Welcome to the Back to Nature listserv. We have set up this list in order to open the dialogue about Ontario's Back to Nature movement to all network members. This tool will hopefully allow us to discuss the network's plans, share ideas and resources and keep everyone up to date with the latest developments. To subscribe to the listserv, send an e-mail to backtonature-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR visit the list page at: //www.freelists.org/list/backtonature As a first post, I would like to invite everyone to the "National Strategy Session on Children and Nature" on Thursday April 8th from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the PRO Educational Forum and National Exchange in Niagara Falls. The session is being sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op - therefore there is no fee to attend. There are other workshops and events as part of the Forum and if network members wanted to attend any of those there would be a fee attached. All of the details on location etc. are within the Forum brochure. http://www.prontario.org/index.php?ci_id=5943 For those who come to the session, we will have a short meeting after the session on April 8th. We will send out the minutes from that meeting by e-mail and post them on the listserv for comments. Here's to some good conversations, Carolyn Back to Nature Intern Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West Burlington ON L7T 4H4 905-527-1158 ext. 246 cross@xxxxxx