Biodiversity and Wildlife

Nov

28

2009

Tar Sands on Trial: The Beaver Lake Cree Fight Big Oil to Save the Boreal

R.A.V.E.N. ( Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)

Nov 28 2009 - 12:00am to 2:00am

(This event was originally scheduled for October 14, but had to be delayed because of bad weather.)

Award-winning author Andrew Nikiforuk (Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent), renowned photographer Garth Lenz (Canadian Geographic) and one of Canada's pre-eminent lawyers in Aboriginal law Jack Woodward (Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia) explain why the Beaver Lake Cree legal action is the way to stop the tar sands expansion – and save the planet. Read More

Location

John Dutton Theatre (Calgary Public Library)

616 Macleod Trail SE

Calgary , AB

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Biodiversity and Wildlife

Environmental Law & Policy

Oil Sands

First Nations Issues

Nov

12

2009

Book Tour: Wild Alberta at the Crossroads

NatureWatch Partners

Calgary authors Robin White and Marian White will be presenting slide shows at Pages Books on Kensington at 7 pm, November 17^th and at Pincher Creek public library at 7 pm, November 19^th . These are part of their new Alberta bad-news/good-news book-signing tour with their award-winning environmental coffee-table book, Wild Alberta at the Crossroads (see dates below).

This book is unique not only in portraying all six Alberta natural regions from prairie to Canadian Shield, but in taking a critical look at our stewardship of the land and response to global warming. Confronted by unrestrained resource extraction and ensuing climate change, the Whites concluded that celebrating Nature was not enough; we must face up to our environmental problems. Clearly many agreed, for the book sold out and was reprinted this summer. Read More

Climate Change

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Nov

15

2009

Music for the Wild: The Tragically Hick

Alberta Wilderness Association

Nov 15 2009 - 2:00am

Location

AWA Office

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Nov

11

2009

AWA Tuesday Talk: How Beavers Battled Drought and Won!

Alberta Wilderness Association

Nov 11 2009 - 2:00am

with Dr. Glynnis Hood

With climate change and development speeding up the rate of wetland loss in Alberta, beavers might be helping us more than we think.

Dr. Glynnis Hood is an assistant professor in Environmental Science at the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus. Her research focus includes wetland ecology, human-wildlife interactions, and resource management. Read More

Location

AWA Office

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Nov

21

2009

Alberta Wilderness and Wildlife Trust Annual Lecture & Awards

Alberta Wilderness Association

Nov 21 2009 - 1:00am

Green Law: Legal Precedents for Environmental Protection

with Richard Secord

AWA is proud to present the 2009 Martha Kostuch Annual Wilderness & Wildlife Lecturer, Richard Secord. Richard’s lecture will address the key environmentally significant cases that have been decided in Alberta in the last 20 years. Read More

Location

AWA Office

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Oct

21

2009

AWA Tuesday Talk: Red Deer River Journey

Alberta Wilderness Association

Oct 21 2009 - 1:00am

With Phil French & Carolyn Campbell

Join Phil and Carolyn on a video journey from the headwaters of the Red Deer River to its confluence with the South Saskatchewan. From mountains to badlands, experience the beauty and the diversity as you travel along this major, but often overlooked, Alberta river. Read More

Location

AWA Office

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Fresh Water

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Oct

14

2009

ACA Grant Eligible Conservation Fund Part A: Conservation Support and Enhancement

Organization:

Alberta Conservation Association

Deadline:

29 Jan 2010

Alberta Conservation Association - Grant Eligible Conservation Fund

2010-2011

The ACA is proud to enter into its 13^th year of Conservation Funding. This year the Grant Eligible Conservation Fund has been split into two categories Part A: Conservation Support and Enhancement and Part B: Research.

Up to $500,000 will be available for project funding via the GECF Part A: Conservation Support and Enhancement, and up to $350,000 will be available for project funding via the GECF Part B: Research during the 2010-2011 funding cycle. Read More

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Oct

14

2009

ACA Grant Eligible Conservation Fund Part B: Research

Organization:

Alberta Conservation Association

Deadline:

1 Dec 2009

Alberta Conservation Association - Grant Eligible Conservation Fund

2010-2011

The ACA is proud to enter into its 13^th year of Conservation Funding. This year the Grant Eligible Conservation Fund has been split into two categories Part A: Conservation Support and Enhancement and Part B: Research.

Up to $500,000 will be available for project funding via the GECF Part A: Conservation Support and Enhancement, and up to $350,000 will be available for project funding via the GECF Part B: Research during the 2010-2011 funding cycle. Read More

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Aug

11

2009

Pan-Canadian Biodiversity Best Practices/Case Studies Contest — Deadline extended

Organization:

Canadian Environmental Network

Deadline:

15 Sep 2009

Environment Canada has extended the deadline to send your submissions until September 15, 2009!

In advance of the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, the Canadian Environmental Network launched a Best Practices/Case Studies Contest to gather innovative and effective examples of environmental non-governmental organizations’ (ENGOs) work related to the conservation, sustainable use, and awareness of biodiversity. Read More

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Jun

25

2009