Sierra Club Ontario

1. June 4 - Join us at our annual Pollinator Party at Heart Lake Conservation Area

From roughly 10am to 2pm, Saturday June 4th we will gather at Heart Lake Medicine Wheel (Gitigaan Mashkiki) for our third annual medicine wheel maintainance and pollinator planting. This special place in Brampton is a great place to gather and learn about nature and First Nations traditions. Come join us! 

All equipment, plants and a snack are provided. Come dressed for the weather. Students can get service hours. Check the website for more details.

 

2. Sign Petition to Close Pickering...30kzone

The Pickering Nuclear Station is one of the oldest nuclear stations in the world -- and one of the largest. It is surrounded by more people than any other nuclear station in North America. OPG wants to run the plant until at least 2024, at which time it will be 53-years-old.     

The Petition calls on Premier Kathleen Wynne and her government to order that the Pickering Nuclear Station be shut down by August 31, 2018 when its current operating license expires.
 
For the background on the Pickering Station's troubled history of performance and safety problems see Sierra Club Ontario's submissions opposing the licensing extension "Pickering Nuclear Power: A Cracking Bad Idea". And click here to sign the petition to close Pickering Nuke! 
 
 

3. Dan's Blog: Honouring Bob Hunter’s Legacy - The Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture

Dan McDermott, Sierra Club's Ontario Chapter Director was chosen to speak in a dual presentation with John Bennett at the annual Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture this year. Read Dan's take on Canada's "Environmental Movement, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" here...

 

4. Save the Date: Grey to Green Conference 2016 Addressing Climate Change with Green Infrastructure

June 1-4, 2016 | Department of Architectural Science - Ryerson University  

“Green infrastructure employs more than 150,000 people in Ontario alone. It’s a proven way to reduce the costs of climate change and allows us to make strategic investments that generate prosperity, new employment opportunities, and improve the health and livability of our cities and regions”, said Steven W. Peck, Founder of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and co-sponsor of the 4th annual green infrastructure conference.

 

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