www.cooltruro.ca

 The fourth round of the Cool – Truro Colchester Energy Reduction Contest is underway! This year there are categories for both households and businesses, and the contest will run from December to February. Those who make the greatest reductions win some great prizes and all contestants will be invited to a recognition event in March.

The Big Cool Saturday on November 26^th will officially launch the contest. It’s a chance to learn how to cut power consumption, reduce waste and shift toward a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle. The whole event is free, and family-friendly!

The day will start with a bus trip to the Efficiency NS Demonstration Homes. Featuring some of the highest energy-efficiency options currently available in residential construction, the demonstration homes will provide the opportunity to learn how to incorporate new building techniques and products. Don’t miss out; reserve your spot on the bus.

The Green Living Fair will take place at the NSCC Cafeteria from 1 to 5 pm. There will be free locally- made snacks, hot drinks and soup; child care and activities for kids; live music; draw prizes and other giveaways. The exhibitors will be providing lots of useful information and materials, as well as giving talks. It’s sure to be a fun and interesting afternoon!

In the evening Silver Donald Cameron with Efficiency Nova Scotia will present; ‘Taking Charge: Saving Money, Making Jobs and Helping the Planet’ and Charlie A’Court will then give a free concert. The free talk and performance start at 7:00 pm at the Marigold Cultural Centre. Please use the website or get in touch to reserve your seat.

Please check out the Cool Truro – Colchester website for all of details about the contest and the Big Cool Saturday. www.cooltruro.ca  or contact Erica Brook at 305-0225 + ebrook@truro.ca

Erica Brook

Friends and members of the Living Earth Council: we’ve a public meeting planned for Thursday evening, the 20th of October from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at St. Andrew’s United Church (King St. entrance). There will be some presentations from some of the folks who are leading LEC-sponsored or related activities in our community; also see how you can get involved in making our events and activities for the coming year the best ever! The LEC is only as powerful in our community as our friends and members make it!

The following are some links and documents provided by Heidi Verhaul of the Sierra Club relating to fracking and fracking activities at Debert:

The following are some links and documents provided by Heidi Verhaul of the Sierra Club relating to fracking and fracking activities at Debert:

1. The link to the TEDX site is: http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/home.php
The link for the paper that is going to be published in the  scientific journal is to the right in a box. This site has a lot of great info, so take a look around.

2. The public documents relating to the Scope and Review of fracking in NS can be found here:  http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/pollutionprevention/consultation.hydraulic.fracturing.asp

3. The details of the expansion of the AIS facility is found here: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/ea/ais.debert.asp
Note calling the material “dangerous waste goods” and the period of time allotted for public comments. No one in the area knew that this facility was handling this waste!

This event is being organized by Maritime Aboriginal Aquatics Secretariate and Sierra Club Canada-Atlantic Canada Chapter
For more information email heidiv@sierraclub.ca

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‘Going local’ is a powerful strategy to help repair our fractured world – our ecosystems, our societies and our selves. Far from the old institutions of power, people are starting to forge a very different future…’
Great Grassroots Gardening Fair & Seed Exchange
Saturday, April 30th
10 AM to 2PM
@ St. Andrew’s United Church
 Buy/exchange seed for organic /heirloom varieties
 Join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Food Share Program
 Learn how to take care of your lawn without pesticides
 Learn about composting; seed exchange; and growing great vegetables
FILM SCREENING @ 1PM
The Economics of Happiness

Truro Seedy Saturday

Presentations; Speakers; Music; Contests, Gasland Documentary; Transition Town… and more:

GHC Theatre Speakers Schedule:

A Tribe Called Mi’kmaq Opening Songs 9:40 – 10:00

Gordon Pictou – Welcome 10:00 – 10:10

A Tribe Called Mi’kmaq Honour Song 10:10 – 10:15

Dorene Bernard – Opening Prayer 10:15 – 10:30

RRFB/Deb Searle/Moby the Robot Presentation 10:40 – 11:05

Andrea Wollover- Just Us Coffee Fair Trade 11:15 – 11:40

Mike Cheney (GHC Centre) Flute Performance 11:40 – 12:00

Alister Marshall – Keynote Address 12:00 – 1:00

Who wants to be an Envirochampionaire? 1:15 – 1:45

Gordon Pictou Closing of the Morning 1:45 – 1:50

Gasland (Hydro-fracking – Documentary) 2:15 – 4:30 Fracking Documentary At GHC, FREE!!!

Question and Answer Period 4:30 – 5:00

Jeff Wilson (Dalhousie) – Over Consumption 6:45-7:15pm

Transition Towns film 7:15 – 7:45pm

Transition Cobequid Presentation 7:45 – 8:10pm

Closing Ceremony 8:15pm

The Power of Community: A Creative Gathering

for a Sustainable Future

Sunday, Feb 27, 1:30 – 4:30pm

McCarthy Hall at the Nova Scotia Community College.

36 Arthur St, Truro

Join us for:

· Screening of the film: The Power of Community

· Open Space Forum on building a resilient community right here at home

· Find out more about creating a Transition Initiative for our community

· World Café; enjoy music, conversation, and light refreshments

· Children’s activities

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil is a project of the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions.  This fascinating and empowering film shows how communities pulled together, created solutions, and ultimately thrived in spite of their decreased access to imported energy.

Visit www.communitysolution.org for more information.

What is a Transition Initiative?

· It all starts off when a small collection of motivated individuals within a community come together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil, Climate Change, and increasingly, economic stagnation?

· The basic idea is:  if we collectively plan and act early enough there’s every likelihood that we can create a way of living that’s significantly more connected, more vibrant and more in touch with our environment.

Visit www.transitionnetwork.org for more information.

Members and friends of the Living Earth Council, interested community members, all ages welcome!

Children are invited to join in creative activities while parents participate in the day’s program.  Refreshments provided.

To help us plan a successful afternoon, please pre-register by February 21, 2011.  You may register online at http://transitioncobequid.blogspot.com or by calling Gordon at 843-3493.