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The Green Blue Book is Now Available!
New York Times best selling author and journalist Thomas M. Kostigen's Green Blue Book: The Simple Water-Savings Guide to Everything in Your Life can now be purchased online and in stores near you. You may be familiar with Kostigen from his recent Live Earth posts and video based on the book.
We recommend this resourceful, easy-to-read, and timely book for everyone. The Green Blue Book takes the complex issue of water conservation and provides readers with facts and sensible solutions for saving water every day, all within an accessible, fun text.
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Outdoor Nation Youth Summit and Festival - Take it Outside!
On June 19th and 20th, 500 young people will convene in Manhattan's Central Park for Outdoor Nation to motivate and mobilize hundreds of thousands of young people nationwide to reclaim the outdoors for this and future generations.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Pat Watson Sings at Kings!
Greetings…..
I’m performing in a concert at The Kings Theatre in Annapolis Royal on Saturday, May 22nd. I would appreciate it if you would send the attached poster out to your network. Please let me know that you have received this. Hope to see you there.
Tashi delek (auspicious blessings),
Pat Watson, Singer
902-766-4511 (office)
902-766-4727 (fax)
902-527-4688 (cell)
Email: pat@patwatsonsings.com
Website: http://www.patwatsonsings.com
I’m performing in a concert at The Kings Theatre in Annapolis Royal on Saturday, May 22nd. I would appreciate it if you would send the attached poster out to your network. Please let me know that you have received this. Hope to see you there.
Tashi delek (auspicious blessings),
Pat Watson, Singer
902-766-4511 (office)
902-766-4727 (fax)
902-527-4688 (cell)
Email: pat@patwatsonsings.com
Website: http://www.patwatsonsings.com
Drilling Moratorium Only till 2015
NS: Coalition applauds move to extend Georges Bank moratorium
By Staff, Transcontinental Media
Source: The Daily Business Buzz, May 13, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — The NoRigs3 Coalition is applauding today’s decision by the governments of Nova Scotia and Canada to extend the moratorium on oil and gas exploration and drilling on Georges Bank to December 31, 2015.
The coalition — composed of fishermen, fishing groups, environmentalists and Aboriginal groups — says it was the right thing to do.
“This avoids the unnecessary and expensive process of another lengthy review panel,” says NoRigs spokesman Denny Morrow.
“Given the lack of any scientific evidence that oil and gas development would be less harmful than the panel determined in 1999 and given the clear fact proven by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that modern drilling technology is far from fail safe,” adds Morrow, “we think that the government saw that there was no rationale for creating a lengthy and expensive process which would likely result in findings that it is still not worth the risk to the fishery, the resource, the fragile and unique ecosystem and to the cooperative relationship we have with the United States.”
Although relieved with the decision to extend the moratorium, Morrow said the coalition was, however, dissatisfied with the length of time chosen.
“We are disappointed that the NDP government has chosen not to align its moratorium with the one until 2017 recently announced by President Obama in the United States,” he says. “We thought that five years would be the minimal extension period and we wonder why the government chose such a short extension.
“NoRigs intends to be vigilant in working with governments to continue to protect Georges Bank indefinitely and to protect the cooperative relationship with the U.S.”
About the moratorium…
When the moratorium was first extended in 1999, the federal and provincial governments committed to try to work with U.S. agencies, as Georges Bank crosses international borders.
Both levels of government also agreed to gather and develop information on the delicate Georges Bank ecosystem, particularly about fishing and petroleum activities and technologies.
The research only began recently, and preliminary results suggest there will be more work to do.
The three-year extension announced will allow this process to be completed, as critical research results are expected later this year. Government will then assess the findings and focus on filling research gaps.
“We value and respect our ocean ecosystem,” said Energy Minister Bill Estabrooks. “We also value and respect the men and women who work there, in both the fishing and petroleum industries. In order to make the right decision, we need more time to get the best scientific information available.”
Estabrooks said there may be important lessons to learn from the Gulf of Mexico drilling disaster.
A preliminary review is researching potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of offshore petroleum activities on Georges Bank, if permitted. Another study is assessing technologies and practices in offshore exploration, drilling and production that have been developed since the 1999 Georges Bank review.
Additional research is using modern software to reinterpret seismic information to better understand the resource potential. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is also conducting research.
By Staff, Transcontinental Media
Source: The Daily Business Buzz, May 13, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — The NoRigs3 Coalition is applauding today’s decision by the governments of Nova Scotia and Canada to extend the moratorium on oil and gas exploration and drilling on Georges Bank to December 31, 2015.
The coalition — composed of fishermen, fishing groups, environmentalists and Aboriginal groups — says it was the right thing to do.
“This avoids the unnecessary and expensive process of another lengthy review panel,” says NoRigs spokesman Denny Morrow.
“Given the lack of any scientific evidence that oil and gas development would be less harmful than the panel determined in 1999 and given the clear fact proven by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that modern drilling technology is far from fail safe,” adds Morrow, “we think that the government saw that there was no rationale for creating a lengthy and expensive process which would likely result in findings that it is still not worth the risk to the fishery, the resource, the fragile and unique ecosystem and to the cooperative relationship we have with the United States.”
Although relieved with the decision to extend the moratorium, Morrow said the coalition was, however, dissatisfied with the length of time chosen.
“We are disappointed that the NDP government has chosen not to align its moratorium with the one until 2017 recently announced by President Obama in the United States,” he says. “We thought that five years would be the minimal extension period and we wonder why the government chose such a short extension.
“NoRigs intends to be vigilant in working with governments to continue to protect Georges Bank indefinitely and to protect the cooperative relationship with the U.S.”
About the moratorium…
When the moratorium was first extended in 1999, the federal and provincial governments committed to try to work with U.S. agencies, as Georges Bank crosses international borders.
Both levels of government also agreed to gather and develop information on the delicate Georges Bank ecosystem, particularly about fishing and petroleum activities and technologies.
The research only began recently, and preliminary results suggest there will be more work to do.
The three-year extension announced will allow this process to be completed, as critical research results are expected later this year. Government will then assess the findings and focus on filling research gaps.
“We value and respect our ocean ecosystem,” said Energy Minister Bill Estabrooks. “We also value and respect the men and women who work there, in both the fishing and petroleum industries. In order to make the right decision, we need more time to get the best scientific information available.”
Estabrooks said there may be important lessons to learn from the Gulf of Mexico drilling disaster.
A preliminary review is researching potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of offshore petroleum activities on Georges Bank, if permitted. Another study is assessing technologies and practices in offshore exploration, drilling and production that have been developed since the 1999 Georges Bank review.
Additional research is using modern software to reinterpret seismic information to better understand the resource potential. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is also conducting research.
Feds Fund Tourism Technology
NS: Feds invest more than $1M in tourism technology project
By Staff, Transcontinental Media
Source: The Daily Business Buzz, May 13, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — The tourism industry in Atlantic Canada will benefit from a renewed joint investment of more than $1 million from the federal government over the next three years to support the TourismTechnology.com program (also known as TT.com).
Established in 2000, the program is designed to encourage the adoption of technology within the tourism sector. It is the result of a partnership involving the Government of Canada, through ACOA, the four Atlantic provincial governments, and the four provincial tourism industry associations. The focus of the program is on education and helping tourism operators make well-informed decisions about their business practices and secure the significant business benefits tied to the increase use and integration of technology in their operations.
Over the next three years, the Government of Canada, through ACOA, is contributing $495,000 toward the project. The Atlantic provinces are contributing a total of $300,000, of which the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage is contributing $75,000. As well, the four provincial tourism industry associations are contributing a total of $261,000.
The TourismTechnology.com project employs four technology resource coordinators (TRC), one in each Atlantic Canada Tourism Industry Association office. Each TRC is trained to evaluate the existing online presence of a tourism business, and to create a checklist or strategy to help tourism operators move to the next level in technology adoption and online marketing practices.
“The TourismTechnology.com program is a great resource to help our tourism industry operators in Atlantic Canada understand new and changing technologies available, to bring more visitors to Atlantic Canada,” said Don Cudmore, Secretariat for TourismTechnology.com. “This program will ensure that our industry is keeping up with all the current and future consumer trends and we will be better prepared to move the tourism industry in Atlantic Canada forward to meet these new challenges.”
By Staff, Transcontinental Media
Source: The Daily Business Buzz, May 13, 2010
[HALIFAX, NS] — The tourism industry in Atlantic Canada will benefit from a renewed joint investment of more than $1 million from the federal government over the next three years to support the TourismTechnology.com program (also known as TT.com).
Established in 2000, the program is designed to encourage the adoption of technology within the tourism sector. It is the result of a partnership involving the Government of Canada, through ACOA, the four Atlantic provincial governments, and the four provincial tourism industry associations. The focus of the program is on education and helping tourism operators make well-informed decisions about their business practices and secure the significant business benefits tied to the increase use and integration of technology in their operations.
Over the next three years, the Government of Canada, through ACOA, is contributing $495,000 toward the project. The Atlantic provinces are contributing a total of $300,000, of which the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage is contributing $75,000. As well, the four provincial tourism industry associations are contributing a total of $261,000.
The TourismTechnology.com project employs four technology resource coordinators (TRC), one in each Atlantic Canada Tourism Industry Association office. Each TRC is trained to evaluate the existing online presence of a tourism business, and to create a checklist or strategy to help tourism operators move to the next level in technology adoption and online marketing practices.
“The TourismTechnology.com program is a great resource to help our tourism industry operators in Atlantic Canada understand new and changing technologies available, to bring more visitors to Atlantic Canada,” said Don Cudmore, Secretariat for TourismTechnology.com. “This program will ensure that our industry is keeping up with all the current and future consumer trends and we will be better prepared to move the tourism industry in Atlantic Canada forward to meet these new challenges.”
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