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December 7 to 18 |
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Sierra Club Canada is going to Copenhagen! A group of dedicated volunteers are paying their own way to the global climate conference. They will beam back video, pictures and comments throughout the two-week event. Tune in to the SCC website for all the latest from the climate talks. |
SCC Welcomes John Bennett as New Executive Director! Sierra Club Canada (SCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Bennett to the position of Executive Director. John spearheaded SCC’s global warming campaign from 1998 - 2006. In this role he displayed leadership, insight and inventiveness, qualities that will once again benefit the Club as he leads the way forward. For more info about John, see his extended profile.
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WHEN: Saturday, November 28th, 2009 from 4-6pm WHERE: 5 Blackburn Ave., Ottawa, ON (Heritage Canada Foundation offices) Sierra Club Canada has approved new General By-laws, and amended its Letters Patent. These amendments must be approved by the members at our next AGM. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend in person or online |
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is pleased to announce its partnership with GreenLeaf Telecom, Canada's first environmentally responsible telephony company! Choosing GreenLeaf Telecom as your home phone and internet provider isn’t just good for the environment, it’s good for the Club as well! GreenLeaf Telecom is generously donating 10% of sales to the Sierra Club Canada Now you have a green choice for residential phone service, DSL and long-distance services – all of GreenLeaf Telecom’s services are powered by 100% clean and renewable electricity from Bullfrog Power. Help support SCC and new green business development by making GreenLeaf Telecom your provider today! Make sure you check out their unbeatable rates at www.GreenLeafTelecom.com
Finding that perfect, meaningful gift for family and friends can be challenging. This holiday season, give them a gift that also helps the environment by making a donation to Sierra Club Canada in their name. We will send a personalized card letting them know of your kind gift and any message you wish to convey. Make a donation of $20 or more and make it a gift of membership!
The event also coincided with the Climate Day of Action on the 24th. An estimated crowd of more than 2,000 people “filled the hill” in a rally for climate change action. Similar events were held throughout Canada and in over 170 nations in an effort to put pressure on world leaders to reach a climate change agreement in Copenhagen in December. For more info and to see some pictures and videos check out the Power Shift Canada
Photographer Andrew Wright celebrates Sierra Club BC’s 40th birthday with a special anniversary edition of his new book Emeralds at the Edge – Observations of an accidental activist, with a foreword by Executive Director George Heyman. The book is a visual love letter to the unique and breath-taking Great Bear Rainforest. In tender detail, Mr. Wright documents the lives of the bears, salmon and whales that call this amazing natural area their home. Sierra Club BC and Bluewater Adventures will be running a special trip to the Great Bear Rainforest in June 2010, with special naturalist and guide Caitlyn Vernon. Click here for more information. All proceeds from the sale of the book to go to Sierra Club BC’s work. Order online here!
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View previous editions of Sierra Club of Canada's e-newsletter! For information or comments, please contact daniels@sierraclub.ca. Sierra Club Canada, 412-1 Nicholas St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B7 - 613-241-4611 |
This Season Give the Gift of a Healthy Future 
Emeralds at the Edge
