Fwd: Some things to share on Environmental Rights

[Stella Lord]

Lots of (good and bad) news in Tamara's latest list of happenings...

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Subject:	Some things to share on Environmental Rights
Date:	Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:32:19 -0400
From:	Tamara Lorincz <tlor...@dal.ca>
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Happy February Environmental Rights Friends!

I thought I'd share with you a few things: 

(1)
Tonight - David Suzuki Foundation Cross Canada "Right to a Healthy
Environment" Cross Canada Conference Call: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

Why is our right to clean air, safe water and fertile soil not protected in
Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Are people healthier in countries
where environmental laws are stronger? Should nature have rights? What can
Canadians learn from the global environmental rights movement? These are
just some of the questions we'll be discussing with special guest Dr. David
Boyd-environmental lawyer, professor and author of The Right to a Healthy
Environment-at our David Suzuki Foundation Telephone Town Hall. We'll be
connecting thousands of Canadians in a nation-wide conference call-and
you're invited!

Sunday, February 3, 2013
4 - 5 p.m. Pacific / 7 - 8 p.m. Eastern

It's free to register, but space is limited, so register now.
David Suzuki Foundation's public engagement manager Nina Winham will host
the conversation and Foundation CEO Peter Robinson will be there to talk
about the work we're doing to protect your right to a healthy environment.
Here's how it works:
.	Sign-up now. We'll give you a follow-up call as a reminder.
.	On the day of the event, we'll call you at 4 p.m. Pacific / 7 p.m.
Eastern.
.	Just like a radio call-in show, you can ask questions, share
opinions or just listen to the conversation from the comfort of your home.

We look forward to speaking with you soon!
The David Suzuki Foundation Team


(2)
I was in Ottawa last week and picked up a copy of the Hill Times and lo &
behold David Boyd's article on EBR was published check it out here: 
"Constitutional environmental protection: moving forward instead of
backward" 
http://www.hilltimes.com/opinion-piece/2013/01/28/constitutional-environment
al-protection-moving-forward-instead-of-backward/33447 


(3)
I received this news from a friend in NS:
Children's right to a healthy environment is gaining momentum
internationally:
http://richardlouv.com/blog/the-forgotten-human-right1
September 2012 - The World Congress of the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) wants to include the "Child's Right to Connect
with Nature and to a Healthy Environment" under the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child. 
Here is the actual resolution: 
http://portals.iucn.org/docs/2012congress/motions/en/M-132-2012-EN.pdf


(4)
FYI: This event is taking place in Halifax in March. 
College of Sustainability Gillian Deacon, new board member of Ecojustice is
coming to Halifax: 
There's Lead in Your Lipstick: Toxins in Everyday Body Care and How to Avoid
Them
Gillian Deacon
March 21.     
Ondaatje Theatre, Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue, Halifax
Organized by the College of Sustainability
Free public event
Gillian Deacon, Award-winning broadcaster and bestselling author Gillian
Deacon is one of Canada's best-known environmental writers.  She is the
author of the national bestsellers There's Lead in Your Lipstick: Toxins in
Everyday Bodycare and How to Avoid Them (Penguin, 2011), and Green For Life
(Penguin, 2008), a guide to making sustainable living 'the new normal.'
Co-sponsored with the Environmental Law Students Society.
More info:
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/sustainability/news-events/ess-lecture-series-sche
dule.html


(5)
More sad federal news: 
"Environment commissioner 'spinning wheels' in top post, quits two years
early"
http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/01/28/environment-commissioner-%E2%8
0%98-spinning-wheels%E2%80%99--in-top-post-quits-two-years-early/33477


(6)
Elizabeth May says Environment Canada on chopping block
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/environment-canada-on-chopping-
block-elizabeth-may-says/article7997348/ 

(7)
See the latest graph that I prepared and updated based on the Public
Accounts of Canada to see where our federal priorities are. Please help
spread the word. See Volume 2 Table 1:
http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/cpc-pac/index-eng.html and then the
archives at the end of the page. 

*You can give your input now on how the federal government should spend your
tax dollars here: http://www.fin.gc.ca/prebudget-prebudgetaire/1-eng.asp 

When I was in Ottawa last week for a board meeting, I protested for an hour
against the warships - thought I'd share the photo and please check out my
web site (www.demilitarize.ca) and blog (http://demilitarize.ca/wp/) when
you can - help me spread the word that the federal government (with the
support of all the political parties) should be investing in a green, just
economy and future not war. 

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,

Tamara

Tamara Lorincz
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
Phone: (902) 443-2423
Cell: (902) 478-1379
Email: tlor...@dal.ca
DEMILITARIZE: http://www.demilitarize.ca 
ECJ: http://www.ecojustice.ca
GN: http://www.space4peace.org/
HPC: http://www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca/
NSEN: http://www.nsen.ca
"A better world is possible"

"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary
spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
to poverty, racism, and militarism." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967

"Without a doubt, military spending represents the single most significant
perversion of worldwide priorities known today." Former President of Costa
Rica and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Oscar Arias, 1999