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Page THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday Environment Strive to be informed By BARBARA HALS ALL Strive To Be Informed There are many environmental issues and some of those issues are truly complex If we care about our planet each of us must work at getting solid information so that we can make informed choices We must always check the sources of information to see whether there Is a conflict of in terest In earlier volumes I have recommended books that would help in your environmental education Today I want to tell you about a conference called Earth Whispers Are We Listen tag The Peel Outdoor Education and Environmental Educator s Association is sponsoring this all day event on Friday Feb at Secondary School 6700 Edenwood Drive in Mississauga This is a P D day for Peel teachers The booklet says This con ference will meet the needs of elementary and secondary teachers administrators trustees custodial staff office staff students and according to conference coordinator Martha the interested public Peo ple outside Peel must pay but it looks lute it could be well worth it The conference mission is to focus on the critical education challenge for the 90 s En vironmental Literacy The conference goals are 1 To provide an opportunity to meet WeCCmafe it Tiflkt N Georgetown Ontario UnitNo 4168734017 STEVEN C FOSTER B A LLB BARRISTER SOLICITOR 37 MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN ONT 17G 8734961 fax 8734962 and network with colleagues presenters students ad distributors etc 2 to clarify our visions of the educa bona challenges that we all face in the 90s To access new ideas methodologies and prac tical approaches to teaching en vironmental education To guide all participants as they develop personal strategies for environmental action Anne Reeves of CFRB Ear thline program who spoke at the POWER annual general meeting will be the master of ceremonies as well as heading up one of the workshops The morning keynote speaker is BUI Hammond a visionary in the field of environmental educa Bill provides a global perspective on the need for en education He will be heard again in the afternoon as well as Chuck Hopkins an in novative thinker in the field of outdoor indoor and tal education There are opportunities for contacts between students and teachers in the News Environment charges The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has charged Ontario Tree Fruits Limited of Milton with discharging a material namely fruit juice and causing a disturbing odor The charges allege that between July and 1989 the company put fruit unfit for sale into waste bins which were positioned to empty into a catch basin This catch basin discharged off land adjacent to residential property on which the fruit fermented It s juice caused an odor The company was charged with two counts under sections and 162 of the Ontario Water Resources Act which relate to permitting the discharge of a material which could impair water quality and fail ing to notify the ministry The company has also been charged with two counts under sections and 141 of the Environmental Protection Act which relate to discharging a contaminant into the environment that causes or is like to cause an adverse effect and failing to notify the ministry Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 OSBORNE DECOR Custom Mode Vert call Drapes And Bedspreads FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE Maker 232 Guelph St 8776332 Royal Bank Plaza Member of Professional Picture Framing Association Stretching Of All Needlework Offering More Than Just Framing frame Maker Shops Are Independently Owned Operated School Network display There will also be non profit and commercial exhibitors With morning workshops and in the afternoon there is truly something for everyone There are general workshop that include titles like Throwing a Lifeline to Canada En dangered Species and Creating Schoolyard Wildlife Habitats Bringing Nature Back to the Schoolyard The elementary panel workshops include Prac tical Ideas for Environmental Issues and Promoting En Issues through Children s Literature How Your Green Vocabulary and Infusing Environmental Across the Curriculum are a sample of the secondary panel workshops There are cross panel workshops with one for grades 10 titled Breaking Out En vironmental Field Trips Rita Landry and Chris of POWER will head a workshop called Action For Our Environment Organizing a Lob by Group in the afternoon Again in the afternoon Diane Van de Valk will be the workshop leader for Wastewise A Low Tech Community Based Project to Reduce Waste There is even a closed workshop for trustees and ad which will examine their role in environmental education The organizers seem to be try to live their values as they suggest attendees carpool and br a litterless lunch If possible register by Feb 1st Call or Fax Judy lies at Morton Way Public School or Fax 9481 Remember you can make a If you qualify you can get a cheque for 85 of the first 300 of your tax refund and 95 of the rest Plus your tax return will be accurately prepared 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