Spaces available! Free children's art & nature workshop

Click to view this email in a browser	Friday 4th June 2010
Dear Archive, There are still a few spaces left on this fantastic free workshop on Monday, but if you want to take part you will need to book your place by tomorrow evening at the latest.
Free Children's Art Workshop for World Environment Day 2010! Monday June 7th 2010, Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork 1-4pm
Childrens' Art and Nature Workshop Monday 7th June 1-4pm Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork City   Painting, collage, fabrics and fun! Bring your children to create a banner of Irish Biodiversity and learn about Irish habitats and species. The end result will be a fabulous creation which will be displayed in central Cork, celebrating biodiversity and its importance with all passers by.  Ages 5+.  Free Workshop - all materials provided.  Come along for the whole afternoon of for as long as suits. Jessica Mason has been teaching environmental education for the last eight years, working in schools with community groups and children's summer camps. Photos of her recent Childrens' Nature Morning event in Fota Gardens can be found here.  Contact Patrick (patrick@cef.ie) for bookings (limited numbers).   World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 and is commemorated yearly on 5 June. The day's agenda is to: 1. Give a human face to environmental issues; 2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; 3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; 4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.   Know of any other events taking place to celebrate World Environment Day this year?  Let us know and we'll add them to our calendar and notice board...  Forward this message to a friend   Discount Offer We are delighted to announce that Ecostore.ie now offer a generous 10% discount to subscribers to the Cork Environmental Forum mailing list. Ecostore specialise in a wide variety of recycling, waste management and renewable sustainable products and have an excellent online catalogue from which you can order items to be delivered directly to your door. To avail of this excellent offer choose what products you would like to buy, proceed to checkout and when you are prompted for your address you will see a little box marked 'Coupon Code' - enter 'DC10' and your discount will be applied.
Cork Environmental Forum Management Committee (2009-10) Michael Hobbs (Chair) - Public Pillar Kieran McDonogh (Vice-chair) - Business & Commercial Pillar Bernie Connolly (Treasurer) - Community & Voluntary Pillar William DeTuncq (Asst. Treasurer) - Business & Commercial Pillar Anna Aherne - Individual Pillar Barry Hurley - Individual Pillar Mary Barrett - Public Pillar Niall Leahy - Business & Commercial Pillar Richard Delahunty - Individual Pillar Tony Cain - Individual Pillar Patrick Treacy Development Coordinator   Cork Environmental Forum representatives (2009-10) Kieran McDonogh: Coillte Social & Environmental Panel Cork District Michael Hobbs: Coillte Social & Environmental Panel SW Peninsulas District Lynn Daley: Cork County Heritage Forum Eva O'Connell: Cork City Heritage Forum David Lee: Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Tony Cain: SW River Basin Advisory Council (Nominee) Patrick Treacy: South and East Cork Area Development Partnership Ltd Patrick Treacy: Common Purpose Local Advisory Group Phoebe Bright: Cork City Development Board Barry Hurley: Cork City Environment SPC Bernie Connolly: Cork County Environment SPC Mike Holden: Cork County Environment SPC Éanna Dowling: Cork County Social and Community SPC