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Kids Club Program for May at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium: “The 3Rs in Nature”

“The 3Rs in Nature”

Kids Club Program for May at The Suncor Energy Fluvarium

 

There is no such thing as garbage in nature … plants and animals can recycle everything they use!  Discover how caddisflies borrow from the plants to make their homes, how worms turn old plants into soil, how nothing goes to waste in nature and how we can try to be waste free too.

 

Every Saturday and Sunday from May 7-29 at 1:30pm

Program runs approx. 45-60 minutes

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

 

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!

 

Fluvarium Kids programs are complimentary with admission.

Ask about our Annual Family Pass.

 

For more information contact:

754-3474 – kids@fluvarium.ca

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Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice: SUMMER ENVIRONMENTAL DAY CAMP

SUMMER ENVIRONMENTAL DAY CAMP 

Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice, 101 Mount Scio Road invites children in Grades 2 and 3 in present school  year to attend Summer Environmental Day Camp week of June 27 – 30, 9:00 – 330 pm or  July 4 – 8, 9:00 – 2:30 pm,  and children in Grades 4 and 5 in present  year  week of   July 11-15.    Through learning made fun, participants gain a greater awareness of themselves as part of creation and of all creation as part of them.  Registration:  $60.00.  To pre-register:  email mcej@live.com or phone 722-0082.  Register early as space is limited to 10 children per week.
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Public lecture, “From Ode to Oil: Celebrating the Pine Clad Hills on a Degraded Planet”,

A free public lecture, “From Ode to Oil:  Celebrating the Pine Clad Hills on a Degraded Planet”,   sponsored by the Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice, 101 Mount Scio Road, St. John’s, NL, will be held at The Lantern, 35 Barnes Road, St. John’s  on Monday, May 9, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Speaker:  Anne Marie Dalton, Professor Emerita, Religious Studies, Saint Mary’s University 
To register or for more information please email mcej@live.com or phone 722-0082.
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Gathering Place – Mother’s Day Brunch!

The Gathering Place – Mother’s Day Brunch Poster

Good morning

Gathering Place is doing another fundraiser to help with operation costs.

Please see attached an invite to our first Mother’s Day Brunch at Gathering Place on May 8 from 11:30-2:00 PM.

If you would like to purchase tickets please call Valerie at 753-2351.

Please post in your office or meeting areas.

Please share with all of your friends.

Look forward to hearing from you.

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ANNUAL NATURENL LONG POND CLEAN-UP

ANNUAL NATURENL LONG POND CLEAN-UP
Nature Newfoundland and Labrador is holding our annual clean-up of Long Pond on Saturday, May 7, 2016, starting at 10:00 a.m. Meet  and other campus buildings). We anticipate that Clean St. John’s will supply garbage bags and collection. Volunteers should bring their own gloves and wear boots. For more information, email: naturenl@naturenl.ca

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Re-opening of Compost Demonstration Garden at MUN Botanical Garden

Hello and Happy Compost Week from MUN Botanical Garden!

Attached, please find an invitation to the re-opening of our compost demonstration garden, to be held Wednesday, May 4 at 11 am.

The re-opening will be followed by a lunchtime talk on Choice Vegetables for a Newfoundland Garden, presented by our head gardener, Carl White.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Compost Demonstration Garden_Invitation_May _2016

 

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Electric Bike Share Launch April 30th

The Electric BikeShare Project is going into it’s second season.
Come join us for the launch event:
BikeShareEvent2016
Saturday, April 30th from 10am to 2pm at Cycle Solutions.
Try a bike for a $2 donation enjoy and get into the summer spirit :). Also get a %50 off coupon towards your next rental when you try a bike this Saturday.
Gift certificates will be available for purchase at Cycle Solutions as well as Harbour Grounds starting Saturday April 30.
The perfect present for somebody.
See you on Saturday!
Your WEC crew
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Environmental Fair –

Learn more about environmental initiatives in your town and how you can help!

Date: Saturday, April 30, 2016, 10 am to 2 pm (set up at 8 am).

Location: St. Lawrence Anglican Church Hall, Portugal Cove-across from post office.

Hosted by: The Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE)

-There will be free face painting for kids, a 35 ft. Minke Whale on display and electric cars to test drive.

-Special guest appearance by Ted Blades, CBC Radio’s host of “On the Go”.

-Century Farm award presented to Mr. Tucker by The Agriculture History Society.

-Grab bags for everyone who attends

-Door Prizes