Volume 13 Number 8 * October 1998

Tomato harvest, Sarah's Garden, Killaloe, Ontario. Photo: Linda Archibald.

Take Back the Night March, September 1998. Photo: Linda Archibald.

New PERCshops Starting The first workshop in this year's PERCshop series on grassroots organizing will be held October 21 at 7 p.m. at the Peace and Environment Resource Centre, 174 First Avenue, top floor. The workshop will be on "Love, Lust and the New Volunteer: Moving Beyond Brief Encounters to Meaningful and Rewarding Volunteer Relationships." There is no charge. Call 230-4590 to register. The PERCshop series is organized by the Peace and Environment Resource Centre.

FEATURE SUPPLEMENT — Nuclear Weapons Abolition

• Is Nuclear Energy Green?
  Editor's note : The July-August issue of the PEN carried a debate on nuclear energy which featured an article by Jeremy Whitlock, "Nuclear Energy: the Green Alternative." We have received two letters responding to this article:
  • Letter from Jan Heynen, P. Eng.
  • Letter from Ziggy Kleinau
• Readers React
  • Talk Is Not Enough from Oziel Chapa
  • More Solar Basics from Ziggy Kleinau
• Hello Volunteer!
  Harold Jones by Melissa McDonald
• New From Octopus
  Action for Sustainability Reviewed by Mike Kaulbars
• Book Review
  Forests in Trouble Reviewed by Mike Kaulbars
• Compost Corner
  Autumn Leaf and Yard Waste Collection by Marion King
• Your Energy Questions
  Humidifier setting for dry house in the winter by Jonathan Ham
• Suppose the Best Was Also the Cheapest? by Mike Nickerson
• People Combat Poverty in Peru by Rosalind Riseborough
• What's Behind Shrimp Farming by Bradford Duplisea
• Summer in El Salvador by Michelle Wardman
• Millennium Bug Website by Terry Cottam
• Action Alert

FEATURE SUPPLEMENT — Nuclear Weapons Abolition

Hiroshima 8:15 a.m. August 6th, 1945. A mushroom cloud looms following the nuclear blast. "The only way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to eliminate the threat of a nuclear war or accident is to abolish all nuclear weapons." These postcards, designed by End the Arms Race, can be sent to Prime Minister Chrétien. They are available at PERC or from Ploughshares-Ottawa, 230-4590.

• Web Watch
  Peace Sites by Sharon Boddy
• Peace and Eco Briefs
  Briefs by Kate Keating
• The Organic Gardener
  Why Do You Garden? by Ann Cleary
• Activist's Notebook
  Yesterday's Defeats are Tomorrow's Victories by Mike Kaulbars
• PERC Annual General Meeting
  The Peace and Environment Resource Centre will hold its Annual General Meeting October 29 at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Voting is restricted to members. We will have a Halloween theme. You are invited to wear costumes; refreshments will be provided.
  • PERC Through the Year 1997-8 by Mike Kaulbars
  • Treasurer's Report by Harold E. Jones
• Some International Peace Initiatives by David Mills
• Ottawa's Endorsement Sought for Nuclear Weapons Ban by David Mills
• ICJ Ruling Boosts Peace Activists by Melissa McDonald
• Civil Society and Officials Teamed Up in the World Court Project by Kate Dewes
• A Treasure Hunt for Hidden Nukes from For Mother Earth
• Citizens Up In Arms: Do-It-Yourself Weapons Inspections by Kate Keating
• The Middle Powers Initiative: an Interview with Doug Roche
• Poll Shows Canadians say NO to Nuclear Weapons by Deborah Powell
• A Model Convention to Ban Nuclear Weapons by Jordan Bishop
• Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century by Sergei Rogov

Our Thanks to
Peacefund Canada for providing funding for this issue on nuclear weapons abolition.

Converted July 31, 1999 - Lg

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