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As
the CROW flies…
Concerned Residents
of Winnipeg,
Inc.
e-newsletter
november 2005
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Welcome to our new format
newsletter. It came to our attention that people missed the
newsletters and so we have introduced this format on our website that
will reduce the size of e-mails and eliminate the need for attachments
or html messages, yet still allow you to access the links
provided. We hope you will find these changes helpful.
And,
we hope you will bring your favourite detox strategies and join us for
Detox Day and Dragonfly Cafe on December 10th. If you want to
help with the organizing or postering for this event, join us at the
next CROW meeting
on
November 16. See you there! |
join us,
December 10,
2005
at Mondragón Cafe for
Detox Day!
presentations,
displays, prizes ...
workshops will be held at 11, 1, 3, 5 and
Dragonfly Café!
from 7 - 10 pm
stay tuned for more details, coming soon... |
You have 2
opportunites to view the CROW display this month. Stop
by our booth at the U of W this Friday and Saturday, November 4th and
5th at the
Global Justice Film Festival. Check out their program of
excellent documentaries here:
http://ca.geocities.com/winnipegevents/filmfestival.html
If you miss us there, come to Brandon on November 12th for the Organic
Matters Conference. Check it out:
www.organicmatters.ca |
What a contrast!
Write to us at
crowinc@mts.net for details on how to write to Ottawa city councillors,
as they will vote on a pesticide by-law on Wednesday, November 9th.
Meanwhile, Winnipeg
considers turfing its Civic Environment
Committee. What an
outrage!
Please write to the
Mayor and councillors at "silly hall" to show your support for the
Civic Environment Committee. You will find Winnipeg councillors
addresses here:
http://winnipeg.ca/council/ |
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What is that
nasty Monsanto up to now, you ask?
USDA Seeks Public
Comment on Genetically Engineered
Grass
(Beyond Pesticides, October 28, 2005) In an October 12, 2005 Federal
Register notice, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service announced that it is seeking
information to develop
an environmental impact statement as part of its
consideration of a petition received from Monsanto and the Scotts
Company to deregulate genetically engineered (GE) “RoundUp
Ready”
creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera). USDA will be taking public
comments until November 14, 2005.
Read the full story: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/
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The CROW resource library is
growing. Watch for a virtual library, coming soon to the
website. In the meantime, here are some new publications:
N.E.E.D.S. Health
& Wellness Catalog
www.needs.com
The
CancerSmart
Consumer Guide from the Labour Environmental Alliance Society www.leas.ca
Crop Spraying and
the Health of Residents and Bystanders, from the Royal Commission on
Environmental Pollution www.rcep.org.uk
Diary of a Mosquito
Abatement Man
by John Porcellino,
www.king-cat.net
Agricultural Buffer Zone Strategy Proposal,
by the Pest
Management Regulatory Agency
(aka: Pest Management Rubber-Stamping Agency) |
And
speaking of the website, please come on
a little tour to
see some recent additions.
We have an updated
list of the
 pesticide bans
across the country.
It seems Winnipeg
is in a race to be dead last.
You may have seen part of this in
today's Free Press. Now read the whole story of the Worst
Science Jobs.
Guaranteed to make your blood run cold.
Our latest
presentation to government was made to the Minister of
Finance in response to a request for
input into the
budget process from October
24th.
In case you missed
it, check out In Defence of
Civil Disobedience from
this past summer.
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To subscribe or unsubscribe to
the CROW e-newsletter, volunteer your services,
request our services, order a lawn sign, or ask questions, please
contact:
CROWinc@mts.net
(204) 229-9613
www.crowinc.org
CROW is a member group of the
Canadian Coalition for Health & Environment
www.cche-info.com |
