JOIN THE CONVERSATION!
When: April 18th @ 12pm
Where: South Ross 701
If you have a passion for sustainable options on campus or have experience starting a student-run business and wish to share, come on out and join the conversation.
For more information please visit yorkustudentbusiness@gmail.com
Free screening and discussion of Climate Refugees at 6:30 pm, Friday, April 29, at JJR Macleod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, I King's College Circle, University of Toronto.
Speakers:
-Laura Westra, Ph.D., Ph.D. (Law)
Recent Publications: Globalization, Violence and World Governance (May 2011)
-Alfredo Barahona, Program Coordinator, Migrant and Indigenous Rights, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
Member of the World Council of Churches' Global Ecumenical Network on Migration
-Timothy Leduc, York University
Author of: Climate, Culture, Change (January 2011) http://climateculturechange.wordpress.com/
About the film:
“Climate Refugees” is an important and timely documentary film that uncovers the unbelievable plight of people around the world displaced by climatically-induced environmental disasters. The film illuminates -for the first time- the human face of climate change as civilization now finds itself, facing the confluence of overpopulation, lack of resources and a changing climate.
Actor and Sundance Founder, Robert Redford called the film, “an agent for social change.” NY Times
“Climate Refugees” was the centerpiece film at the United Nations’ Climate Summit in Copenhagen last December, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010, played at dozens of film festivals around the world to rave reviews, multiple awards and an overwhelming audience response.
“Climate Refugees” is a “resounding wake up call for every human being to go green immediately. It is a must see film that puts the human soul in the science of climate change.” Sherri Quinn, National Public Radio
After traveling the world and interviewing several of the 25 million climate refugees now on the run, along with scholars, politicians and the like, “Climate Refugees” brings to light the heart-wrenching truth of what is quickly becoming mankind’s greatest challenge.
The film examines the creation — and migration — of hundreds of millions of climate refugees that will be displaced as a result of climate change. A cautionary tale, the film demonstrates that climate change isn’t a political issue; it’s a geopolitical one, one that literally transcends the concepts of nationhood and ethnicity.
“Climate change is the threat multiplier for overpopulation, over-consumption and lack of natural resources. Our mission is to create a platform that will illuminate the facts about climate refugees, their lack of international protection, our national security issues and solutions to these civilization-altering issues,” writer/director/producer Michael Nash.
“Climate Refugees” was filmed in Bangladesh, Belgium, Chad, China, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Kenya, Maldives, Poland, Switzerland, Tuvalu, UK and the US.
?Some high-profile figures featured in the film include: Senator John Kerry, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Wangari Maathai, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri (Head of IPCC) and many others.
“With leading researchers and high profile political figures, ‘Climate Refugees’ presents a swell of compelling opinion about the challenges such change puts on the global populations,”Peter Debruge, Variety
For more information please visit us at www.climaterefugees.com
Facebook and Twitter @climaterefugees.com
The People's Assembly on Climate Justice, in collaboration with the Science For Peace, invites you to an initial briefing session on civil society preparations for COP 17 in Durban at the end of this year.
This briefing session will be conducted by Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society in Durban, South Africa, which is currently working on organizing events and activities.
When: Thursday, March 31, 10am to 12pm
Where: OISIE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room 2296.
Space is limited so please RSVP to Brett Rhyno, 647-869-6496 or peoplesassembly.toronto@gmail.com
Where: York University at Nat Taylor Cinema
When: March 23,2011
Time: 4-8 pm
Price: FREE
Light refreshments will be served
There will be a movie showing of the 4th Revolution. For more information, please take a look at the poster:
When: March 22, 2011, 4:30 pm
Where: Room 701 South Ross, York University
At the event, the Urban Studies students will present the highlight of the Canadian Association of Planning Students' 2011 Conference which took place in Waterloo. The students and guess speakers debated around the theme 'Resilience', which could become a new and real direction in the future planning of urban areas and the way we live. The presentation will also include a reflection on the annual field trips to Buffalo organized by the Urban Studies program and other information about the program and the Federation of Urban Studies Students.
When:
Wednesday, March 23 at 6:30pm. Pizza and refreshments will be served at 6pm.
Where:
University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
230 College St. Room 103 (map)
Speakers:
Ian Sinclair, Enermodal Engineering
Leonard Allen, CEO of Solera Energies
Mitch Gascoyne, Halcrow Yolles
Buildings are the leading use of energy in North America and represent a tremendous opportunity to lower our environmental footprint. Greening existing buildings means taking steps to improve building performance, energy efficiency and the indoor environment while saving money and decreasing our impact on the planet.
Come listen to a panel of experienced industry professionals who will describe the process of retrofitting existing buildings. Our speakers will provide an overview of the process, describe the current landscape for building retrofits in Ontario and provide examples from their experience on a wide variety of projects.
Topics Include: Energy Retrofits and the Marketplace in Ontario, Conservation Incentives, Solar Power and Solar Thermal Installations, Green Operations and Maintenance and LEED EBOM.
Following the lectures there will be a social event at a pub nearby where attendees are invited to join their colleagues and our speakers for a relaxed discussion and drinks.
Cost:
$5 for registered EGB members, $10 for non-members (taxes included)
You can register as an Emerging Green Builder here.
The Environmental Law Society at York will be hosting a Career Panel on March 23, 2011. There will be lawyers from private practice, public interest and government, including lawyers from Gowlings, Willms and Shier, and EcoJustice.
Come check out the panel on March 23rd!
Where: York University
When: April 20-22
How can we produce art that reflects, celebrates, critiques and advances the cultural life of our community without contributing to the destruction of the setting that inspires these artistic endeavours?
The goal of the Staging Sustainability conference is to create an opportunity for artists and those who support the arts in a myriad of ways – from scholars, critics, producers and designers to policy-makers, industry and government – to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue about the issues and challenges associated with the creation of environmentally sustainable arts practice and performance.
To borrow a phrase from the art critic, author, curator and environmentalist John Grande, we want to foster discussions that will “engage the borderline between art and what is perhaps the most pressing global concern in the new millennium – the quality and sustainability of the environment.”
The conference will consider how the arts engage questions of sustainability from a dual vantage point: cultural and ecological. Thus, the conference encourages an approach to sustainability that encompasses aspects of subjectivity with respect to community and identity.
For more information, you can visit their website: http://www.stagingsustainability.ca/index.htm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
When: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:00 p.m
Where: York University Bookstore, York Lanes, Keele Campus
Steven Glassman (Director, Bookstore, Printing & Mailing Services), Darryl Reed (Chair, Department of Social Science) and Ananya Mukherjee-Reed (Founding-director, International Secretariat for Human Development) invites members of the York community for the launch of the University’s new fair trade organic cotton clothing line.
Reception to follow Mamdouh Shoukri.
RSVP by March 15, 2011 President & Vice-Chancellor to mlegris@yorku.ca welcoming remarks at 3:15pm.
Please note that a fair trade t-shirt promotion will be offered following the event.
