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USA
Bethesda
To mark World Environment Day 2006, Arts For Global Development (Art4Development.Net) is organizing an educative event on 8 June at the International Visions Art Gallery in Washington DC to address environmental challenges that have an impact on human lives. The event hosts guest speaker Elizabeth Bast, International Policy Analyst at Friends of the Earth and presents the international ' eco-arts' collage of Art4Development.Net E-Community artists/activists.
For more information please contact:
Eco’arts WED Event
Arts for Global Development, Inc
P.O Box 5892
Bethesda, MD 20824
USA
Email: info@art4development.net
URL: www.art4development.net/home.html
Boulder
To commemorate World Environment Day, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. invites you to attend a reading at the Boulder Bookstore, given by renowned scientist and internationally bestselling author Tim Flannery. Dr. Flannery will be discussing his new book, ‘THE WEATHER MAKERS: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth’. He will appear at Boulder Bookstore on 5 June, at 7:30pm. All are welcome to come listen and learn what they can do to do reduce emissions and stop global warming.
For more information, please contact;
Elizabeth Johnson
Boulder Bookstore
1421 Spruce Street
Boulder
USA
E-mail: elizabeth.johnson@groveatlantic.com
Ohio
To celebrate World Environment Day 2006, the Wetlands Education Team will place stickers on storm grates to alert residents to their role in protecting natural
resources.
For more information, please contact:
Clay McMullen
Wetlands Education Team
Post Office Box 183
Chesterland, Ohio 44026
USA
Tel: 440 729 0457
Fax:440 729 9826
E-mail:wet@adelphia.net
Old Ravenswood
To mark World Environment Day, the Old Ravenswood Gardenkits will avail their UNDARP [Documentation, Archiving, Records and Preservation] programme.
For more information, please contact:
Francois Leland
Old Ravenswood Gardenkits
851 weeks street
P.O Box 51524
Old Ravenswood City, Calif, 94303-1524
Tel: 650 856 8626
Fax: 650 322 5899
E-mail: unoakland@aol.com
Sacramento
To celebrate World Environment Day, the Sacramento Area Earth Day Network has organised The River City Run which is a 5 and 10 km run / walk that is to benefit local sustainable living projects. The event starts and finishes in Old Sacramento and travels along the two major rivers. Last year, $12,000 was raised and awarded to eleven local sustainable living projects.
For more information, please contact:
Kathy Ries
Sacramento Area Earth Day Network / Sierra
4441 La Purissima Way
Sacramento
United States of America
Tel: 916–739–6705
Fax: 916-739-6705
E-mail: projectcoord@earthdaysac.org
Stevens Point
To celebrate World Environment Day 2006, the Global Environmental
Teachings Program (GET) organized an international photo contest for
students around the world with the theme, 'Greening Our School: Students
Making a Difference.' This event will help students build a better
understanding for different cultures and how humans throughout the world
affect and are affected by the environment. It will enable students to connect internationally and ultimately enhance their understanding of
what environmental projects other students are doing at their schools.
Winning photos will be reproduced on a poster and distributed to
participating schools by 5 June.
For more information, please contact:
Jamie Hiler
Global Environmental Teachings (GET)
403D, LRC, UWSP
Stevens Point
USA
Tel: 715 346 4818
Fax:715 346 4698
E-mail: jamie.hiler@uwsp.edu
Website: http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/get
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