Vancouver Greenest City 2020

November 17th, 2010

I was just emailed the below link… it sounds like a great webinar… and the price is right! Check it out!

Vancouver Greenest City 2020

Join us for a Webinar at noon on Tuesday November 23

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/267696195

Join us for a discussion about Vancouver’s plans to become the world’s Greenest City by 2020. See www.talkgreentous.ca for more information on this ambitious initiative.

Lindsay Cole, Greenest City Planner, and Hugo Haley, Renewable Energy Planner, will present an overview of the City’s latest draft strategies and actions, with a focus on district energy, climate leadership, transportation, and green buildings.

The City is about to launch a second phase of their community engagement process to prioritize the Greenest City draft actions and build capacity for their success going forward to implementation. As part of this process, webinar participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and offer comments on the draft Greenest City actions.

The BC Sustainable Energy Association is pleased to invite you to attend our Climate and Energy Solutions Webinars to expand upon important developments in the fields of sustainable energy and climate change. Log in via your computer’s web browser to see and hear the presentations.

See www.bcsea.org for more information on the BC Sustainable Energy Association.

Title: Vancouver: Greenest City 2020

Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

BCSEA’s Climate & Energy Solutions webinar series is supported by:

Greg Rowland, Associate Broker
Sotheby’s International Realty Canada
greg@gregrowland.ca

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Zero Emissions Race!

November 8th, 2010

I just came across this article.  Currently there is a Zero Emissions Race attempting to go around the world… only using electric cars!  In order to ensure that they truly have zero impact they are purchasing offsets for their other travel (ie boating it across the Pacific).

Check out the entire story here:

http://globe-net.com/articles/2010/november/3/world%E2%80%99s-first-zero-emissions-race-makes-stop-in-vancouver.aspx

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Degrowth is for Today

June 7th, 2010

Degrowth ?

Thirty years ago, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen published a book Degrowth Tomorrow (1979). We say, Degrowth today.

The economic crisis of 2008-09 brings a new perspective. Economic degrowth can be good for the environment but it must be socially sustainable. The Degrowth movement advocates for the downscaling of production and consumption as they lie at the root of long term environmental issues and social inequalities. Attempts have been made to greenwash the economy, but without success.

The Copenhagen summit last winter is a clear evidence that overproduction and ecology do not work together…The aim of the degrowth movement is to maxmize happiness and well-being (rather than Gross Domestic Product -GDP!) through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less, while devoting more time to art, music, family, culture and community. At the individual level, degrowth is achieved by voluntary simplicity.

 How do we de-grow the economy and maintain jobs? The evidence is overwhelming …

http://www.de-growth.com/vancouver/

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Be part of the greater Green Drinks community!

April 30th, 2010

Tune in May 12th between 7pm and 8:30pm EDT for a live webcast forum organized by Hudson Valley Green Drinks. 

The topic: The Sustainable Food Movement.

The event will be moderated by Diane Hatz of The Meatrix and Sustainable Table fame. And at 7:40pm, a State of Local Food address will be given by the President of Glynwood, Judith LaBelle.

For the full program, to sign up for an email reminder day-of the event, or for links to presenters, go directly to HVGD’s site: http://hvgreendrinks.org/livewebcast.html

If you can’t be there in person, be there online and sign up to get an emailed reminder before the event starts. See you on May 12th, 7pm EDT!

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Downtown Vancouver Find!

March 5th, 2010
Globe by Science World

Building Responsibly

So the other day during the Olympics walking around Vancouver, taking in the sites, I stumbled across this globe by Science World.

It’s put here by the Girl Guides?  (Sorry if I got that wrong, I didn’t take a picture of the creators) and they did a great job with the stats around the globe trying to inform people of the simple changes that we could make in the building community to allow recycling and less of an impact on our landfills.  Great work!

Reverse Globe - Building Socially Responsibe

Building Socially Responsible Globe by Science World in Vancouver

Not to be on a soap box, but we all need to do our part in our work place, home and around town.  Each small step will start to get others to notice and make a change in their lives. As the Green movement gathers steam small changes will get larger and more people will become aware. 

A great place to start (here is the shameless plug) is to meet others in the area that are like-minded and who are leading the charge.  You can do this at Surrey Green Drinks! We’ve also started having speakers who will educate our attendees.

Look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

PS Sorry for the quality of the second picture!  I only had my cell phone with me!

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Dream – Green Jobs?

February 19th, 2010

I was reading one of my many “green” blogs today and stumbled across a stat:  “The Canada-based Environmental Careers Organization forecasts that employment growth in green sector jobs will have surpassed Canada’s national average by 23 percent by 2011.” To read more about this post check out the Green Living Blog

Reading this I would assume you (those who read this blog) would love to be immersed 24/7 in making a difference through sustainability, and we all applaude that.  Is it time that maybe you start trying to prepare for this big “eco job boom”? Maybe that is how we all need to move forward… taking 1 step at a time. 

With that in mind a few weeks ago I stumbled across an add for a Certificate program at SFU that may be the right thing to get you started.  I’ve never taken it and know no more about it than what is said on the website.  All I’m trying to get you to be aware of is that there are services out there to help you get started and be ready for the boom of new jobs over the coming years!

Travis

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Rare Find…

February 8th, 2010

So the past weekend I was out for a walk and stumbled across an antique store in Fort Langley.

With some time to kill I entered only to discover that this particular antique store never ends… it’s HUGE!

As I was perusing Istumbled across a copy of an old “magazine” (it’s actually more of a newspaper in my opinion).  It was the second edition of “Earth Times”.  It’s the May 1970 issue.  At this time Earth Times was based in San Francisco.  Needless to say I purchased it and have been reading through.  Funny that the same things that we are trying to change today were hot topics of conversation then.  Although progress has been made, we have to ask…

When will the general population start to listen?

Below is a copy of the cover which I found particularly entertaining.

Earth Times - May 1970

Found this magazine in an antique store... very interesting read!

I will be bringing a copy of this magazine to the Surrey Green Drinks gathering on Wednesday and look forward to seeing you there!

Travis

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South Fraser Witness Trail

January 28th, 2010
South Fraser Witness Trail Builders

South Fraser Witness Trail Builders

How close is your favorite nature trail? Would you be surprised that a beautiful new hiking trail is being opened by the Wilderness Committee and Surrey Environmental Partners not far from the south side of the Port Mann Bridge? The good news is that the South Fraser Witness Trail is officially opening with a short ceremony and guided hike on Saturday January 30th at 11 am.

Nestled along the edge of Surrey Bend Regional Park and the banks of the Fraser River, this lush and magnificent trail will make you forget that major cities are close by. The bad news is that this area is slated to be destroyed to make way for the South Fraser Perimeter Road as part of the Gateway project.

Please join us for the trail opening and see for yourself what is at stake. We need to stop freeway expansion for the sake of local green space, habitat for local species and to slow global warming before it’s too late.

The trail head where we will meet is on 168 St, 400 meters northwest of the intersection of 168 St. and 108 Ave, in Fraser Heights. There is direct bus service from Surrey Central Skytrain on the C74 bus, just get off at 168 St and 108 Ave and walk northwest on 168 St (past 108A Ave).

Google map link with trailhead marked: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=49.202606,-122.759857%20%28Trailhead%202%20actual%29

The hiking trail has rugged sections and water resistant footwear is recommended. This event will proceed rain or shine and will only be canceled in case of high winds or other dangerous conditions. Please bring water and lunch if you want to go on the hike.

For more information visit www.wildernesscommittee.org, call 604 683 8220 or contact ben@wildernesscommittee.org

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Photo Contest

January 23rd, 2010

Hello everyone!

I just got word that www.eco.ca is putting on a photo contest for a $400 gift card to best buy! The contest is for the “best environmental photo’s that capture Mother Nature in all its glory.”

To find out all the details go to eco.ca/photocontest

The photo’s must be in by Feb 12, 2010. The pictures must be of Canadian work sites and wilderness.

So please… go and show some gorgeous Canadian Environments!

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Tapped the Movie

January 20th, 2010

I was forwarded this a little while ago and we were thinking it would be a good idea to check out the movie and attempt to get a sneak preview here in the Lower Mainland of BC.  We’ve heard good things about this movie and what better way to educate everyone?

Check out the website: Www.tappedthemovie.com and view the trailer.

Atlas Films’ documentary TAPPED takes a critical look at the bottled water industry, the problems caused by plastic in our environment, the global water crisis and climate change.   We just had our international premiere in Amsterdam.  To view a trailer for TAPPED, please visit:
Www.tappedthemovie.com

Cheers,

T

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