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PEI Sierra Club to Celebrate 'International Leap Day' Feb 29
PEI Sierra Club invites Islanders to sign the Leap Manifesto and mark their calendars for February 29, 2016 as “International Leap Day", a day of events to demand action on climate change.
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Black Point (AKA Fogarty's Cove) Quarry Impacts - Survey for Round 2 of...
Publication Date: February 1, 2016The results of the Environmental Assessment for the Black Point Quarry are now available here, and comments are due Feb 3rd! We want your response! You can indicate if...
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Mines and Quarries
Mines and quarries can impact the environment in a variety of ways, and we see the way to reduce these impacts is through careful consultation, land-use planning, and - when serious impacts can't be...
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Fogarty's Cove Quarry
Publication Date: February 3, 2016The Fogarty's Cove (AKA Black Point) Quarry in Guysborough County is a large export quarry which will have major impacts on the landscape, seascape, and other...
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Summary of Specific Changes Proposed for Amending the Mineral Resources Act...
Publication Date: January 20, 2015This document outlines in detail the changes we wish to see in a modern and effective Mineral Resources Act (MRA).Summary of Specific Changes Proposed for Amending the...
View ArticleMeeting the Wild Children of PEI
A second Sierra Club Wild Child Nature Immersion Program is underway in PEI, only this time: it’s winter fun! It is truly an amazing experience to slow down and let our imaginations wonder. At one...
View ArticleThe Taste of a Tree!
I journey my way through Charlottetown, meeting some of the most interesting individuals with the most profound messages and ideas you could imagine encountering. What do I do? I play with kids in...
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The View From Paris, Apr. 11, 2016
A video recording of the first in our PARIS NOW series, held Apr. 11, 2016 at the Halifax Central Library.Panelists, Apr. 11th:
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Why Trees Matter
Have you noticed the drastic transformation that is underway in our city? How and why it happens is complex however well understood, but it is clearly a sign of the times – May, to be specific. If you...
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Sierra Club, ECELAW to Intervene in Judicial Review of NAFTA Tribunal...
The Federal Court of Canada has granted the Sierra Club of Canada Foundation and East Coast Environmental Law (ECELAW) standing to intervene in a key environmental case with international consequences....
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Submission to Centre Plan from Sierra Club Canada Foundation – Atlantic Chapter
Publication Date: May 31, 2016In Halifax, the naïve discourse about sustainability seems to be rooted in the notion that there is the need to counter to “bad” sprawl. The discourse around solutions is...
View ArticleSierra Club Canada Foundation Asks People to Re-Imagine Halifax Harbour
World Oceans Day, June 8, 2016Halifax, NS– In honour of World Oceans Day, Atlantic Chapter of Sierra Club Canada Foundation with support from Halifax Water is launching a program to engage citizens in...
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WHY PARKS MATTER - A SPEED-DATING STYLE LEARNING EVENT
City parks matter for many reasons!Learn from a range of experts why parks are important to people and the environment. At this speed-dating style event, groups of attendees will be rotated through to...
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From Pipes to Parks
PLANifax video from Pipes to ParksHalifax is a wet city! And when all that rain, snow, slush, sleet, etc is done soaking through your clothes, it all ends up somewhere.
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COMMENTARY: My father taught me to love Mother Nature, inspired new Watch for...
Author: Wanda BaxterSource: Local XPressDate published: Sun, 06/19/2016My wish for Father’s Day is that more people start thinking about and acting like my dad does when it comes to wild animals hit by...
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Can’t We Just Say No?
Thirteen years ago, I was hired as a consultant to provide expert advice on the impacts of the Digby Quarry. The local community had become alarmed about the quarry when they heard about plans to build...
View ArticleThe perils of sharing our roadways
Author: Zack MetcalfeSource: The Chronicle HeraldDate published: Sun, 08/14/2016In the early fall of last year, while driving home down the Bedford Highway, I saw something which I never quite forgot....
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Summer with the WILD CHILDREN
Blog by Jenn Whittaker (with Tony Reddin)Sierra Club's Wild Child PEI is sad to say that nature immersion visits have finished for the summer- over 30 visits to 15 child care centres in Charlottetown,...
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The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst
Join award-winning journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk for a public presentation, 'The Legacy of Fracking: From Earthquakes to Jessica Ernst,' based on his recent book Slick Water, a stunning...
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Good News for Canada’s Environmental Assessment Law: No Cash Advance for Bilcon
Federal Court of Canada rejects Bilcon’s application to stay proceedings, denying the Delaware company an early pay dayThe Sierra Club Canada Foundation and East Coast Environmental Law (ECELAW) and...
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