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UPEI hosts public forum on P.E.I.’s environment on November 13
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The Environmental Studies program at the University of Prince Edward Island is hosting a public forum called “State of the Island Environment 2008: Looking Back, Looking Ahead” on Thursday, November 13, at 7 p.m. in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Room 242.
“The aim of these forums is to bring together a diverse panel of knowledgeable and concerned people from environmental organizations and government agencies to discuss important local environmental issues that have included water quality, waste and GMOs,” says Dr. Don Mazer, the former coordinator of the Environmental Studies program.
“Public education is an important part of the mission of our program,” says Dr. Darren Bardati, the new Director of Environmental Studies at UPEI. “UPEI is an ideal place to bring together members of the university community and the broader Island community to hear different perspectives on the critical issues that face the Island.”
This is the fifth forum on environmental topics that has been hosted by the program; it revisits the theme of the first forum in 2000, which was called “The State of the Island Environment.”
“Given the many significant developments in the past decade related to issues such as water quality, nitrates, fish kills and climate change, it seemed important to us to revisit this general theme in order to offer some historical perspectives on these issues, as well as to look at visions for a sustainable future,” says Bardati.
The panel will include a number of participants from the early forums who will offer a variety of informed perspectives. They include Diane Griffin, Nature Conservancy of Canada; Daryl Guignion, a wildlife biologist and retired UPEI biology professor; Sharon Labchuk, Green Party of Canada; and Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of PEI and Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. They will be joined by the Honourable George Webster, Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry. UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan will be the moderator for the forum.
The panelists will offer their views on the current state of the Island environment, how things have changed in the eight years since the first forum, their analysis of the key factors that contribute to environmental issues on PEI, and their ideas about how to move toward a sustainable future. A question period will follow the presentations. Bardati has also emphasized the forum as an important part of students’ course work in Environmental Studies, and encouraged their involvement in the discussion.
“We look forward to an evening of informative presentations and lively exchange that will give us all a chance to reflect on how we can preserve and enhance the ecological well-being of the Island and of Islanders,” says Bardati.
Admission to the forum is free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, please contact Darren Bardati at (902) 620-5066.
“The aim of these forums is to bring together a diverse panel of knowledgeable and concerned people from environmental organizations and government agencies to discuss important local environmental issues that have included water quality, waste and GMOs,” says Dr. Don Mazer, the former coordinator of the Environmental Studies program.
“Public education is an important part of the mission of our program,” says Dr. Darren Bardati, the new Director of Environmental Studies at UPEI. “UPEI is an ideal place to bring together members of the university community and the broader Island community to hear different perspectives on the critical issues that face the Island.”
This is the fifth forum on environmental topics that has been hosted by the program; it revisits the theme of the first forum in 2000, which was called “The State of the Island Environment.”
“Given the many significant developments in the past decade related to issues such as water quality, nitrates, fish kills and climate change, it seemed important to us to revisit this general theme in order to offer some historical perspectives on these issues, as well as to look at visions for a sustainable future,” says Bardati.
The panel will include a number of participants from the early forums who will offer a variety of informed perspectives. They include Diane Griffin, Nature Conservancy of Canada; Daryl Guignion, a wildlife biologist and retired UPEI biology professor; Sharon Labchuk, Green Party of Canada; and Gary Schneider, Environmental Coalition of PEI and Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project. They will be joined by the Honourable George Webster, Minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry. UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan will be the moderator for the forum.
The panelists will offer their views on the current state of the Island environment, how things have changed in the eight years since the first forum, their analysis of the key factors that contribute to environmental issues on PEI, and their ideas about how to move toward a sustainable future. A question period will follow the presentations. Bardati has also emphasized the forum as an important part of students’ course work in Environmental Studies, and encouraged their involvement in the discussion.
“We look forward to an evening of informative presentations and lively exchange that will give us all a chance to reflect on how we can preserve and enhance the ecological well-being of the Island and of Islanders,” says Bardati.
Admission to the forum is free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, please contact Darren Bardati at (902) 620-5066.
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