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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. Please share our Stay Informed link with your personal networks.
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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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The latest CACOR Zoom Schedule is found here.
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Samrat Bharadwaj recently posted some creative YouTube Short videos
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To the SEED community:
Welcome to the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome.
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Everything we do to help humanity live in harmony with the natural world that gave rise to and sustains us gives our lives meaning and promise.
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How can we become more relevant to your mission? More pertinent news items will be posted here from time to time.
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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: Gordon Kubanek Topic: Beyond Denial – a Franciscan Perspective Time: Aug 2, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary We will explore how the path set by St. Francis can help us walk between the twin catastrophes of Denial & Doom, with the goal of once again becoming “Indigenous”. Most people are now in denial, but this only …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. David Lapen Topic: Reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture via nature-based activities and beneficial management practices. Time: Aug 9, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85104163793?pwd=eE5QOTdKNnhyM2NQVUcyc1poQ3BFQT09 Meeting ID: 851 0416 3793 Passcode: 325271 Summary: The environmental footprint of agriculture is considerable. Yet there are on and off-farm solutions …
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Will the Gulf Stream really collapse by 2025? Climate change IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES By Georgina Rannard BBC Climate & Science reporter The Gulf Stream system of warm ocean currents could collapse as early as 2025, a scientific study has warned. The end of the system, which drives the Atlantic's currents and determines western Europe's weather, would probably lead to …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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You will never achieve success by ensuring against failure. Duncan Ross, Actor, 1918-1987. He served as Principal of the Bristol (UK) Old Vic Drama School and taught, amongst many others, Sir Patrick Stewart.
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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..."changing landscape at risk of a daunting range of hazards — wildfires, landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, flooding and even volcanic eruption. "Threats like these are top of mind for Tyrone McNeil, chair of the Emergency Planning Secretariat, Stó:lō Tribal Council president and Tribal Chief and a member of Seabird Island Band..." "TO MANAGE RISK, MEASURE IT 1. Identify the risks. ... 15. Read and …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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"Contents 1. Role of climate blended finance and the NGFS in greening the global financial system 2 2. Learnings from past blended finance projects: What went well and what did not 4 3. Building a mature climate blended finance ecosystem 4 4. Principles and practices to scale up blended finance 5 "...In particular, global climate finance currently amounts to only …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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Dr. Norbert Gass and Nicole Gass explained that technology transfer from the developed to the developing world was not adequately structured in the 1990s. In this second essay they outline the dangers of technology being pit to use in upgrading the military in developing countries, worsening the chances and outcomes of civil and inter-nation wars. Link to | Technology Transfer …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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By Lawrence Webb Microgrids and local energy communities are rapidly emerging as a solution to the challenges of the traditional energy system. These innovative approaches to energy management and distribution offer a more sustainable, resilient, and efficient way to meet the growing demand for electricity. As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change and the need …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. —Wendell Berry, “How to Be a Poet" Wendell is a Christian writer and poet who is a staunch protector and believer in rural living in harmony with the land who has lived his whole life in rural Kentucky.
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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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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"Holistic approaches to water and land management practised by Indigenous communities worldwide hold the key to a more sustainable future" say co-organizers of the Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change. Local adaptations can have global reach?As Indigenous People, we are grounded in our own place. Here, we present examples from various regions of sustainable Indigenous practices, which in some …
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In a move that has sparked both hope and concern, Japan has restarted its oldest operating nuclear reactor, Unit 1, at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. This marks a significant step for the country as it seeks to become less reliant on imported energy sources and achieve its ambitious climate protection goals. The reactor had been commissioned …
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A plain language description from a professional climatologist. Well worth a 12 minute investment of your time.
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Ontario has announced major investments in non-renewable power projects, including a long-term bet on new nuclear plants. But there’s still time to embrace energy efficiency and smaller renewable- energy options (also known as distributed energy resources, or DERs) as cost-effective, quicker-to-deploy approaches to community resilience. These include rooftop solar panels, small-scale wind turbines and battery storage. As cities in Canada’s largest province prepare to face …
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Canada cannot meet its climate targets without ensuring that the one-third of Canadians who live in apartments and condos have access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure, says The Atmospheric Fund. Toronto-based TAF has launched a letter campaign urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allocate $1 billion over four years in next year’s federal budget for equitable EV readiness in multi-residential buildings (MURBs) …
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Some 8,000 miles of federally owned canals snake across the United States, channeling water to replenish crops, fuel hydropower plants and supply drinking water to rural communities. In the future, these narrow waterways could serve an additional role: as hubs of solar energy generation. A coalition of environmental groups is urging the federal government to consider carpeting its canals with solar panels. …
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Rockville , Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per the latest report by Fact.MR, the global microgrids market is forecasted to soar at a CAGR of 15% and reach a valuation of US$ 98 billion by the end of 2033. Microgrids are designed to enhance the reliability, resiliency, and efficiency of power supply, especially in situations where the main grid can …
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How the Left, like the Right, undermines and destroys earth-friendly people, ideas, and movements. The Left much like the Right is predominantly invested in preserving a civilization hooked on energy. Perhaps their view of looking at the living planet is deeply flawed. Power and fear will keep most people in check, but until when? No one knows. While the Bright …
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Saskatchewan’s Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. said it will begin construction this year on Canada’s first commercial-scale facility for producing electricity from geothermal heat, highlighting how Canada’s expertise in oil and gas can be adapted to produce greener energy. Deep Earth’s project will use oilfield horizontal drilling techniques to access geothermal power, with wells drilled to a depth of about 3.5 kilometres …
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