are Welcome

January meeting of the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

“Lessons Learned?” A presentation by Dr. Bill Montevecchi, a specialist in animal behaviour at Memorial University, will be followed by discussion among attendees.

Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 7:30 p. m. at the MUN Botanical Garden on Mt. Scio Road

Are there lessons for us in the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico?  Did you know that while that deep water well was spewing oil, a well was being drilled off our coast in water more than a kilometre deeper?  That was Chevron’s Orphan Basin exploration well.

What would happen if we had a major oil spill or leak in our waters, offshore or inshore?  Are we prepared?  Can we really prepare for a deep-ocean disaster?

For further information, contact Rita E. Anderson, Past-president, 864-8771

ACAP Humber Arm’s next Coastal Matters speakers series will be a presentation by the Kevin Power of Environment Canada. Mr. Power has titled his presentation Proposed Federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations Update. An abstract for the presentation can be found below.

The presentation will take place 12:30 – 1:30pm, Thurs Feb 17th in Room 301 of the Library Building, Grenfell Campus. There will be a question and answer session following the presentation.

Coastal Matters presentations are free of charge and open to the public. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Tea and coffee will be available.

Please help us promote this event by forwarding this email to your contacts and/or printing off the attached poster to display at your place of employment.

ABSTRACT FOR KEVIN POWER, ENVIRONMENT CANADA PRESENTATION
Proposed Federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations Update
In March, 2010 the Government of Canada published proposed regulations for Wastewater Systems Effluents under the Fisheries Act in Canada Gazette Part I for public review and comment. These proposed Regulations would apply to any land-based wastewater system in Canada which discharges effluents to fish bearing surface waters. The Regulations will require such systems to meet national effluent treatment standards and owners/ operators would be required to report on their performance. Implementation of these new national standards will require significant public investment in upgrading existing infrastructure and will be applied in timeframes based on a priority risk reduction approach. It is anticipated that these Regulations will be passed into law in 2011.

The Hometown Heroes Award Program is rewarding environmental leaders (individuals, groups and organizations) who foster meaningful, long–term community awareness and action. Heroes can win one of three Hometown Heroes Awards and a $10 000 prize. Heroes must be nominated by February 28th, 2011 at www.earthday.ca/hometown.

The Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program is awarding twenty $5 000 scholarships to graduating Canadian high school and CEGEP students entering their first year of post-secondary studies—regardless of their chosen field of study. Students must apply by January 31st, 2011 at http://www.earthday.ca/scholarship/.

The Home Depot Canada Foundation and Evergreen are pleased to offer the Rebuilding Nature Grant Program to support environmental stewardship projects in communities across Canada.

The Rebuilding Nature Grant Program will provide community groups with grants of $1,000, $3,000 or $12,000 – plus $2,000 in The Home Depot gift cards – to cover the costs of tools and equipment, native plants and trees, and other expenses.

The Rebuilding Nature Grant Program is available to Canadian community groups whose project site is located in a community where The Home Depot has a retail presence. Applications must be received in our office by February 11, 2011. Please see the Application Guide for more details.

Download the Application and Guide.

NLEE* is pleased to be partnering with the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association and the Canadian Teachers Federation to present a free webinar on the ImagineAction program.  The webinar will take place next Wednesday, January 19th at 3:30pm.

ImagineAction is a unique new program that seeks to bring together students, teachers and community experts to create action projects around issues of sustainability in our communities through a creative granting program.

While teachers apply for the funding for projects in their school, they work with community partners to implement their projects. Community groups can participate in the ImagineAction program by registering their interest on the website as an “expert” and by engaging with schools in their community to implement projects.  This one hour webinar, for teachers and educators in the broader community, will introduce the foundations behind the ImagineAction program and its themes and give a local context to how we can implement it here.  Please follow the link for more information or to register:  https://www.nlta.nl.ca/imagineaction_webinar

 *NLEE: Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Educators

Join CSC for two new learning sessions on innovation

 Free Webinars and Teleconference Sessions

» What makes an organization innovative? Is yours?
» Looking for new ways of working and generating ideas?
» Wondering how to encourage staff and volunteers to be more creative?
» Interested in hearing about local success?

Join CSC (from the comfort of your home or office!) for two new learning sessions that will get your creative juices flowing and help you plant the seeds of innovation in your community organization.

Join CSC for two new learning sessions on innovation

Free Webinars and Teleconference Sessions

» What makes an organization innovative? Is yours?
» Looking for new ways of working and generating ideas?
» Wondering how to encourage staff and volunteers to be more creative?
» Interested in hearing about local success?

Join CSC (from the comfort of your home or office!) for two new learning sessions that will get your creative juices flowing and help you plant the seeds of innovation in your community organization.  Download the flyer…

Part 1
Innovation in Practice
Hear more local success stories and get practical tips on how to encourage your staff, board and volunteers to generate new ideas and be more innovative. Online resources will help you begin fostering an innovative culture in your own organization!

The Facilitator for this session is Bettina Ford and guest speakers include Ken Kavanagh from the Community Centre Alliance and Ruth MacDonald from CSC.

When?

January 26, 2011 Webinar from 1 to 2 pm NST (Newfoundland Standard Time)
high speed Internet, speakers and/or headset required

OR

January 27, 2011 Teleconference from 1 to 2 pm NST (Newfoundland Standard Time)

telephone access only

PART TWO: Creating a Culture of Innovation in Your Organisation