From District 8 Kin

Interested in the enviroment? Please check out the following

Contents 1 Web Sites 2 Must-see videos 3 Downloads of Suzanne Elston for Sun Media 4 Durham Reginal Contact for Enviromental Issues

[edit] Web Sites

www.storyofstuff.com – The original 20-minute video, The Story of Stuff is amazing 20-minute animation of the consumerist society. Also available: The Story of Bottled Water, and The Story of Electronics.

noimpactman.typepad.com - Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man website.

www.orionmagazine.org - Polymers Are Forever (the article about plastics).

Or direct download from www.orionmagazine.org

www.yourearth.ca – Suzanne Elson that has archives of about four years worth of newspaper columns. Searchable for information.


Donate Your Scrap Car to CF I have used this and the VERY next day the tow truck was by to collect! This is fantastic.

[edit] Must-see videos

Manufactured Landscapes (video is available from Blockbuster) follows internationally acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky on a journey throughout China . Through his large format photographs we see the almost unbelievable impact that China 's massive industrialization has had on the landscape of the country.

This is not an easy film to watch. As Burtynsky's writes, "These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire - a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times."

Home Project www.home-2009.com – a breathtakingly beautiful film about our planet. Available free for viewing on You Tube, but worth the investment to see on the big screen.

[edit] Downloads of Suzanne Elston for Sun Media

BIO: Suzanne Elston

Suzanne Elston brings over two decades of experience, passion and commitment to her role as Senior Environmental Coordinator for the City of Oshawa. She is responsible for developing the City’s environmental strategic plan, providing corporate and community environmental leadership, and implementing innovative stewardship programs. In 2008 she organized an Ontario-wide Environmental Advisory Committee Symposium, was appointed Oshawa’s Municipal Energy Conservation Officer, and helped to launch the Greening Greater Toronto initiative.

Elston is a respected environmental journalist with over 20 years experience. Her weekly Green Planet articles are featured in over 250 SunMedia publications across the country. Her work has been featured on CTV (Canada AM), TVOntario (More to Life), CTS (Living Well), and National Public Radio (Living on Earth, Marketplace) and Durham Radio.

Elston is a strong advocate for environmental awareness and promotes individual stewardship and action. The former chair of the Durham Environmental Advisory Committee, Elston was awarded the DEAC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for her work within the community. She is also the recipient of the Recycling Council of Ontario’s Volunteer of the Year Award (2002).

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[edit] Durham Reginal Contact for Enviromental Issues

Jenna Dunlop, PhD, MBA
Policy and Research Advisor
Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change Office of the Regional Chair and CAO
The Regional Municipality of Durham
605 Rossland Road East, 5th Floor
Whitby, ON
L1N 6A3
Office: 905-668-4113 x3803
Blackberry: 905-431-0771
Fax: 905-666-6208
Email: jenna.dunlop@durham.ca