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The consultant declared: "People genuinely want to do something (to preserve their environment). They want to know they are making a difference. So its a morale booster." See "Worked for Domtar LANDtMthiriiiG Tifa"iitTri"Sma 7O Normandy Place, Oakville, Ont. L6K ISI INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS & PROJECT DEVELOPMENT VAVA LAWN CUTTING & BORDER EDGING PRUNING / HEDGE & TREE TRIMMING FLOWER PLANTING / CARE & CREATION OF FLOWER BEDS FERTILIZATION / WEED CONTROL/ INSECT CONTROL WE WILL DESIGN THE PRETTIEST JUST FOR YOU ORGANIC SUPPLIES, PRODUCTS & FERTILIZER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE WILL BE YOURS" WE OFFER COMPLETE CARE & MAINTENANCE: I 1i5llfirrtr6tWtiTfriN 939920 825-01 48 \KVII.LE BEAVER Pat A, MCEwen (416) 844-3663 The centre opened on Nov. 4, 1992, with a mission for "working together for non-violence and demilitarization, a clean and sustain- able environment, and in defence of human rights everywhere." These goals are to met through education, cultural and community activities. The 2nd annual EarthWeek Waterways Clean-Up, kick- ing-off Earth Week and celebrating Earth Day in Oakville, is just one such event. (See 'Centre for peace. ecoloav and human rinhtc l mm. om aunng Earth Week. ACT for Disarmament, and especially Dankowich, has become the backbone of the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights at 148 Kerr St. All of the staff, including director Dankowich, are volunteers - fundrais- ing and memberships pay the rent. A lot has changed since that first clean-up w during Earth Week. ACT for Disarmament. and Close to 200 volunteers aged four to 70 working at seven loca- tions picked up and bagged more than 10 tonnes of garbage. 'There was an 800% increase in the numbers of participants," comments director Stephen Dankowich. And, more than five times the amount of garbage was picked up. Last year, two tonnes of . garbage was picked up from a section along Bronte Creek by 25 to 30 f volunteers organized through ACT for Disarmament of which Dankowich is a member. u o caucu me \luKVllle Lommunity Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights. Its members are against war, promote the rights 50f individuals, and have declared war on garbage. To prove its point, the centre organized the" second annual EarthWeek Waterways Clean-Up, a major clean-up of Oakville's 'parks and shorelines and came away with an alarming statistic from Saturday's one-day effort It's called the Oakville Community ( and Human Rights. Its members are ago of individuals, and have declared wax b" To prove its point, the centre 0mm By WILMA BLOKHUIS Oakville Beaver Staff More than 10 tonnes of garbage cleaned up Smahkh%rtteecham Pharma IT'S NEVER TOO LATE lentre for peace. ecology and human rights A Caring Company TO PARTICIPATE N‘ as organized last year page 20) 19