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Live differently–it’s your choice!
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The road ahead is uncertain, not smooth or straight, and has limited visibility.
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Please share our Stay Informed link on your personal networks. That's also the place to catch up on previous newsletters if you missed them.
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The latest CACOR Zoom Schedule is found here.
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CACOR will be active on substack.com shortly. Stay Tuned 💚🌎
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Archived Articles Revisited:
This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.
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Zoom recording of live presentations by Andrew Welch and Mike Nickerson to stimulate discussion about the part that human behaviors contribute to our climate crisis. Andrew slides PDF This idea was first developed in a 2023 paper: World scientists’ warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot - Joseph J Merz, Phoebe Barnard, William E Rees, Dane Smith, Mat Maroni, Christopher …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. Irvin Waller Subject: Secrets of Persuading Politicians to Halve Violent Crime in 5 Years in the Age of Science and Social Media: Are There Lessons for Cacor? Time: Mar 20, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83821041597?pwd=Tnk2VEZrbWVDZThBdy8rRC9PUlFpdz09 Meeting ID: 838 2104 1597 Passcode: 452867 Summary: Dr. Waller focuses on parallels …
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We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules. Buzzie Bavasi, Mr. Bavasi, an innovator, was the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers during their glory years.
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Here's what can be done about it. Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford is pushing a four-point plan to help farmers regain competitive advantage and undo the damage of President Trump's trade war with China. By Brooks Johnson Star Tribune MARCH 7, 2024 — 5:16AM "When Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford urged the Biden administration to help boost ag exports last fall, the …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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SunPower Corp., University of California, Irvine, Schneider Electric, and Southern California Edison announced their collaboration with KB Home, as the strategy, research, technology, and energy providers for the homebuilder's newly launched Energy-Smart Connected Communities in Menifee, California. More than 200 state-of-the-art, all-electric homes will be solar-powered, equipped with individual battery storage, and connected to a microgrid powered by a large, …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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1997 Series 1 Number 22 Page 19 Caring About the Future--A Discussion. Bob Fletcher, Chairperson of CACOR at the time, received a letter from member RW (Bob) Durie of Victoria, BC, that he felt should be featured in the Proceedings of CACOR. He asked for comments on the letter, one of which (by Dr. Alastair Taylor, professor emeritus at …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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Today’s Ecological Consequences are just Natural Consequences of our Sociopathic Behaviour As ye reap, so shall ye sow. – Book of Proverbs Today we ask: why is that we seem so disconnected from “Reality”? I was brought to consider this question when, a couple of days ago the Ottawa Carleton Schoolboard, my former employer, proposed the following: The proposed policy …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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Tesla Powerwall 3 is now available for ordering in the US. It offers increased power capacity for whole-home storage and better grid reliability.
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.
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Most buildings across the globe are heated with gas and oil despite heat pumps being a much more energy-efficient alternative. While some countries have been keen on adopting them, others have been slow on the uptake. Why have some countries been hesitant to push the technology? Could a new upgrade to heat pumps make them a more viable heating option? …
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To move forward, the Position Paper proposes that Canadian governments collaborate to develop a Thermal Network Strategy aimed at identifying and supporting TN infrastructure investments for the social good and that recognizes the multiple benefits from having complementary and coordinated electricity and heat infrastructures. The recommendations below set out important measures for such a strategy, to efficiently and economically meet …
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Only 21 seconds long and a must watch video. Robot Reaction To Its Nose Being Touched 🗿#shorts (youtube.com) Remember, even robots have their boundaries—so let’s be gentle with their noses!
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Tesla opens Powerwall 3 orders, revealing a peak power of 30 kW. As traditional energy sources continue to strain wallets and the environment, the shift toward renewable energy, particularly solar, has been a notable trend. However, the intermittent availability of sunlight poses hurdles for consistent energy production, requiring innovative solutions to store and manage power efficiently for reliable utilization. Energy …
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Gas giant Enbridge is urging shareholders to reject climate-related resolutions at its upcoming annual meeting, according to filings published this week. Two separate resolutions call on Enbridge to improve its climate performance at the shareholder meeting, scheduled for May 8. One resolution submitted by the charity DI Foundation, and represented by Investors for Paris Compliance (I4PC), requests that Enbridge disclose all of …
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Richard Feynman: “ Knowledge is not free. You have to pay attention.”
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The energy used to heat buildings in Canada is roughly equivalent to the country's entire electricity generation. But current plans to achieve net-zero buildings through electrification of heating systems and retrofitting millions of existing buildings to reduce energy demand may not prove "feasible or affordable" at the required scale by 2050 - the date set by the Canadian government to achieve …
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Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study another study finding particles in arteries Microplastics have been found in every human placenta tested in a study, leaving the researchers worried about the potential health impacts on developing foetuses. The scientists analysed 62 placental tissue samples and found the most common plastic detected was polyethylene, which is used to make …
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Zoom recording of live presentations by Andrew Welch and Mike Nickerson to stimulate discussion about the part that human behaviors contribute to our climate crisis. PDF of Andrew Slides This idea was first developed in a 2023 paper: World scientists’ warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot – Joseph J Merz, Phoebe Barnard, William E Rees, Dane Smith, Mat Maroni, …
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Track the latest wildfire and smoke information with data that is updated hourly based upon input from several incident and intelligence sources. This site tracks a much wider area of the USA south than Texas. It is ablaze and the wildfire season has just started.
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