Thursday March 13th show

Link to this week's show's mp3 file

Upcoming Events:

• World Water Day is being celebrated all over the world on March 22. Please join The Council of Canadians (CCC) for the "Save Our Water" rally from noon to 1:00 p.m. in downtown Guelph in St. George's Square. Bring a banner or artwork to add to the display by citizens who want the right to clean, safe, public water. James Gordon and The Funky Mamas will be performing and there will be speeches from environmentalists and neighbourhood groups from across Guelph and Wellington County. This will be a fun, family-friendly event!
  
  
• The Green Impact Guelph project - or the GIG - is a community-wide initiative working to put Guelph on the map as Canada's leader in household ernergy and water conservation!
  Be a leader in household conservation by installing your free GIG conservation kit and by taking a quick online survey. Take the survey before March 23rd for a chance to win a front-loading steam washer and gas dryer, among other great environmentally-friendly prizes.
  Visit GuelphGIG.ca or call 519-763-2652 for more information. This project is supported by the Ontario Ministry of Energy, City of Guelph, Union Gas and Project Porchlight.
  
  
• Earth Hour: March 29, 2008, 8pm your local time, turn off your lights for one hour!
  See http://www.earthhour.org/ and the Facebook event

• Attend the GIGActions2008 Workshop and Conservation Fair – Saturday March 29, 2008. This event focuses on conservation planning in 2008. The Workshop consists of facilitated group discussions working to develop conservation action plans that are practical enough for community implementation. Attendance to the Workshop is by reservation only so please contact us soon. The Conservation Fair is open to the public and is designed to allow community members to learn more on how individual households can reduce their impact on the environment.
  

• Cities Love Farmers

  April 6, 2008 | time: 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
  

  A movable feast featuring locally produced ingredients.

  Ag awareness.

  Special guest speaker Mayor Karen Farbridge.

  Tickets $20

  contact:citieslovefarmers@live.ca or call 519-546-4990

• 5th Annual Guelph Clean & Green Community Cleanup

  Saturday April 19, 2008 | time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Link to Downtown Guelph's events page about this
  
  
• WHERE: 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, ON
  THE EVENT: A not-for-profit show designed to educate the public about green career paths
  ADMISSION: Free
  Saturday April 26th 2008
  http://www.greencareershow.com/

Podcasts played:

• From the Bioneers, titled "Time is not Money: Waking from the Workaholic American Dream." It was about 28 minutes long.
  

Other information mentioned on the show:

• List of produce with rankings of highest amounts of pesticide in which fruits/vegetables
• Facebook group about ROOTED, the organization in Saskatchewan geared towards putting vegetable gardens on rooftops.
  

'stine sincerely apologises for not updating this in a more timely fashion!