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Sunopta Inc. Hosts Industry Experts and a Special Screening of An Inconvenient Truth to Educate Youths on Sustainable Practices
Sunopta Inc. Hosts Industry Experts and a Special Screening of An Inconvenient Truth to Educate Youths on Sustainable Practices.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, April 24 /CNW/ - SunOpta Inc. (NASDAQ:STKL)(TSX:SOY) is bringing\nthe sustainability message to more than 800 Halton area students during Earth\nWeek with two special screenings of Al Gore's Academy Award winning\ndocumentary An Inconvenient Truth. SunOpta Chairman Jeremy Kendall will be\njoining environmental educator and author Skid Crease and Peter Love, Chief\nConservation Officer of Ontario at Burlington Central High School to engage in\ndialogues with area students about conservation, sustainable agriculture and\nenergy efficiency. The event has drawn a capacity crowd of students and\neducators from local schools. SunOpta has also donated 60 copies Al Gore's\nfilm and book to the Halton Public and Catholic School Boards and has funded\nthe development of a teachers' package designed to educate students on\nsustainable principles and practices.\n\n\nAccording to Ron Ballentine, Coordinator of Science and Technology and\nEnvironmental Education for the Halton District School Board, the invitation\nto the screenings drew an unprecedented response when it was first announced.\n"The event was oversubscribed within days of receiving the invitation from\nSunOpta. Having a company, such as SunOpta, with its array of environmental\nproducts and services, acting as a community partner to provide financial\nsupport emphasizes the importance of issues such as climate change and assists\nschools in promoting sustainable practices with our committed and interested\nyouth." He adds that some area schools that were unable to attend are eager to\nreceive the DVDs provided by SunOpta so that they can show the movie to all of\ntheir students.\n\n\n"As a company that is strongly committed to healthy and sustainable\nliving, we believe that educating our youth in this all important area is\nintegral to our future," says Kendall. "Working with the Halton Boards to\npromote learning in this area is consistent with our own commitment to\nenvironmental leadership in all facets of our business and building\npartnerships to encourage excellence in environmental stewardship. We're\nespecially delighted to see such an exceptional interest from the students. It\nshows without a doubt that today's youth are strongly committed to making this\nworld a better place to live."\n\n\nA second screening event - whi...