Peace and Environment News

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Joanna Baker sea kayaking from Skagway to Haines, Alaska. Photo: Kelly Hayes. Third PERCshop Coming Up The Peace and Environment Resource Centre is organizing a workshop on Conflict Resolution, to be held June 5 at the Peace and Environment Resource Centre, 174 First Avenue, top floor, from 7-9:30 p.m. The workshop is the third in a series of six workshops on developing skills for people working for social change. There is no charge. Call 230-4590 to reserve a space. These magazines all contain good tips. Some have special editions with useful gear guides. Kanawa: Canada's Canoe and Kayaking Magazine Outpost: The Travelers Journal Outdoor Canada: The Total Outdoor Experience Outside Backpacker: The Magazine Of Wilderness Travel Explore: Canada's Outdoor Adventure Magazine

FEATURE SUPPLEMENT — Eco-Friendly Camping

12th Annual Social Action Walk:
Celebrating Victories and Vision Call 230-4590 to register now! Saturday, JUNE 7, 1997 Minto Park 10 a.m. - Registration; 11 a.m. - Walk Begins Rain or Shine! Walk Organizing Committee - Peace and Environment Resource Centre

• Readers React
  
  • An Insider's View from Mandhir s. Dhesi
• Hello Volunteer!
  Sharon Boddy by Sue Nadon
• New From Octopus
  Getting Mileage Out of Public Hearings Reviewed by Mike Kaulbars
• Book Review
  Gatineau Park Guide Stresses History Reviewed by Sue Nadon
• Compost Corner
  Composting Basics by Marion King
• Wilderness Camping by Alma Norman
• City Rejects Rezoning for Montfort Woods by Rosalind Riseborough
• Camping Memories by Heather Burke
• PERCshop Stresses Communication by Krishna Bera
• Preserving a Park Through Its History by Joanna Baker
• Local Campgrounds
• A Park for Wilderness Lovers by Heather Burke
• Desert Camping by Melinda Tan
• Food for the Trail by Joanna Baker
• Rules of Low Impact Camping
• Tips for Getting the Best Equipment by Carla Brown
• Environmental Friendliness in Outdoor Clothing by Joanna Baker
• Tory Plans Threaten Ontario's Forests by Mike Buckthought
• Getting Active: Volunteer Opportunities in Ottawa-Carleton
• Hiking Opportunities in the Ottawa Area
• Local Wilderness Group Acts for Temagami and Ottawa Valley by Carla Brown
• Ontario Parks for Sale by Marc Johnson and Carla Brown
• Official Plan Only Goes Halfway toward Green Transportation by Alayne McGregor
• Protection Discussed for Trees on Private Property PEN Volunteer
• Regional Plan Weak on Greenspace Protection by Alex Cullen

FEATURE SUPPLEMENT — Eco-Friendly Camping

Merley Agbeko, new outreach Coordinator for the LETS (Local Employment and Trading System). Merley is working to recruit new members for the LETS. LETS' goal is economic empowerment using a local currency call Ecodollars. They can be reached at 236-LETS. Photo: Carla Brown.

• Activist's Notebook
  To Thine Own Self Be True... by Mike Kaulbars
• The Organic Gardener
  Seedlings and Early Plantings by Ann Cleary
• Eco-Briefs
  Environmental Bytes fom Canada and Abroad
• Landmark Case to Decide BC Aboriginal Land Claims by David Mills
• Students Take the Classroom Outdoors by Kate Stoudt and Jen Morse
• Zen in the Art of Canoeing by Mark Adshead
• The Camp We Had Been Waiting For Jo-Ann Dudley
• Northern Horizons by Carla Brown
• Applying Ethics to Choosing Camping Equipment by Carla Brown
• Big Flaws in Act to Protect Endangered Species by Arthur Greenside
• A Cloud Forest Experience by Joanna Baker
• Activists to Protest Military Side of Air Show by Richard Sanders
• Canadian Peace Activists Are a Model to the World by Angela Beale and Margaret Jensen
• Wildlands League Explains Recourse to Legal Action by Tim Gray
• Community Groups Examine Megaweek Monster by David Mills
• Flowers That Are Good for Eating by Myra Palmer
• Corporations to Be New Superpower? by Carla Brown
• Friends of the Farm Lecture series

This issue on Protecting Our Local Wild Spaces is supported by Mountain Equipment Co-op. We hope the suggestions in this issue will be of help to readers in making their outdoor adventures environmentally friendly.

Updated February 13, 2000 - Lg

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