Site News

Updated June 21, 2009

Media Articles added 

Welcome!

We hope that you enjoy browsing through our website to learn more about CEAC as a group and some of the environmental issues facing our community.  If you have any suggestions or comments for the group, or suggestions for the website, please contact us .

 Our next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, September 8, 2009

7:00 p.m  The "Back 40" Room in the basement of the Homestead Building, 209 - 2nd Avenue W.

See you in the Fall!  New Members and guests are always welcome!

Cochrane Ideas and Cochrane Environmental Action Committe

would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend a presentation and discussion

on one of the most vital topics of our time.  It was informative and very enlightening!

Check out Media Articles for write-ups 

TAR SANDS

DIRTY OIL and the FUTURE of a CONTINENT

Featuring well-known speaker and the book's acclaimed author:

- Andrew Nikiforuk -

 "Andrew Nikiforuk reveals the true costs of America's oil addiction.... Tar Sands is a wake-up call not just to Canadians but to the wider world to take a serious look at what is happening in northern Alberta."

If you would like to be kept informed about future Cochrane Ideas meetings call:  403-932-6580 or 403-932-5692

!NEW!

CEAC Is Selling Rain Barrels

For more information about the barrels and how to get one (or two) for your yard

Click here!

  July 8-11, 2009: Calgary, Alberta,

The 4th National Stewardship & Conservation Conference

‘Strengthening Stewardship - Investing at Every Step’! 

Held every 3 years,Stewardship and Conservation is the national conference where Canada’sstewards meet to discuss emerging issues and develop solutions for the bestpossible stewardship of Canada’s environment. This conference will bringtogether individuals, community groups, all levels of government, environmentaland conservation organizations, industry, business leaders, aboriginalgroups, educators, researchers, professionals and policy-makers from acrossCanada. Together, delegates will chart a roadmap for supporting, recognizingand integrating environmental stewardship into the way we live and do businessin Canada and beyond.  

Featuring keynote speakers including MonteHummel and Preston Manning.  

Monte Hummel is PresidentEmeritus of World Wildlife Fund Canada, has served on the boards of over thirtyCanadian and international conservation organizations, been appointed tonumerous government advisory councils and is author of over one hundred populararticles or scientific journal publications.  He has been widelyrecognized for his work, receiving awards from Canadian Nature Federation,Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and Canadian Geographic’s LifetimeAchievement Award.

Preston Manning served as aMember of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001 and was also his party’scritic for Science and Technology.  He has since released a book entitled ThinkBig, describing his use of the tools and institutions of democracy tochange Canada’s national agenda and is currently President and CEO of theManning Centre for Building Democracy.  Mr. Manning’s interests includestrengthening relations between the scientific and political communities andthe application of market mechanisms to environmental conservation.  

Invitation to comment on the Stateof Stewardship in Canada Report

The conference program openswith a summary of the state of stewardship in Canada. The State ofStewardship in Canada report has been prepared for the conference toreview adopted policy directions, conservation tools, strategies ofvarious communities of stewardship interest (including governments, resource industries,and non-government organizations) in order to indicate gaps and remedialactions required.  We are now inviting comments on this report ,  andthe provincial/territorial review, from all communities of stewardshipinterest.

For more information pleasevisit: www.stewardship2009.ca 

Amended Remedial Action Plan for the Domtar site

Amended Remedial Action Plan for the Domtar site (PDF)  - ARAP – July 30, 2008Version (Be advised that this is a very large file)

 Springwood is currently working with ourenvironmental team of consultants, in direct collaboration with all applicableregulators, in finalizing the details of a final version of the ARAP for theformer Domtar Lands.  This work includes addressing the items listed inAlberta Environment’s August 20, 2008 email (posted here), as well asperforming some additional field sampling on site.  This field work willbe performed in the first part of April, 2009.  A final version of the ARAP is forthcoming and will be posted here in due course.

 Alberta Environment’s comments on this ARAP and Springwood's response.