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University of Calgary, Craigie Hall C, Room 119 see map
For information call 403-270-3200
$10 admission Calgary Dollars Accepted
Visionary author and lecturer Dr. David Korten will speak on the themes of his most recent book, Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, which sets forth a framework for an economy designed to bring humans into balance with Earth's biosphere, equitably share the wealth of our common human heritage, and make democracy a living practice. Korten, a former Harvard Business School professor, is known for his clear and unflinching critique of an economic system ruled by global corporations and financial markets and his practical proposals for a future in which economic power is rooted in people and communities of place.
2009/10 Arctic Change Speaker Series: Disappearing Sea Ice: What's to Worry about?
The loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic could have far-reaching consequences.
John Yackel
Department of Geography, University of Calgary
Presented by the Arctic Institute of North America.
Wednesday, February 24 at 4:00 p.m.
Earth Sciences 162, University of Calgary
The year 2010 has been declared by the United Nations
as the International Year of Biodiversity.
It is a celebration of life on earth
Thank you in advance for sharing this note out with people in your networks whom you feel would be interested in these activities. I look forward to reconnecting with you or folks you know who may be interested in participating in any of these events.
and of the value of biodiversity for our lives.
http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/
The "Ecological Spirituality & Evolutionary Remembering" activities that I am facilitating and coordinating at Knox United Church and the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area (in and near Calgary this Autumn) will provide you and your family with a few opportunities to gather in community to celebrate the importance and many values of biodiversity in our lives. More details provided below and through the links included in this note.
These gatherings are a time for us to consciously come together in community to honour the species who share this Earthly home with us, as well as those species whose existence on this planet is seriously threatened, and those who have already disappeared.
Let us gather in community to celebrate the gifts that all beings offer through their presence on this amazing planet we call home.
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#1. Ecological Spirituality & Evolutionary Remembering
Fall 2010 - Monday Evening discussion series (starts September 27th)
http://www.knoxcentre.ca/index.php?q=node/107
September 27th - Healing the World through Gratitude and Grief:
How Gratitude for all Species and Mourning Lost Species Empowers us to Help Heal the World
October 4th - Mindful Living and the Uncertainty of Death
October 18th - Cultivating Connections for "The Great Turning": Living our Lives as though We are the Earth Healing Herself (exploration of Deep Ecology / Deep Time)
October 25th - Tree of Life Imagery: Using Our Creativity and Imagination for the Healing of Our World
#2. "Council of All Beings" & Family Halloween Celebration of All Beings
October 30th - Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area
1 - 5 p.m.
more details available from Teresa, please contact me directly
#3. "Celebration of All Souls: An Interfaith Requiem for the Species"
November 2nd - Knox United Church - 7:00 P.M.
http://www.knoxcentre.ca/
Knox United Church, St. Brigid's of Kildare, the Unitarian Church of Calgary, and Sherpa Dog Reconnections invite you to join us for A Celebration of All Souls!
Our hearts and minds are telling us that the loss of species and critical habitats is a crisis of extreme importance and that we must do something to make things right on behalf of our sister and brother species. To honour the species we have lost join us for An Interfaith Requiem for the Species.
Traditionally, a Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the Dead is celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons. Join us Tuesday, November 2nd, on All Souls Day, for a Requiem honouring the souls of the species lost forever and the ones we might soon lose due to human carelessness, selfishness or ignorance.
You can also find more information about these events (& help spread the word) through the following
Facebook event page.
Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have and/or to register for any of the above activities.
For the Earth,
Teresa L. Chilkowich
Sherpa Dog Reconnections
The Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW, Calgary
About the film
When Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year old son, Zev, and indomitable dog Willow set out to trace the footsteps of one of Canada's most famous writers, Farley Mowat, they mean it literally. Their 5000-kilometre trip – trekking, sailing, portaging and paddling from the prairies to the Maritimes – is captured in this feature-length documentary Finding Farley. They paddle east from Calgary, towards the prairies (the geography of Born Naked and Owls in the Family) and then traverse the same paths that Farley took more than 60 years earlier, which became the foundation for Never Cry Wolf, and People of the Deer. The travelers also get an earful about the long-standing controversy that attends Farley's work. When the family reaches their final destination, Mowat's Nova Scotian summer home, it is, as Karsten says, “An affirmation of what the land and animals had already told us…Stories aren't so much written or created as they are released, expressing what's been there all along.”
Visit the film's website.
7:00pm
Red and White Club, 1833 Crowchild Trail NW, McMahon Stadium Calgary, Alberta
As Canadian communities stretch to equip themselves for a rapidly changing world, concerns with food security, food sustainability and food sovereignty are suddenly "on the table". Consumers want assurances that their food is safe.
Shoppers who only a short time ago thought of food as coming from the store increasingly want to know where and how it was produced. There is a growing segment of consumers who now want to feel some sort of "relationship" with the farmer who grew it. Canadians who eat for a living are finally waking up to the fact that farmers are important. Can good public policy be far behind?
Come listen to Canadian Agrologist and farm columnist Wendy Holm talk about why emerging public focus on food is happening "just in time" and what communities can do to support it.
Click here to view poster.
The Calgary Go Green Expo is the largest of it's kind in Calgary! This exciting, 2 day event features hundreds of exhibitors, all dedicated to providing information, products and services that can help you live a greener lifestyle! With everything from home and garden ideas, eco-friendly food and clothing, transportation options, organic food and cooking, to guest speakers and interactive displays the Calgary Go Green Expo offers many simple ways of going green and helping our environment!
Make a day of it; bring your friends and family and learn to "Go Green".
Event Features include: Green Homes & Gardens, Cooking Theatre, Local & Organic Marketplace, Green Building, Energy, Green Business, Transportation Zone, Wellness Zone, Green Drinks, and Eco-Fashion!
For more information, visit the Go Green Expo website.
11:30am - 1:30pm
Fort Calgary Officers' Mess
750 9 Ave SE, Calgary
Growing Calgary's Green Economy
Imagine new opportunities for Calgary's economy! One that is green and provides real opportunities for people living on low-incomes...
Join Thrive as we explore the potential for expanding green job opportunities in our economy.
This event is free; registeration required (a light lunch will be served)
RSVP to Brenna Atnikov by May 20 | brennaa@momentum.org | 403.204.2668
Join Jeff Loomis from Momentum and other community members, for a presentation of Green Collar Jobs: A Workforce Development Feasibility Study and to reflect on some key points:
- What Calgary businesses are already creating jobs in
- Calgary's green economy? How can businesses benefit from creating green jobs?
- What are green collar jobs and how do they contribute to reducing poverty?
- What can we do to create new green collar job opportunities that benefit Calgary's underemployed workers?
Other panelists include representatives from
DIRTT Environmental Solutions and
Avalon Master Builder
7pm
The HUB, Red Deer
Panelists include
- Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta;
- Dave Thompson, independent consultant; and
- Morris Flewwelling, Mayor of Red Deer
Noon - 1:30pmHosted by the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA)
Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) - 1715 Mayor Magrath Drive S., Lethbridge
Medicine Hat's Energy Sustainability Department is focused on providing its citizens with energy conservation and renewable energy education, incentives and leadership through a variety of "Hat Smart" initiatives. The mission of the department is to help Medicine Hat reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and position itself to thrive in the post carbon economy.
The speaker strongly believes municipal energy strategies should include energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy, as they will play a critical role in the sustainability of all communities in the 21st century. Leadership from provincial and federal governments is also needed and will ultimately be paramount to the success of such strategies.
Lethbridge and Medicine Hat have been friendly rivals for over a century, often trying to outdo each other, but could it be that Lethbridge is being left in the dust regarding sustainable energy? The speaker will explain the issues and offer his perspective.
Speaker: Russ Smith
Russ Smith is the City of Medicine Hat's Energy Sustainability Manager. He has worked for the City of Medicine Hat for the past fifteen years in a variety of roles with the City including extensive financial and strategic planning within the City's Energy division. Russ earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary in 1991.
Moderator: Tom Cain
Cost: $10.00 (includes lunch)
Gaia Collaborative Medicine Studio (Canmore)
#101, 75 Dyrgas Gate (Three Sisters Mountain Village)
$20-$40 (sliding scale)
NOON - 4 p.m.
Click here for more information or on Facebook under "Healing our World, Working to Reconnect" workshop.
Maximum registration for this workshop is 20 people, so please register by March 4th to ensure that there is space for you to join us. Thank you!
This workshop is an opportunity for us to come together to collectively explore our responses to the condition of the world in a supportive, healing environment.
I've included an article titled "Healing Our World, Working to Reconnect" that I contributed to the Gaia newsletter this month along with the workshop invite notice.
Please contact Michelle at the Clinic (403) 675-4242 by March 4th to register & feel free to contact Theresa Chilkowich directly if you have any questions.
Home is part of an environment-related film series at The Plaza in Kensington.
Visit the event on Facebook.
Sponsored by Arusha Action Films, Step It Up Alberta, Green Calgary, and Moms Against Climate Change.
Saturday, December 12 at 2:30 p.m.
The Plaza in Kensington (1133 Kensington Rd NW, Calgary)
Thursday Sept 9, Calgary
Friday Sept 10, Edmonton
Participants will...
- Understand what a logic model is
- Build a logic model for an existing or new environmental education program
- Review instruments that can be used to measure outputs, outcomes, and impacts
- Create a draft evaluation plan that can be used to evaluate the success of your environmental education program
Resource people:
- Philip Cox - Plan:Net
- Gareth Thomson - ACEE
CLICK HERE to register for the Calgary workshop.
CLICK HERE to register for the Edmonton workshop.
More information is on ACEE's website.
In Transition 1.0 is part of an environment-related film series at The Plaza in Kensington.
Sponsored by Arusha Action Films, Step It Up Alberta, Green Calgary, and Moms Against Climate Change.
Sunday, December 13 at 1:00 p.m.
The Plaza in Kensington (1133 Kensington Rd NW, Calgary)
This 2-day weekend Introduction to Permaculture course will be held on March 27 and 28, 2010.
Permaculture (permanent culture) is a design system that assembles conceptual, strategic and material components into a pattern that which functions to benefit life in all its forms.
This workshop will cover topics such as
- Permaculture ethics
- Home-scale edible landscaping
- Soil rehabilitation
- Energy-efficient house design
- Designing for water conservation at home and community scales
- Resilient community design based on patterns of ecology
- Designing for local empowerment and ethical local businesses
This course is your entrance into permaculture. The focus of this course is design. Design is not about the tree, the rain barrel or the greenhouse alone, but the connections between them. In this course, you will learn about new ways of framing environmental and social challenges in a positive solutions-based manner.
This course includes a nutritious and delicious meal, refreshments, and a copy of Bill Mollison's "Introduction To Permaculture" book. The course runs 9-5 over Saturday and Sunday, March 27 - 28, 2010. The course will also include a springtime hands-on edible landscaping day where you will be able to use your two hands to put into practice what you learn!
Location: To Be Determined.
Workshop Cost: $250.00 + GST
How to register: Visit http://bigskypermaculture.ca and go to "Courses" to register online, or contact Adrian Buckley at info@bigskypermaculture.ca for more information.
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Shell Forum, 3rd Floor Scurfield Hall
Dr. Robert (Bob) Page B.A. (Hons), M.A., PhD
Summary
Copenhagen was not a success and had a very confusing political ending. Yet there are certain lessons for the Alberta Government and the energy industry which emerge. In this seminar Dr. Page will argue that there will likely be a new international process, a reopening of some of the matters agreed to but not in the final statement, and new financial obligations for Canada for 2012. The chaos of Copenhagen should not divert attention from trends underway which Obama and the EU hope to mobilize. Dr. Page will also outline some of the interesting discussions on Carbon Capture & Storage, and important trends to watch for at forthcoming G-8 meetings in Muskoka in the summer and the next COP in Mexico in November.
Biography
Dr. Bob Page is the Chair of the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, and also the TransAlta Professor of Environment Management and Sustainability at the University of Calgary. He is known nationally and internationally for his work on energy and the environment in areas such as climate change, emissions trading, environmental impact assessment and policy and regulations. As vice-preseident, sustainable development at TransAlta, he was responsible for the corporation's proactive approach to addressing greenhouse gas emission that contribute to global warming and climate change. Bob is a memeber of the environment committee of the National Chamber of Commerce. He is chair of the Board of BIOCAP Canada, has served as a member of the Canadian delegation to negotiate on the Kyoto climate change treaty, and is a member of the Board of the Canadian Water Network and ENMAX Corporation.
RSVP: Lesley DiMarzo
Due to the generous support provided by our partners, seminars are free and open to all.
To receive notifications of future IRIS events, email: iris@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
or phone: (403) 220-6073
1pmPresented by CAUSE
Hunter Lovins
Discover
- Options for meeting our current electricity challenges
- The business case for climate protection
- How Alberta can lead the way in energy solutions
September 21, 2010
ConocoPhillips Theatre in the Glenbow Museum
4:00 pm
MC - Gary Holden, CEO of Enmax
$20 - Coffee reception to follow
September 22, 2010
Mac Hall Ballroom, University of Calgary
7:00 pm
$10 (or pay-as-you-can at the door; seating is limited)
Tickets available at: Sunnyside Market, MEC, online, and at the door
(100% Calgary Dollars accepted at Sunnyside Market in Kensington, and at the door)
About Hunter Lovins
Time Magazine's Hero of the Planet in 2000 - Renowned 30 year consulting veteran and expert on energy efficiency and renewable power
- Newsweek Magazine's Green Business Icon in 2009
- President, Natural Capitalism Solutions, and a founding Professor at Presidio Graduate School
- Co-author of 9 books including Natural Capitalism, & the e-book Climate Protection Manual for Cities
2009/10 Arctic Change Speaker Series: Life in an Acid Soup
What the impact of abrupt climate change on oceans of the distant past can tell us about tomorrow.
Benoit Beauchamp
Executive Directory, Arctic Institute of North America
Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Presented by the Arctic Institute of North America
Wednesday, March 17 at 4:00 p.m.
Earth Sciences 162, University of Calgary
Hosted by the Social Justice Institute
with Bishop Luc Bouchard, Diocese of St. Paul, Alberta, author of a pastoral letter, The Athabasca Oil Sands and the Integrity of Creation
and Marc Huot, Pembina Institute, on "What environmentally friendly energy options are available to us in Alberta?"
Workshops on practical steps we can take, such as:
Sustainable Living - Greater Edmonton Alliance, GEA
Water Resources and Energy - Sierra Club
Earth Charter Churches and the Carbon Fast
Families, Housing and Sustainable Living - - Conrad Nobert
see www.greenedmonton.ca
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church, 10014 81st Avenue, Edmonton
Cost: $30 (includes lunch)
Students and low income: ask us about sponsorship registration.
Pre-registration by email to sji2010@live.ca before February 20th is appreciated so that we may accommodate everyone for lunch.
Click here for more information.
Click here for the poster.
780-434-4330
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