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Peace and Environment News

Volume 9 Number 1

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February 1994

Members' Supplement

The Members' Supplement, published with each issue of the Peace and Environment News, is mailed free to PERC members along with the regular section. The supplement is also available free at the PERC office at 174 First Avenue. If you are not yet a member, complete the membership form on page 8 and send it in along with your tax-creditable donation.

This month's theme is Waste Management Alternatives. In the Supplement you will also find some of our popular regular columns—the Activist's Notebook, Dangerous Women, and The Organic Gardener, as well as feature articles and reviews.

Our theme for the March Supplement will be Alternative Health Care. The theme for the April Supplement will be United Nations Reform. Contributions from readers are welcome, and will be considered, subject to normal review and editing procedures. Call PERC at 230-4590 for details.

Readers React
- A Word Against War Toys from Peter Thomas Rivera
- An Embarrassing Slip from Linda Chapman
Coalition Report
Article by Darrell Rankin
Hello Volunteer!
Karen Mortimer by Roma Quapp
New From Octopus
Where Women Are Leaders: The SEWA Movement in India Reviewed by Gaela Pink
Book Reviews
- Ceasefires—a Limited Hope Reviewed by Mark Fettes
- A Look at our Perceptions on the Middle East Reviewed by Krista Campbell
- The Universe Story Reviewed by John McRae
5 R's Update (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Reject)
Article by Hazel Jack
Hunting Show or Weapons Bazaar? City Bylaw to Decide by Richard Sanders
Grove to be Commemorated
PERC Draw Winners!
GCTC Breaks New Ground: PERC Benefit Coming
Where does Our Plastic Go?
Ocean Waste Dumping Ban Adopted
Commuter Trains for Ottawa: An Update by Irene Brownstein
UN Library Now on FreeNet
Friends of PERC Library
Reducing Campaign Office Pollution: an Election Experiment from Ann Boyd

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PERC is looking for dynamic individuals to serve on its voluntary Board of Directors. If you are willing and able to commit two years of your time to participate on a "working board," we would like to hear from you. Please forward a letter of introduction and a resume to: Nominations Committee, PERC Board of Directors, P.O. Box 4075, Station E, Ottawa ON K1S 5B1. All applications will be reviewed and considered.

ARMSTRONG PARK SAVED
Last summer the city of Ottawa decided to sell this small park to raise money for other projects. People protest reversed the decision, along with the fact that city hall had just approved a 10-storey family housing project just down the street.
[Source: Newswest, Nov. 1993, page 11]

Supplement

This month's feature: Waste Management Alternatives

Activist's Notebook
What Are "Great Men"? by Mike Kaulbars
The Organic Gardener
Making the Most of Garden Space by Ann Cleary
Waste Management Options: From Reduction to Resource by Marti Mussell
Innovative Paper Recycling Plant Weak on Reducing Toxic Effluents by Wendy Vradenburg
Canadians Explore Alternative Waste Management in Indonesia by Karen Mortimer
Landfill mining: Garbage as a Resource by Ernie Lauzon
Junk Into Art by Irene Brownstein
Make Glue at Home by Stephanie Gabrych Fraser
Poverty is Pollution's Best Friend by Tom McKegney
A Letter From Guatemala from Ira Zbarsky
Friends of the Wolf Targets Wolf Kill by Luke Moore
Re-Store Promotes Materials Reuse by Roma Quapp
A Serious Road Trip in Bosnia by Bill Carter

Grant to Help PEN Supplement
The Peace and Environment Resource Centre would like to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a grant from the The Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation in support of the Peace and Environment News Members' Supplement. Their generosity will help us continue to bring our readers current information and insightful viewpoints on environmental topics.

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