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Film Screening: Arusha Action Series - Troubled Waters

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Calgary </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>Come participate in this interactive sesssion featuring environmental, political, social and artistic short films from across the country highlighting the importance of water. Celebrate the International Day of Water, March 22.</p><p>$10 at the Door, Calgary Dollars Accepted. <br /></p> </div> </div></div>
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Red Deer Water Speaker Series -" Water & Global Warming" and "Alberta's Water Tower - Headwaters & our Tap Water"

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Red Deer </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/prairie">Sierra Club of Canada</a> </p> <h3>Free Public Speaker Series on Water</h3><strong>Thursday, March 22, 2007</strong><br /><p><em>7:30 pm TO 9:30 PM</em></p><p><strong>Water and Global Warming</strong></p> </div> </div></div>

Red Deer Water Speaker Series -" Water Resources in Alberta" and "Mixing Water & Oil"

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Red Deer </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/prairie">Sierra Club of Canada</a> </p><h3>Free Public Speaker Series on Water</h3><p>Thursday, March 15, 2007<br />7:30 pm TO 9:30 pm</p><p>Snell Auditorium, Red Deer Public Library, 4818 49 Street, Red Deer</p><p><strong>Water Resources in Alberta</strong><br /><em> Following the <a href="http://rosenberg.ucanr.org/documents/RegRoseAlbertaFinalRpt.pdf">report</a> of the <a href="http://rosenberg.ucanr.org/index.html">Rosenberg Water Forum</a></em></p> </div> </div></div>

Is Water the new Oil? Water issues in developing countries and how Albertans can take action!

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Calgary </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><strong>Speaker:</strong><br /> Shauna Curry, P.Eng. Director, International Services<br /><a href="http://www.cawst.org/"> Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)</a><br /> <br /> Why should Albertans care about water issues in developing countries? Join us for an evening of discussion and debate on this topic!<br /> <br /> 5:30pm Monday February 26<br /> Ceili&#39;s 2 on 7th Irish Pub and Restaurant - 803- 8th Ave SW<br /> <br /> Brought to you by:<br /> <a href="http://www.yepcanada.ca/"> </div> </div></div>
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U of A International Week - Water and Human Security: A Thirst for Survival

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Edmonton </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><em>Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex E1–001 </em><br /></p><p>Maude Barlow, <a href="http://www.canadians.org/">Council of Canadians</a>; James E. Carter, Chief Operating Officer, <a href="http://www.syncrude.ca">Syncrude Canada Ltd.</a>; Kori Chillibeck, Founder and CEO, <a href="http://www.earthwater.ca/">Earth Water International</a>; <a href="http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/schindler.hp/schindle.html">Dr. David Schindler, Department of Biological Sciences</a></p><p>Sponsored by the University of Alberta Senate.</p> </div> </div></div>
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Tar Sands as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Edmonton </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>Timms Centre Lobby, U of A, Edmonton</p><p>Ricardo Acuna and Diana Gibson, <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/parkland">Parkland Institute</a></p> </div> </div></div>

Film Screening: Thirst

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Edmonton </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>Film: <a href="http://www.thirstthemovie.org/">Thirst</a><br />Wednesday, October 25, 2006<br /><a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/building.cfm?id=32">Central Academic Building (CAB)</a> 243 @ 5 pm<br /><a href="http://www.ualberta.ca">University of Alberta</a> <br /></p><p>A documentary without narration that explores how water and the ownership and control of water figure into community resistance to corporations rapidly buying up local water supplies. Examines the environmental and human rights issues associated with governments and companies making the world&#39;s fresh water supply into a commodity at the expense of local communities. Visits locations in Stockton, California, Bolivia, and India. 62 minutes, 2004.</p> </div> </div></div>
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ENGOs Hope to Reverse the Destruction of Canada's Fisheries

Alberta Wilderness Association

October 12, 2006

Environmental non-government organizations and the Assembly of First Nations from sea to sea to sea gathered in Ottawa today for a historic meeting with senior Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials to discuss solutions to the crisis facing Canada's fish and fish habitats.

A good part of the meeting focused on the failure to enforce the strongest piece of Canadian environmental legislation, the federal Fisheries Act. Representatives of groups from across Canada expressed dismay at the continuing deterioration of fisheries and the associated regulatory regime. Read More

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