BCSEA News & Views

We had a great turnout for the Victoria Chapter Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May. Our speaker, Dr. James Christian (Fisheries and Ocean Canada and Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis), played no small part in attracting a number of first time attendees interested in learning about climate modelling.

May Vancouver Chapter Meeting Report
Retrofitting residential neighbourhoods for 80% greenhouse gas reductions: Focus on Burnaby

With special presenter: Ellen Pond

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:30pm
Vancouver City Hall
Strathcona Room
12th and Cambie
Vancouver, BC

Yes, it was a bright sunny day in Kelowna on May 15th, which was just as well, since 150 people had taken the time to attend the Kelowna Solar Hot Water Workshop and Tradeshow at the Coast Capri Hotel.

This gathering had an exuberant energy right from the start. Kelowna gets 2000 hours of sunshine a year, and is one of seven Solar Communities chosen by SolarBC to carry that title because of the leadership they’ve been giving.

Come to the Kamloops Energy Fair!

Learn how to use energy more sustainably in the home, at work & on the road.

Save money and help the planet!

• Trade show offering energy information, products and services 
• Kid’s Corner for fun learning about energy
• Speakers and workshops on energy-related topics
• Green Energy Contest for student projects

Environmentalist, author, visionary and futurist, Guy Dauncey has long promoted a post-carbon future with practical solutions to global warming and the energy crisis in his books, as a consultant and in his lectures. Guy is the founder and president of the BC Sustainable Energy Association.

On paper, BC produces 68 million tonnes (MT) of CO2e by burning fossil fuels and other means, which we need to reduce to zero as soon as possible because of the urgency of the climate crisis. However, BC's real carbon footprint is far greater. Make no mistake--we are on the Titanic, heading right for the iceberg.

Join us on May 23 at the Kamloops Energy Fair for these workshops and presentations.  Location is the McArthur Island Sports Centre.

Workshops and presentations are open to anyone on a drop-in basis, at no charge. 

Let me start at the beginning: the global climate crisis is far more serious than most people understand. If we carry on with business as usual, our continued use of fossil fuels will destroy all human civilization as we know it, and take most species and ecosystems with it. As things stand, we are heading for a temperature rise of 4, 5, or 6 degrees by the end of the century. Today's Arctic meltdown and the current increase in forest fires, floods, and beetle infestations comes from a 0.7C increase. Business as usual is really grim, folks. We don't want to go there.