Events

First Ever Water Hour – 8pm on Friday, June 11th

Water Hour is a celebration of water – people around the world celebrating, sharing messages and committing to action, in big and small ways, in real space and online through www.waterhour.org and social networks. Join the celebration! Go to www.waterhour.org for ideas on how to participate and more. If all of the world’s water filled a one-gallon pail, only one tablespoon would be available for human use! And because of pollution, over-use and evaporation from global warming, this precious little is dwindling at an alarming rate. The good news is people are banding together to meet this challenge. Water Hour is about building this movement, this world-wide community, and unleashing a tsunami of action to protect water. 

Canadian Water Summit - June 17th, Toronto

Water is fast becoming one of the most critical sustainability issues, demanding new knowledge, language, and planning foresight. The 2010 Canadian Water Summit is a response to the market need for idea exchange and collaboration between diverse stakeholders who are shaping Canada’s new water reality. Scheduled for June 17th, 2010, the Summit is a unique forum for ensuring that Canada is prepared to overcome water-related challenges by facilitating solutions-oriented partnerships. Join leaders from business, government and civil society to help shape Canada’s sustainable water future. For more information, visit www.watersummit.ca.

Plan an Event for World Day to Combat Desertification

The World Day to Combat Desertification is observed every year on June 17th. This year, the Day's slogan is "Enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere". There is a close relationship between livelihood and ecosystem wellbeing, and soils that are rich in biodiversity. Healthy soils produce life, and yet soil health depends a lot on how individuals use their land. What we do to our soils determines the quality and quantity of the food we eat and how our ecosystems serve us. Our increasing ecological interdependence also means enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere. You can celebrate the Day through organizing activities such as seminars, media events and campaigns in your area. For more information visit the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s website.

The Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) facilitates networking and communication between more than 600 ENGOs, concerned citizens and government departments working to Protect the Earth and Promote Ecologically Sound Ways of Life. To make a submission for the next edition of the e-bulletin, to subscribe or to share your feedback, please send an email to bulletin@cen-rce.org. Submissions should be written in English and French, be issue-specific*, include contact information or a relevant website address, and have a body content less than 100 words in length. The deadline for sending your submissions is Mondays at 11:00am. * The RCEN is a non-partisan organization and does not take political positions on environmental issues. With the exception of relevant environmental publications, we will not post announcements for businesses or for-profit enterprises.