Ecologos Presents

Water Docs Film Festival 2014

When: March 21 - March 29, 2014

Where: Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, McCaul St. @ Dundas St. W., Toronto

List of films: http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs/

Ticket sales: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/557968

.   Capitalizing on rising public concern about water and the growing popularity of documentary storytelling, it begins with a 24-hour celebration of water, to signify World Water Day with films about water and water issues.   This Festival will highlight both feature films and shorts about water and the schedule includes discussions with filmmakers and experts from the water community.   

Explore ways we can each change our actions to make a concrete difference.  www.waterdocs.ca.

Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Location: Unversity of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

Detailed Program:  http://ontariofarmlandtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ontario-Farmland-Trust-2014-Farmland-Forum-Program.pdf

Opening Remarks by Premier Kathleen Wynne

Registration and full details at: http://ontariofarmlandtrust.ca/get-involved/events/annual-farmland-forum/2014-farmland-forum/

NDACT Vice Chair, Shirley Boxem will be in attendance.

Presented by the Toronto Food Policy Council

A Local Food Hero Award is being given to NDACT chair, Carl Cosack, by the Toronto Food Policy Council!

Carl is being honoured for his hard work in promoting the protection of prime farmland and source water regions.

The presentation will take place Wednesday, February 12th at 2pm. Committee Room 4, Toronto City Hall. The meeting is open to the public.

The Fairlawn Neighbourhood Centre in North Toronto is hosting Fairlawnstock to spread the word about Food & Water First.

Food, music and a presentation by NDACT Chair Carl Cosack.

More details to come!

In support of our Food & Water First partners in Midhurst, we are spreading the news:

Margaret Atwood has issued a simple challenge:

Spread the word, get 5000 signatures on their petition and she will visit all they are to protect AND host a fundraiser in their nearby high school.

This is a GREAT opportunity for Midhurst, Springwater and the Minesing Wetlands to garner well-deserved recognition for their beauty and charm.  But, they can't do it without you.  Their petition sits roughly at 2000 people and has grown by roughly 150 per day since Ms. Atwood's involvement. They still need 3000 more signatures!

From their petition:

The Midhurst Secondar Plan proposes to turn a small, rural community of 3,500 people into a small city of almost 30,000! At stake are the local farms on rime agricultural land that will be sacrificed for development land (up to almost 1,900 acres).

Moreover, the health of a small local creek and the nearby, internationally significant Minesing Wetlands are threatened by 10.6 million litres of effluent that will be pumped in daily from the proposed sewage treatment facility. These wetlands contain fragile ecosystems and in some parts, rare or sensitive species of flora and fauna.  Based on what we stand to lose or destroy, failure to stop this massive over-development is NOT an option.

Click here to read more.

Please sign and share the petition. 

http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c645cc192cabb153747cd0203&id=668b3011a6&e=59f5701035

http://www.stopspringwatersprawl.com/

Presented by: Farmland Preservation

A Food & Water First Partner

You are invited to:

A Breakfast at Haisai

Date: Feb. 26, 2014
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: Haisai Restaurant, 794079 County Rd. 124, Singhampton, ON

Flapjacks and coffee $15.00

Purpose: to discuss farmland preservation in the south Georgian Bay region

Carl Cosack, NDACT Chair, will present on Food & Water First’s goals and direction in 2014 and discuss how we can engage other municipalities to put Food &Water First on their agenda.

Please help spread the word and expand the discussion.

For more information, contact Joclyn at:  jbiggins@unitedwaygsc.ca