Launch of the Atlantic Canada Sustainability Initiative • The Community GPI • Ecological Footprinting with Mathis Wackernagel • GPIAtlantic in the news and on film • Thai Banquet Fundraiser • GPIAtlantic research update • The Natural Step Primer for Atlantic Canada • Gross National Happiness update
GPIAtlantic launches fundraising drive . . . • . . . and Outreach to supporters and volunteers • International Work - GPIAtlantic around the world • GPI engages with youth, hosts workshops • GPIAtlantic in the news • Transportation, the most costly item for Nova Scotian households
The Benefits of Membership
• The Natural Step for a Sustainable Atlantic Canada • GPIAtlantic in the media • Recent GPIAtlantic events • GPIAtlantic a member of the Nova Scotia Education for Sustainable Development Working Group • Current GPIAtlantic research projects • Canadian Index of Wellbeing releases first research reports • GPIAtlantic to develop headline indicators for Nova Scotia
GPI Atlantic Releases Air Quality Accounts • GPI Down Under • …In the USA • …and in Bhutan • Romanow Endorses new Wellbeing Index • Factoring Gender into the Health Equation • Community GPI • Recent Reports • Upcoming Report • Reality Check
Featuring Linda Pannozzo • Report For The AGM • Volunteer Burnout • GPIAtlantic presents at the ACORN Conference • Cost of Workplace Illness Report Creates a Buzz • Women’s Health • Glowing Reviews • Media Reports
’Tis the Season… • An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure… • New Volunteer report released • Final Report from the Round Table • News Briefs • GPIAtlantic storms the Rock • The Coast is Clear...
Invitation to NSWOOA’s Woodlot Field Day • Cattle, sheep, goats key to saving millions on NS farms!! • GPI / Full-Cost Accounting Enters Environmental Assessment Process • Database Project • GPIAtlantic’s Forest Accounts still making waves • GPIAtlantic one of nine winners of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 2002 medal awards for its work on Smoke-free Workplaces.
We want you!! • GPI In Atlantic Canada • The Economic Impact of Smoke-Free Workplaces • NS Legislature Debates on the Forestry Report • Cost of Physical Inactivity • Statement on the National Round Table • GPI "Monster" News Flash!! • Community GPI Turning Point • News Briefs • GPIAtlantic Report Referenced in Newly Published Book • GPI Admin Update • Hola GPI! • GPIAtlantic in Argentina, Peru and Mexico
GPI Atlantic Annual Report 2001-2002 • Community GPI report • Annual General Meeting Agenda • Kyoto and Common Sense • Kudos on the GPI Fisheries Accounts • GPI Atlantic in Environmental Studies Textbook • Forest Talks Collapse as Groups Walk Out • 99 per cent clearcutting: Axes flash anew in forest fight • Calendar of Recent and Upcoming Events: Winter-Spring, 2002 • Closing Note to Friends of GPI
Do Indicators Shape Policy? • Recent GPI Atlantic Activities • Calendar of Recent GPI Atlantic Activities • Calendar of Upcoming Events: Winter-Spring, 2002 • GPI Accounts Could Help Prevent Further Fisheries Collapse • Graphic: The Loss of Old Forests in Nova Scotia • Nova Scotia Forests in Sharp Decline • A Way Forward for Nova Scotia’s Forests • The Economic Impact of Smoke-Free Workplaces • Closing Note to Friends of GPI •
Recent and Upcoming GPI Activities • Fall Calendar in Brief • Growing Economy Leaves Most Nova Scotians Poorer • NS Greenhouse Gas Reductions Can Save $200 million / year • Closing Note to Friends of GPI
Recent and Upcoming GPI Activities • Newfoundland Government Uses GPI Voluntary Work Results • Nova Scotia Farmers Can’t Afford to Farm • Down on the Farm Before It’s Gone, by Ralph Surette • Ecological Footprints, by Silver Donald Cameron • Trimming our Footprint, by Silver Donald Cameron • Ecological Footprint report • Development of Environmental Indicators a Priority, says Federal Finance Minister • Full Text of Paul Martin’s speech on need for environmental indicators • Paul Martin Comments on Reality Check • Well Being Gets Reality Check, by David Swick • Closing Note to Friends of GPI
Recent and Upcoming GPI Activities • Bigfoot Discovered in Nova Scotia: The GPI Ecological Footprint • Clean Nova Scotia Will Work For 1 million ha. Footprint Reduction by 2002 • Big Footsteps Towards an Ecological Showdown, by Ralph Surette • Betting on Human Ingenuity, by Brian Lee Crowley • Optimism and Sober Reality: We Need Both – A Reply to Mr. Crowley • From Social Exclusion to What? • HIV/AIDS Costs Canadians $2 billion a year, new GPI report finds • Closing Note to Friends of GPI
Annual Report to Members • Smoking: Is It Good For Us? • Counting the Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions • The Christmas Spirit – An Alternative to the Mall? • Closing Note to Friends of GPI
Current GPI News, Activities, Latest Results, and Pending Releases • The Value of Water: Canada's First Comprehensive Water Quality Account • Cleaning 200 Years of Pollution: Applying the GPI to Policy • Measuring Population Health: Exposing a Hidden Epidemic • "GPI Atlantic Offers Overdue Measures," reprinted from Halifax Daily News, July 30
Why We Need A New Index: The Genuine Progress Index in a Nutshell • Current GPI News, Activities, Latest Results, and Pending Releases • The Real Cost of Crime: Exploring Alternative Justice Solutions • What Our Forests Are Really Worth and to Whom: Rewarding Sustainable Harvesting Practices • Overwork and The Undervalued Volunteer: Reducing Time Stress and Work Hours • When Small is as Big as it Gets: Applying GPI in Our Communities
