Readings & Book Launches
May 12 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Living Green: Communities that Sustain
by Jennifer Fosket
Facilitated by Noel Keough, Founder and Director of Sustainable Calgary
The book features communities that explicitly integrate social and human factors into their design and planning, and examines the impact living in these communities has on personal health, well-being and the capacity for pursuing sustainability. It includes interviews with developers, architects and residents, highlighting personal ideals and efforts to pursue a sustainable lifestyle. Read more »
4th Floor North Meeting Room, Calgary Public Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Apr 14 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hope in the Dark:
Untold Stories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
Facilitated by EcoLiving
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4th Floor North Meeting Room, Calgary Public Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Apr 8 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Books Provide Details on Environment and Inequality in
Canada
When Bob Lovelace set out to write about the struggle of his people against
uranium exploration in Ontario, he wrote it from a Canadian maximum security
prison. The 61-year old grandfather, and a chief of the Ardoch Algonquin, was in
prison for standing up for social justice and environmental protection. To
write, Lovelace used a pencil sharpened by scraping it across the metal
staircase near his cell. The first handwritten copy was ‘lost’ by the prison
authorities.
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Greenwood’s Bookshoppe
7925 104 Street NW
Edmonton,
AB
Mar 17 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Looking for a chance to chat about trends and issues in Calgary these days? Consider joining the Sustainable Living Book discussion at the Calgary Public Library.
Sea Sick — The Global Ocean in Crisis by Alanna Mitchell
Discussion Facilitated by Author Chris Turner
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4th Floor North Meeting Room, Calgary Public Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Feb 17 2010 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for a free and lively discussion of important issues
facing us today. The goal of the Sustainable Calgary Book Club is to
share books and discussions that help us understand the world and our
place in it in a different way. This can change the way we experience
the world and the way we act in our day-to-day lives, opening new
possibilities for environmental sustainability, social justice and
peace. Last year we launched the book club and it has been a great
opportunity to chat about issues. Feel free to join us and drop in -
even if you have not read the book.
4th Floor North Meeting Room, Calgary Public Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Satya Das will be speaking about his book Green
Oil
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Deville's in Arts Central
100 7 Avenue SW (SE corner of second level)
Calgary,
AB
Jan 20 2010 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America by Chris Wood
Facilitated by Noel Keough, founder and director of Sustainable Calgary
Dry Spring is about the coming water crisis and what we need to do to prevent it. Woods focuses on the U.S. Southwest, B.C.’s Okanagan, and the Great Lakes area as case studies in the coming scarcity. He explains how even as the world dries, some parts are getting more violently stormy. And he describes inspiring choices by which we can save this precious resource for our future.
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4th Floor North Meeting Room, William Castell (Central) Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Oct 21 2009 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Looking for a chance to chat about trends and issues in Calgary these days? Consider joining the Sustainable Book Discussion at the Calgary Public Library.
It is a free and lively discussion of important issues facing Calgarians today. The goal is to share books and discussions that help us understand the world and our place in it in a different way.
The Next Book is…
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4th Floor North Meeting Room, Calgary Public Library
616 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary,
AB
Nationally-renowned Calgarian writes THE book on the economy
April 15, 2009 (Calgary) Is this another Depression? Or just another
pointless boom-and-bust cycle? Either way, Jim Stanford thinks we need
to fundamentally rethink how we organize the economy. Stanford is the
Calgary-raised economist for CAW, Globe and Mail columnist, and author
of the new book, Economics for Everyone:A Short Guide to the Economics
of Capitalism. "We don't just need stimulus.
The Old Y Building
223 12 Avenue SW
Calgary,
AB
Nationally-renowned Calgarian writes THE book on the economy
April 15, 2009 (Calgary) Is this another Depression? Or just another pointless boom-and-bust cycle? Either way, Jim Stanford thinks we need to fundamentally rethink how we organize the economy. Stanford is the Calgary-raised economist for CAW, Globe and Mail columnist, and author of the new book, Economics for Everyone:A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism. "We don't just need stimulus.
Parkdale United Church
2919 8 Avenue NW
Calgary,
AB
