Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	Event: NatureWatch/IWA Young Water Professionals Conference/2008 Call for Paper(On-going)
------------------------------------ NatureWatch (On-going) ------------------------------------ NatureWatch is a suite of community-based "citizen science" monitoring programmes including FrogWatch , WormWatch , IceWatch , and PlantWatch .  Through these programmes,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  May 14, 2008	Zerofootprint Toronto & Go Blue
The City of Toronto has partnered with Zerofootprint to develop a new campaign called "Zerofootprint Toronto", the first-ever community-wide initiative aimed at engaging citizens in the fight against climate change.  The program, which provides free access to the Zerofootprint...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  May 15, 2008	NOS for Environmental Employment - Call for Participants
ECO Canada invites environmental professionals with 5 years or more of environmental experience to update the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Environmental Employment. The standards are important to our sector's evolution as they define and communicate: what environmental work is,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Dec 20, 2007	T’is the Season… for the 108th Christmas Bird Count!
Occurring between December 14, 2007 and January 5, 2008 throughout the entire Western Hemisphere, the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is the oldest and largest citizen science event in the world. The Canadian portion of this annual event is coordinated by Bird Studies Canada, who, along with the...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Apr 2, 2008	Event: Shifting Into the Mainstream - Canada Green Building Council's 1st National Summit (Jun11-12)
"Shifting into the Mainstream" - Canada Green Building Council's 1st National Summit Date: June 11-12, 2008 Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre The inaugural National Summit will be the largest indoor green building event in Canada and will be zero-waste!  This historic...... [view]

Posted By:  RandyTyler Posted On:  Jul 13, 2007	About Online Volunteering: Podcast and Web Resource
"About Online Volunteering: Information Non-Profit Organizations Can Use" is an online resource (which also has an accompanying podcast listed in iTunes under the same name) by Macdonald Youth Services' (MYS) pioneering online volunteer program developer, Randy Tyler. Learn...... [view]