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Monday, February 22, 2016, 9:00 - 4:30
Fredericton Inn
· What can we learn from other Canadian jurisdictions?
· What resonates with the public in NB? With decision-makers?
· What works well? And what doesn’t work at all?
· How do you balance conservation with recreational and educational opportunities?
Highlights
- Protected Areas: Lessons from Across Canada – Hear from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Alberta and others!
- Increasing public support in NB – a panel of home-grown experts share their experience and know-how.
- Establishing Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in NB - What are the challenges and how can support be built?
- Building a case for protected areas in NB – throughout the day, work with others to identify what will resonate in NB and build the case!
Join us! For more information and to register, click here!
Hosted by the NB Biodiversity Collaborative. Brought to you by the Planning Committee:
- Al Hanson, Canadian Wildlife Service
- Barb Brown
- David MacKinnon, Nova Scotia Environment
- Eric Tremblay, Kouchibouguac National Park
- Paula Noel, Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Peter McLaughlin, NB Department of Environment and Local Government
- Renata Woodward, Nature Trust of NB
- Roberta Clowater, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, NB Chapter
- Steve Gordon, NB Department of Natural Resources
With thanks to the NB Wildlife Trust Fund, Department of Natural Resources and the Canadian Wildlife Service.
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This idea was born out of the most recent Sustainability Education Alliance conference, which was held at the end of October.
Click here to read the submission.
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The Communications Team of the Biodiversity Collaborative has been working hard to develop a logo – and the final product is gorgeous. The logo was developed to help create awareness of the importance of New Brunswick’s biodiversity and to build public interest in preserving it. This logo can be used by all collaborative partner organizations to demonstrate solidarity and connect various efforts to advance biodiversity conservation, stewardship, and education. The logo is intended to supplement organizations’ brands by demonstrating a collaborative spirit.
Everyone is invited to use this logo!
- Put it on your website and highlight your biodiversity work
- Raise awareness through your social media and enhance your brand
- Use it in your education materials and celebrate nature
Check out all the versions – and then get on board to build a brand for NB biodiversity!
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What are the links between social inequity, the environment and children’s health?
What actions can happen, now on the ground, to immediately improve health outcomes for NB children?
Highlights
· Experiential learning – a child-led tour of where North End Saint John children live and play
· Children’s Health, Social Equity and Environment Fair
Speakers
· Children's Health and the Environment - The Problem and the Solution, Philip Landrigan, Professor of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics and Dean for Global Health, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
· Serious about equity? Thinking and working differently, Jeffrey Masuda, Director, The Centre for Environmental Health Equity, and
Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies and Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
· Making our towns and cities healthier, Anne Roué Le Gall, Professor, Ecole des hautes études en santé publique, Rennes, France
· NB Snap Shot: Associations and Trending, Michelina Mancuso, Executive Director of Performance Measurement, NB Health Council
Round Table
How is equity linked to children's health, socially, economically and environmentally?
What can be done?
Moderator: Bernard Richard
Round Table Contributors:
· Jennifer Carhart, Principal, Princess Elizabeth School
· Randy Hatfield, Executive Director, Human Development Council
· Rob Moir, Professor of Economics and the Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, UNBSJ
· Silvia Borsic, Executive Director, Saint John Family Resource Centre
Join us as we envision a different future for children’s health in New Brunswick. We will dream, and then we will get down to brass tacks and work together to determine real actions.
For more information and to register: http://www.nben.ca/index.php/en/cycling-article-event-01-nb-children-s-environmental-health-workshop
Brought to you by the organizing committee:
Barb McKinnon, NB Lung Association
Brigitte Lapointe, Health Canada
Céline Surette, Université de Moncton
Karen White-Masry, Scott Giffin and Todd Arsenault, NB Department of Health
Mary Ann Coleman, NB Environmental Network
Mary Britten-Belding, VON- Healthy Baby and Me
Mélanie LeBlanc, NB Department of Environment
Sharon Murphy, PEACE-NB
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Another interesting finding from the survey is that experts believe that multinational companies will be the key drivers of broad-scale collaborations to advance sustainability. I wonder if this will be the case in New Brunswick?
The survey also compared and contrasted corporations and NGOs and the drivers that propel each to become involved in sustainable development.
Two groups in the US, Sustain Ability and Globe Scan surveyed sustainability experts from around the world. The resulting report came out in February.
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While the strategy speaks to climate change quite a bit, it does so in a rather non-committal manner. For example, energy efficiency and conservation is an area of focus in the strategy, but so is “Develop and enhance a modern, reliable, environmentally safe and efficient series of transmission and transportation networks for domestic and export/import sources of energy”. Sounds like pipelines to me. The strategy also discusses transitioning to a lower-carbon economy (not a low-carbon economy).
What does all this really mean? To me, the strategy is so broad that it could mean anything to anyone. But, don’t take it from me. Check it out for yourself here.
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It is expected that the impacts of climate change on Canada’s water resources will be significant. Whether you are involved directly or indirectely with climate change adaptation and/or watersheds, or are just concerned about our water resources' well being, it's definitely worth checking out!
Click here to consult the framework. Also available in the Climate Change Adaptation section of our Reference Library (under the "Resources" tab).
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On June 24th, the NBEN held a workshop for ENGOs around climate change adaptation. A total of 12 ENGOs as well as a few other organizations were represented. Over the course of the day, the participants were able to map out adaptation in the province, network with other climate change adaptation enthusiast to exchange tools and resources, and to make the links in between the various projects to be implemented over the next year.
Following the workshop, the data was compiled and transformed into interactive maps. They are now available on our website! Click here to consult them.
The report from the workshop is also available here.
Enjoy!
The report from the workshop is also available here.
Enjoy!
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The provincial government is developing a local food and beverage strategy and they are looking for input from New Brunswickers about their local food buying habits. The survey includes questions about the importance of supporting local producers, where local food is purchased and what can be done to improve accessibility of local food and beverages for consumers.
Check out the survey here and background information about the government’s buy local initiative can be found here.