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Stay Informed
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CACOR's weekly newsletter
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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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Do you want to contact your Federal MP or Senator?
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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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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Please share our Stay Informed link with 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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Samrat Bharadwaj recently posted some creative YouTube Short videos
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Have you met CACOR's new AI Assistant yet? If not, it's not too late! You can find the AI Assistant in the bottom right corner of our website. Look for the little green icon:
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Speaker: Jerome Clayton Glenn Topic: Transition from Artificial Narrow to Artificial General Intelligence Governance. Time: Nov 01, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The Millennium Project has completed the first phase of an international assessment of how to govern the potential transition from Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) to potential Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The research was financially supported by …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: David Dougherty Topic: The Publication of ‘The Great Disruption.' Time: Nov 8, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158148648?pwd=ZmZ3OHVRYmc2M0gxMTNLb1pOc3pwdz09 Meeting ID: 841 5814 8648 Passcode: 379411 Biography: Our speaker today is TD Dougherty, a retired environmental scientist. He has been a CACOR member for well over a …
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NEW BOOK : CAN WE MAKE TOURISM SUSTAINABLE? Sustainable Tourism in the Americas Edited by Edward W Manning, President Tourisk Inc, Sustainable Destinations, Ottawa, Canada, Luis Márquez, Technical University of Manabí, Ecuador Oct 2023 | 240pp The book addresses the introduction and establishment of sustainable tourism in the Americas. It examines what is really meant by sustainable tourism and relates …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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Well, that's rubbish, you know. Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who controls me is me, and that's just barely possible. John Lennon, 1940-1980 English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Quote used by David Harries in his Zoom presentation to CACOR …
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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"Dahr Jamail speaks with Galina Angarova about grieving what is happening on Earth, and what it was like being raised within an intact Indigenous culture. She also discusses the critically important role of ancestors and intergenerational trauma, and reminds us that the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people that came directly from the land itself is our only hope for a …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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The rapid evolution of blockchain technology presents opportunities for the energy sector. Blockchain can revolutionize grid management by providing a decentralized, secure, and transparent platform for energy transactions. With its peer-to-peer energy trading and EV integration capabilities, blockchain technology can optimize renewable energy use and improve grid efficiency. Additionally, blockchain enables accurate tracking of renewable energy certificates, promoting clean energy adoption and investment.
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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Drew Wilson, chairman of CACOR at the time, provided his perspectives on a summer CACOR debate session (the CACOR 1996 Symposium) involving Andy Clarke and Jack Milne. He was acting as an informal rapporteur. Most importantly, Drew observed that CACOR needed to take more advantage of the internet, but should continue to interface with traditional media. CACOR needed to do …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Proceedings, CACOR Writers
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The UK's energy transition is driving the need for decentralized energy systems such as microgrids. Discover how this shift is empowering communities and increasing efficiency.
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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Dr. Madeleine Weld provided CACOR with her presented her analysis of the population crisis. It was subtitled Responses to the Twenty Most Commonly-used Techniques to Confound the Issue. She felt there was no more pressing issue over which there was as much confusion and apathy. She found that the religious right and the liberal left had formed a disastrous alliance …
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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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We now know well that, despite its power, AI also comes with multiple risks and consequences. These include misapplication by researchers who are unfamiliar with the details, and the use of poorly trained models or badly designed input data sets, which deliver unreliable results and can even cause unintended harm. For example, if reports of weather events — such as …
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Get the all-inclusive Supercharger map tour Plan your next trip with our best in class Supercharger map - whether you’re logged in to the TezLab app on your phone, or exploring the new public map on your laptop. Access detailed info about each Supercharger, from charge speed and popular times to community reviews and food availability. Learn the ins and …
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Hydro-Québec will invest C$155 to $185 billion by 2035 and install 8,000 to 9,000 megawatts of new grid capacity, including 3,800 to 4,200 MW of new hydroelectric generation, under a new action plan released Thursday that pledges a decarbonized grid and a reliable, affordable power supply. “Climate change is intensifying and we must take action,” President and CEO Michael Sabia said in …
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In Europe, self-sufficient off-grid energy supply is transitioning from a niche concept, mostly reserved for special applications or remote areas, to a potentially mainstream idea. Rising energy procurement costs and decreasing capital costs for renewable energy technologies have fostered recent trends toward individual and independent energy supply systems across the residential sector. In the design of these systems, non-monetary criteria …
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The biology of aging shows ways to lengthen your healthspan, years free of serious disease Those steps are also familiar: common-sense nutrition, sleep, exercise and social connection are the four main factors. “The reason those things work is because they modulate the biology of aging,” Kaeberlein says. For example, regular low- or moderate-intensity exercise helps to prevent cardiovascular disease and …
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What do Beowulf, Batman and Barbie all have in common? Ancient legends, comic book sagas and blockbuster movies alike share a storytelling blueprint called “the hero’s journey.” This timeless narrative structure, first described by mythologist Joseph Campbell in 1949, describes ancient epics, such as the Odyssey and the Epic of Gilgamesh, and modern favorites, including the Harry Potter, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings series. Many hero’s journey stories have become cultural touchstones …
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Every human on Earth has the same 24 hours to spend in a day—but the way we divide those hours for work and sleep and school and play varies a lot. Scientists recently compiled the available data about how people around the world allocate their time and used them to define the average “global human day.” More than a third …
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This is a great example of ANI -- Narrow Artificial Intelligence. AGI (general) is predicted to be 3 to 5 years from now. This is good news and bad news as there are many advantages but the disadvantages are potentially catastrophic without international (all nations) guardrails.
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Wabtec and its launch customer, Roy Hill, a leading iron ore miner majority-owned by Australia’s Hancock Prospecting, have unveiled the FLXdrive battery locomotive, the first 100% battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service. Roy Hill’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive will feature an energy capacity of 7 megawatt hours (MWh). Based on the route and company’s rail operations, the FLXdrive is anticipated to provide a …
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This was a live stream the day prior to the AI summit in the UK. The first speaker, Stuart Russell, is worth your time investment but the rest is lower quality and little added. For the second edition of our #AISummitTalks series, we will meet at Wilton Hall, right outside of the famous Bletchley Park on the eve of the …
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