http://www.reginalibrary.ca/calendar/week.php?cid=7&catid=8&wd=0&m=1&w=3...

Pig Business (76 minutes, 2009)  In English and Polish

Four years ago, seasoned campaigner, eco-warrior and mother of three Tracy Worcester set out to discover who was paying the true price for the cheap imported pork for sale in Britain`s supermarkets. Documenting her investigation into intensive pig farming and the damaging impact it is having on the quality of our food, the environment, and the health and welfare of agricultural communities, True Stories: Pig Business follows the filmmaker as she infiltrates farms in Europe and America and confronts the biggest firm in the pig business. The film reveals that these huge meat factories overcrowd and mistreat the animals, put small farmers out of business, and pollute the water and air, endangering the health of local residents and consumers.

http://www.uregina.ca/cgi-bin/WebEvent3.05/cals/webevent.cgi/webevent.cg...

Friday, January 15, 2010

PoliSci lecture: Green Leviathan Reborn? Authoritarianism and the Contradictions of Ecological Crisis

Department of Political Science
Presents

“Green Leviathan Reborn? Authoritarianism and the Contradictions of Ecological Crisis.”

Dr. Simon Enoch

Friday, January 15, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Classroom Building – Room 431

Abstract:

Both corporate and government responses to
ecological crisis are increasingly taking on an authoritarian and militaristic tone. Liberal
democracy is thought to be too fragile and too cumbersome to ensure the continued viability of
the human environment. To combat this, it is urgent that we understand the essential
relationship between democracy and true ecological sustainability. Failure to do so
leaves us ill-prepared as citizens to defend against those that would seek to impose
authoritarian solutions as the only viable response to ecological crisis.

Biography:

Simon Enoch is the Director of the Saskatchewan
Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. He holds a BA Honours in Political
Science from the University of Regina, a Masters in Labour Studies from McMaster University and a
PhD in Communication & Culture from Ryerson University.

All are welcome

More info:
Contact the Department of Political Science
585-4206

According to the Western Producer, western Canadian farmers use 12,000-16,000 grain bags every year, mostly in Saskatchewan. Each of these weighs between 135 and 315 kg. Add to that the twine, silage bags, bale wrap and there's a lot of agricultural plastic out there. Farmers have few choices (most of them bad) for handling this material. Various groups have been calling for action, looking for more environmentally responsible solutions. 

The Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council is hosting a workshop on Options for Recycling Agricultural Plastics
    Wednesday, January 20th, 9:30a.m. - 3:00p.m.
    at the Confederation Inn in Saskatoon. 
The program includes:
    -Trends in Ag Plastics in Saskatchewan
    -Alberta’s Ag Plastic Recycling Pilot Program — Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
    -The Pesticide Container Recycling Program—how it works and what we can learn from it — Barry Friesen, CleanFARMS
    -Who wants ag plastic? We do — Bevan May, The Plastics Place
    -The Moose Jaw Watershed Ag Plastics Recycling Pilot — Tammy Myers, Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards (tentative)
    -Discussion/Interactive Session -Collection options; -Financing options; -How to move forward

This is an opportunity for people concerned about agricultural plastics to have input and work on a solution together. 

More details are included in the attached registration form. To register, open the file, fill in the form and submit by email (use the 'submit' button in the top right-hand corner of the file), or fax the completed form to 306-665-2128. Please feel free to forward this email.  

Martha Hollinger

SWRC(306) 931-3242

Dear RCE members,

The RCE has been invited to present a brief to the Legislative Committee inquiry on how to best meet Saskatchewan's growing demand for energy, as a follow-up to the UDP public consultations. The second set of hearings are being held in January, and the RCE has been asked to present on the afternoon of January 28.

We are inviting all members to contribute their thoughts to the brief. I would request that submissions be completed by January 21 to leave ample time for editing. We have set up a wiki for this task: http://saskenergyalternatives.wikispaces.com/ that Curt Schroeder is managing. To add your information, click "Edit" in the upper right hand corner of the webpage and enter your content.  Permission is set to "Public" right now, which means anyone can read and edit the document. It would be extremely helpful if you could include literature references that back up your information.

I see that there has been some activity on the site, so I thank those who have contributed to date, and look forward to the additional information that members provide.

My best wishes,

Tanya Dahms

Co-coordinator, Health and Healthy Lifestyles

Student Researchers Peta White and Tim Macaig met with Roger Petry at Luther Cafeteria.

http://www.pacificpermaculture.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti...

(here's a shortened URL: http://bit.ly/1SWK9X)

Ken MacLeod (Ken.MacLeod@usask.ca)is organizing a permaculture course in January:

I'm writing to give you the heads up of an upcoming Introduction to
Permaculture Course I'm organizing in Saskatoon for the weekend of
January 23/24, 2010.  Details to follow.

The instructor is Jesse Lemieux of http://www.pacificpermaculture.ca/ in
BC.  I took a 2 week intensive permaculture design certificate course
with him this summer in Alberta and it was wonderful.  So I'm bringing
him to Saskatoon to help jump start things here for the spring of 2010.

From the course website (above): Each one of these high value workshops is affordably priced at $250 and includes 12hrs of class time, 2 nutritious and delicious lunchs, coffee, tea and a copy of "Introduction to Permaculture," the must have first timers reference to everything permculture.

I think that you could contact Ken (above) if you are interested.  Is there enough interest to also have a workshop in Regina?

http://www.pacificpermaculture.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti...

(here's a shortened URL: http://bit.ly/1SWK9X)

Ken MacLeod (Ken.MacLeod@usask.ca)is organizing a permaculture course in January:

I'm writing to give you the heads up of an upcoming Introduction to
Permaculture Course I'm organizing in Saskatoon for the weekend of
January 23/24, 2010.  Details to follow.

The instructor is Jesse Lemieux of http://www.pacificpermaculture.ca/ in
BC.  I took a 2 week intensive permaculture design certificate course
with him this summer in Alberta and it was wonderful.  So I'm bringing
him to Saskatoon to help jump start things here for the spring of 2010.

From the course website (above): Each one of these high value workshops is affordably priced at $250 and includes 12hrs of class time, 2 nutritious and delicious lunchs, coffee, tea and a copy of "Introduction to Permaculture," the must have first timers reference to everything permculture.

I think that you could contact Ken (above) if you are interested.  Is there enough interest to also have a workshop in Regina?

Dr. Joel Westheimer from the University of Ottawa will be delivering a
free public lecture to the university and broader community on Monday,
January 25th, 2010 3:30pm-4:45pm Education Auditorium (U of R) on the
topic of social justice, citizenship, and democracy.  His talk is
provocatively entitled: “No Child Left Thinking: Democracy at Risk in
Canadian Schools” .  

Dr. Westheimer’s bio:
Dr. Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in the Sociology of
Education and Professor of Education at the University of Ottawa. He is
co-founder and executive director of Democratic Dialogue,
(www.democraticdialogue.com). Westheimer teaches, researches, and
writes on democratic engagement, social justice, activism, service
learning, and community in education. He has published books such as
Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools
(2007) which Teacher Magazine called “this year's most important
education book,” What Kind of Citizen? Schools, Civic Education, and
the Promise of Democracy (forthcoming, 2009), and Among Schoolteachers
(1998). He also publishes widely in newspapers, magazines and scholarly
journals and addresses radio and television audiences on shows such as
Good Morning America, More to Life, The Agenda, NBC TV News, C-Span,
NPR, and CBC radio.  Westheimer has received numerous awards including:
the 2009 Canadian Education Association’s Whitworth Award; an award
for Education Research that honours an individual or research
collaboration (research team or organization) who has made a noteworthy
contribution to educational research in Canada, the Daniel E. Griffiths
Award for Excellence in Education Research, the Jason Millman Award, and
Outstanding Research of the Year Award from the American Political
Science Association’s Division on Teaching and Learning.  In 2005, he
was named John Glenn Service Learning Scholar for Social Justice by the
John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy.

Richard Littlemore at the U of R, Classroom Building 126

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291625111296

Richard Littlemore
* co-author of "Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming"
* lead writer and editor of http://www.desmogblog.com

in Regina on Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"Miscommunicating Science: Public Relations Perversions from Tobacco to
Climate Change"
Classroom Building 126, 3:30pm
presented by the Faculty of Science and the School of Journalism, 
Faculty of Arts

Richard Littlemore will talk about the use of public relations to 
create fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the health hazards of 
tobacco and the existence of climate change.  He will tell us how 
public relations helped powerful interests to overwhelm scientific 
evidence in the climate change debate and derail action on climate change.

Richard Littlemore spent 20 years as writer and editor at some of Canada's
most influential papers. (Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun)  He then moved to a
freelance career as an award winning magazine writer, consultant and speech
writer. He wrote the David Suzuki Foundation's first information package on
global warming. Richard is a strategist and senior writer at James Hoggan
and Associates.

Mr. Littlemore will also be speaking at the Selam Ethiopian 
Restaurant, 2115 Broad Street at 7pm, presented by Clean Green Regina and
the Regina Public Interest Research Group.

Praise for Climate Cover-Up:

"Climate Cover-Up documents one of the most disgusting stories ever hidden
about corporate disinformation." 
- David Suzuki

"a convincing and riveting tale of conspiracy." 
- review in *Nature*, the international weekly journal of science 

"A compelling, sometimes chilling explanation of how public safety has
been sacrificed on the altar of private interest." 
- Chris Mooney, U.S. journalist

More details to follow, but Richard Littlemore will be on campus at U of R on February 3 @ 3pm in CL126.

Event on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=297106125210&index=1

Climate change deniers have had free rein in Saskatchewan for too long, creating doubt about climate change. Find out more about the climate change denial industry. The who, how and why- Richard Littlemore connects all the dots.

Richard Littlemore, co-author of Climate Change Cover-Up, will be speaking in Regina. We are honoured to have him here.

WHERE-Selam Ethiopian Restaurant 2115 Broad St.
WHEN- Wednesday Feb.3/2010
TIME- 7-9 PM
COST- free event
Food and drink, as well as a buffet will be available for purchase
       Sponsored by Clean Green Regina and Regina Public Interest Research Group

Richard Littlemore spent 20 years as writer and editor at some of Canada’s most influential papers. (Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun)  He then moved to a freelance career as an award winning magazine writer, consultant and speech writer. He wrote the David Suzuki Foundation’s first information package on global warming. Richard is lead writer and editor of the climate change blog DeSmogBlog.com as well as strategist and senior writer at James Hoggan and Associates.