Laure Waridel will participate in a talk on fair trade to be held at the Centre for Sustainable Devlopment (better known by its official name, Maison du développement durable) as part of a lecture series celebrating Equiterre's 20th anniversary. (In French only.)
Ecosociologist Waridel will join a panel of experts that will include Dario Iezzoni, director of marketing and...
The pipeline company Enbridge has asked the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow in its Line 9 pipeline and to use it to carry tar sands crude to Montreal.
Equiterre senior director Steven Guilbeault will:
explain the risks
propose alternatives to tar sands oil
A great way to find out what you can do!
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The pipeline company Enbridge has asked the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow in its Line 9 pipeline and to use it to carry tar sands crude to Montreal.
Equiterre senior director Steven Guilbeault will explain the risks of such a project and propose alternatives to tar sands oil.
Find out what you can do!
Brought to you by Equiterre in...
The pipeline company Enbridge has asked the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow in its Line 9 pipeline and to use it to carry tar sands crude to Montreal.
The NEB invites citizens to participate in the process. Find out how at this meeting, where Equiterre cofounder and deputy director Steven Guilbeault will talk about alternatives to tar sands oil....
Even if it doesn't spill, it will already have been an environmental disaster.
Enbridge's former Trailbreaker project would have reversed the flow in existing pipelines to ship crude from the tar sands to Portland, Maine by way of Ontario and Quebec. Has this controversial project been revived?
The National Energy Board (NEB) has already approved a reversal for an Ontario portion of the project, and is currently considering whether to extend the reversal...
Sidney Ribaux, executive director of Equiterre, will take part in the "Je coop pour le développement durable" discussion panel at the Forum coopératif et mutualiste 2012 at the Centre des Congrès in Quebec City on October 8.
This event is organized by the Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité.
To see the program, or to register, please visit...
Discussion panel: "Building bridges across sectors and within sectors for social innovation: local and global strategies"
In order to co-create social innovation at a time when the ‘social contract’ is being renegotiated, many civil society organizations are taking on a mediating role and in so doing are instrumental in redefining the roles and...
Yesterday the delegation representing you – our members and supporters – at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil hosted a panel discussion.
The topic?
The role of environmental and social certifications in a green economy (fair trade, organic, etc.).
Close to a hundred people from various countries attended the discussion, which...
Welcome!
The organic banana that brought you here was locally grown in Magé, Brazil.
"Organic," "local" and "fair trade" are examples of the kinds of labels and certifications discussed in the Certified Green panel that you just attended.
They are also major preoccupations of our organization, Quebec, Canada-based environmental group, Equiterre.
