PICS Presents: New Approaches to Mobilizing Climate Action
Tuesday June 8, 2010
7pm – 9pm
Bob Wright Centre
Room B150
University of Victoria

Explore climate change issues through a new lens. This event will include skits by Spilt Milk Comedy Theater, presentations by local experts on the following themes, and an audience question period:
- Sustainable energy: Dr. Lawrence Pitt, Pacific [...]

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Presented by: Dr. Tim Garrett, University of Utah
Date & Time: Monday, May 31 2010| 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Social Sciences & Mathematics Bldg. Room A110, University of Victoria
Live Web Stream: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/broadcast.php
Where does money get its value? What physically is economic value? For climate studies, this is a highly relevant question. As the economy [...]

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Happy Earth Day, world! April 22nd 2010 hails the 40th Earth Day, the most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Check out Earth Day Canada’s website for news, events, resources and more. Love your earth. We’ve only got ONE!

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Institution of Civil Engineers 2010 Americas Convention
June 3~5, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Engineers @ the Heart of Society: Collaborating + Innovating for Our Common Future
Westin Wall Centre
3099 Corvette Way, Richmond, BC
V6X 4K3
Thursday 3rd June – Welcome Reception
Friday 4th June – Conference & Gala Dinner
Saturday 5th June – Tours
To Download the Convention Program in pdf (with useful [...]

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ACT’s Executive Director Deborah Harford will be speaking at the Projecting Change Film Festival. “The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project” directed by Christophe Fauchere, will be playing at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas Saturday, April 24 at 2:30pm.
For tickets and more information, visit the Projecting Change Film Festival Website here.
Saturday, April 24, 2:30pm
THE GREAT SQUEEZE: [...]

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Presented by: Dr. Andreas Rechkemmer
Tuesday, May 4 2010, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Social Sciences & Mathematics Bldg. Room A110, University of Victoria
Live Web Stream: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/broadcast.php
This lecture will summarize the main components of the present climate change regime, in particular the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, as well as offer a [...]

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The SFU Faculty of Health Sciences and Climate Change Impacts Consortium invites you to a special talk by Dr. John M. Balbus – “The Human Face of Climate Change: The Public Health Perspective”.
Tuesday May 3, 2010
9:30 – 10:30 am
SFU Burnaby Campus
Blusson Hall
Room TBD
John M. Balbus, MD, MPH,is a senior advisor to the Director of the [...]

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DATE:          Wednesday, April 28, 2010
TIME:          3:30 – 4:30 pm
PLACE:        Social Sciences and Mathematics Bldg. Room A120, University of Victoria
SPEAKER:   Dr. Barry Carin, Associate Director, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation
TITLE:          An Outside-the-Box Approach to Climate Change Negotiations
Abstract:
There is little hope of an early agreement on binding [...]

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ACT Executive Director Deborah Harford featured during living blogging at UBC Resilience Symposium:
(From the live blogging site)
Doborah Hartford, the Executive Director of the Simon Fraser University Adaptation to Climate Change Team pointed out that global warming has diverse and unpredictable effects on water cycles around the world, from flooding in the UK to severe droughts [...]

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The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions is hosting a special seminar “Climate Security: What it Means and Why it Matters: Perspectives from the UK and the EU”. Presented by Dr. Sabrina Schulz, Climate Security Project Leader, British High Commission in Ottawa.
Friday April 9, 2010, 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Social Sciences and Math Building (SSM), Room [...]

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