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RCE Saskatchewan is hosting the second annual recognition award event in Humboldt\, Thursday\, December 3\, 2009 at the Multi-Purpose Complex on the west side of town (17th St. and Centennial Park).
Agenda\:
For more information\, go here.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T125853Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091203T191500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091203T203000Z UID:http://www.saskrce.ca/content/rce-gathering-humboldt-sk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.saskrce.ca/content/rce-gathering-humboldt-sk SUMMARY:RCE Gathering\, Humboldt\, SK DESCRIPTION:RCE Saskatchewan wishes to invite you to attend the annual RCE Saskatchewan Gathering. It will commence at 1\:15 p.m.on Thursday\, December 3\, 2009\, at the Uniplex\, 17th St. and Centennial Park in Humboldt\, Saskatchewan (west side of Humboldt\; see map on Recognition Event Website\: http\://www.saskrce.ca/RecognitionProgram/). The meeting is expected to conclude at 2\:30 pm.
The gathering will commence after the RCE's Recognition Celebration taking place on the morning of December 3\, 2009 (recognition reception commencing at 10\:00 a.m.). The RCE Recognition Celebration has had a very good response. If you plan to attend the Recognition Celebration and lunch prior to the meeting we would appreciate if you could R.S.V.P. at your earliest convenience (see below) so we are aware of numbers attending. At the gathering we will have an opportunity to discuss the year's activities and future opportunities to move the RCE forward to meet your interests in Education for Sustainable Development. For a detailed agenda of the afternoon event please see attached.
To R.S.V.P. please send an e-mail to Curt Schroeder at schroederc@SIAST.SK.CA with \\"RCE Gathering\\" in the subject line with the names of those attending. Please include the e-mail address that you would like to be contacted at if it is different from your sending address. Those who are not receiving a recognition award may be expected to pay a charge for lunch depending on overall numbers attending.
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I've included the text (below) from 2 articles in the Globe and Mail\:
http\://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/is-eating-local-worth-it/article1390549/
and
http\://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/professors-square-off-on-local-food/article1390546/
The event is linked from the bottom of the first article.
Best regards\,
Daryl
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Daryl H. Hepting\, Ph.D.
Associate Professor \;* Computer Science Department * CW 308.22
University of Regina * Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada S4S 0A2
dhh@cs.uregina.ca \; \; \; \;* \;http\://www.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting
tel\: (306) 585-5210 \;* fax\: (306) 585-4745 * cell\: (306) 596-6312
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Join us Monday\, Dec. 7 at noon EST as Professor Pierre Desrochers takes your questions on the benefits of eating local. In Saturday's Globe and Mail\, Global Food Reporter Jessica Leeder wrote about Prof. Desrochers' argument that eating local isn't the best way for Canadians to reduce their carbon footprint\:
\\"It doesn't make sense to have cattle ranges in Southern Ontario where the land can be better used to produce tomatoes or cucumbers\,\\" Prof. Desrochers points out. \\"You end up destroying more jobs by buying uncompetitive local food than the number of jobs you create in the process.\\"
As Ms. Leeder writes\, Prof. Desrochers' \\"food-miles calculus has made him persona non grata all the way from his Mississauga campus to Queen's Park\, which is in the midst of pushing local food into Ontario's prisons\, hospitals and schools.\\"
Whether you agree with Prof. Desrochers or not\, it's a provocative argument. Return to this page on Monday at noon to participate in the discussion with Prof. Desrochers\, or leave a question in advance using our Comment function below
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Sarah Wakefield is a professor in the department of geography at the University of Toronto. Her current research focuses on sustainable food systems\, with projects investigating food localism and the role of community service organizations and municipal governments in creating local food security.
Misunderstood food miles
Desrochers Food miles are a marketing fad … which distorts the environmental impacts of agricultural production\, the affordability\, energy consumption and environmental impact of modern food production.
Wakefield Food miles are only one tool to help consumers see the “big picture” of food production and distribution. …The activists I know would like to see the existing food system transformed into something more environmentally sustainable and socially just. Local food is seen as a part of that transformation\, not the ultimate goal.
The road less travelled
Desrochers The distance travelled by a product between producer and consumer is not indicative of the relative “cost” to the environment as expressed in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The greatest volume of emissions are often incurred during food production or transport between shop and home in the country of consumption.
Flying versus driving
Desrochers A UK consumer driving six miles to buy Kenyan green beans emits more carbon per bean than flying them from Kenya to the United Kingdom. Driving a car to and from the retailers to purchase food contributes 48 per cent of vehicle miles and 13 per cent of CO2 emissions associated with food purchases\, according to one U.S. study.
To grow near\, or far?
Desrochers Growing locally out of season (in greenhouses\, for example) can be more environmentally damaging than importing foods over long distances from producers that use low-carbon technologies.
Wakefield These three points all riff on the same theme\: Namely\, that food miles are not the only consideration when assessing the environmental impact of the food we eat. It makes sense to pay attention to personal travel to and from shops\, and to reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions where possible. It also makes sense to buy food with the lowest possible environmental impact. However\, … information about the conditions under which food is produced is hard to come by. When consumers buy local\, they can be confident that the environmental and health standards for their region were met. And they can work with farmers and regulators to change things they don't like\, something that is far more difficult in a globalized food system.
Buying local hurts
Desrochers A misplaced emphasis on transported distance from producers to retailers as a sustainability indicator will hurt the development of more distant\, poorer economies and therefore hurt their capacity to devote more resources to environmental protection.
Wakefield Literally millions of small-scale subsistence farmers have been displaced by export-oriented corporate agriculture. No longer able to feed themselves\, they – and their nations – increasingly rely on food purchased in the global marketplace. This can have disastrous consequences when food prices fluctuate.
ONLINE DISCUSSION\: Join us Monday\, Dec. 7 at noon EST as Prof. Desrochers takes your questions about local food
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University of Regina’s Physics Student Society
HOSTS NO IMPACT MAN HOLIDAY SCREENING SPECTACULAR
Regina is One of Many Communities Across North America
Hosting a Screening to Promote Buying Less This Holiday Season
On December 7\, as the holiday season approaches and the UN Climate Change Conference takes place in Copenhagen\, students of the University of Regina will be gathering together for a pre-DVD release screening of the No Impact Man documentary and a discussion about not-shopping. The Physics Student Society screening is one of dozens taking place across the nation this week.
Light refreshments will be served after the film. Help us reduce our impact by bringing your own reusable cup.
This event is open to the public.
Reserve your free e-ticket at http\://bit.ly/3WDmB1
Registered event-goers will also receive a free e-toolkit full of tips for lowering their environmental impact during the holidays.
About the Film\:
Trailer\: http\://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fITT6rVPds
No Impact Man\, an Oscilloscope film\, tells the story of Colin Beavan’s decision to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for a full year. It means eating vegetarian\, buying only local food\, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators\, no television\, no cars\, buses\, or airplanes\, no toxic cleaning products\, no electricity\, no material consumption\, and no garbage. No problem – at least for Colin – but he and his family live in Manhattan. So when his espresso-guzzling\, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray\, the No Impact Project has an unforeseen impact of its own.
The national screenings are facilitated by the No Impact Project\, an organization founded by Colin Beavan following his no impact year\, and the Center For a New American Dream\, an organization that helps North Americans consume more responsibly.
For additional information\, please contact Janice Cotcher (cotcherj@uregina.ca)
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Here is the list of events in North America - Mortlach is listed.
Does anyone else have an event that could be listed?
http\://www.slowfood.com/terramadreday/pagine/eng/mappa.lasso?-id_area=00...
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Best regards\,
Daryl
Hello\,
On December 9\, 2009 from noon til 4PM\, Hollyhock Market Natural Foods in Mortlach will be sponsoring their first Terra Madre Day Celebration (Eat Local Day). Terra Madre is an offshoot of the international Slowfood.com\, and to our knowledge\, we are the only Saskatchewan event registered to date. Tickets for the event are $12 at the door (or by pre-registration at 355-2201) and will include 4 tokens that can be used towards the different food stations. Extra tokens will be available for purchase. We have invited a number of our producers to attend\; \; they will be discussing
aspects of their operation as well as perhaps having food samples and products available for sale.
Hollyhock Market is a new natural foods market committed to supporting local producers as much as possible\, and to helping consumers make informed choices about where their food originates.
We would love it if you would pass this email and information along to anyone in your network who might be interested in the concept of a \\"Local Food Day\\".
We would love to answer any questions anyone may have. We can be reached at the store 355-2201 or at home 756-2201 or 631-7513.
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Thank so much for your interest in local food production!
Lois and Clayton Jack
Hollyhock Market
Mortlach
355-2201
Saturday December 12 at 12\:18 pm
Victoria Park\, downtown \;Regina
Featuring Music — Speakers - Ideas
It is important for politicians to know that there is support to work towards lowering emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere\, especially in \;Saskatchewan. \; If you have a chance maybe you could attend one. \; Countdown to \;Copenhagen \;- \;Regina \;Rally for Climate JUSTICE! \; A new climate treaty is being negotiated at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in \;Copenhagen\, \;Denmark \;from December 7 to 18\, 2009. Civil society is calling for a fair\, ambitious and binding climate change agreement that cuts greenhouse gas emissions NOW. Join \;in \;solidarity with millions of people worldwide on this day of ACTION and send a message to world leaders that a deal must be reached! Be a part of the call for climate JUSTICE! An unprecedented global alliance of civil society organizations\, trade unions\, faith groups and citizens calling for a fair\, ambitious and binding climate change agreement. Fair includes reducing developed country emissions by at least 4 by 2020\, enabling and supporting poor countries to adapt to the climate crisis\, reduce their emissions and ensure technology sharing while protecting marginalized communities in both rich and poor countries. Ambitious includes ensuring that global greenhouse emissions peak no later than 2017 and then decline steeply on a pathway to ensure concentrations at less than 35Uppm ( in the atmosphere as soon as possible\, and creating a pathway to dean\, green jobs and clean energy for all. Binding includes agreeing to a legally binding international agreement that can be verified and enforced. For more information visit \;http\://kyotoplus.org \; \; The KYOTOPIus public engagement campaign is asking for an urgent solution to the global warming crisis. It is a national\, non-partisan\, petition-centred campaign dedicated to improving \;Canada’s c change policies. Their petition states that “global warming is the greatest threat to life on earth. Entire populations and ecosystems are threatened by devastating impacts such as drought\, heat waves\, fires\, floods\, storms and rising sea levels. Scientists have warned the United Nations that only urgent action can avert uncontrollable\, runaway climate change. In addition\, green solutions will create thousands of jobs and build a strong economy.” The campaign asks the Government of Canada to act now to make climate change our highest priority. To sign onto the petition visit \;http\://kyotoplus.ca. Canada \;now stands out as one of the last major industrialized countries opposed to targets for deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and one of the biggest blockers of climate change negotiations. Today\, \;Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions are approximately 3 higher than the \;Kyoto \;target. Let’s change that in \;Copenhagen
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Sunday\, December 13 at 03\:00 PM
Place\: \;3025 13th Avenue\, \;Regina\, \;Canada
Host\: \;Westminster \;United Church
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It is important for politicians to know that there is support to work towards lowering emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere\, especially in \;Saskatchewan. \; If you have a chance maybe you could attend one. \; Countdown to \;Copenhagen \;- \;Regina \;Rally for Climate JUSTICE! \; A new climate treaty is being negotiated at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in \;Copenhagen\, \;Denmark \;from December 7 to 18\, 2009. Civil society is calling for a fair\, ambitious and binding climate change agreement that cuts greenhouse gas emissions NOW. Join \;in \;solidarity with millions of people worldwide on this day of ACTION and send a message to world leaders that a deal must be reached! Be a part of the call for climate JUSTICE! An unprecedented global alliance of civil society organizations\, trade unions\, faith groups and citizens calling for a fair\, ambitious and binding climate change agreement. Fair includes reducing developed country emissions by at least 4 by 2020\, enabling and supporting poor countries to adapt to the climate crisis\, reduce their emissions and ensure technology sharing while protecting marginalized communities in both rich and poor countries. Ambitious includes ensuring that global greenhouse emissions peak no later than 2017 and then decline steeply on a pathway to ensure concentrations at less than 35Uppm ( in the atmosphere as soon as possible\, and creating a pathway to dean\, green jobs and clean energy for all. Binding includes agreeing to a legally binding international agreement that can be verified and enforced. For more information visit \;http\://kyotoplus.org \; \; The KYOTOPIus public engagement campaign is asking for an urgent solution to the global warming crisis. It is a national\, non-partisan\, petition-centred campaign dedicated to improving \;Canada’s c change policies. Their petition states that “global warming is the greatest threat to life on earth. Entire populations and ecosystems are threatened by devastating impacts such as drought\, heat waves\, fires\, floods\, storms and rising sea levels. Scientists have warned the United Nations that only urgent action can avert uncontrollable\, runaway climate change. In addition\, green solutions will create thousands of jobs and build a strong economy.” The campaign asks the Government of Canada to act now to make climate change our highest priority. To sign onto the petition visit \;http\://kyotoplus.ca. Canada \;now stands out as one of the last major industrialized countries opposed to targets for deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and one of the biggest blockers of climate change negotiations. Today\, \;Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions are approximately 3 higher than the \;Kyoto \;target. Let’s change that in \;Copenhagen
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