This presentation by Sheila Murray and Ted Manning will cover the need to adapt, work by the Club of Rome and other international organizations to define survival scenarios and discussion of current activities towards creating more robust responses in support of survival. https://youtu.be/aucrCnlP2Zs
Reducing Building Energy Footprints
Panel on reducing buildings energy footprints. Three speakers:Art Hunter, Jane Wilson and Sucha Mann. YouTube Link…
Municipal Organizing for the Environment: Opportunities for Making Ottawa the Green Capital of Canada
Robb Barnes will speak to the theory of change behind municipal advocacy organization Ecology Ottawa, and will situate this theoretical approach within the context of international climate talks and recent developments in political organizing. He will make the case that the practice of local ‘engagement organizing’ is essential for making tangible progress on environmental issues […]
Geology–Why should you care – Jean Dougherty
Most of us don’t think about how the geology may affect our lives. We don’t think about what aspects of geology we might consider in decisions about where we want to live. I intend to show: national climate change issues through a geologic lens; and how local geology impacts on daily life, using Ottawa’s setting […]
The Rise & Foreseeable Future of Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Where is AI Heading?
This address will focus on a number of these non-technical issues per se; yet they are highly dependent on technical advances in AI and the application of those advances. This dependency also will be considered as we look into the near-term future of AI. The notion of an ‘AI race’ and its possible future scenarios […]