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Stay Informed
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CACOR's weekly newsletter
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter.
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It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Signup and previous weekly newsletters are available here.
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To CACOR Members:
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Four CACOR members have volunteered to make occasional posts into our Breaking News listing.
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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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Speaker: Dr. Jack Alpert Topic: Civilization's “Running Out of Gas” Story Time: Apr 26, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: 8 billion people live today because energy and materials can produce their food and services. If in 80 years fossil fuels cannot be produced, and without them, solar and wind machines cannot be built and maintained, and new energy delivery systems …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Michael Dowd Topic: The Big Picture: Beyond Hope and Fear Time: 3 May 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89354783674?pwd=UjdQSis0ZTFwMWFUTk1TRGhDYjgvZz09 Meeting ID: 893 5478 3674 Passcode: 543421 Summary: No one needs convincing that we are living in an age of chaos and breakdowns. Even those without an ecological understanding …
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"The last few years have taught me one thing: "We’re all preppers now. "That’s how one of my readers recently put it. He’s right. Everyone used to make fun of preppers. We considered them a fringe movement. We stereotyped them as loonies who hid canned soup under their beds and whispered about government takeovers. Now we’re turning to them for …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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The Futurist – an Interview with Ruben Nelson Ruben is a member of CACOR’s Board who lives near Canmore, Alberta. He is as busy as ever doing the very best he can to make the future world a better place to live for the children of today: giving up is not in his vocabulary. He is a Canadian pioneer of …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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"Climate models used by the UN's IPCC and others to project climate change are not accurately reflecting what the Arctic's future will be. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg argue that the rate of warming will be much faster than projected. "Due to the Arctic´s sea ice cover and its harsh climate, relatively few observations are made in that part …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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"Sometimes numbers just knife you in the gut — 78 per cent of young Canadians report that climate change is impacting their mental health. "Small wonder, since half of them (48 per cent) say humanity is doomed. Those are just a couple of findings from new research out of Lakehead University surveying Canadians aged 16 to 25. "If you’re in that …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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NY Times: "Feral Cattle in New Mexico Will Be Shot From Helicopters "U.S. agencies have enlisted aerial shooters to cull about 150 cattle that trample habitats and threaten hikers in the Gila Wilderness. Cattle growers say the plan violates laws and regulations. "For the second year in a row, shooters in helicopters will gun down an estimated 150 feral cattle …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847-1922)
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Paul Hofhuis, of the Dutch Embassy, provided a CACOR luncheon with a reprise of his speech in Washington, DC, USA, in January 1995. His thesis was that the challenge was to produce and consume differently, not less. He provided experiences from the previous five years in the Netherlands. Link to | Making Environmental Projects Economically Feasible.
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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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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https://youtu.be/XUJw5cLyfEk
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Are we separate and superior to nature? This question has been a driving force behind humanity's industrialization and economic progress for centuries -- but it's brought us to the brink of an ecological crisis, says filmmaker Damon Gameau. In an impassioned talk, he calls for a new story that recognizes our interconnectedness with nature and moves towards a thriving, regenerative …
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Innovation Sandbox 2.0 Report The OEB has released its inaugural Innovation Sandbox 2.0 report for the period of July 2020 to December 2022. Informed by stakeholder feedback, the report includes case studies of Sandbox projects, a discussion on the most common themes and barriers to innovation, and descriptions of the type of support that the Sandbox has provided. Also the …
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A Canadian Alberta company is delivering drilled geothermal energy anywhere. Just Have A Think
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