The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada's voice for wilderness. We're working to keep at least half of Canada's public land and water wild - forever.
http://www.cpaws.org
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CPAWS Top 10 reasons to give a Go Wild Gift, #10: Because real caribou are really hard to wrap (it's those antlers).
gowildgifts.ca
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On Friday, Bou (the woodland caribou) launched the fanpage Caribou and you. Already there are over 100 fans. Check out Bou's video on the page and add your name to the growing list of fans!
Become a FAN at: http://facebook.com/CaribouAndYou
Caribou And You is about saving the boreal woodland caribou from going extinct by keeping Canada's BEAUTIFUL boreal forest protected and intact. Keeping Canada's boreal forest intact protects not only the caribou, but also you because it's the home of the woodland caribou AND the world's LARGEST land storehouse of carbon dioxide.
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CPAWS Parks Canada is planning NOW for the future of Banff National Park, and they want to hear your comments by November 30. You can send a letter at the link below, and learn more at http://is.gd/4ZWer
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If you believe that Canada needs to preserve Banff and all of our national parks as places where protecting nature is the highest priority, please make your voice heard!
CPAWS This is big - literally. Canada, the US and Mexico have signed an agreement to create continent-wide network of protected areas.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Environment Minister signs memorandum of understanding with the United States and Mexico that binds the three countries in defending uninhabited spaces
CPAWS An update from Barcelona, where Chris Henschel is working to Make Forests Count:
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Chris Henschel provides an update from the UN Barcelona Climate Change Talks. He reveals that developed countries failed to make forests count at Barcelona and lays out the challenge to achieving this outcome at Copenhagen this December.
CPAWS You don't have to be a climate policy wonk to find Chris Henschel's dispatches from the UN climate meetings enlightening. He's in Barcelona this week, where many developed countries are looking for loopholes to allow more forest destruction.
climateforests.blogspot.com
There was a major development today at the UN Barcelona Climate Change Talks on land use, land-use change and forestry: developed countries are being invited to bring whatever reference level they like ...
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In Ottawa? Join CPAWS and MEC for a Big Wild celebration tomorrow at Ottawa U - see you there!
http://www.facebook.com/CPAWSNovaScotia?
Location:Alumni Auditorium, UCU uOttawa
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 6th
CPAWS Algonquin Park is now better protected from logging!
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Toronto - CPAWS Wildlands League is applauding an announcement to protect more of Algonquin Provincial Park. Today, the province posted a notice on the Environmental Bill of Rights registry accepting the ...
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still looking for a Halloween costume idea? why not go as a caribou?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHKQOGPti
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http://caribouandyou.ca/ Halloween costume instructions to build your own woodland caribou antlers - fast, easy, and cheap to do! Go as an endangered species this year for Halloween or any other costume party, or better yet form a herd of woodland caribou with your family and friends. ...
CPAWS 39 days left until Copenhagen, and our climate expert, Chris Henschel, is doing something for the climate every day. Follow his daily efforts, makes suggestions, and let us know what you're doing!
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...passing on information and ideas about forests and climate change action and policy
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40
days until global leaders meet in Copenhagen to forge a global climate
treaty. 40 more days to Make Forests Count! Please help us spread the
word.
makeforestscount.org
CPAWS' resident climate expert, Chris Henschel, is attending Kyoto meetings and advocating for forests as a powerful shield against climate change. Read his blog here.
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Big Wild event - Nov 6 at Ottawa U - see you there!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16
Location:Alumni Auditorium, UCU uOttawa
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 6th
CPAWS Tomorrow is the International Day of Climate Action. Find an event near you! In Ottawa, look for Bou Woodland Caribou on Parliament Hill. He'll be there with Chris Henschel, our resident climate change expert.
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CPAWS CBC Radio 2 wants you to choose favourite Canadian places to be immortalized in song. Lots of natural wonders on there, including Nahanni, Algonquin and AB's hoodoos. Check it out and vote!
www.cbc.ca
CBC RADIO 2 LAUNCHES THE GREAT CANADIAN SONG QUEST, IMMORTALIZING CANADA’S FAVOURITE PLACES IN SONG This fall, CBC Radio 2, Canada’s national music network, brings Canadians the chance to share their passion, ...
