Likely publishers
The Reporter -- FIMS student publication
The Gazette -- UWO student publication /- contact page
Student publications at other schools
Official publications from other universities
Ontario Green -- Class blog -- Contact Bill Kovarik (wkovarik at uwo.ca)
Upcoming events (See PlanetFriendly.net)
Pedal for the Planet, Ottawa, Sept. 15
Canadian Wind Energy Association Sept. 20 - 23 Toronto
International Premiere of “So Far From Home” Sept 23 Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum
The film offers a unique window into the challenges and dangers faced by five local reporters working in conflict regions. These journalists worked without a safety net; they had no international media organisation to rescue them when their reporting led to threats by factions or governments who did not want these stories told.Sept. 23 - 24 Green Building Festival, Toronto
Sept. 24 - 27, Youth Conference for Sustainabile Leadership (Guelph)
Peter Mettler film on tar sands to make North American premiere in Sept. at Toronto International Film Festival
Environmental Lectures, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, 4 pm Thursdays this fall (Right to know, toxic waste, other topics)
Ontario Environmental Network Minden, ON, Oct 2 to Oct 4
Environmental Journalists Pub Night, Toronto, Oct 6
Society of Environmental Journalists Oct 7-11 Madison WI (Ride sharing from Ontario available)
Helen Caldicott "If you love this planet" Oct 16 FIMS @ UWO, London ON
October is International Walk to School Month
International Day of Climate Change October 24
New Energy and jobs for Appalachia, Ohio University (Athens, Ohio), Oct 26 - 28
Small wind energy expo, Detroit, Nov 3-5
Environmental Journalists Pub Night, Toronto, Nov 3
Canadian Institute Environmental Law Nov 12, Edmonton, AL
Ontario Sustainable Power Association, Nov 16-18, Toronto
Latornell Conservation Symposium Nov. 18-20, Alliston, ON
Univ. West. Ontario
The best wind tunnel in North AmericaNew training project with Hydro One (laura.cooke at HydroOne.com) also U. Waterloo
Wind Diesel projects / First nations
Sound testing issues - wind farms in Ontario - see Prof. Kovarik
Brock Fenton, UWO, Rhonda Millikin, EchoTrack - bats and windmills
City of London issues
Upcoming meetings ( Sept. 14 Environment committee meeting 5 pm board of control room / City Hall)
Environment committee reports and agendas
London area environmental and conservation groups
Individual issues:
London bike lanes to be expanded
Biogas -- Soccer and biogas plans in opposition . Deputy Mayor Tom Gosnel worried about city investment in soccer plant. London FP July 23
London landfill methane contract to be negotiated
Deer problems - biological consultant hired (Sept 09)
Greenhouses / growing local food (contact available)
Regional resources
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Regional issues
Impact of Ontario Green Energy Act - N. American leader in Renewable energy
wind farms -- birds, bats, wind "syndrome," other issues
Phasing out coal in Ontario (two Sarnia plants)
New kind of insulation plant opens in Milton, ON (Roxul)
Green businesses in Ontario
Environmental activists not well protected in Ontario, minister says
Canadian environmental journalism examples of exemplary recent writing...
The Arctic --
- Cold Warriors by Lisa Gregoire, Canadian Geographic, Oct. 2008 -- "... We continue northward up the slope, pull a U-turn at the top and head south along a rocky ridge dusted with snow. He points to a hill leading to town. “That was all glacier just 10 years ago,” he says. “It’s gone.”
- Polar politics - Blog by Dr. Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia.
- Prentice excited, exasperated by Mackenzie pipeline review -- by Juliet O'Neill, CanWest News Service -- Environment Minister Jim Prentice has condemned as "outrageous" the tripling of the time and cost to $18.6-million of an environmental review of the largest construction proposal in Canadian history -- the Mackenzie Valley gas project. At the same time, Prentice expressed excitement in an interview from Yellowknife, N.W.T., that the results of the review, an important milestone in the approval process, appears to be within sight.
Biodiversity -- endangered species, EC wildlife services
- Ghost Walkers of the Boreal Forest -- By Ed Struzik, March, 2008 -- It was late February when Kyle Knopff and his capture crew set off from Nordegg to catch a cougar they had boxed in along the Kootenay Plains near the Banff/Jasper Park border.
Forestry -- Borreal forest, clearcutting, lumber markets and NAFTA
Fossil energy -- coal and oil (esp. Canadian tar sands), International (Nigeria - Shell, Ecuador - Chevron, etc)
- Canadian Associaiton of Petroleum Producers web and discussion site
- Canadians ponder cost of rush for dirty oil -- The Guardian (July 11, 2008)
- Tar Sands - Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent - by Andrew Nikiforuk
Lifestyle --
- Green as a Thistle -- Blog by Vanessa Farquharson, arts reporter and film critic at the(Toronto) National Post
Mining and minerals -- Natural Resources issues
- Top tory cuts down a colleague (The Star)
Nuclear energy -- uranium mining, refining, safety, waste disposal, cost of electricity
- Nuclear future dims for Ontario (Toronto Sun) Note the heavy slant
- Canada to stop producing nuclear isotopes (CanWest news service)
- Natural resources secretary Lisa Raitt faux pax (CanWest news service)
Renewable energy -- Green Energy Act, wind, biogas, biofuels, solar industries
Sustainable Development --recycling and green building
Toxics -- Asbestos, waste disposal
Water quality -- Great Lakes, drinking water, waste treatment, international treaties & water withdrawls