ATTENTION EDUCATORS Excerpted from the 
     
     EECOM Newsletter by A. Camozzi 
     
    
   
   
    
     A network of environmental educators from across Canada met in 
     
     April, 1993 and formed the Canadian Network for Environmental 
     
     Education and Communication (EECOM). Work has been completed on 
     
     the mission statement which reads: - 
     
    

    
     EECOM enables all involved in educating Canadians about 
     
    

    
     the environment 
     
    

    
     1. to work together in ways that nurture environmentally 
     
    

    
     informed and responsible individuals, organizations, and 
     
     communities, and 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. to improve the quality and effectiveness of their 
     
    

    
     serviCes. 
     
     The EECOM’s goals are: 
     
    

    
     0 To encourage communication and information exchange 
     
     among Canadians involved in environmental 
     
     education. 
     
    

    
     0 To improve environmental education in Canada by 
     
    
   
   
    
     ensuring that environmental educators are better 
     
     equipped to do their job. 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 To develop a greater awareness of environmental 
     
     educators in Canada. 
     
    

    
     0 To facilitate discussion of environmental education 
     
     issues in local, national, and international 
     
     contexts. 
     
    

    
     0 To strengthen and expand the network to make it 
     
    
   
   
    
     more effective. 
     
     Membership for individuals is $ 30 and is scaled to the budget of 
     
     organizations. The address is: EECOM, The Canadian Network for 
     
     Environmental Education and Communication, Station B, P.O. Box 948, 
     
     Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5P9. 
     
    

    
     For computer buffs, EECOM is developing electronic nets for 
     
     rapid communication of ideas and other information. They are 
     
     developing An Environmental Educator’s Guide to the Internet 
     
     to assist members in the use of Internet. If you have suggestions 
     
    
   
   
    
     or wish information on this work contact Rick Kool via e-mail at 
     
     rkool@first.etc.bc.ca. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HOLY COW, CLEANER STREAMS by EHJV staff 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Eastern Habitat Joint Venture in Prince Edward Island has 
     
     discovered that you can lead a cow to water -- and it will drink. 
     
    

    
     For centuries Island livestock have been allowed 11) roam 
     
     freely through wetlands and streams causing excessive damage to 
     
     wetland edges, stream banks and to the watercourse jJ] general. 
     
     That’s changing -- thanks to a program run by the PEI Soil and Crop 
     
     Improvement Association and funded by a large number of committed 
     
     partners, including the Eastern Habitat Joint Ventures. 
     
    

    
     One very positive feature of this program is the support it 
     
     received from farmers. They point to fewer cases of foot rot, 
     
     udder infections and other health problems relating to milk 
     
    
   
   
    
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