Food, Inc. Documentary

Come join EHIG and PHIG in a screening of the popular documentary Food, Inc!

Where: HLTH B442
When: Friday, March 26th, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
Who: Health science students and ANYONE else!

Bring your lunch and an open mind ;)

David Suzuki Foundation - Docs Talk

Check out this new article by an awesome ER physician in Ottawa!

Is Climate Change Getting You Down?
Posted: 18 Mar 2010 11:16 AM PDT
By Dr. Courtney Howard

Visit http://beta.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/docs-talk/is-climate-change-getting-you-down/

Food, Inc.

EHIG and the Public Health Interest Group (PHIG) would like to invite Health Sciences students to a screening of the popular Food, Inc. Documentary on March 26th starting around 12:30 pm. Room location is TBA but save the date and bring your lunch!

Synopsis:
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Ensuring Nuclear Safety In Canada

Thursday March 25th 7:30 pm at the University of Saskatchewan Neatby-Timlin Theatre Room 241. The speaker is the President /CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Michael Binder.

World Water Day

World Water Day is March 22, 2010 and is a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The Eco-Health Interest Group is having a water conservation challenge to celebrate World Water Day. To participate in the challenge send a short email to ecohealthinterestgroup@gmail.com by March 26 with details on what you did to conserve water. Everyone who sends in an email will be entered in a draw to win great prizes! Check out http://www.wateruseitwisely.com for great ideas to reduce the amount of water you use.

Implementing the Climate Change Policy Revolution in British Columbia

The Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is pleased to present the 2010 Tansley Lecture:

Implementing the Climate Change Policy Revolution in British Columbia

Presented by Jessica L. McDonald, Executive Vice-President, Western & International Development, HB Global Advisors Corp. and former Deputy Minister to the Premier, Government of British Columbia (BC)

Thursday April 8, 2010
Canadian Ballroom, Ramada Hotel
Regina Saskatchewan
5:00 ~ 9:00 p.m.

Online Registration Required:

*Corporate/Group Tables $400.00 + GST
Individuals $45.00 + GST
Students $25.00 + GST

To register, please visit the JSGS website and complete our online registration form: https://jsgs.ohmedia.ca/form/190. The registration deadline is April 5, 2010.

Code Green: AMSA's Climate Change Policy

Hey EHIG, check out the Australian Medical Student's Association's website concerning Climate Change! They have lots of interesting links and a short video!

http://www.amsa.org.au/content/code-green-amsas-climate-change-policy

World Water Day - March 22 - University of Saskatchewan Events

Educational booths in the Arts Tunnel
-Oxfam
-Sask environmental society
-Sask watershed authority
-Turning the tide bookstore
-Better than Bottled (come visit us for the chance to win a SIGG water bottle)

Come learn about international water issues, personal water use, saskatchewan's water supply, bottled water, and more!

FREE screening of Blue Gold at 4:00pm in St. Emmanuel Chad, U of S (GSA commons) with introduction by Alina Seigfried on her 25 Liter/day water conservation challenge!

A Chemical Reaction Screening

If you are free on March 16th, Irina has recommended a cheap and educational night out. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Saskatchewan Environmental Society is screening a documentary called A Chemical Reaction at the City Hospital on March 16th. It is about the Hudson vs. SprayTech and ChemLawn case regarding the use and sale of cosmetic pesticides. Admission is by donation.

http://saskatchewanenvironmentalsociety.blogspot.com/2010/02/chemical-reaction-saskatoon.html

Pocket Mulch

Tune in every Wednesday and Friday at 6:30 PM to 90.5FM CFCR Saskatoon’s Community Radio for up-to-date on environmental happenings around the world and in Saskatoon, as well as interesting environmental issues in the news. To listen to Pocket Mulch, check your dial at 90.5FM or on the web at http://www.cfcr.ca/

Saskatchewan Eco Network’s 5th Annual Environmental Film Festival

“SEE THE CHANGE, BE THE CHANGE”

Dates: March 5-7th Saskatoon, SK

Locations: Two venues; Neatby-Timlin Theatre at the U. of S. and The Roxy Theatre on 20th Street

Schedule of Events:

March 5th 7-9:30pm @ The UofS Neatby-Timlin Theatre– Environmental Activist Awards, Screening of the Film “No Impact Man” and a “Green Gala” at Browser’s at the Memorial Union Building on campus.

March 6th 12-9pm @ The Roxy Theatre- Workshops by Rooted and Oxfam, presentation by Engineers Without Borders and the screening of environmental films “In Transition”, “Taking Root” and “Black Gold” along with various local and international shorts.

March 7th 12-6pm @ The Roxy Theatre – Programming includes the screening of the films “End of the Line” and “H2OIL”.

Tickets are by donation $10 suggested for waged, $5 for students and low income.

For More Information go to: http://econet.sk.ca/filmfest/films2010.html

Or contact the Saskatchewan Eco Network @ (306) 652-1275.