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- Posted by elektron on July 26th, 2007
http://www.nowpublic.com/spp_militarization_and_annexation_north_america#comments
“If we were to replace all of the diesel that we use in the United States" with an algae derivative, says Solix CEO Douglas Henston, "we could do it on an area of land that’s about one-half of 1 percent of the current farm land that we use now"
http://www.greenoptions.com/2007/06/14/algae_biodiesel_startups_plan_large_scale_algae_farms
STATUS OF THE ARTIST ADVOCACY ALERT
There is still time to register your disappointment and frustration at the stalling of Bill No. 68, The Status of the Artist Act, 2007. Please let your members know about this advocacy alert as well.
Government and the Opposition claim the legislation can be returned to the fall legislative session and given high priority. Help us insist they live up to this commitment. Information on the advocacy alert and a sample letter can be found at http://www.artsalliance.sk.ca/?p=home&id=33. General information on status of the artist is available on SAA website at www.artsalliance.sk.ca.
SAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
SAA holds its AGM on Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at The Refinery in Saskatoon. Join your fellow colleagues and the SAA Board to discuss current issues and help shape future initiatives. If you are interested in, or know of someone who is interested in serving as a director, please forward the names to:
Nominations Committee
Saskatchewan Arts Alliance
205A 2314-11 Ave.
Regina, Sk. S4P 0K1
Email: info@artsalliance.sk.ca
Phone: 780-9820
1) Rafting Trip Down the Bow- EVERYONE is Welcome!
Faith and the Common Good is working with Riverwatch to organize a
multifaith trip down the Bow River this summer. Riverwatch organizes
rafting trips down, both the Elbow and the Bow River, exploring the
ecosystem from the water, and stopping for a land adventure here and
there on the way. Primarily Riverwatch organizes trips for schools,
but they also have many opportunity for community members and
families to take part in the trips. For more information on
RiverWatch go to http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/index.cfm.
RiverWatch has recieved funding from the Department of Fisheries, for
groups to take part in river rafting tours over the summer. Faith
and the Common Good has booked a trip for 30 LUCKY participants to
float down the Bow on Monday August 27 ( 12-3pm). The cost is $5 per
person. I will send out the particulars ( where we will meet, where
the river will take us, carpooling ideas etc.) next week. This is an
example of one of the river routes and tours we might
take
http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/riverdata/river_maps/load_map.cfm?map=bowriver
This is a great opportunity for the multifaith community, to come
together and explore and learn about our local river. This will be a
fantastic family activity so please join us.
Since we only have 30 spots available, I will book folks in on a
first come, first serve basis. So email me at
jhrdlicka@faith-commongood.net or give me a call at 270-9669 to sign
up today.
Any questions let me know,
Cheers,
Julie
2) Below is an article from Sunday's Herald discussing some great
interfaith dialogue that is occurring in the city.
>Religious leaders build bridges
>Calgary Muslims, Christians initiate monthly dialogue
>
>Graeme Morton
>Calgary Herald
>
>Sunday, July 15, 2007
>
>A group of Calgary clergy and lay people are quietly building bridges
>between the city's Christian and Muslim communities in the wake of fears
>of rising interfaith tensions.
>
>In a recent report, the Association for Canadian Studies said 1,500
>people polled believe friction between Christians and Muslims will
>overtake traditional French-English language differences as the leading
>source of tension in Canadian society by 2017.
>
>One-third of all Canadians surveyed said they were "pessimistic" about
>the future of Christian-Muslim relations in our country. That percentage
>jumped to 49 per cent in Quebec.
>
>So is there room for local common ground between the world's two largest
>faiths in an increasingly fractious global environment?
>
>Members of the Muslim-Christian Dialogue of Calgary think so.
>
>"One of the reasons people love Canada is our pluralism," says David
>Liepert, a member of the Muslim Council of Calgary.
>
>"We want to do everything we can to support that concept, to be able to
>live our faith in a pluralistic society," adds Liepert.
>
>The local group was formed two years ago in the wake of a visit by
>Stuart Brown, an expert in Christian-Muslim relations.
>
>"We were able to first get representatives from five Calgary Muslim
>traditions together in the same room, which was a first," says Almoonir
>Dewji.
>
>"It took the Christians to get all the Muslims together," he adds with a
>laugh.
>
>Christian representatives were drawn from Roman Catholic and "mainline"
>Protestant denominations, including Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran and
>United, as well as "unattached" members.
>
>"The early meetings were spent getting to know one another and obtaining
>a good grounding in each others' faith, authority and scriptures," says
>Rev. Jean Morris, a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of
>Canada.
>
>Since its birth, Calgary's Muslim-Christian Dialogue group has met on a
>monthly basis. Together with the Jewish community, it issued a joint
>public statement encouraging respectful attitudes toward all
>identifiable groups in the wake of the infamous Danish cartoon portrayal
>of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005.
>
>When Pope Benedict's controversial use of quotes on Islam from a
>14th-century Byzantine emperor made headlines last September, local
>Catholic leaders came together with their Muslim counterparts to discuss
>the context and diffuse the potential for anger.
>
>"If tensions develop, it's much easier to sit down and talk about it
>calmly if you know the other individual on a personal level," says Antal
>Prokecz of the city's Catholic community.
>
>"And if a difficult situation comes up somewhere in the world, we're
>able to stand up for each other locally," he adds.
>
>Dewji believes any increase in interfaith tensions is part of a natural
>evolution in Canadian society.
>
>"We seemed to have worked through our linguistic and multicultural
>issues, so it's not surprising the new focus is on matters of faith,"
>says Dewji.
>
>"We're supposed to be in an increasingly secular time, but I think
>people are talking about their religion more than ever."
>
>While some valuable groundwork has been laid, group members are under no
>illusions that problems between Christians and Muslims will vanish in
>starry-eyed optimism and good works. They acknowledge that heated
>international political and theological feuds could migrate close to
>home. And they'd like to expand the group's Christian component to
>include more members from the evangelical wing of the faith.
>
>But communication lines are open, friendships are in place and trust
>continues to grow. And that's not bad.
>
>"People are realizing they need to get to know their neighbours," says
>Liepert. "Neighbours don't pick on neighbours, they pick on 'the other.'
>"
>
>Anna Tremblay, one of the group's founders, would like to see the local
>organization become "a model for what's possible between people of
>faith.
>
>"In a dialogue, you don't always agree, but you can understand and
>respect the other person's viewpoint," she says.
>
>For more information, call (403)651-2048 or (403) 218-5521.
1) Rafting Trip Down the Bow- EVERYONE is Welcome!
Faith and the Common Good is working with Riverwatch to organize a
multifaith trip down the Bow River this summer. Riverwatch organizes
rafting trips down, both the Elbow and the Bow River, exploring the
ecosystem from the water, and stopping for a land adventure here and
there on the way. Primarily Riverwatch organizes trips for schools,
but they also have many opportunity for community members and
families to take part in the trips. For more information on
RiverWatch go to http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/index.cfm.
RiverWatch has recieved funding from the Department of Fisheries, for
groups to take part in river rafting tours over the summer. Faith
and the Common Good has booked a trip for 30 LUCKY participants to
float down the Bow on Monday August 27 ( 12-3pm). The cost is $5 per
person. I will send out the particulars ( where we will meet, where
the river will take us, carpooling ideas etc.) next week. This is an
example of one of the river routes and tours we might
take
http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/riverdata/river_maps/load_map.cfm?map=bowriver
This is a great opportunity for the multifaith community, to come
together and explore and learn about our local river. This will be a
fantastic family activity so please join us.
Since we only have 30 spots available, I will book folks in on a
first come, first serve basis. So email me at
jhrdlicka@faith-commongood.net or give me a call at 270-9669 to sign
up today.
Any questions let me know,
Cheers,
Julie
2) Below is an article from Sunday's Herald discussing some great
interfaith dialogue that is occurring in the city.
>Religious leaders build bridges
>Calgary Muslims, Christians initiate monthly dialogue
>
>Graeme Morton
>Calgary Herald
>
>Sunday, July 15, 2007
>
>A group of Calgary clergy and lay people are quietly building bridges
>between the city's Christian and Muslim communities in the wake of fears
>of rising interfaith tensions.
>
>In a recent report, the Association for Canadian Studies said 1,500
>people polled believe friction between Christians and Muslims will
>overtake traditional French-English language differences as the leading
>source of tension in Canadian society by 2017.
>
>One-third of all Canadians surveyed said they were "pessimistic" about
>the future of Christian-Muslim relations in our country. That percentage
>jumped to 49 per cent in Quebec.
>
>So is there room for local common ground between the world's two largest
>faiths in an increasingly fractious global environment?
>
>Members of the Muslim-Christian Dialogue of Calgary think so.
>
>"One of the reasons people love Canada is our pluralism," says David
>Liepert, a member of the Muslim Council of Calgary.
>
>"We want to do everything we can to support that concept, to be able to
>live our faith in a pluralistic society," adds Liepert.
>
>The local group was formed two years ago in the wake of a visit by
>Stuart Brown, an expert in Christian-Muslim relations.
>
>"We were able to first get representatives from five Calgary Muslim
>traditions together in the same room, which was a first," says Almoonir
>Dewji.
>
>"It took the Christians to get all the Muslims together," he adds with a
>laugh.
>
>Christian representatives were drawn from Roman Catholic and "mainline"
>Protestant denominations, including Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran and
>United, as well as "unattached" members.
>
>"The early meetings were spent getting to know one another and obtaining
>a good grounding in each others' faith, authority and scriptures," says
>Rev. Jean Morris, a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church of
>Canada.
>
>Since its birth, Calgary's Muslim-Christian Dialogue group has met on a
>monthly basis. Together with the Jewish community, it issued a joint
>public statement encouraging respectful attitudes toward all
>identifiable groups in the wake of the infamous Danish cartoon portrayal
>of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005.
>
>When Pope Benedict's controversial use of quotes on Islam from a
>14th-century Byzantine emperor made headlines last September, local
>Catholic leaders came together with their Muslim counterparts to discuss
>the context and diffuse the potential for anger.
>
>"If tensions develop, it's much easier to sit down and talk about it
>calmly if you know the other individual on a personal level," says Antal
>Prokecz of the city's Catholic community.
>
>"And if a difficult situation comes up somewhere in the world, we're
>able to stand up for each other locally," he adds.
>
>Dewji believes any increase in interfaith tensions is part of a natural
>evolution in Canadian society.
>
>"We seemed to have worked through our linguistic and multicultural
>issues, so it's not surprising the new focus is on matters of faith,"
>says Dewji.
>
>"We're supposed to be in an increasingly secular time, but I think
>people are talking about their religion more than ever."
>
>While some valuable groundwork has been laid, group members are under no
>illusions that problems between Christians and Muslims will vanish in
>starry-eyed optimism and good works. They acknowledge that heated
>international political and theological feuds could migrate close to
>home. And they'd like to expand the group's Christian component to
>include more members from the evangelical wing of the faith.
>
>But communication lines are open, friendships are in place and trust
>continues to grow. And that's not bad.
>
>"People are realizing they need to get to know their neighbours," says
>Liepert. "Neighbours don't pick on neighbours, they pick on 'the other.'
>"
>
>Anna Tremblay, one of the group's founders, would like to see the local
>organization become "a model for what's possible between people of
>faith.
>
>"In a dialogue, you don't always agree, but you can understand and
>respect the other person's viewpoint," she says.
>
>For more information, call (403)651-2048 or (403) 218-5521.
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