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David Dougherty | New book–Do Yourself a Favour: Live Lightly, Live Better. | CACOR Zoom Presentation 2023-01-18
January 18, 2023 @ 13:30 - 16:00 EST
Speaker: David Dougherty
Topic: New book–Do Yourself a Favour: Live Lightly, Live Better. | 2023-01-18
Time: Jan 18, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
This book provides a catalogue of things a person can do in his/her personal and family lives to help limit climate change. Included are over two hundred tips, each evaluated by the authors. The vast majority are things we have tried or still do. We give each item our rating on how easy it is to do and how much, relatively, it will help reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, the main greenhouse gasses that drive global warming. Climate change is here, whether we like it or not. The longer we go on with current or even rising emissions, the worse the effects of climate change will get. Each of us can contribute to the effort and it is not as hard as you might think. You can start small and grow into a new lifestyle as we have done over the last 30 years or so. The time is now, so let’s do it!
Biography:
Mr. Dougherty is an ecologist and environmental scientist. After a decade as a consultant on hazardous materials in the private sector, he spent two decades in the federal government of Canada working on myriad aspects of environmental policy. He retired from Health Canada, where his policy research included chronic and infectious diseases, in 2012. He then became active in the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome and published a climate fiction novel.