[All] Fw: Partnering with Nature to Heal the Biosphere - a novel approach to address Climate Change

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   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Divest Waterloo <laura at divestwaterloo.ca>To: "water.lulu at yahoo.ca" <water.lulu at yahoo.ca>Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017, 7:04:46 AM PSTSubject: Partnering with Nature to Heal the Biosphere - a novel approach to address Climate Change
   Hear a roundtable discussion about the concrete steps we can take to slow, and potentially reverse, the disastrous effects of carbon emissions.  
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Over the next twenty years the overriding task of human kind will be to return to the Earth’s soils the carbon we have worked so hard and ingeniously to set free and consume. Not only is this possible - it may offer the best hope for all life on the planet.

Hear a roundtable of experts and climate activists discuss the concrete steps we can take to slow, and potentially reverse, the disastrous effects of carbon emissions. The session will be chaired by Susan Bryant, environmental activist and co-founder of Assuring Protection for Tomorrow’s (APT) Environment. The speakers represent a wide spectrum of backgrounds:

·         Michael Purves-Smith, environmental novelist and the event’s organizer will provide an overview of a holistic rethinking of the crisis of the biosphere

·         Dr. Maren Oelbermann, renowned University of Waterloo soil scientist, will provide a keynote address covering carbon drawdown and biochar.

·         Lloyd Helferty, affectionately known as Mr. Biochar and a plenary speaker at conferences around the world, will discuss Climate Smart Food

·         Jodi Koberinski, 2015 Oak Human Rights Fellow and cofounder of the Dangerous Ideas Festival will make a radical appraisal of transitioning away from fossil fuels

·         Shannon Purves-Smith, co-organizer and long-time student of human population trends will discuss abating human population growth

·         Martin Tamlyn, project co-ordinator for the Ignatius Jesuit Centre Old Growth Forest Project will offer a new outlook on the restoration of nature

·         Niara van Gaalen, student in the Cameron Heights International Baccalaureate Program will express the hopes of the generations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change on the subject of transforming taxation

Where: Kitchener Public Library Theatre, Central Branch, 85 Queen St N, Kitchener ON N2H 2H1

When: Thursday, November 23, 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Roundtable discussion begins at 7pm

Come early to visit displays and mingle.
 

Please register for your free ticket

(https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/partnering-with-nature-to-heal-the-biosphere-tickets-39793654893) 

 

Cosponsored by the Grand River Environmental Network (GREN)

 

 
 

Thank you for your ongoing support for Divest Waterloo and for your part in our collective action to raise awareness and engage our community on issues related to climate change, our pursuit of a low carbon economy, and our movement towards a just and sustainable future. We hope to see you soon!


 
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