[All] FW: Rural Green Innovation in Waterloo Region webinar -=Wed. May 19...7 pm

[strothjkl at sympatico.ca]

Fyi- interesting webinar tomorrow night by Green PAC - "Rural Economic
Development Through Green Innovation and Initiatives"- Eventbrite - 7 pm,
Wed. May 19/21 
https://fb.me/e/Xolu5BrU  

50by30WR and Nith Valley EcoBoosters are collaborating in response to
GreenPAC's Every Day Advocates program's challenge to hold an environmental
town hall.

The world is changing. People are looking forward to emerging from this
pandemic in new courageous ways that recognize we cannot return to "normal".
In fact, we don't want to return to normal. Investments in infrastructure,
business, jobs, social justice, and lifting people out of poverty are part
of our conversations on the street and in politics.
So what does our future look like in rural Waterloo Region? What is the
vision and what are you and I doing about it? What do we need locally from
our elected officials, at all levels of government, to make a successful
transition out of the pandemic?
Attend and listen to inspiring stories of how our local community, the
community around us, and the rest of the world are creating green new jobs.

Guests:
Kitchener-Conestoga MP Tim Louis
University of Waterloo Director of Economic Development Program, Paul
Parker:
Paul is the director of the Economic Development Program and a professor in
the Faculty of Environment. His research focuses on building sustainable
communities by creating win-win opportunities for the environment and
economy. Paul combines his research background with direct experience
engaging local representatives from communities across Canada and overseas
to envision and build local capacity, vitality and sustainability.

Carolinian Canada Executive Director, Michelle Kanter:
Nature Smart Climate Solutions what is it and what can they do? This is a
huge industry right at our fingertips. What does it look like for landowners
or even people who have a small yard? There is a lot of money being assigned
for nature-based solutions but we need to start planning now. Diverse green
jobs are possible.
https://caroliniancanada.ca/cib
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Vice President of the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture, Mark Reusser:
Farming and forestry are the two sectors, in all of the Canadian economy,
that have the potential to sequester carbon. Neither the provincial nor the
federal gov't are willing to acknowledge that farming is the answer to the
problem of mass carbon sequestration. There need to be incentives for
farmers to participate in research in order to build this momentum. There is
an ever-growing need for physical labour as well as highly skilled labour.
Farmland in Waterloo Region is the best combination of land, climate and
skilled labour.
Bring you bold ideas for climate action and a just transition for a livable
future. Be prepared to ask our elected officials and guests what rural
Waterloo Region needs to build better.
Courage calls on courage everywhere.


Lori S.


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