>> From: J or P Hadrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 7:00 AM
>>
>> Thought you might be interested or know someone who would be.
>> Joan
>>
>> Subject: Conference on Biodiversity and Multinationals
>>
>> Please post or forward. Many thanks.
>> _____________________
>> Global Community Centre of Waterloo Region will be celebrating its 25th
>> anniversary by holding a conference entitled "Biodiversity and
>> Multinationals: finding a moral solution" at the University of Waterloo
>> in
>> partnership with WPIRG and UW's Department of Environment and Resource
>> Studies. This is a conference for everyone who cares about people and
>> this
>> planet...
>>
>> November 12: 7pm - Wine and Cheese for past and present Global
>> volunteers
>> and donors (RSVP); 8pm - KEYNOTE SPEAKER Wade Davis will present a
>> talk/slide show, "Extinction or Survival: The Global Crisis of
>> Diversity".
>> Davis is a Harvard-trained cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and
>> photographer who has been called a living Indiana Jones, "a rare
>> combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all
>> lif'e's diversity" for his explorations and research throughout the
>> world.
>> He spends much of his time in rainforests and with indigenous peoples in
>>
>> Canada and the southern Americas as "they battle to save the things that
>>
>> define them: their lifeway, their language, and their land." One of his
>> books, "One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon
>> Rainforest"
>> was nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Award in
>> Nonfiction.
>> Book signing to follow lecture.
>>
>> November 13: 8am Conference Registration; 9am-4:30pm - Conference
>> lectures
>> and workshops: Jean Christie, "Biodiversity: a Global Perspective"; Dr.
>> Mel
>> Watkins, "Multinationals 101"; Dr. John Middleton, "Agriculture and
>> Moral
>> Ambiguity - A View from the Pampas"; Marc Xuereb, "Free Trade and the
>> Zapatista Movement"; Dr. Deborah Barndt, "The Journey of the Corporate
>> Tomato"; Dr. Leanne Simpson, "Aboriginal Perspectives on Biodiversity";
>> Dean Jacobs, "Walpole Island First Nation", Sarah Dover, "Canadian
>> Endangered Species Legislation: Mass Extinction and the Politics of
>> Influence"; Dr. Joe Cummins, "Genetic Engineering 101"; Diana
>> Beresford-Kroeger, Lucy Sharrat, "GMOs: Scientific Fact, Corporate
>> Fiction,
>> and Public Accountability"; 6pm - Banquet and festivities
>>
>> November 14: 9:00 Non-denominational service; 9:30-12:30 - Conference
>> lecture and forums: Bob Budd, "Community Shared Agriculture"; David
>> Nitkin
>> (to be confirmed), "The Ethical Consumer", Bob Thomson, "Fair Trade and
>> the
>> Certification Process"; Activists' Roundtable on Effective Activism;
>> Forum
>> on the future of the Global Community Centre.
>>
>> Also at the conference: Conference Bookstore, Bridgehead store, 25+
>> booths
>> showcasing associations and organizations committed to "finding a moral
>> solution".
>>
>> Registration Fees: Keynote Speaker only - $15 waged, $10
>> unwaged/students/fixed income, Sat/Sun only - $40 waged, $30
>> unwaged/st/fi, Full conference - $55 waged, $40 unwaged/st/fi. (Although
>>
>> this is a fundraising event for Global, please call us if you need
>> financial assistance.) Banquet with Latin American-flavoured organic
>> vegetarian buffet, music, and dancing- $5; Organic vegetarian boxed
>> lunches
>> (Sat. only) - $5. NOTE: meals must be prebooked. Refreshments will be
>> provided; please bring your own mug, if possible.
>>
>> For more detailed conference information and to register, please phone
>> (519) 746-4090, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit
>> http://www.web.net/~gccwat/
>>
>
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Judyth Mermelstein "cogito ergo lego ergo cogito..."
Montreal, Quebec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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