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Topic: Thermal Networks and Nuclear Energy – a pathway to decarbonizing building heating Speaker: Dr. Robert Walker Time: 24 July 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: In Canada, about as much energy is used to heat buildings as is delivered as electricity for all purposes. Current plans for achieving net-zero buildings include retrofitting the millions […]
A CACOR Live presentation Speaker: Ruben Nelson Topic: Permacrisis, Polycrisis, Metacrisis: An attempt to Clarify the Human Problematique – Just what are we in for? Time: Jul 31, 2024 01:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Confused and inadequate conceptualizations lead to wrong-headed understandings. Confused and wrongheaded understandings lead to well intended prescriptions which often […]
Speaker: Raymond Leury Subject: Part 3: Do we have the Materials for a Green Transition? Time: Aug 7, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Climate change is an existential threat. Temperature records keep falling, climate emergencies are declared, yet we don’t seem to be making much progress in addressing the threat. How much […]
Speaker: David Hutton Subject: Whistleblower Protection and Global Warming Time: Aug 28, 2024 Summary: The industries most responsible for global warming are engaged in sophisticated, well-funded efforts to mislead the public, in order to boost their profits by undermining efforts to combat climate change. Whistleblowers – insiders who witness such deceptions and help expose […]
Speaker: Dr. Art Hunter Subject: Project Payback. Financial benefits of a microgrid as part of a virtual power plant Time: 4 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada) Summary: Home rooftop solar panels and home batteries provide a microgrid owner with energy independence from grid failures. Recently the Ontario Energy board approved Ultra-Low […]
Speaker: Dr. David Harries Subject: WHENCE & WHITHER CANADA’S SOVEREIGNTY? Time: 11 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The abysmal state of Canada’s national security was fully exposed for the first time in an Ottawa speech in November 2022. This ‘inflexion point’ was sharpened in 2023 by a host of events confirming […]
Speaker: Maude Barlow Subject: Facing the Global Water Crisis with Knowledge and Hope Time: 18 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The planet is facing a twin water crisis - human and ecological. Canada is not exempt from this crisis despite our “myth of abundance” that has kept us from facing our own situation. […]
Speaker: Dr. Trevor Hancock Subject: The Wellbeing Society: A response to declining planetary health and increasing inequality Time: 25 Sept 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: We have surpassed the limits to growth, crossing six of nine planetary boundaries and exceeding the Earth’s biocapacity five-fold in Canada. Our current economic system, and the core values […]
Speaker: Dr. Brian Czech Topic: Developing the Steady State Economy Act Time: Oct 2, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: The Steady State Economy Act (SSEA) is CASSE’s vision for macroeconomic policy in the United States and other overly developed economies. First envisioned as a Full and Sustainable Employment Act, the SSEA would supersede […]
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 Do you see what I see? Test your capacity for deep listening. We had a last minute cancellation of the speaker scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th. Rather than face dead air, we are taking it as an opportunity to try something new. Join us this coming Wednesday, 9 October, at 1:30 […]
Speaker: Dr Charlie Hall Topic: OUR ENERGY FUTURE : What scares me Time: Oct 09, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: TBD - Rescheduled Bio: Charles A.S. Hall received his Ph.D. in Systems Ecology under Howard Odum at UNC in 1970. He was professor at Cornell University, Univ. Montana and SUNY College of Environmental […]
Topic: Inaugural CACOR Live Debate Time: Oct 16, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88639016871?pwd=T2ZWbFpYa0hGakxaSHpod1VHV2VJZz09 Meeting ID: 886 3901 6871 Passcode: 971206 Summary: This will be an experiment with a different format for CACOR Live. Two members will debate the pros and cons of the chosen topic. David will argue AGAINST […]
Topic: Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change Speaker: Ralph Torrie Time: Oct 23, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Climate change considerations have been trumped in the decision by Canada to align with punitive American tariffs on affordable electric vehicles from China. On closer scrutiny, the official rationale for denying Canadians […]
Topic: Systems Perspective on the Problematique - Can it Provide Understanding? Speaker: Ted Manning, Ruben Nelson, Andrew Welch Time: Oct 30, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89328223182?pwd=QTdYTXJsTmd6dTY1TitUVVozTmk1QT09 Meeting ID: 893 2822 3182 Passcode: 583497 Summary: CACOR presentations on the global problematique have often focused on global causes (e.g. overshoot, consumption trends) important […]
