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Educational Foundation of Canada.

He says the idea for It Was, It Was
Not was suggested to him during the
time early last year when bombs were
falling like rain on Baghdad. He
began to solicit contributions on
aspects of the war from writers with
varied expertise and ethnic back-
grounds.

"| found people very eager to con-
tribute. A lot of Canadians have a lot
of knowledge about the war. | also
made a point of soliciting female
writers who are well-respected."

Interwoven with poetry and
artwork, the book is made up of short
essays touching on many aspects of
the conflict, such as colonialism,
Palestine, and human rights issues. It
questions the images and information
that the world was given, while chal-
lenging stereotypes around religion
and culture in the Middle East. One
essay details Israel’s pre-war relation-
ship with Iraq. Briemberg himself
contributed a piece on how the U.S.
“avoided diplomacy" and denied the
possibility that sanctions could
prevent war, and another that outlines
the next steps toward peace in the

Middle East.

"| think the book can helo people
think it through. | hope the book
would help them with their assess-
ment of what happened.

And it’s a challenge to the reader:

‘now that you know a bit more, what
can you do with it?”

For more information on It Was, It
Was Not, contact Mordecai Briem-
berg at 527-5408. A

Free lectures on the environment

 

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Schaefer is giving two free evening
lectures in the Performing Arts
Theatre. The first, on February 11, is
called Living in Vancouver and Vic-
toria — Environmental Problems and
Solutions. The second, on February
25, is called Exploring Urban Lifestyle
Options and Individual Action in
Protecting the Environment. The lec-
tures are designed for people who are
concerned about the environment, but
are confused about what they can do.

"People are faced with a deluge of
issues. The average person feels like a
spectator in this," says Schaefer. "We
can identify the concerns behind the
issues, and bring it all together, so that
a person can at least know whait the
issues are, and take it from there. This
will empower them. They can go

 

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away and participate in protecting the
environment."

Schaefer has written several books
on the environment and sustainable
lifestyle options. He says cities them-
selves won't change, so lifestyles will
have to change within the city, which
means things like driving less, using
transit more, living closer to work, and
emphasizing urban development
around town centres.

"Doing things the way we've al-
ways done them isn’t going to work.
Cities aren’t going to go away, and
they shouldn’t. They can provide effi-
cient economies of scale. But the trend
is to become more bio-regionally
oriented. We have to create a new
vision of the city, and then become
more likely to live within its limits."

For more information on these free
lectures, call 527-5477. &

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n the last issue of INSIDE, an article
| on RRSPs advised readers they could
find more information in specific 1991
issues of the Financial Post. In fact,
those articles will be found
and forthcoming 1992 issues. We
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