Talks & Lectures

Apr

06

2010

REAP Down to Earth Week: Business, society and the journey to sustainability

Apr 6 2010 - 5:45pm to 7:00pm

Presentations begin at noon

No cost to attend, advance registration not required

Join Rob Abbott, author of "Conscious Endeavours", for a discussion about the best practices of sustainable businesses. Read More

Location

Third Floor, Calgary Public Library

616 Macleod Trail SE

Calgary , AB

See map: Google Maps

Business & the Environment

Apr

22

2010

City of Calgary Earth Day Lunch & Learn

City of Calgary

Apr 22 2010 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

The City of Calgary is celebrating Earth Day by inviting everyone to attend a presentation by Kevin Strange (Senior Advisor of Conservation Outreach at the Calgary Zoo) called "An Uplifting Earth Day."

Kevin will tell you that knowing a lot about conservation can make a guy a real drag at a party if he chooses to dwell on all of the doom and gloom news we get exposed to every day. But, Strange devotes his energy to positive conservation stories and is surrounded by people and organizations doing small, but nonetheless great things, for nature and the environment. Celebrate Earth Day by listening to him share light-hearted and fun stories about nature, travelling, and spending a life-time working for plants and animals.

Examples of environmental initiative from The City of Calgary will be on display, as will Posters from students (grade 1-3) who participated in our Earth Hour Contest.

Admission is free but please register to attend by contacting [email protected] Read More

Location

John Dutton Theatre, Downtown Library

616 MacLeod Trail SE

Calgary , AB

See map: Google Maps

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Apr

22

2009

Connecting to the Grid: Alberta’s New Micro-Generation Regulations for Renewable Electricity

SESCI — Northern Alberta Chapter

Grant MacEwan College

Apr 22 2009 - 1:00am

Gordon Howell, P.Eng.
Howell-Mayhew Engineering

A new set of regulations went into effect last January 1 that made it much easier to connect your solar electric, microwind electric, or other low-emission micro-generator to the electric grid and to sell your excess electricity to your energy retailer. What do the new regulations mean to us? How do we use them? Are they as easy as they sound? Will they allow us to generate all our own electricity? What price will we get paid for our electricity? Can we make money at it? What will our electricity bill look like? What do you do if your electric wires company says “no”? Come hear an expert on connecting micropower to the grid explain how they work for you. See info at www.hme.ca/connecttothegrid Read More