Happy holidays, everyone!
Here’s something to watch during the holidays. Alan Durning founded the Sightline Institute, which works on Pacific Northwest sustainability policy.
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Bike to Work Week, October 29 – November 2, 2012
| Pep up your office! Join Bike to Work Week Oct 29 – Nov 2. |
Our second Bike to Work competition of the year returns Oct 29-Nov 2.
Your chance to build happier, energized teams at your workplace: Create or join a workplace team and get your office cycling to work!
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Mathematics & The Melting Polar Ice Caps
Time & Location: Friday, March 30th, 3:00-4:00 pm in GEOG 100.
A lecture by Kenneth M. Golden discussing how mathematical models of composite materials and statistical physics are being used to study key sea ice processes such as melt pond evolution, snow-ice formation, and nutrient replenishment for algal communities. These processes must be better understood to improve projections of the fate of sea ice, and the response of polar ecosystems. Video from recent Antarctic expeditions where we measured sea ice properties will be shown.
Clothes Repurposing: UBC Got Skillz Workshop
Time & Location: March 28th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Location TBD.
Jenny Liu, from Common Energy UBC, will help participants find fun and innovative ways to bring new life to their old t-shirts.
Explore sustainability in Iceland
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Alanna Mitchell Talk
Date & Location: March 21st, 12-2pm IKE Barber Learning Center room 182
UBC Reads Sustainability Presents a talk by Alanna Mitchell, a Canadian journalist and author of “Sea Sick: the global ocean crisis”.
Register here: http://alannamitchell.eventbrite.com/
PICS Free Lecture – The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
Find out about this soon-to-be released book in a free Vancouver public lecture
by climate scientist and Nobel Laureate Michael E. Mann – author of the IPCC’s
“Hockey Stick” Report that sparked a bitter controversy between scientists and
science deniers.
Hear the real story of the science and politics behind this controversy – and
of the campaign to deny the reality of global climate change, one of the central
scientifi c and policy issues of our time.
When: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2012
Where: Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St
How: Register at www.michaelmanntalk.eventbrite.com or just turn up.
Live webcast: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php
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PICS Free Lecture – Why We Disagree about Climate Change
Understanding Controversy, Opportunity and Inaction
Scientists worldwide agree about the main causes of climate change, so why can’t the international community come to consensus on workable solutions? Hulme’s talk argues for the need to look beyond science and to connect with “people’s worldviews, beliefs and values” in the search for policy and societal solutions.
When: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Where: Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St
How: Register at www.profmikehulme.eventbrite.com or just turn up.
Live webcast: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php
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A Conversation on Leadership & Creating a Sustainable Future
Date and Location: Tue, February 21, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:30, at the Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), Modern Green Development Auditorium
Free. An exciting evening of conversation on leadership and the development of a sustainable future, with perspectives from Sweden and Canada. Three inspirational thought leaders will present and participate in an open discussion about one of the greatest challenges—and opportunities—of our time: the creation of a sustainable future. Please join Goran Carstedt and John Holmberg from Gothenburg, Sweden, and John Robinson from Vancouver, Canada, on February 21, 2012 in the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability. To register: http://sustainabilityleadership.eventbrite.com
Rethink: Planning for an Uncertain Future Student Symposium
The SCARP Student Symposium is a student organized networking event to foster strong academic/practitioner interactions. The symposium is designed to gather students, professors, alumni, potential employers as well as distinguished guests around a current topic in community and regional planning of SCARP students choosing.
This year the single day event will be themed around the work of two well-known academics and planning practitioners who are retiring after many years of teaching. Professor William Rees’ and Anthony Dorcey’s community work and academic contributions to the field of sustainability planning are the inspiration behind this year’s symposium. The panels, workshops and interactive seminars will integrate industrial partners and students. William Rees and Anthony Dorcey will provide inspiration as our morning keynotes, panels and workshops are scheduled throughout the day and Richard Heinberg will give a keynote address during lunch. Read about the interactive workshops and panels scheduled for the day-long event at http://scarpsymposium.ca.