Open Letter to Kyle Steele
Kyle,
I never got to meet with you about this, although maybe we could sometime next week (your door says you’re in Ottawa this week), but I think your decision to buyout the contract with Chartwells represents a huge opportunity to invest in and build the student community, and I just wanted to make sure your decisions moving forward work to further that goal rather than take away from it. Moving away from Chartwells also introduces an opportunity to promote socially and environmentally responsible business that Chartwells, despite its efforts, was never able to acheive because of the corporation’s national scope. (Read on …)
Neal Livingston: Nova Scotia - the next 5 years: An energy plan to avoid a failed society
| March 6, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
1-3pm in Clark Commons. The Academy for the Environment is putting both of these speakers on, and they’re both pretty big name.
Andrew Nikiforuk: Tar Sands - Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
| March 5, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
7-9pm in the KCIC (I assume the auditorium, but it doesn’t say on the poster). A meet and greet will follow
AES/SO Meeting
| March 5, 2009 | ||
| 5:30 pm |
5:30pm…the michner lounge. Agenda: Bottled Water Petition (we’ve started one), Freemarket Signage (we need to make more), Relay for life (we need to recruit and fundraise), and maybe talk about a Morton Centre/keji trip for the month of march, and maybe a bike workshop for the end of the month? And, as always, the floor is free to you to bring up whatever you would like.
Fundy Film - Flow: For the Love of Water
| March 4, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
The fundy film festival is putting on a documentary about water. Chek out their page on the movie here. 7pm in the Al Whittle Theatre (Just Us).
ESSO Move Night: Being Caribou
| March 4, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
ESSO is showing “Being Caribou” in the KCIC auditorium at 7pm. The trailer can be found here.
Tons of Events This Week!
So we have some more events, and some corrections. This week is jam-packed like no other…we should have declared it enviro-week or something.
First, we’ve got some bottled water news: we’ve started a petition to get it out (more specifically, the signers (signees?) declare their concern over the social, environmental and political issues concerning bottled water on campus), and we’re going to push it at tables in the BAC this week. The times are Wednesday 12:30-4:30 and Thursday 10-12. Come join us for either of these times…we’re probably going to have some taste-testing going on…should be fun.
Second, relay for life is coming up! If you haven’t signed up already, get on it! You can click here to get to the right page. We’re going to combine with the Earth and Environmental Science team and changing our name, so we’ve got about 11 people on board so far. Even if you’re not signed up, it’d be sweet if you could help us with fundraising…we think we’re going to raffle off an enviro-safe gift basket (with chemical-free stuff promoting the role of environmental chemicals in cancer prevention), do some busking, and utilize amy’s talents as an artist to extract money from people.
Okay. Events!
Monday (March 2) - Scot Travers on “True Sustainability for Uncertain Times”
This guy is from New Minas Pulp and Paper, so I’m curious about what he has to say about sustainability. 4:30pm in the KCIC auditorium.
Monday (March 2) - Acadia Farm General Meeting
The Acadia Farm is about to start planting seeds for this coming season, so they’re having a big meeting to brainstorm and plan for this year. It’s happening at 7pm in the Wolfville Public Library (upstairs). See the acadia farm website for details.
Wednesday March 4 - ESSO Movie Night in the KCIC
ESSO is showing “Being Caribou” in the KCIC auditorium at 7pm. The trailer can be found here.
Wednesday March 3 - Fundy Film: “Flow: For the love of water”
The fundy film festival is putting on a documentary about water. Chek out their page on the movie here. 7pm in the Al Whittle Theatre (Just Us).
Thursday March 5 - AES/SO Meeting!
5:30pm…the michner lounge. Agenda: Bottled Water Petition (we’ve started one), Freemarket Signage (we need to make more), Relay for life (we need to recruit and fundraise), and maybe talk about a Morton Centre/keji trip for the month of march, and maybe a bike workshop for the end of the month? And, as always, the floor is free to you to bring up whatever you would like.
Thursday March 5 - Andrew Nikiforuk: Tar Sands - Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
7-9pm in the KCIC (I assume the auditorium, but it doesn’t say on the poster).
Friday March 6 - Neal Livingston: Nova Scotia - the next 5 years: An energy plan to avoid a failed society
1-3pm in Clark Commons. The Academy for the Environment is putting both of these speakers on, and they’re both pretty big name.
World Water Day
| March 22, 2009 |
World Water Day is March 22nd. Stay tuned for our exciting plans regarding what we can do to promote water equity here at Acadia.