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Marianne Armstrong | Supporting Climate Change Adaptation of Canada’s Built Environment | Apr 19, 2023 13:30 EDT

Speaker: Marianne Armstrong Topic: Supporting Climate Change Adaptation of Canada’s Built Environment Time: Apr 19, 2023 13:30 Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada) Summary: Since 2016, the National Research Council in collaboration with Infrastructure Canada has been working to integrate climate change considerations into codes, standards and guidance to ensure Canada’s buildings and infrastructure are resilient […]

Dr. Jack Alpert | Civilization’s “Running Out of Gas” Story | 2023-04-26 | CACOR Zoom Meeting

Speaker:  Dr. Jack Alpert Topic:  Civilization's “Running Out of Gas” Story Time:  Apr 26, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary:  8 billion people live today because energy and materials can produce their food and services. If in 80 years fossil fuels cannot be produced, and without them, solar and wind machines cannot be built and maintained, […]

Michael Dowd “The Big Picture: Beyond Hope and Fear” CACOR Zoom Meeting 3 May 2023

Speaker:  Michael Dowd Topic: The Big Picture: Beyond Hope and Fear Time: 3 May 2023  13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: No one needs convincing that we are living in an age of chaos and breakdowns. Even those without an ecological understanding of history feel the stress. How do we cope? How can we escape the […]

Dr. Monica Gattinger | Public confidence on the road to net zero: a key ingredient for emissions reductions success | 2023-05-10 13:30 EDT | CACOR Zoom

Topic:  Public confidence on the road to net zero: a key ingredient for emissions reductions success. Speaker:  Dr. Monica Gattinger Time:  May 10, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary:  Canada is at a pivotal moment on energy and climate: there is far greater consensus about the need to reduce emissions, and there are […]

Walter Knitl | Sustainability through the Internet of Things and AI. | 2023-05-17 | CACOR Zoom

Speaker: Walter Knitl Topic: Sustainability through the Internet of Things and AI. Time: May 17, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: We are amid a global climate crisis brought on by humanity exceeding the earth's sustainable atmospheric and biospheric capacity – compelling, profound action to achieve a sustainable future.  Success will depend on societal, industrial, and […]

Dr. Robin Sleith | Connectivity between freshwater and marine ecosystems | 2023-05-24 | CACOR Zoom

Speaker:  Dr. Robin Sleith  Topic:  Connectivity between freshwater and marine ecosystems Time: May 24, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: This talk will explore the connectivity between freshwater and marine ecosystems, using the ongoing Maine-eDNA project as a guide. Climate change and nutrient pollution in freshwater ecosystems have led to increased impacts on […]

Paul Koch | The Story of Easter Island––A Metaphor for Our Planet | 2023-05-31 | CACOR Zoom Presentation

Speaker: Paul Koch Topic: The Story of Easter Island––A Metaphor for Our Planet. Time: May 31, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: After reading Jared Diamond’s famous book Collapse “how societies choose to fail or succeed”, which contains a full chapter on Easter Island, Paul became interested in exploring Easter Island for himself. So in 2007 […]

Darrel Rowledge | Saving humanity — from itself: the case for a paradigm change | 2023-06-07| CACOR Zoom

Speaker: Darrel Rowledge Topic: Saving humanity — from itself: the case for a paradigm change. Time: Jun 7, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Everywhere we look, we find that humanity’s problems are caused by humans. Every thread we pull leads inevitably back to us, to our systems. What’s worse, these systems are dysfunctional by design. Solving […]

Diana Beresford-Kroeger | Forests and Climate Change | Jun 14, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time | CACOR Zoom

Speaker: Diana Beresford-Kroeger Topic: Forests and Climate Change Time: Jun 14, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: There is a trinity attached to climate change.  It operates all over planet Earth, in the water, on the land, and in the atmosphere.  The triad is simplicity itself and is composed of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and biodiversity. Once […]

Dr. Meg Sears | Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 1930s-on, to inform a 2023 Strategy and Partnership | Jun 21, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time | CACOR Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Meg Sears Topic: Sustainable Agriculture: Lessons from the 1930s-on, to inform a 2023 Strategy and Partnership. Time: Jun 21, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Orange skies & choking smoke expose Canada’s vulnerabilities.  Climate chaos threatens food security, floods, droughts, & desertification.  This spring, the GoC announced a Sustainable Agriculture Partnership, but regenerative organic […]

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