Sustainable Communities

Encore Screening of "A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil"

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><strong>A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil</strong> is an informative, inspirational documentary aimed at sharing ideas to provoke environmentally-friendly and cost-effective changes in cities worldwide. The documentary focuses on innovations in transportation, recycling, social benefits including affordable housing, parks and the process that transformed Curitiba into one of the most livable cities in the world! </p> </div> </div></div>

Documentary Screening - A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <!--beginarticle--> <p>Attend the screening of an informative documentary about a real success story. Learn how to make Calgary a sustainable city.</p><p><strong>One night only</strong></p><p><strong>When:</strong> Thursday June 7, 2007 - 7 pm <br /><strong>Where: </strong>Plaza Theatre - 1133 Kensington Road NW <br /><strong>Cost: </strong>$10. Tickets in advance at <a href="http://www.climatechangecentral.com">Climate Change Central</a> or at the door. <br /><strong>Info:</strong> <a href="http://www.ecolivingfair.ca" title="www.ecolivingfair.ca">www.ecolivingfair.ca</a> or call 288-6046 </p> </div> </div></div>
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Alberta's 8th Annual Eco-Solar Home Tour

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>We have a very exciting line up of sites this year, showing solar power, solar water heating, ground heating, energy efficiency, and what you can easily do to make your home heating, electricity and water bills plummet, along with your contribution to our province&#39;s air pollution!</p><p>There are 9 sites on the tour this year -- we could have easily had 30! 7 sites are new.</p><p>The tour is free and is open to the public. All of the sites are visited as an open house. Because of huge demand this year, we will have three buses to tour to the sites, courtesy of Edmonton Transit.</p> </div> </div></div>

Screening & Discussion - The End of Suburbia

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>Have you missed the <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com">End of Suburbia</a> and are wondering why we&#39;ve reached &quot;the end of the 3000 mile caesar salad&quot;?</p><p>Join us for a Calgary screening and discussion of the award-winning 2004 film <a href="http://www.endofsuburbia.com">The End of Suburbia</a>, Tuesday May 8, 7pm at <a href="http://www.brokencity.ca">Broken City</a> night club, 613 – 11 Ave SW.</p> </div> </div></div>
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World Premiere - Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <h3>The New Film by Gregory Greene, Director of The End of Suburbia</h3><h4>World Premiere! Two Nights Only in Calgary</h4><p>Alberta is at a crossroads. Newspaper headlines in Alberta tell of impending nuclear power, water crises, and environmental destruction. Meanwhile, proven solutions are not being implemented, a product of a province-wide democratic deficit.</p> </div> </div></div>
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Oil & Community Speaker Series: Tarsands and the 'Alberta Advantage' - Understanding the Big Picture

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><strong>June 7 - Tarsands and the &#39;Alberta Advantage&#39;: Understanding the Big Picture</strong><br />Diana Gibson, Research Director, Parkland Institute<br />TBA </p><p>Join the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">University of Alberta</a>&#39;s <a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/CSLhome.cfm">Community Service-Learning Program</a> and the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Eparkland">Parkland Institute</a> for a five-week speaker series that explores the impacts of the oil industry on Albertan communities. This series of talks is part of an interdisciplinary course at the University of Alberta that explores these themes by combining course work with community-facing projects in Fort McMurray. As such, the talks will pay particular attention to the impacts of the tarsands projects in northern Alberta on community sustainability. </p><p>This free lecture series is open to the public. </p><p><a name="dates" title="dates"></a><strong>Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1&amp;sector=1&amp;feature=11"><em>ETLC 1-013, University of Alberta Campus</em></a> </p> </div> </div></div>

Oil & Community Speaker Series: First Nations Communities Negotiate Oil and Environment

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><strong>May 31 - First Nations Communities Negotiate Oil and Environment</strong><br />Melody Lepine, Director, Mikisew Industrial Relations Corporation </p><p>Join the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">University of Alberta</a>&#39;s <a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/CSLhome.cfm">Community Service-Learning Program</a> and the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Eparkland">Parkland Institute</a> for a five-week speaker series that explores the impacts of the oil industry on Albertan communities. This series of talks is part of an interdisciplinary course at the University of Alberta that explores these themes by combining course work with community-facing projects in Fort McMurray. As such, the talks will pay particular attention to the impacts of the tarsands projects in northern Alberta on community sustainability. </p><p>This free lecture series is open to the public. </p><p><a name="dates" title="dates"></a><strong>Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1&amp;sector=1&amp;feature=11"><em>ETLC 1-013, University of Alberta Campus</em></a> </p> </div> </div></div>

Oil & Community Speaker Series: Immigration, Gender, and Labor Amid the Boom

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><strong>Immigration, Gender, and Labor Amid the Boom</strong><br />Sherilyn Trompetter, <a href="http://www.changingtogether.com/">Changing Together</a><br />Jan Reimer, Provincial Coordinator, <a href="http://www.acws.ca/">Alberta Council of Women&#39;s Shelters</a> </p> <p>Join the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/">University of Alberta</a>&#39;s <a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/CSLhome.cfm">Community Service-Learning Program</a> and the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Eparkland">Parkland Institute</a> for a five-week speaker series that explores the impacts of the oil industry on Albertan communities. This series of talks is part of an interdisciplinary course at the University of Alberta that explores these themes by combining course work with community-facing projects in Fort McMurray. As such, the talks will pay particular attention to the impacts of the tarsands projects in northern Alberta on community sustainability. </p><p>This free lecture series is open to the public. </p><p><a name="dates" title="dates"></a><strong>Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1&amp;sector=1&amp;feature=11"><em>ETLC 1-013, University of Alberta Campus</em></a> </p> </div> </div></div>

Oil & Community Speaker Series: The Impacts of the Boom on Fort McMurray

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p>Join the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca">University of Alberta</a>&#39;s <a href="http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts/CSLhome.cfm">Community Service-Learning Program</a> and the <a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/~parkland">Parkland Institute</a> for a five-week speaker series that explores the impacts of the oil industry on Albertan communities. This series of talks is part of an interdisciplinary course at the University of Alberta that explores these themes by combining course work with community-facing projects in Fort McMurray. As such, the talks will pay particular attention to the impacts of the tarsands projects in northern Alberta on community sustainability. </p><p>This free lecture series is open to the public. </p><p><a name="dates" title="dates"></a><strong>Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm</strong><br /><a href="http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1&amp;sector=1&amp;feature=11"><em>ETLC 1-013, University of Alberta Campus</em></a> </p> </div> </div></div>
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