Sarnia Green Drinks
This listing was last updated by the Sarnia organiser on: 2019-06-18
Please note that Green Drinks Sarnia is currently on hiatus. If you are interested in organizing future Green Drinks events, please email greendrinkssarnia@outlook.com.
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A big thank you to everyone who has supported Green Drinks in the past, including sponsors, presenters and attendees!
Previous Topics:
June 12, 2019: Aamjiwnaang Native Plant Sale with Kyle Williams and Shawn McKnight
May 8, 2019: Celebrating the Mighty Sturgeon with Amy Meeker-Taylor & Kirsten Lyons, Friends of the St. Clair River
April 10, 2019: Introduction to the Sarnia Lambton Environmental Association (SLEA), Industrial Educational Cooperative (IEC) and Community Awareness Emergency Response (CAER) with Vince Gagner, General Manager
March 13, 2019: Carolinian Canada's "In the Zone" Native Garden Tracker Program with Shawn McKnight, Return the Landscape
February 13, 2019: Defending Trees Against Oak Wilt with John Degroot, gardening expert and owner of Degroot's Nurseries
January 9, 2019: Getting the Dirt on Soil Health with Mike Belan of Belan Farms
December 12, 2018: The Hidden Life of Trees with Larry Cornelis and Brenda Lorenz
November 14, 2018: Improving the Health of our Watersheds with Erin Carroll, Director of Biology, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
October 3, 2018: Meet Ontario's Environmental Commissioner, Dr. Dianne Saxe, who will present her latest report.
September 12, 2018: Is Canada meeting its climate change goal? with Peter Smith, Independent Energy Consultant
August 1, 2018: Green Drinks Social with Green Drinks Blue Water in Port Huron
July 11, 2018: Environmental Programs through Community Engagement with Sharilyn Johnston, Environmental Coordinator, Aamjiwnaang First Nation
June 13, 2018: Project One Seed and Hippy Peanut Butter with Megan Rizzo, President, Enactus Lambton
May 9, 2018: Sarnia, the place you want to be with Sarnia City Councillor Anne Marie Gillis and CAO Marg Evans, City of Sarnia
April 11, 2018: Bicycle Friendly Community World Café with Justin Jones, Manager, Bicycle Friendly Coalition
March 14, 2018: Microplastics, Macro Problem with Tineasha Brenot, Coastal Technologist, Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
February 14:, 2018: Open topic
January 10, 2018: Community Health Study with Anne Marie Gillis, chair of the former Comunity Health Study committee; and Dean Edwardson, General Manager of the Sarnia Lambton Environmental Association.
December 6, 2017: Let's Have a Green Holiday! Join us for a visit to Green Drinks Blue Water and come prepared to share tips for enjoying an environmentally-friendly holiday season
November 8, 2017: The Veggie Life with Patricia Mancini, plant-based lifestyle advocate
October 11, 2017: How green is my electric car? with John Ward, P.Eng and C.Eng - Click here for his presentation
September 13, 2017: Energy Management at the Municpal Scale with Cole Nadalin, Certified Energy Manager and Supervisor of Energy Contracts, City of Windsor
August 9, 2017: The Butterfly Effect with Karen Durance, "The Butterfly Lady"
June 14, 2017: Return of the Raptors with Jenni Kaija and Erica Di Muzio, Bluewater Centre for Raptor Rehabilitation
May 10, 2017: Raise a Glass to the City's Cleanest: Meet the Go Green Award Nominees with Brian White, Sarnia City Councillor, City of Sarnia
April 12, 2017 Updating Sarnia's Tree By-laws with Nancy Bourgeois, Planner, City of Sarnia
March 8 2017: The Mental Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature with discussion leader Kassie Maxwell, Preventative Education Specialist, Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton-Kent
February 8th, 2017: Tips and Tricks to Maximize Residential Energy Efficiency with discussion leader David Mackay, Conservation and Demand Management Coordinator, Bluewater Power
January 11, 2017: The Air up there: Measuring Sarnia-Lambton's Air Quality with discussion leader Dean Edwardson, General Manager, Sarnia Lambton Environmental Association
December 14, 2016: Measuring the Pulse of our Coastal Areas with discussion leader Jenni Kaija, Assistant Ecologist, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
November 9, 2016: Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan with discussion leader Joe Lasowski, Environmental Engineer
October 12, 2016: The Delisting of the St. Clair River with discussion leaders Darrell Randell and Brenda Lorenz, Friends of the St. Clair River
September 14, 2016: 3rd Anniversary Party: Bee Extravaganza
August 10, 2016: How to be Bat Friendly with Discussion Leader, Jeff Bender of the Canadian Institute for Bat Research, Sharon Peterson of Incredible Bats (Chicago) and Togo, a straw coloured Fruit bat.
July 13, 2016: The Amazing Aspects of the Howard Watson Nature Trail with Discussion Leaders, Felicia Syer from Return the Landscape and Tony Barrand from Bluewater Trails
June 8, 2016: Get Around Sarnia: Sarnia's Transportation/Transit Master Plan With Discussion Leader, Mike Berkvens, Development/Transportation Manager for the City of Sarnia
May 11, 2016: Raise a Glass to the Go Green Awards - Mix and Mingle with the City of Sarnia Go Green Environmental Award Nominees and Winners
April 13, 2016: The Blue Water River Walk: Then and Now with Discussion Leaders, Tom and Laurie Dennis, Stewards of the Blue Water River Walk
March 9, 2016: "BioAmber" with Discussion Leader, Daniela Orecchioni, Director, Corporate HSE & Lean, BioAmber
February 10, 2016: "The Enbridge Solar Farm" with Discussion Leader, Ian MacRobbie, General Manager at Enbridge Green Energy
January 13, 2016: "Let's Talk Food, Lambton": The Next Phase of the Community Food Assessment with Simone Edginton, Registered Dietitian and Lana Smith, Public Health Nutritionist
December 9th, 2015: The Cost of Carbon with Discussion Leader, Kevin Shaw, St. Clair Secondary School, Sarnia
November 11th, 2015: Returning the Landscape at Enbridge's Solar Farm with Discussion Leaders, Ian MacRobbie, General Manager for Enbridge’s Green Power & Transmission’s Eastern Region and Shawn McKnight, Return the Landscape
October 14th, 2015: Living "Off the Grid" with Discussion Leader, David Lavender from David Lavender Architect
September 9th, 2015: "Happy Bee-Day": A Return to the Topic of Bee Health in Celebration of Green Drinks Sarnia’s 2nd Anniversary with Discussion Leader, Davis Bryans from Munro Honey
August 12th, 2015: "Leaving a Legacy", How Sarnia-Lambton Youth are Making a Difference with Naima Raza, Brandon Vale, and Noah Busby; BSI Gen Y
July 8th, 2015: "Why Not in Our Backyard?" What to do with our Nuclear Waste with Debora Van Brenk, The London Free Press
June 7th, 2015: Local, Healthy, and Sustainable Eating 101 with Megan O'Neil-Renaud and Darren Hakker at One Tomato Environmental Education Inc.
May 13th, 2015: Organic Integrity: Farm to Table with Robert Halliday, Certified Organic Farmer
April 8th, 2015: Socially Responsible Investing: A Global Movement with Michael John Kooy Ph.D., Investment Advisor at RBC Dominion Securities
March 11th, 2015: Building a Bike Friendly Community with Anita Trusler, Supervisor, Health Promotion at Lambton Public Health
February 11th, 2015: Farming in Lambton County with Dave Ferguson, President, Lambton Federation of Agriculture
January 14th, 2015: The Economic Value of Trees with Sara Rowland, Urban Forestry Planner, City of London
December 10th, 2014: What is Santa's Carbon Footprint... and your own? A casual analysis and discussion of our individual impacts to the environment
November 12th, 2014: Are We Planning to Make Sarnia a Great City? with Jane Cooper, Director of Planning and Building, City of Sarnia
October 10, 2014: The State of Nature in Sarnia-Lambton: Acheiving the Minimum for a Healthy Environment with Shawn McKnight, Return the Landscape
September 10, 2014: Noise Annoys: Urban and Industrial Soundscape Effects on Wildlife with Dr. Dominique Potvin, Western University
August 13, 2014: "Wet your beak" and join in the discussion about Raptor Rescue and Rehabilitation with volunteers Jenni Kaija and Erica Di Muzio of the Bluewater Centre for Raptor Rehabilitation (BCRR)
July 9, 2014: Talking Trash - Common myths and misconceptions about recycling are discussed and debunked with Mary Jean "The Garbage Queen" O'Donnell, President, MJ Waste Solutions
June 11, 2014: "Hola Monarca!" - Population decline of the monarch butterfly and how to help this species at risk with special guest Kim Gledhill, Natures Way
May 14, 2014: Open Topic and Green Update
April 9, 2014: Issues of Habitat Loss: How habitat loss and degradation affect the interconnected web of life with Larry Cornelis, Return the Landscape Habitat Specialist and Lambton Wildlife Past President.
February 12, 2014: Great Garbage Patch: How tiny plastics are becoming a big problem for the Great Lakes with Karen Alexander, Outreach and Education Coordinator, Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
January 8, 2014: The Green Resolution: Tune into what's good for you this New Year. We took a field trip to the Urban Marketplace and sampled fresh, organic food and drink.
December 11, 2013: Beyond the Valley: Could industry in Sarnia-Lambton be headed for greener pastures? With George Mallay, General Manager, Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership
November 13, 2013: Yes or No to GMO? Genetic Engineering and the Future of Food with Chad Anderson, Independent Crop Advisor, Anderson Agronomy Services
October 9, 2013: The Spoils of Oil: the good and bad of refining tar sands bitumen in Sarnia with special guest Peter Smith, Energy Consultant
September 11, 2013: "Bee-pocalypse": How bee colony collapse affects food security with special guest Dan Davidson, President, Ontario Beekeepers' Association