/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - This Friday, Montréal's Nature Museums are
taking the first symbolic action to launch the Life District/

MONTREAL, May 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Montréal's Nature Museums invite you to attend the first symbolic action to launch the Life District, on Friday, May 21. At 1 p.m., 4,200 students and staff from the Quebec network of alternative public schools (RÉPAQ) will be tossing thousands of seed balls onto the path linking the Insectarium and Biodôme, to fill it with colourful flowers.

This kick-off gesture, representing a commitment to biodiversity, will be attended by Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay, Jean Lemire, representing the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Valérie Desbiens, teacher and RÉPAQ organizer, and Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director of Montréal's Nature Museums. It's the perfect way to mark this year's International Day for Biological Diversity.

    
    Press conference

    When:                 May 21, at 1 p.m.
    Where:                In the BuzzGround Agora at the Montréal Insectarium
                          (Inside the Insectarium, if it rains)
    Pie-IX metro station
    Parking:              Montréal Insectarium,
                          4581, rue Sherbrooke Est, P2
                          Pay parking

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                               Lunch Briefing

                   Learn about the latest developments in
                   Montréal's Nature Museums' Life District

    Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director of Montréal's Nature
    Museums, would like to invite you to a briefing to present the latest
    developments in the "Life District" announced last fall. He will present
    Montréal's Nature Museums' aims and major projects and announce some
    initiatives and developments to come in 2010. Following the presentation
    there will be a discussion period, at which time Mr. Brunelle will be
    happy to answer more specific questions.

    Briefing

    When:                 May 21, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
                          (lunch will be served)
    Where:                Multimedia room in the Insectarium
    Metro station:        Pie-IX
    Parking:              Montréal Insectarium
                          4581, rue Sherbrooke Est, P2 (Pay parking)

    RSVP by May 20, to Karine Jalbert (514 872-1453) or Nadine Fortin
    (514 868-3053)
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For further information: Karine Jalbert, Communications Co-ordinator, Montréal's Nature Museums, [phone], [email protected]; Nadine Fortin, Communications Co-ordinator, Montréal's Nature Museums, [phone], [email protected]