Vancouver no-smoking laws…start..NOW
By samanthaorwell on March 30, 2008 - 11:29pm
read here:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/03/vancouver-no-smoking-l...
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Mountain Equipment Co-op makes news....
By Ray on December 7, 2007 - 11:08am
Canada.com today tells us: Mountain Equipment Co-op has become the first major Canadian retailer to stop selling products that contain the controversial chemical bisphenol A.
Once again, our home-grown and now internationally famous M.E.C. is taking the initiative, and pulling products from its shelves that are incompatible with its
healthy lifestyle persona. Good on MEC !
Dirty Secrets: The Toxic E-Waste Trade - Free Geek Movie Night
By Free Geek on July 27, 2007 - 4:54pm
Aug 2 2007 - 7:00pm
Aug 2 2007 - 9:00pm
Free Geek presents an evening of documentaries, discussion and d'accordion music!
Thursday August 2nd
Doors 7:00pm, show 7:30.
Admission FREE/BY DONATION. First come first serve.
Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900) at SFU Harbour Centre.
515 W. Hastings Street
We will screen BAN's pivotal documentaries The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa and Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia.
Sarah Westervelt, from international watchdog organisation the Basel Action Network (BAN), will speak on the illicit trade in computer waste here & abroad. Discussion with audience Q & A to follow.
The Creaking Planks will recycle and repurpose salvageable components of defunct and formerly toxic popular musics.
More info: ban.org or phone Free Geek at 604-879-4335, or
http://freegeekvancouver.org/en/ban_movie_night
"Most citizens, governments and businesses have blinders on concerning sham reuse and recycling of their e-waste. 'The Digital Dump' rips those blinders away. Save your breath. Show the film. Then talk. You will have instant allies asking honest questions. That's how change happens." -- Mr. Sego Jackson, Principal Planner of Snohomish County, Washington State, Solid Waste Management Division and NEPSI (National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative) stakeholder.
