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BC Wide Speaking Tour on the Impacts of the Tar Sands on Communities in Alberta and BC. Please join us for a very important panel about the largest industrial project in history that has been devastating the environment and communities in Alberta and is now extending to communities within BC.
A forum and workshop for Building Practitioners to examine the connect/disconnect between green building rating systems, the Standards & Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada and the new BC green building code.
Region: Victoria
Please join us for the BCSEA's next Energy Solutions Teleworkshop on "Using Wastewater for Heating, Cooling, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction". Our guest speaker will be Stephen Salter, PEng, who travelled from Victoria to Sweden in 2006 to learn first-hand about Sweden's successful recovery of heat, electricity, and biogas from treated sewage, and how this could be applied in Canada. The BCSEA's Energy Solutions Teleworkshops are free for members and invited guests.
Speakers on the Panel include:
Region: Vancouver
NACL cordially invites you to participate in a workshop and media conference. Report to the community on background studies and action plans underway. A project of the Island Good Food Initiative.
In a time of rising fuel prices, threat of a recession, and customer demand for greater corporate social responsibility, more buildings owners are realizing the multiple benefits of building energy efficiency. This workshop will provide business owners with an introduction to the best construction and energy management practices for small to medium sized buildings in the market today. Hear how commercial leaders in your community are engaging their staff and tenants in sustainable initiatives designed to reduce energy use, lower operating costs, and protect the environment.
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The City of Dawson Creek is holding a Community Enviornmental Workshop "Live Green in Dawson Creek" in November. The City of Dawson Creek in partnership with BC Hydro and Northern Environmental Action Team will be presenting a 2-hour workshop on energy conservation, water conservation, idling reduction and waste reduction in November. Enter our draw for a Energy Star appliance when you attend these sessions.
Region: South Peace
Achieving a livable and sustainable region as Metro Vancouver becomes home to 3.4 million people in the next 30 years will require continuing to create higher density communities. Much attention has been paid to the opportunities for innovation in new kinds of development, and the challenges of community and market acceptance. Where and how should higher density development be located? What can it look like, and what services are necessary to support it? What roles do consumers, communities, planners and developers play in creating higher density communities?
This full-day training session for building tenants and designers provides an in-depth discussion of the LEED-CI credit requirements and certification process. The training will address the basic principles of sustainability as they relate to tenant improvement projects and present the definitive standard for what constitutes a green interior. Highlights include technologies and strategies for achieving LEED credits to optimize performance of leased spaces.
Join the Surrey Art gallery for a conversation about the past, present and future of sustainable architecture, with some of Canada’s leaders in the field.
Region: Kamloops
The Importance of Energy, and Carbon: High Performance Building Program and Building Metering.
Learn from peers, share your experiences and grow your understanding of green building practice in British Columbia.
You are invited to join us for a weekend with Sophie Banks and Naresh Giangrande, founders of Transition Training in the UK.
Learn how to set up and successfully run a Transition Town initiative in your community.
This invitation is being extended to those who are already, or who could be, catalysts for transition initiatives in their own communities. We hope that participants will leave the workshop willing and able to give leadership in some form. Please share this with others you know who fit this description.
The City of Kamloops invites residents to attend a Sustainability Forum on November 29th at Forster's Convention Centre. The City would like to create a community dialogue about sustainability issues. Input gained at this forum will be used to draft a 'Community Vision' for a Sustainable Kamloops and help to identify residents priorities & ideas in reaching that vision.
The Keynote Speaker will be BCSEA President, Guy Dauncey
Ward has been a professional Agrologist since 1989, and has over 20 years experience in agriculture and horticulture. He is the owner/operator of City Farm Boy, an organization committed to promoting urban agriculture, farming & gardening as a viable and environmentally positive way to enhance landscapes and lifestyles.
Amazing organic, veggie, local buffet by Chef Bruce Wood, wines, music, speaker, Garbage Warrior mini-screening, silent auction plus $100's in door prizes. Sponsored by: Island Escapades, Salt Spring Island Driftwood, Om Clothing and Salt Spring Coffee.
Half of the ticket price is tax deductible.
Community Climate Change organizes "Global Warming Cafés" which bring together people in neighbourhoods to share thoughts, feelings and strategies for personal and collective action. It is a forum and a 'vehicle' for connecting people and organizations that are concerned and want to do something.
Region: Comox Valley
How can the Capital Regional District diversify its energy supply to tackle climate change? You are invited to a presentation of the technologies and policies that can divesify the Capital Regional District's energy supply. With the signing of the Climate Action Charter local municipalities are exploring their options to address climate change and energy issues. This presentation is designed to help the CRD and its member municipalities find their way through this complex issue to find environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable energy solutions.
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