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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Fyi- interesting webinar tomorrow night</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">by Green PAC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">Rural Economic Development Through Green Innovation and Initiatives</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">- E</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">ventbrite</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"> –</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">7 pm,</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Calibri">Wed. May 19/21</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="https://fb.me/e/Xolu5BrU"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">https://fb.me/e/Xolu5BrU</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> </B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">50by30WR and Nith Valley EcoBoosters are collaborating in response to GreenPAC’s Every Day Advocates program's challenge to hold an environmental town hall.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Guests:</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Kitchener-Conestoga MP</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Tim</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Louis</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">University of Waterloo Director of Economic Development Program, Paul Parker:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Carolinian Canada Executive Director, Michelle Kanter:</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="https://caroliniancanada.ca/cib?fbclid=IwAR0A7F2dIzlrVbA2BOV-MZeNlGW2qkR3IgGyGJG3ypg61C1e_tURwZ4yhIg"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="inherit">https://caroliniancanada.ca/cib</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Vice President of the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture, Mark Reusser:</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#050505" FACE="Segoe UI Historic">Courage calls on courage everywhere.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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