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FarmLINK "Meet & Greet", Jan 28, Guelph ON

Launch Party and Fundraising Event - environmentally themed artwork, Jan 28, Newmarket ON

Self-defense: Politics and Practice, Jan 29, Toronto ON

The World We Want: An Evening with Frances Moore Lappé, Jan 31, Toronto ON

Toronto Greenhouse: Sustainability in the Food Industry, Jan 31, Toronto ON

ECOexecutives: Environment 101 workshop at the Toronto Zoo, Jan 31, Toronto Zoo ON

The World We Want: An Evening with Frances Moore Lappé, Feb 01, Ottawa ON

Green Screens: Urban Roots, Feb 01, Toronto ON

REEP Workshop -- Water Softening and Conditioning Options, Feb 02, Kitchener ON

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Welcome to the Ontario Environment Network (OEN) website! We are a non-profit, non-governmental network coordinating the efforts of over 500 Ontario environmental groups working towards and promoting protection of the environment.

The OEN offers many services: we provide a central referral service for anyone seeking environmental information, organize workshops and conferences, publish resource materials, facilitate issue-specific caucuses, and maintain a database of Ontario environmental groups as well as a delegate database for public consultations.

Click here to find out more about us, including how your environmental group can became a member.

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Proposed Motor Speedway in Fort Erie

Jan 15, 2012
Information regarding efforts launched by local grassroots organization, the Citizens Coalition of Greater Fort Erie, objecting to the proposal to build a NASCAR-style motor speedway over 821 acres that is home of valuable agricultural land, a Provincially Significant Wetland area (recently downgraded to a 'hedgerow' by MNR due to pressure applied by the developers), Carolinian forests and a creek headwater system. Some background follows:
 
The OMB appeal process concerning the largest proposed development in Fort Erie in recent history, the Canadian Motor Speedway project, begins with a prehearing on Tuesday, January 17th at 11:00am in Fort Erie Town Council Chambers. CCGFE is one of several co-appellants before OMB. Although environmentally destructive for Niagara, the application was hastily pushed through the approval process in late 2009;
 

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Please help us protect the community and the species in the Shouldice Wetland

Jan 15, 2012
Dear OEN:

I am sending you this request . . .hoping you could approve it to circulate to other members of the OEN. As you will read, GABP and CONE are parties to two Environmental Review Tribunal hearings. The first will commence on Jan. 30, 2012 and could last four days. It will deal with the immediate issue of discharging water from the current Keppel Quarry into Park Hill Creek, adjacent to the Shouldice Wetland on the Niagara Escarpment, north of Owen Sound.

This hearing came about quite suddenly as water was accumulating on the quarry floor and the Permit To Take Water expired.

The second ERT hearing has not yet been scheduled. The prehearing will take place in Owen Sound on January 24 and 25, 2012. The first hearing may settle some of the issues. However, the MOE has confirmed that the proposed quarry, with proposed excavation below the water table, will impact the adjacent farm wells as the entire farm is in the cone of influence.

Sincerely,
Peggy Hutchison
Grey Association for Better Planning

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Rainforest Alliance Ontario FSC Forest Management workshop

Jan 15, 2012

February 14th and 15th in Mattawa, ON.

For further information or to reserve your spot please contact Christine Korol at ckorol (at) ra (dot) org, Tel: 416-531-0474. 

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