Building Bridges E-Magazine

29/04/2014

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08/07/2013

Honey Bees need our help pls take the pledge )0(

Visit Honey Bee Haven and take the online pledge to protect the honey bees. www.honeybeehaven.org/content/take-pledge

Protect bees from pesticides. Pesticides kill beneficial insects including pollinators and natural enemies that control common pests like aphids. Certain pesticides, including neonicotinoids, are highly toxic to honey bees in particular. Instead of using pesticides, explore organic ways to grow healthy plants, such as using compost for healthy soil and controlling pests with homemade remedies and biocontrols like ladybugs.

Provide a variety of food for bees. Consider clustered plantings with staggered blooming times so there is food throughout the year and particularly in the late summer and fall. Native plants are always best, and inter-planting and hedgerows provide additional forage on farms.

Provide a year-round, clean source of water for bees. This can be a river, pond, irrigation system, rainwater collection system or small-scale garden water features. Shallow water sources can provide more than enough water for bees, without creating opportunities for mosquitoes to breed.

Provide shelter for bees. Leave some ground undisturbed and untilled and some dead trees and plants on the property for wild bees to nest in.

Save our pollinators, songbirds, butterflies & fish. Ban the use of neonicitinoids in Canada!

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Learn about this, share what you know, sign the petition, call, email, fax your MP office and ask them to lobby to ban the use of neonicotinoids.

Link to find you MP: http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseofCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC

There is lots of information regarding neonicotoids on Google. Read up about it and learn for yourself of the dangers of this toxin.
You can even start here-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

Petition:
Currently Member of Parliament for Saanich- Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May is working to petition the Canadian Government to follow the lead of the European Union and ban the use of neonicotinoids in Canada. Over +12,000 signatures have been collected so far.

You can read & sign the online petition here
*Canadian residents only*
-> http://elizabethmaymp.ca/get-involved/ban-neonicotinoids/

Download & print the petition in PDF format here
->http://elizabethmaymp.ca/wp-content/uploads/Protecting-Bees-Petition-EN.pdf

Collect 25 or more signatures and mail it – postage free to:

Elizabeth May Leader of the Green Party of Canada
Hill Office
Confederation Building, Room 518
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Tel: 613.996.1119
Fax: 613.996.0850

or
Elizabeth May MP Saanich- Gulf Islands
Riding Office
1 – 9711 Fourth Street
Sidney, British Columbia
V8L 2Y8
Tel: 250.657.2000
Fax: 250.657.2004

Save our Bees!
Support our Farmers!
Ban the use of Neonicotinoids in Canada!



Simcoe County Organic Living: United Against GMOs & Pesticides

21/01/2013

We believe that Canada’s efforts towards improving the wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples must be guided by our commitments under the UN Declaration, including obtaining free, prior and informed consent when it comes to resource development on lands and waters that have sustained Aboriginal communities for millennia.

http://ow.ly/girTc

Follow Idle No More

21/01/2013

David Suzuki foundation supports Idle No More!

As the Idle No More gains momentum across Canada the David Suzuki Foundation has urged PM Harper to talk to First Nations leaders like Chief Theresa Spence.

08/01/2013

8th FIRE!!!

Share this with good people.

Kids keep telling me their fear about 2012, the end of the world where everything burns and everyone dies!

I know a lot of people believe this so I may step on a few toes when I say that's Not Going to Happen.

The Anishinaabe have something called the Seven Prophecies or Seven Fires. In the seventh, the people are returning to their traditions, the elders are waking up their old knowledge and the old ways, but they have to be invited to speak and must be treated with dignity and respect.

If enough people seek a renewal, if enough people seek to find harmony and balance then this will be the energy needed to light the 8th Fire.

The 8th Fire is when we as a human family finally find enlightenment. It's when the world as we know it *now* comes to an end. What arises is a new way of living, a new way of interacting with the plants, the animals, and all our relations.

So in a way, I guess 2012 could mark the end of the world, this world of hatred, violence, poverty and greed.

And who would mourn for that passing? Who would be afraid?

I love this prophecy and it has come to be embraced by many nations.

I believe that the 8th Fire is already starting.

I believe that a lot of the people reading these words have already begun to feel that flame flicker to life within themselves.

I believe that you are one of those people.

Be honest, be respectful, be good to your body, and be kind to others.

Stand, Speak, Share.

Let the light of your truth shine from you and let the fire spread.

It will never burn you, it will only warm you and light your way.

Hai hai.

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artist: http://www.aaronpaquette.net

07/01/2013

Will you join the Revolution and Defend Mother Earth?!!

Idle No More calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water. Colonization continues through attacks to Indigenous rights and damage to the land and water. We must repair these violations, live the spirit and intent of th...

28/12/2012

here is the link to Idle No More Website
A Grassroots World Wide Movement to Protect Mother Earth )0(

...a peaceful & solidarity call of action regarding Gov't of Canada & Industry's actions negatively affecting Treaty Agreements & Mother Earth...

04/06/2012

http://tribalhearth.com/hearthfire/

Join us in laughter and love, to celebrate the poetry of Creation. A local pagan spiritual gathering, September 7-9, at the UNICAMP Retreat Center.

13/01/2012

http://northernlightsgathering.com

Reclaim the sacred in winter! Northern Lights Gathering is one of the first events of its kind: a local winter Pagan gathering. Kindle the fires of creativity, renew your connection to kith and kin, and celebrate the beauty of a Canadian winter during the February Long weekend 2012.

12/10/2011

Calling all Building Bridges E-Magazine writers, It seems that I have lost my list, if you are still interested in writing for us could you please drop me a line at [email protected]
Thank you
Crystal Allard
Editor

09/10/2011

http://www.northernlightsgathering.com

27/05/2011

20/04/2011

The 19th edition of the Muhtadi International Drumming Festival, will be held on Sat. July 21 & Sun.

02/03/2011

Arabesque Dance Company & Orchestra presents NOOR March 3-6, 2011 at Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens' Quay, Toronto, Canada. Choreography by Yasmina Ramzy and Musical Direction by Bassam Bishara with 17 dance artists and 14 musicians including guest artists Fathi Aljarah, Kranti, Roger Scannura and

25/02/2011

Artists, Innovators and Visionaries promotes people who are making big differences that matter in their communities by way of art, innovations and selfless forward thinking for the progress of their community.

02/02/2011

The February issue of Building Bridges E-mag is on our site and ready for viewing. Check us out at http;//www.buildingbridgesnewsletter.com

31/12/2010

hello folks, Natalie here from BBM with some exciting news! Britten Memorial Church 'Canada's oldest spiritual church' has a new location at Vivace studio 291 A Jane st. 20 yrs ago l use to take class' at the church and it is where l first learnt and practised Spiritual healing "therapeutic touch" every sunday! l'm over the moon that they have moved into where l take belly dance class'!!! what a Magical infusion un

Toronto dance yoga classes/lessons fitness studios, located in High Park Toronto area. Join us for ballroom/latin, belly, salsa, pole dancing, zumba and yoga lessons, and have a great fun doing it .