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Photo Credit: Rock Arssenault, Reuters. Woodland Caribou in conflict with Industry in Alberta's Boreal region.

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 Sage Newsletter for May 2013 is HERE.

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Check out our proposal, 

Moving Towards Sustainability

at the

Shell Fuelling Change site.

 

Don't be shy!

Vote and help us make the Fish & Game Hut more environmentally friendly.

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Next sage meeting is:

6 June @ 7:00 pm - Annual General Meeting

7:30-9:30 regular meeting

Fish and Game Hut

(9th Avenue & 10th Street South, Lethbridge)

 

see more information @ Lethbridge and Area Events

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SAGE endorses the Environment Lethbridge Strategic Plan.

 Read more on our Lethbridge & Area Events Page.

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On 30 November 2012, the Federal Government through Governor in Council, issued a decision to DENY approval of the proposed project by Cenovus (formerly Encana) to drill 1,275 shallow gas wells in the Suffield National Wildlife Area. 

The Government’s Decision Statement is here.

SAGE has been part of the Suffield Environmental Coalition for five years now, working with other organizations to profile adverse environmental aspects of the project and to develop strategies for ensuring the project does not proceed.  

 Read more and download the media release on our Environmental Headlines page. 

 

Thank you volunteers, members & friends for all you do to help us succeed in our shared goals!

 

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  The last Annual General Meeting was held:
7 June 2012
 7-9 PM
 
Thank you for joining us and renewing your membership!
 
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SAGE is A Leading Voice for a
Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Community

Profile

The Southern Alberta Group for Environment (SAGE) was established in 1984 by a small group of citizens in the greater Lethbridge community concerned about the state of the environment. Founding members identified the need for an organization which, through collective action, would work to protect and restore the health of our environment – water, air, and land – in southern Alberta. In 2012, the goals of SAGE are similar to those over twenty years earlier. SAGE is a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community through informing citizens, participating in public processes and supporting sound environmental initiatives and actions.

 
To stay informed SAGE members scan media, network with others in the community through their work and volunteer activities, and seek out information on key current issues. A newsletter is produced and mailed monthly to members and leaders in the community. SAGE holds monthly meetings, organizes public programs, prepares displays for special events, and responds to requests for presentations or information by educators and other community organizers. 
 
SAGE has engaged in numerous advocacy efforts directed towards recycling, improved solid waste management, protected areas, biodiversity conservation, renewable energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, pesticides reduction, addressing environmental effects of intensive livestock operations and environmental sustainability in urban planning. Members sit on advisory committees to governments, research and write briefs or opinion pieces, and engage in regulatory and appeal processes.
 
Water and watershed management has been a steady focus for SAGE. In the 1980s the environmental effects of a proposed dam on the Oldman River was a key issue as were protecting urban river valley parks and river valley clean-up. In the 1990s, focus shifted to revising provincial water law and policy and improving water quality in the Oldman River and its tributaries. Since 1998 SAGE members have been active participants in multi-stakeholder efforts to improve water management in southern Alberta, including the work of the Oldman River Basin Advisory Committee, the Oldman River Basin Water Quality Initiative and the Oldman Watershed Council established in 2004.