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vironmental threats facing the

and literature exist that can help

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at 10:25 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. on Vancouver's Green
Station, 99.3 The Fox.

The Green Report, the iirst of its kind, originated on
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radios coast to coast.

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planet and the action that can be
taken to help reduce mankind's
Negative impact on the environ-
ment. The following are a selection
of resources that can used for fur-
ther information:

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS:
© Environmentally Sound Packag-
ing Coalition, 2150 Maple St.
Vancouver, V6S 373, 736-3644:
Founded by the B.C. Wildlife
Federation, the Consumers’
Association of Canada (B.C.),
Federation of B.C. Naturalists,
Pitch-In Canada and the Recycling
Council of British Columbia, this
group studies packaging and its
impact on the consumer waste
stream, and promotes the devel-
opment and use of environmentai-
ly sound packaging.

° Environmental Watch, #11 - 3856
Sunset St. Burnaby, B.C., V5G
1T3, 922-2683: An advocacy group
calling for a decrease in air and
water pollution.

® Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre,
3663 Park Road, N. Vancouver,
V7 3G6, 987-5922: Run by the
District of North Vancouver, the
centre runs low or no-cost pro-
grams educating people of all ages
about the iocal wilderness and its
preservation.

* Save Howe Sound Society, 681-
2961: Calls for a decrease in the
pollutants being disposed of in the
waters of Howe Sound.

°© Save Lynn Canyon Park
Association, 983-3774: A group
founded to fight for the preserva-
tion of the green space between
Lynn Creek and Seymour River.

¢ Society for Promoting En-
vironmental Conservation
(S.P.E.C.), 2150 Maple St. Van-
couver, V6J 313, 736-SPEC or, in
West) Vancouver, 922-7730: An
environmental education/advocacy

organization celebrating its 20th
anniversary, topics of concern in-
clude waste management, water

pollution, food irradiation,
pesticides, hazardous chemicals
and more. Recently published a

40-paze booklet called ‘‘Every En-
vironmentally Sound Product and
Service You Ever Wanted to Use
But Didn't Know Where to Find.””

* Vancouver Tropical Rainforest
Action Society, 2150 Maple St,
Vancouver, Y63 3T3, 734-RAIN:
Educates the public on tropical
rainforest issues and facilitates
local and global action for change.

* Western Canada Wilderness
Committee: 103-1520 W. 6th Ave.,
Vancouver, Y6J 1R2, 731-6716: A
non-profit registered society v hose
goal is to educate on wilderness
and environmental issues. Has
published education reports on
topics such as the Carmanah
Valley and the Amazon Rain-
forest.

© Worldwide Home Environmen-
talists’ Network (W.H.LE.N.),
1910 27th St. West Yancouver,
VTV 412, 926-5079: Meets at 7:30
p.m. on the third Wednesday of
each month at the West Vancouver
YMCA to discuss action strategies
regarding a variety of environmen-
tal concerns, including letter writ-
ing, household recycling,
wilderness preservation, en-
vironmentally-friendly gift giving,
etc.

* World Wildlife Fund, 60 St.
Clair Ave., E., Suite 201, Toronto,
Ont., M4T INS: Among its other
programs, the WWF operates the
Guardian of the Amazon program,
through which donors can preserve
one acre of threatened rainforest
by sending in $25. The toll-free
Amazon Hotline: 1-800-387-8660.

WRITTEN RESOURCES:

ALTHOUGH LIMITED | space
doesn't permit the listing of all the

informative environment books
and pamphlets recently published,
the following o.fers a selection of
books that each look at the prob-
lem from a slightly different angle.
© The Canadian Green Consumer
Guide prepared by the Pollution
Probe Foundation, pub. Mce-
Clelland & Stewart. This popular
book provides a wealth of casy-
to-understand information about
the environmental threats facing us
and hundreds of tips to help us
avoid further planetary degrada-
tion. The many topics covered in-
clude gardening, transportation,
food and drink and waste
management.

* You Can Do It! Kids can write
away for this free, 21-page booklet
on how’ they can heip save the en-
vironment. It's published by the
Canadian Wildlife Federation
(1673 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ont.,
K2A 3Z1 or call 613-725-2191),
who also publish the children’s
wildlife periodical, Ranger Rick.

© Tribute To Our Common Future
is a 64-page newspaper-style report
published by the World Media In-
stitute. Available for about $2 at
stores such as Capers in West
Vancouver, it presents the ideas
contained in Dr. Gro Harlem
Brundtland's work, Our Common
Future, in’ an easy-to-understand
and shorter format. Our Common
Future, also available in local
bookstores, is the report of the
World Commission on Environ-
aient and Development, of which
Dr. BrundtJand was the chairper-
son.

¢ Every Environmentally Sound
Product und Service You Ever
Wanted to Use Bul Dida’t Know
Where ta Find was recently
published by the Society Pro-
moting Environmental Conserva-
tion (SPEC). The 40-page shop-
pers’ guide is available for $5 (free
to SPEC members) at 2150 Maple
St... Vancouver, or at selected
bookstores.

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