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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. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website.
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There is a new section on the Home Page "Electrify Everything"
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The complete list of the CACOR Zoom series from
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presentation #1 on 2020-04-15
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presentation # 115 on 2022-09-21
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Speaker: Dr. Ralph Martin Topic: Agriculture in the Anthropocene. Time: Jun 1, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: In planetary history, the Holocene was unusually benign for agriculture. Now that we have crossed into the Anthropocene, agriculture must adapt to shifting conditions. Since WWII, agriculture has been driven by a goal to produce excess food as the human population rises. Problems …
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You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Speaker: Dr. Ronald Colman Topic: How Do We Create the Economy We Need? Time: Jun 8, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83637740828?pwd=azA1UFplTXNzOUJyQmtiZ3d6azlxUT09 Meeting ID: 836 3774 0828 Passcode: 059397 Summary: How can measures of true progress practically help to build a better world? For two decades, Ronald …
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Contrary to recent propaganda efforts, Hydro-electric generation is not and cannot be, green. In fact it is nowhere near green. Additionally, climate breakdown is not the only deadly problem we face. The loss of life on Earth, in terms of quantity and biodiversity, will be equally, or more, devastating. Both are symptoms of human overshoot, the real problem which must …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Writers
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A genuinely fundamental and hopeful improvement in "systems" cannot happen without a significant shift in human consciousness, and ...it cannot be accomplished through a simple organizational trick. This is something no revolutionary or reformer can bring about; it can be only the natural expression of a more general state of mind, the state of mind in which man can see …
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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Scientists show that at least 44 percent of Earth's land requires conservation to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services Science News from research organizations Date: June 2, 2022 Source: Wildlife Conservation Society Summary: New research reveals that 44 percent of Earth's land area -- some 64 million square kilometers (24.7 million square miles) requires conservation to safeguard biodiversity. Share: FULL STORY New research published in …
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Is it Time for a Back-Up Generator? How to get ready for the next power outage. The Derecho swept across Ontario and Quebec like steam locomotive, randomly spreading destruction in some place and sparing other. Like many of you I am thinking, finally, of getting a back-up generator. However, rather than running out and getting one I am reflecting upon …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 2022, A13 A letter writer proposes that one should focus on the emissions of China, India and Russia. They are indeed big emitters — with big populations. Two observations: carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere and it is the cumulative emissions that determine global heating. Starting with the industrial revolution (James Watt’s steam engine, 1776) and …
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H. sapiens is a self-described intelligent species, yet seems committed to destroying its own habitat. Human-induced climate change, driven by carbon dioxide and other GHG emissions, is one of several well-known threats to global civilization. Nevertheless, 34 climate conferences and half a dozen major international agreements in the past 50 years have failed to produce even a ripple in the …
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The first generation of community solar—typically midsize, grid-connected solar projects that community members or organizations can subscribe to—enabled greater access to solar energy in many US states. However, community solar has the potential to do far more for communities. By Stephen Abbott, Amanda Farthing, Matthew Popkin, Madeline Tyson As local governments increasingly advance local decarbonization and climate resilience, they are often confronted by …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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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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Opinion Piece: At present, there are at least two stark, life threatening, issues facing Ontarians and other Earthlings. One is Climate Breakdown and the other is the Smashing of Biodiversity. Both, actually, are symptoms of the massive underlying problem: human overshoot. To address these vital issues, on one side of the political spectrum are the Conservatives, with 40.2 percent …
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Just Have a Think Carbon Dioxide Removal is the latest buzz phrase in the climate world. The IPCC tell us it will be essential to meet the goals of the Paris Accord. But it's easier said than done! Now a new study proposes copying the way nature creates seashells, so that we can durably store billions of tonnes of carbon …
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Two and a half thousand kilometres off the coast of New Zealand, one tiny island nation has had a very bright idea indeed. The Pacific island of Niue, which is home to just 1,600 people, has announced that it wants to protect all of the ocean in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). And if that sounds ambitious, that’s because it certainly is. …
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Power-hungry, fossil-fuel dependent Japan has successfully tested a system that could provide a constant, steady form of renewable energy, regardless of the wind or the sun. IHI Corp. has been developing a subsea turbine that harnesses the energy in deep ocean currents and converts it into a steady and reliable source of electricity. The giant machine resembles an airplane, with two counter-rotating turbine …
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Ian Graham, Ellen Quigley, Scott Janzwood, and Thomas Homer-Dixon (who has presented in CACOR's Zoom series) have explored Canada's deep geothermal electricity-generating potential. "Canada is ideally positioned to be a world leader in geothermal electricity and heat production—a technology that could play a critical role in humanity’s zero-carbon energy transition. To realize this opportunity, Canada should launch a national research …
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Chapters VIEW ALL Introduction 0:00 A battery powered world 1:31 Kamikoto 5:38 How do we start? 6:58 Decrentalized Power 10:07
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Our Ottawa - May 28, 2022 3 days ago News Duration 44:08 The stories and people that our city is talking about - every week on CBC's Our Ottawa with Adrian Harewood. Our Ottawa - May 28, 2022 | CBC.ca The CACOR 20 minute part was extracted and loaded onto the CACOR YouTube channel (with permission from the CBC) https://youtu.be/F45DyyM6ouY You …
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Just Have a Think Hemp has been celebrated and vilified in equal measure over the centuries. It has fantastic properties for textiles and ropes, but it comes from the cannabis plant, so it arouses deep suspicion among some policymakers. What is unarguable though, is that it is an extremely fast growing plant that stores a large amount of carbon. …
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