As you probably heard in the news, the Bali conference reached an agreement on Friday, despite the obstruction of our Canadian government delegation to block the process. Many Canadian environmentalists felt ashamed of our delegation. To feel ashamed, you need to have some expectation. Since I didn’t have any from the Harper government, it was more a feeling of outrage that I was experiencing: in the name of Canadians, and for the sake of our short term economy, the Baird delegation was trying to stop to world to come to an meaningful agreement with mid-term specific target to slow down climate change. I could not imagine that our leaders were so short sighted, so blind with their eyes, maybe full of tar sand.
Then came Avaaz with an online petition that attracted more than 110 000 Canadians people in 4 days. The petition was asking Harper to stop blocking the process. It seems that the message was heard and the Harper delegation stop doing his nuisance... They even stop going to some meetings. Strangely after the conference, Baird said that he was sorry that no agreement with specific targets was reached. Nice example of hypocrisy! Baird and Harper wanted targets for 2050… very courageous!
Alexandre for the newsletter team,
Monday, December 17, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Test on last newsletter
Big Club week, next week! We are hosting two events, e-waste day on Monday and our next speaker, Lars Rose, who will speak about the Future Energy, next Thursday. Details will come soon.
Alexandre for the newsletter team
___________________________
Club events:
==============
* E-waste day collection – Monday November 5th, 10-11AM
* Speaker Series – Lars Rose on the Future of Energy - November 8th
Campus events:
==============
* Green Tuesday with John Robinson “Bringing social change down to earth”, Nov 6th
Vancouver events:
================
* Green Church, Green Home - Families for Earth - November 3rd, 2007
* Light House - Guest Expert Speaker Series - November 3rd, 2007
* BC Lions Waste Audit - Volunteers Needed - November 3,4, 5th, 2007
* Real Estate Institute of BC Conference- Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate - November 8-10th, 2007
* Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change - November 8-10th, 2007
In the news:
Good News
Canada's forest industry to turn over a new leaf
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/271715
Norway gives 17 million euros to protect the Amazon http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071030/sc_afp/norwaybrazilclimateenvironmentamazon_071030175722;_ylt=AjRTGTWAZgneU5nIaj8AYU_YeMUA
Chemical Stabilization Procedures Successfully Recover Brownfield Sites
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071029132654.htm
Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071030121117.htm
Bad News: Sustainable development a huge failure in Canada: audit http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071030/wl_canada_afp/canadapoliticsenvironment_071030185242;_ylt=Ar0HZ4rDBMBA7Ebtjea4DpbYeMUA
Primates: Extinction Threat Growing For Mankind's Closest Living Relativeshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071026095223.htm Experts: Wildfires only going to worsenhttp://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071030/news_1n30more.html Bee mystery concerns scientists across continenthttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071030.BCBEES30/TPStory/Science
In French:
La planète depuis Brundtland
http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/10/26/161986.html
Objectif: enfouissement zéro en 2025
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071030/CPENVIRONNEMENT/710300652/6730/CPACTUALITES
More in Depth:
Challenges to a climate stabilizing energy future
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2W-4JCCM4T-1&_user=1022551&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050484&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1022551&md5=4f38866d72cca68242e980bc519bfdfe
Video:
Handicapping the Environmental Gold Rush
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119335097973072106.html?mod=hpp_us_editors_picks
Automotive Engineers Team Up to Improve Energy-Saving Technology
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/1004-cars_of_tomorrow.htm
Sustainable Habitation: Sustainable Non-Toxic Halloween Haunted Househttp://www.naturopath.ca/sustainable-nontoxic-halloween-haunted-house-014719.php Behold The Winds of Change
http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/product-info/
Take Action:
Cut your gas usage by up to 30 per cent
http://realestate.sympatico.msn.ca/Cut+your+gas+usage+by+up+to+30+per+cent/Home/ContentPosting_CL.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=5414&feedname=TRANS-CANADIAN-LIVING&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
Green Halloween: Ghoulish CFLs
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/halloween_cfl.php
Check Out the Entries for NASA’s “Create The Future” Design Contest
http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/viewentries.html
Conferences:
Global Networking Symposium on BioEnergy - 'Biofuels and Beyond' 13–14 Nov 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
http://theinnovators.net/bioenergy2007/
50th Anniversary of the Global Carbon Dioxide Record Symposium and Celebration 28–30 Nov 2007, Kona, Hawaii, United States
http://www.co2conference.org/default2.asp
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************
Details on Club Events:
======================
On Monday, November 5 the CHBE Sustainability Club will be collecting E- waste to dispose of. Collection will begin at 10 AM. After 1 hour the items will be taken to UBC Waste E-waste Collection.Here's what you need to do: 1.) Identify the electronics in your labs and offices that you no longer need (e.g. computers, monitors, printers, etc.). You can even bring stuff from home.2.) Gather them together. 3.) Label it with your name, your lab's name, your group's name, your office's name, your PI's name...just some name!4.) Bring them all to the atrium by 11 AM on Monday, November 5. 5.) Be happy that your e-waste is being recycled or disposed of safely...and you no longer have the junk lying around your space. Here's what you can bring:
Monitors: Smoke detectors, heating regulators, thermostats
Consumer equipment: Radio sets, TV sets, power tools, video cameras, other products for recording sound/images
IT-Telecommunications: Mainframes, printer units, computer towers, laptops, notebooks, computer accessories (monitor, mouse, keyboard), copying equipment, telephones, cellular phones, answering systems
For more information about UBC E-waste collection and e-waste in general please visit: http://www.recycle.ubc.ca/ewaste.htm
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************
Details on Campus Events:
======================
The next Green Tuesday is being held 5 – 8pm, November 6 in Thea’s Lounge (above Koerner’s Pub). Green Tuesdays give an opportunity for students and faculty interested in sustainability, the environment, and alternative energy to discuss their ideas, make connections, and network. They are held the first Tuesday of each month.
This month we are pleased to present Dr. John Robinson of the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, who will give a presentation on "Bringing social change down to earth: Creating the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability". Dr. Robinson’s presentation will begin at 6:15pm.
Please see the attached poster for more information.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jamie Stephen (jstephen@biomassrg.com)
**************************************************************************
Details on Vancouver Events:
===========================
*Green Church, Green Home - Families for Earth - November 3rd, 2007
This one day event takes place at Canadian Memorial United Church & Centre for Peace located at 1825 West 16th Avenue (just off Burrard Street) in Vancouver on Saturday, November 3, 2007 between 9:00am and 4:30pm.
This is a ground-breaking multifaith collaboration intended to raise awareness about walking on our sacred planet with a lighter footprint and how churches/synagogues/people can take action. Canadian Memorial has been learning how we can be "greener" and wants to share that knowledge with the community. Featured speakers include Rev. Bruce Sanguin, author of "Darwin, Divinity and the Dance of the Cosmos", Dr. William E. Rees, author of "Our Ecological Footprint" and Maureen Wild, SC, co-founder of Glenairley Centre for Earth and Spirit.Workshops include "Energy Efficiency and Your Building" with Philip Be'er, "Greenstar - Living Like the Future Mattered" with Tim Turner, "Shifting from Knowing to Doing" with Philip Be'er, "Non-Toxic Cleansers", "Calculating your Ecological Footprint", "Slow Food", "Celebrate Greening Energy - Circle Dance", and "Why We Need to Connect with the Joy, Awe and Wonder of Nature: An Ecopsychology Perspective" with Toni Pieroni & Jennifer Scott.
For tickets - 604-731-3101 or email "office@canadianmemorial.org". For more information go to "www.canadianmemorial.org/green_church_green_home.htm".
Tickets - $35.00 for Full Day (includes lunch) requires pre-registration. Half Day (1:30 - 4:30pm) - $20.00. Group and student rates available.
_______________________________________
*Light House - Guest Expert Speaker Series - November 3rd, 2007
Every week, a different green building professional visits Light House to talk about the latest trends and answer questions. On November 3, 2007 from 2-4pm Christine Thuring will discuss the integration of ecological applications and functions into our built environment. She will outline the basics of rooftop greening and take the audience through the development of this locally emerging industry to a hopeful vision of the future. Location: Light House Sustainable Building Centre, 1575 Johnston St, Granville Island Open to everyone! Suggested donation is $2 - $5. Register by phone or email T: 604.682.5960 / E: info@sustainablebuildingcentre.com Suggested donation is $2 - $5.
_______________________________________
*BC Lions Waste Audit - Volunteers Needed - November 3, 4, 5th, 2007
The GreenZone Sustainability Blitz is a cutting edge program created by current CFL players, and is the first of its kind in North America. The goal of the program is to make the community more environmentally sustainable through a series of awareness campaigns, events, and participation from the local business community and public sector.
BC Place will commence its Game Day Audit on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The purpose of the game day audit is to establish an idea of how much waste BC Place Stadium currently produces.
On November 3rd the GreenZone Sustainability Blitz and its volunteers will set up in the stadium during the game and post game to collect 20% of the waste generated. November 4th and 5th are reserved for the sorting phase of the audit.
Volunteers are needed to help with the audit. As a token of our appreciation, participants in the Game Day audit will receive 2 tickets each to a BC Lions home game. Email tonyt@symbioil.ca if you'd like to volunteer.
_______________________________________
*Real Estate Institute of BC Conference- Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate - November 8-10th, 2007
REIBC Conference, Nov. 8-10, 2007, WhistlerThe Real Estate Institute of BC's 2007 Conference, Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate, takes place November 8 - 10, 2007, in Whistler. The goal of the conference is to prompt thinking about new ways of dealing with climate change and its impact on real estate as it relates to planning, developing, selling and insuring properties. The first 150 people who register will receive a free ticket to the Cornucopia House Party (Cornucopia is Whistler's annual celebration of food and wine, which takes place the same week as the REIBC conference).A conference highlight will be the presentation of a report by the David Suzuki Foundation which will assess the risks climate change poses to business-as-usual infrastructure and urban development in BC. The paper will explore both adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce the cost of climate change impacts; Another highlight is a presentation by keynote speaker Dr. Stephen Sheppard, who teaches in sustainable landscape planning, aesthetics, and visualization in the Faculty of Forestry and Landscape Architecture program at UBC. Dr. Sheppard's topic is future visioning of local climate change scenarios - visualizing how our communities might change. Register today at www.reibc.org/conference.Conference sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please visit http://www.reibc.org/page/sponsorship.aspx for more information.
_______________________________________
*Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change - November 8-10th, 2007
Nov 8, 9 and 10 at 7pmAdmission by donation
Rhizome Café, 317 E Broadway, VancouverFood and beverages available
Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change is an intimate evening of speaking theatre about our challenges to change behaviours that hurt the planet. This event will provide grassroots community research for Headlines Theatre’s 2 Degrees of Adaptation, a Forum Theatre production happening February 21 to March 2, 2008. Your voice is important to this project!At this evening of audience-interactive theatre there will be no script, no actors and no play - just us and our fears and desires concerning global warming. Joked by David Diamond. http://headlinestheatre.com/2Degrees/rhizome_rainbow.htmFor more info: 604.871.0508outreach@headlinestheatre.comhttp://headlinestheatre.com/
Alexandre for the newsletter team
___________________________
Club events:
==============
* E-waste day collection – Monday November 5th, 10-11AM
* Speaker Series – Lars Rose on the Future of Energy - November 8th
Campus events:
==============
* Green Tuesday with John Robinson “Bringing social change down to earth”, Nov 6th
Vancouver events:
================
* Green Church, Green Home - Families for Earth - November 3rd, 2007
* Light House - Guest Expert Speaker Series - November 3rd, 2007
* BC Lions Waste Audit - Volunteers Needed - November 3,4, 5th, 2007
* Real Estate Institute of BC Conference- Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate - November 8-10th, 2007
* Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change - November 8-10th, 2007
In the news:
Good News
Canada's forest industry to turn over a new leaf
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/271715
Norway gives 17 million euros to protect the Amazon http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071030/sc_afp/norwaybrazilclimateenvironmentamazon_071030175722;_ylt=AjRTGTWAZgneU5nIaj8AYU_YeMUA
Chemical Stabilization Procedures Successfully Recover Brownfield Sites
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071029132654.htm
Fuel Cells Gearing Up To Power Auto Industry
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071030121117.htm
Bad News: Sustainable development a huge failure in Canada: audit http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071030/wl_canada_afp/canadapoliticsenvironment_071030185242;_ylt=Ar0HZ4rDBMBA7Ebtjea4DpbYeMUA
Primates: Extinction Threat Growing For Mankind's Closest Living Relativeshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071026095223.htm Experts: Wildfires only going to worsenhttp://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071030/news_1n30more.html Bee mystery concerns scientists across continenthttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071030.BCBEES30/TPStory/Science
In French:
La planète depuis Brundtland
http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/10/26/161986.html
Objectif: enfouissement zéro en 2025
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071030/CPENVIRONNEMENT/710300652/6730/CPACTUALITES
More in Depth:
Challenges to a climate stabilizing energy future
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V2W-4JCCM4T-1&_user=1022551&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050484&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1022551&md5=4f38866d72cca68242e980bc519bfdfe
Video:
Handicapping the Environmental Gold Rush
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119335097973072106.html?mod=hpp_us_editors_picks
Automotive Engineers Team Up to Improve Energy-Saving Technology
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/1004-cars_of_tomorrow.htm
Sustainable Habitation: Sustainable Non-Toxic Halloween Haunted Househttp://www.naturopath.ca/sustainable-nontoxic-halloween-haunted-house-014719.php Behold The Winds of Change
http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/product-info/
Take Action:
Cut your gas usage by up to 30 per cent
http://realestate.sympatico.msn.ca/Cut+your+gas+usage+by+up+to+30+per+cent/Home/ContentPosting_CL.aspx?isfa=1&newsitemid=5414&feedname=TRANS-CANADIAN-LIVING&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
Green Halloween: Ghoulish CFLs
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/halloween_cfl.php
Check Out the Entries for NASA’s “Create The Future” Design Contest
http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/viewentries.html
Conferences:
Global Networking Symposium on BioEnergy - 'Biofuels and Beyond' 13–14 Nov 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
http://theinnovators.net/bioenergy2007/
50th Anniversary of the Global Carbon Dioxide Record Symposium and Celebration 28–30 Nov 2007, Kona, Hawaii, United States
http://www.co2conference.org/default2.asp
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************
Details on Club Events:
======================
On Monday, November 5 the CHBE Sustainability Club will be collecting E- waste to dispose of. Collection will begin at 10 AM. After 1 hour the items will be taken to UBC Waste E-waste Collection.Here's what you need to do: 1.) Identify the electronics in your labs and offices that you no longer need (e.g. computers, monitors, printers, etc.). You can even bring stuff from home.2.) Gather them together. 3.) Label it with your name, your lab's name, your group's name, your office's name, your PI's name...just some name!4.) Bring them all to the atrium by 11 AM on Monday, November 5. 5.) Be happy that your e-waste is being recycled or disposed of safely...and you no longer have the junk lying around your space. Here's what you can bring:
Monitors: Smoke detectors, heating regulators, thermostats
Consumer equipment: Radio sets, TV sets, power tools, video cameras, other products for recording sound/images
IT-Telecommunications: Mainframes, printer units, computer towers, laptops, notebooks, computer accessories (monitor, mouse, keyboard), copying equipment, telephones, cellular phones, answering systems
For more information about UBC E-waste collection and e-waste in general please visit: http://www.recycle.ubc.ca/ewaste.htm
*********************************************************************************************************************************************************
Details on Campus Events:
======================
The next Green Tuesday is being held 5 – 8pm, November 6 in Thea’s Lounge (above Koerner’s Pub). Green Tuesdays give an opportunity for students and faculty interested in sustainability, the environment, and alternative energy to discuss their ideas, make connections, and network. They are held the first Tuesday of each month.
This month we are pleased to present Dr. John Robinson of the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, who will give a presentation on "Bringing social change down to earth: Creating the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability". Dr. Robinson’s presentation will begin at 6:15pm.
Please see the attached poster for more information.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jamie Stephen (jstephen@biomassrg.com)
**************************************************************************
Details on Vancouver Events:
===========================
*Green Church, Green Home - Families for Earth - November 3rd, 2007
This one day event takes place at Canadian Memorial United Church & Centre for Peace located at 1825 West 16th Avenue (just off Burrard Street) in Vancouver on Saturday, November 3, 2007 between 9:00am and 4:30pm.
This is a ground-breaking multifaith collaboration intended to raise awareness about walking on our sacred planet with a lighter footprint and how churches/synagogues/people can take action. Canadian Memorial has been learning how we can be "greener" and wants to share that knowledge with the community. Featured speakers include Rev. Bruce Sanguin, author of "Darwin, Divinity and the Dance of the Cosmos", Dr. William E. Rees, author of "Our Ecological Footprint" and Maureen Wild, SC, co-founder of Glenairley Centre for Earth and Spirit.Workshops include "Energy Efficiency and Your Building" with Philip Be'er, "Greenstar - Living Like the Future Mattered" with Tim Turner, "Shifting from Knowing to Doing" with Philip Be'er, "Non-Toxic Cleansers", "Calculating your Ecological Footprint", "Slow Food", "Celebrate Greening Energy - Circle Dance", and "Why We Need to Connect with the Joy, Awe and Wonder of Nature: An Ecopsychology Perspective" with Toni Pieroni & Jennifer Scott.
For tickets - 604-731-3101 or email "office@canadianmemorial.org". For more information go to "www.canadianmemorial.org/green_church_green_home.htm".
Tickets - $35.00 for Full Day (includes lunch) requires pre-registration. Half Day (1:30 - 4:30pm) - $20.00. Group and student rates available.
_______________________________________
*Light House - Guest Expert Speaker Series - November 3rd, 2007
Every week, a different green building professional visits Light House to talk about the latest trends and answer questions. On November 3, 2007 from 2-4pm Christine Thuring will discuss the integration of ecological applications and functions into our built environment. She will outline the basics of rooftop greening and take the audience through the development of this locally emerging industry to a hopeful vision of the future. Location: Light House Sustainable Building Centre, 1575 Johnston St, Granville Island Open to everyone! Suggested donation is $2 - $5. Register by phone or email T: 604.682.5960 / E: info@sustainablebuildingcentre.com Suggested donation is $2 - $5.
_______________________________________
*BC Lions Waste Audit - Volunteers Needed - November 3, 4, 5th, 2007
The GreenZone Sustainability Blitz is a cutting edge program created by current CFL players, and is the first of its kind in North America. The goal of the program is to make the community more environmentally sustainable through a series of awareness campaigns, events, and participation from the local business community and public sector.
BC Place will commence its Game Day Audit on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The purpose of the game day audit is to establish an idea of how much waste BC Place Stadium currently produces.
On November 3rd the GreenZone Sustainability Blitz and its volunteers will set up in the stadium during the game and post game to collect 20% of the waste generated. November 4th and 5th are reserved for the sorting phase of the audit.
Volunteers are needed to help with the audit. As a token of our appreciation, participants in the Game Day audit will receive 2 tickets each to a BC Lions home game. Email tonyt@symbioil.ca if you'd like to volunteer.
_______________________________________
*Real Estate Institute of BC Conference- Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate - November 8-10th, 2007
REIBC Conference, Nov. 8-10, 2007, WhistlerThe Real Estate Institute of BC's 2007 Conference, Climate Change and Impacts on Real Estate, takes place November 8 - 10, 2007, in Whistler. The goal of the conference is to prompt thinking about new ways of dealing with climate change and its impact on real estate as it relates to planning, developing, selling and insuring properties. The first 150 people who register will receive a free ticket to the Cornucopia House Party (Cornucopia is Whistler's annual celebration of food and wine, which takes place the same week as the REIBC conference).A conference highlight will be the presentation of a report by the David Suzuki Foundation which will assess the risks climate change poses to business-as-usual infrastructure and urban development in BC. The paper will explore both adaptation and mitigation strategies to reduce the cost of climate change impacts; Another highlight is a presentation by keynote speaker Dr. Stephen Sheppard, who teaches in sustainable landscape planning, aesthetics, and visualization in the Faculty of Forestry and Landscape Architecture program at UBC. Dr. Sheppard's topic is future visioning of local climate change scenarios - visualizing how our communities might change. Register today at www.reibc.org/conference.Conference sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please visit http://www.reibc.org/page/sponsorship.aspx for more information.
_______________________________________
*Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change - November 8-10th, 2007
Nov 8, 9 and 10 at 7pmAdmission by donation
Rhizome Café, 317 E Broadway, VancouverFood and beverages available
Headlines Theatre's 2 Degrees of Fear and Desire: A Theatrical Inquiry Into Climate Change is an intimate evening of speaking theatre about our challenges to change behaviours that hurt the planet. This event will provide grassroots community research for Headlines Theatre’s 2 Degrees of Adaptation, a Forum Theatre production happening February 21 to March 2, 2008. Your voice is important to this project!At this evening of audience-interactive theatre there will be no script, no actors and no play - just us and our fears and desires concerning global warming. Joked by David Diamond. http://headlinestheatre.com/2Degrees/rhizome_rainbow.htmFor more info: 604.871.0508outreach@headlinestheatre.comhttp://headlinestheatre.com/
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