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Dedicated to maintaining the balance of nature for the mutual benefit of people and their plant and animal friends. http://www.friends-of-nature.ca/ Our founder pioneer conservationist Rudy Haase:
"It can't happen unless you do it," says Martin Rudy Haase, Founder, Friends of Nature. "While there's life, there's hope. So if you're alive, you can't engage in despair. You have to keep going where you can see hope and where you can do things."
The driving force behind the work of Friends of Nature has always been our founder, Rudy Haase. He is known for translating idealism to action. A groundbreaking conservationist, his infectious optimism, enthusiasm and love of nature have inspired countless others to do good work. He and his wife lead by example in the way they choose to live: eating organic food, installing solar panels on their home and clearing snow from their driveway with no mechanical equipment.
"He is a person of considerable conviction and principle but he also turns those convictions and principles into concrete action," says Bob Waldon, past Nova Scotia Nature Trust board member.
Although Rudy Haase remains humble, a lifetime spent conserving land does not go unnoticed. Mr. Haase was the subject of a beautiful 2007 documentary by Neal Livingston.
"What a wonderful man he is! [The film, "Rudy Haase," has] captured his vitality and energy which certainly is inspiring. He would seem to be the ideal model for us all," applauds Leon Narbey (New Zealand feature film director; cinematographer on "Whale Rider;" filmmaker, "Man Of The Trees").
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This is a film you don't want to miss! Clean air and water—the source of life. In many nations, the law recognizes the legal rights of citizens to these essential elements of survival but not in Canada or the United States. And that’s what "Green Rights" is all about. When: May 19, 2017 at 7pm Where: Mahone Bay Centre, 45 School St Hope to see you there🌎🌎🌎
Award-winning "Green Rights" Film Screening In Mahone Bay
Clean air and water—the source of life. In many nations, the law recognizes the legal rights of citizens to these essential elements of survival but not in Canada or the United States. And that's what Green Rights is all about. Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World will be shown at 7:PM Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Mahone Bay Centre, 45 School St. The event is co-sponsored by the South Shore Chapter of the Council of Canadians and the Friends of Nature. It will be hosted by film writer and narrator Silver Donald Cameron. Green Rights tells the stories of ordinary people and dedicated lawyers who are suing multinational corporations and unresponsive governments on behalf of future generations. And they are winning in places such as Argentina, the Philippines, Ecuador, and the Netherlands. Cameron and film director Chris Beckett captured footage and compiled interviews from eleven countries on every continent except Antarctica. Cameron is also the author of the companion book Warrior Lawyers: From Manila to Manhattan, Attorneys for the Earth, which will be available at the event. Admission is by donation. Light refreshments will be available.
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Dear Friends: This petition is to ask the Premier to put a stop to the importation of bees from Ontario to NS, due to the threat of the Small Hive Beatle which exists in Ontario and not yet in NS. We hope you see fit to sign.
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"Forestry viewed as a vegetable garden is an unfortunate metaphor. Forestry at large moved away from the view of forestry as simple production systems in the 1990s when it was recognized that forests need to be managed for multiple values, and that “sustainability” has to embrace more than just the annual allowable cut."
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A well designed climate change policy would position our provincial private woodland owners and our crown forests to have a powerful effect in reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by using our forests to store carbon.
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