What specific actions can we all take to lower our carbon footprint and save money? We will explore answers to this question and many others, from 11 am to noon PST, Wednesday, April 7th. Jo Hand, co-founder of Giki Social Enterprise - creators of digital products to help people live sustainably, will be joined by Dr. Tim O’Riordan, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, and President of the Norfolk Association of Local Councils, connecting all 722 Parish Councils in Norfolk encouraging citizens to reduce their individual carbon footprints by ‘One Tonne in ’21’. Jo Hand will demonstrate using the Giki carbon tracking site how actions such as changing your diet to more plant based foods; eliminating one of your family cars; improving your home insulation, can be measured to get you to saving a tonne in '21. She will also show how corporations are using a special version of the site to move towards carbon neutrality by 2050. Todd Litman, founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transport problems, will demonstrate how integrated policies, such as smart city planning, can conveniently bring people to their destinations virtually carbon free. His research is used worldwide in transport planning and policy analysis. Sandi Goldie and Jim Bronson are educators working with hundreds of people to implement specific projects which will reduce their carbon footprints. They are enthusiastic Drawdown facilitators who walk their talk. They will also share their personal experience with a new co-housing project they are involved with. To learn more about their Drawdown courses, please visit BCDrawdown.org, plus watch the TEDx video Creatively United collaboratively produced with them this past year. Tune into next week’s webinar and learn practicable and achievable actions that can move us along the road to carbon neutrality. |
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Media and the Science Behind Truth |
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Why do people reject the science of climate change; what are the consequences of accepting misinformation and what role does psychology and the media play in overcoming this resistance? This webinar features internationally recognized speakers and authors with interesting stories, facts and examples of how ‘truth’ has become unanchored, is undermining science, and creating roadblocks to a common public understanding and dialogue about the risks and challenges for tackling climate change and biodiversity loss. Presenters: Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and School for Environment and Sustainability, and a Winspear Fellow at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business, is an internationally acclaimed author and scholar of environmental issues and sustainable enterprise. Dr. Hoffman’s research, teaching and writing examines the ways that environmental issues emerge as managerial, economic and political concerns. He has been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, and on National Public Radio. Dr. Hoffman believes that the public debate around climate change is no longer about science but about values, culture and ideology. He has published 18 books and more than 100 articles and book chapters, many of which have won major awards. In 2020, he received a Best Teaching Award and a Distinguished Scholar Award in 2018, plus has been recognized many times during the course of his career. Mace Rosenstein is a celebrated Washington, DC lawyer and constitutional expert. He covers the impact of unethical political leaders and how those in positions of power rationalize their lies and why others believe them sometimes fervently. His experience advising media and telecommunications companies on complex strategic, policy, legal, and regulatory matters for nearly 30 years, provides an inside look into the workings of media and messaging. Dr. David Fago is a clinical psychologist and adjunct associate professor of psychology at the University of Maryland. He has both engaged in and supervised clinical practice for the past 45 years and published several papers and book chapters. He explores the psychology behind fact and fiction and ways to overcome the divide. Bob Sandford is an award-winning author and editor of more than 35 books. He holds the Global Water Futures Chair in Water and Climate Security at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and co-hosts this fascinating webinar with Creatively United founder, Frances Litman. |
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Support Mountain Road 49-Acre ForestApril's Featured Artist and Hotel Package |
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The April 22nd (Earth Day) deadline is fast approaching to save this precious wildlife rich ecosystem and see it become a park. Creatively United and the Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) have teamed up to provide a fabulous fundraising opportunity for donors to be entered to win a prize package of a two-night stay at the beautiful Oswego Hotel, located in the heart of Victoria, BC, plus a stunning b&w photograph, pigment ink on cotton rag paper from solarized Polaroid 55PN film negative (15x11.5'' - matted to 24x20'' - ready for framing), by internationally acclaimed Vancouver Island-based photographer, David Ellingsen. David's images speak to the relationship between humans and the natural world and is intensely focused on documenting the ways biodiversity loss and deforestation are affecting our environment. His photographs are exhibited internationally and are part of the permanent collections of the Chinese Museum of Photography, South Korea’s Datz Museum of Art and Canada’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Royal British Columbia Museum. They have been shortlisted for Photolucida’s Critical Mass Book Award, appeared with National Geographic, and awarded First Place at the Prix de la Photographie Paris and the International Photography Awards. As a freelance assignment photographer, Ellingsen worked with clients such as the New York Times Magazine, Business Development Bank of Canada, Canadian Medical Association, Oprah Winfrey Network, People magazine and CBC Radio Canada. More of David's work can be found on his website and Instagram. For details, and to make a tax deductible donation, please visit www.mountainroadforest.ca |
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About Creatively United & Our Community Partners |
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The Creatively United for the Planet Society is a registered non-profit society. Since 2012, we have brought together more than 10,000 people from throughout the region who care about happy, healthy, and resilient communities. We have done so through eight zero-waste sustainability showcases, numerous community events and educational talks, collaborative partnerships, a video series, and the CreativelyUnited.org free community information network, resource and solutions sharing hub. The Gail O'Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund, supported by The Victoria Foundation, is dedicated to changing human consciousness towards global environmental change by combining science with the creativity of the performing arts. Creatively United and Climate and the Arts both appreciate the support of the Polis Foundation for its assistance in the production of these webinars. Under the Distinguished Patronage of:
Her Honour,
The Honourable Janet Austin, OBC
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia |
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