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Microcomputer Business Applications 'Touch the Earth' is Resolve's first project, a weekend of 'reconnecting with nature and living lightly on the earth' to be held July 9th to llth at Geneva Park on Lake Couchiching near Orillia. "The overall idea behind 'Touch the Earth' is to offer an opportunity to get back in touch with nature, to reconnect with our natural world and (See "Touch the Earth . . . ' page 12) 'Resolve: The Environmental Training Group' is the brainchild of Steven Moore, environmental columnist (Earth to Oakville), motivational speak- er, and organic gardener; his wife Susan Moore, president of the Pesticide Action Group; Ken Arnold, owner-operator of KEA & Co. in Bronte - retailer of environmentally friendly products and chemical engineer specializing in solar ener- gy, plus water and air pollution; and John McKillop, founder of the Bronte Creek Project and one of Ontario's foremost outdoor educators. Communicating with the earth is a lost art according to the four partners in Resolve, a new company dedicated to persuading the corporate- industrial-business sector to rediscover nature, to redirect their focus to put 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle' ahead of wastefulness and landmling. 'Touch the Earth.' Feel the soft earth in your garden. touch the grass, hug a tree! Enjoy the pleasant solitude of a natural setting - a lakeside park or cool ravine, hear the water, feel the breeze, smell the freshness in the air. By WILMA BLOKHUIS Focus Editor the earth 'CluL.jjl.g..Lyitut._r.Lrte_.o_t Training Gran Resolve to rediscover RESULVE: i0il,e,?1','itl,,tl,t,!e BUSINESS DIPLOMA 338-6600 Oakvlllo's Business School U a Artist makes environmental statement Petriska, who first raised his concerns about the destruc- tion of the environment over 40 years ago. has distributed 100 numbered and signed copies of the print to high profile politicians and community leaders across Canada and the United States, plus local dignitaries including Mayor Ann Mulvale who has it displayed at town hall. "I have labored on behalf of the environment for over four decades trying to persuade people from all walks of life to minimize the erosion of our children's future," writes Long time environmentalist Josef Petriska. well known for his sculpture and painting. has created a print titled 'Our Choice' showing man's destruction of the earth. Resembling two collector's plates side by side, the print compares indus- trial pollution of the waterfront to an area left in its natu- ral habitat. 'FOC US The inscription on Josef Petriska's watercolor titled 'Our Choice' reads: 'l have chosen to create environmentally inclined works of art for over three decades, observing man's neglect of his heritage and the involvement in nature's balance. We must make changes in the way we live. It is my hope that this work will be a constant encouragement to all who are concerned with the preservation of our environment.' FHEOA He describes 'Our Choice' " a statement which "graphi- cally depects the need to make changes in the way we live. It argues the case for industrial development and environmental protection." Petriska began speaking out against the destruction of the environment while living and working in Holland for four years during the late 1940s. Petriska in a letter accompanying 'Our Choice.' "lt matters not that these efforts were always at a cost to me. What does matter in that in all these years I have detect- ed very little improvement in protecting our heritage through inadequate awareness. I am concerned and consider it my duty to do everything I can to ensure the preservation of our water and air for the future." (Soc 'Datoctod imbalance WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993 PAGE 11 Hi? ‘ "i (l am , 2343* v,'ri/,:iili PMN 12) Hopedale Mall h "I J .’r Ir, f m Serving Oakville f Monday to Friday 10 Smmday 1011” “Sunday 12 No (*Not all m c?ar0, Josef Potrlska ll Friday 1011) am to 9.00 pm 1y l00)a.nt. to 61X) pm ay 12 Nam to 5:(X) pm. all We; may be open) , Line and Rebeca in Oakvil xt 290 10w Mn Oakville HI