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SUMMARY:Episode 4: Shifting to Local Energy Ownership
DESCRIPTION:Community owned energy projects are happening all across Atlantic Canada – episode 4 will feature a panel discussion/interview with Dylan Heide from the Town of Mahone Bay\, Gerald Giroux Gaudet from the City of Summerside\, Glen Fillmore from St. John Energy (all of which are members of the Maritime Municipal Electric Utilities Alliance (MMEUA)\, and Ray Robinson from Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA). Join us to learn about the importance of locally-owned and operated energy systems\, and a few of the ongoing projects across the region! We will begin with an interview/panel discussion\, followed by a Q&A. \nDylan Heide – Town of Mahone Bay \nDylan Heide is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Mahone Bay on Nova Scotia’s beautiful South Shore. He formerly served as Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Shelburne Nova Scotia. Dylan has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Dalhousie University. Having grown up in Mahone Bay and working in the municipal sector in Nova Scotia for nearly two decades\, Dylan has a passion for small communities and how they tackle big challenges with limited financial and human resources. Dylan also serves as Chair of the Atlantic Infrastructure Management Network. \nGerald Giroux – City of Summerside \nGerald Giroux is an experienced electrical engineer with a comprehensive career in various engineering roles since 1992\, recently at Summerside Electric since February 2018. Gerald currently serves as the Smart Grid Engineer for Summerside Electric and is responsible for providing technical sales support to customers of the City of Summerside\, serving as the municipal services customer operations supervisor\, managing the business origination\, sales\, installations\, and support for the City’s smart grid initiative. Work entails marketing and customer relations\, managing install teams for energy thermal storage systems\, developing programs for customer involvement\, developing new services for the smart grid\, managing the smart meter system\, managing the fibre communication system and overall project management of the smart grid systems. Previous experience includes Engineering roles at Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) focusing on wind turbine research and Digicon Building Control Solutions\, engineering for building automation and energy management. Gerald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Science (Mathematics) from Dalhousie University. \nGlen Fillmore – St. John Energy \nBio coming soon. \nRay Robinson – Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA) \nRay Robinson\, P.Eng. is the President & CEO of AREA. He is an electrical engineer with a career of executive and management experience in electrical utilities throughout North American and the Caribbean\, with demonstrated capabilities in major infrastructure developments\, project management\, asset management and operational transformation. He has also served as a Board member of various organizations including Atlantica Centre for Energy\, Atlantic Hydrogen Alliance and Chair of Electricity Canada for several years. \nWebinar context: \nThe world is changing at an unprecedented pace\, leaving many individuals and communities with a sense of uncertainty\, and in many cases\, worry. How do we respond to this rapidly changing world? How do we strengthen our local agency and resilience\, socially\, economically\, and ecologically? With newly imposed tariffs that threaten to worsen the financial realities within our communities\, we want to shine a light on thriving examples of re-localization in our region! \nRe-localization is a concept and movement with an aim to become more self-reliant in our production and consumption (while reducing reliance on distant supply chains) in everything from energy\, to food\, to climate solutions\, and beyond. \nThis series will be held on the last Thursday of each month from 12-1pm Atlantic and will explore examples of re-localization across Atlantic Canada. \nSAVE THE DATES! Next webinar episodes: \n\nJuly 31 – Housing\nAugust 28 – Food Hubs\nSeptember 25 – Local Procurement\nOctober 30 – Theme TBD\n\n 
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/episode-4-building-community-and-economic-resilience-through-relocalization/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity,Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:World Localization Day! Closer to Home Film Screening at Full Circle Festival
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of World Localization Day\, we’re hosting a film screening of Local Futures‘ documentary Closer to Home at Full Circle Festival! \n \nJoin us for a film screening (35 minutes)\, followed by a discussion about the film & localization! Full Circle Festival is sold out\, but you can still join us for the film screening! \nWhen: Saturday\, June 21 at 11:30am \nWhere: Avondale Community Hall (50 Avondale Cross Rd\, Newport\, NS B0N 2A0). \n  \nWorld Localization Day is an annual celebration of and campaign for the localization movement led by Local Futures.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/world-localization-day-closer-to-home-film-screening-at-full-circle-festival/
LOCATION:Avondale Community Hall\, 50 Avondale Cross Rd\, Newport\, Nova Scotia\, B0N 2A0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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SUMMARY:Dig In 2.0 Atlantic Food Systems Summit
DESCRIPTION:Dig In 2.0 Atlantic Food Systems Summit is coming to Charlottetown\, PEI November 22-24\, 2024! \nAfter a successful first Dig In event in November 2022 and the resulting creation of the Atlantic Food Action Coalition (AFAC)\, Dig In 2.0 will convene a weekend-long conference that will gather folks from both the supply and demand sides of food systems across Atlantic Canada. The conference is focused on fostering collaboration among food systems stakeholders to create more resilient\, collaborative food systems that support increased food security and sovereignty in the region. \nFor more information\, visit the Dig In Food Summit website: https://foodsummit.ca/ \nTo register\, visit Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dig-in-20-atlantic-canada-food-systems-summit-tickets-1003048142997?aff=oddtdtcreator \nIf you have questions\, email Liv at liv@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n 
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/dig-in-2-0-atlantic-food-systems-summit/
LOCATION:PEI Farm Centre\, 420 University Ave.\, Charlottetown\, Prince Edward Island\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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SUMMARY:Thinkers Lodge and Pugwash High School - An Open Dialogue on the Crises of our Age
DESCRIPTION:An Open Dialogue on the Crises of our Age\nDuring the Thinkers Lodge Summit on Nuclear and Climate Crises\, several Thinkers will present to the students assembled at Pugwash District High School about the combined threat of nuclear weapons and climate change. This is an unusual opportunity for some of the leading nuclear and climate Thinkers in Nova Scotia to present to students. \nAbout 100 senior high students will be attending.  A Q&A session and dialogue with students will be encouraged.  The event is open to the pubic and media.  The presentation is scheduled from 1:30 to 2:50pm on Friday\, October 1st.  The event will be live-streamed on Facebook at this event link. \n \nPresenters from Thinkers Lodge\nLily Barraclough\nLily was the founder of iMatter Canada in 2016\, a youth-led organization partnered with the Climate Reality Project Canada dedicated to supporting youth across Canada to advocate for climate action in their local communities. She was instrumental in the creation of the Youth Advisory Committee for Halifax Regional Municipality\, as well as an advocate for and contributor to HalifACT 2050: HRM’s plan to combat and adapt to climate change. Lily now sits in an appointed role on the Women’s Advisory Committee for Halifax and as a board member for the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (and member of the queer community) is working with local 2SLGBTQ+ organizations to advocate for a queer advisory council for the city as well. Lily is also a board member with the moonlight institute\, a grassroots organization committed to creating tools and policy frameworks for social and environmental justice. Lily is a graduate of the University of King’s College with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and is currently enrolled in a Master of Environmental Studies program at Dal studying how youth climate activists experience climate grief (emotional and mental distress as a result of the climate crisis). \nBhreagh McKinnon\nBhreagh McKinnon is currently working towards her undergraduate degree at Cape Breton University with a major in Political Science and minor in Gender and Women’s Studies. She is a member of Peace Quest Cape Breton\, has been advocating for nuclear disarmament since 2019 and attended the ICAN Paris Forum in February of 2020. Bhreagh’s focus is mainly on creating a peaceful and sustainable future while also studying the intersectionality between nuclear disarmament and other social justice movements. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/thinkers-lodge-and-pugwash-high-school-an-open-dialogue-on-the-crises-of-our-age/
LOCATION:Pugwash High School\, 192 Church Street\, Pugwash\, Nova Scotia\, B0K 1L0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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SUMMARY:Bringing Global Realities into the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:“May you live in interesting times.”  This ancient Chinese saying is certainly true for the youth of today.  How can students today learn about and deal with the realities of our climate crisis and ongoing threat of nuclear war?  How does this affect their hopes\, dreams and choices for the future?  Universities and colleges are stepping up and offering courses in these topics as a way to build needed leadership for these future uncertainties. Mitch Wallerstein is President Emeritus of Baruch College of the City University of New York where he teaches both on international security and global climate change.  Adam Fenech is Director of the University of Prince Edward Island’s Climate Research Lab and was one of the authors of the first 1988 IPCC report.  Walter Dorn is Professor of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) and the Canadian Forces College (CFC)\, where he teaches in Canada and 20 other countries specializing in arms control and peace operations. Join us as we explore how educational systems can keep current with our rapidly changing world\, and its importance for helping youth navigate through a different future. \n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\nDrs. Mitch Wallerstein\, Adam Fenech and  Walter Dorn will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Robert Cervelli for a 1 hour discussion. The Webinar is from 7:00 to 8:00pm Atlantic time.   \n  \nDr. Mitchel Wallerstein is president emeritus of Baruch College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and is now appointed as a University Professor at CUNY.  In this capacity\, he teaches graduate courses in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College on “International Security and the Liberal World Order” and on “The Policy Implications of Global Climate Change.”  Prior to his appointment as president of Baruch College\, Dr. Wallerstein served from 2003-2010 as the Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. From 1998-2003. Mitchel Wallerstein was Vice President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and directed the foundation’s international programs.  From 1993-1998\, he was appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy and Senior Defense Representative for Trade Security Policy.  He was responsible for formulating US defense policy to counter nuclear\, biological and chemical weapons proliferation\, as well as national security export controls; and he helped to found and subsequently co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation at NATO. Mitchel Wallerstein received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College\, and he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at M.I.T.  He is a long-time member of the Council on Foreign Relations. \nDr. Adam Fenech has worked extensively in the area of climate change since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change First Assessment Report in 1988. He has edited 8 books on climate change\, most recently on Global Climate Change\, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Middle East. Dr. Fenech has worked for Harvard University researching the history of the science/policy interfaces of climate change. He has represented Canada at international climate negotiating sessions; written climate policy speeches for Canadian Environment Ministers; and authored Canadian reports on climate change to the United Nations. Dr. Fenech has taught at the University of Toronto as well as the Smithsonian Institution for over 20 years\, and lectures regularly at universities across Canada and around the world. Dr. Fenech shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is presently the Director of the University of Prince Edward Island’s Climate Research Lab that conducts research on the vulnerability\, impacts and adaptation to climate change\, where his virtual reality depiction of sea level rise has won international awards including one from MIT for communicating coastal science. He maintains the largest fleet of drones at a Canadian university including the largest drone in the country with a four metre wingspan. \nDr. Walter Dorn is Professor of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) and the Canadian Forces College (CFC). He teaches officers of rank major to brigadier-general from Canada and about 20 other countries. He specializes in arms control\, peace operations\, just war theory\, international criminal law\, treaty verification and enforcement\, and the United Nations. As an “operational professor” he participates in field missions and assists international organizations. For instance\, he was a UN Electoral Officer for the 1999 referendum in East Timor and a Visiting Professional with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2010. He also served as a consultant with the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations\, including in 2014 on the Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping. Dr. Dorn previously served as Chair (2008–2013) of Canadian Pugwash\, an organization of physical\, life and social scientists seeking to reduce the threats to global security. He currently sits on the organization’s Board of Directors. In 2020\, during sabbatical leave\, Dr. Dorn was with the UN as a “Technology Innovation Expert” exploring technologies for testing\, piloting and employing in UN field operations. Dr. Dorn seeks to promote international peace and security through teaching\, research and service\, including field work. This website offers some of the results of this effort\, especially publications.
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LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Our Global Climate\, Our Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The onset of the effects of climate change has been faster and more profound than many of the climate scientists had predicted.  Tripping positive feedback loops\, such as methane release from permafrost and deforestation of the Amazon\, are accelerating impacts such as extreme weather events.  Older generations can remember more stable and predictable weather – decades ago during times when economies were enjoying rapid growth.  How valuable is a historical cultural context for the climate patterns we are seeing now\, and how will these changes continue to affect society’s ability to maintain the status quo? Jim Abraham\, a meteorologist with a focus on weather extremes during his career with Environment Canada\, and William Rees\, a ecological economist at Univ. of British Columbia\, are both deeply involved in these issues and bring a broad historical perspective.  Shalini Kathirgamanathan is a Junior Planner for the Strategic Policy Branch at Environment Climate Change Canada. \n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\nJoin us for a fascinating discussion on how our climate has been changing over time\, what dramatic effects it will have on our civilized way of life\, and what local communities can do to face this situation.   \nJim Abraham\, William Rees and Shalini Kathirgamanathan will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Robert Cervelli for a 1 hour discussion. The Webinar is from 7:00 to 8:00pm Atlantic time.   \n  \nJim Abraham has spent over 40 years studying weather\, water and climate.  He is currently President of the Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society.  He is well known nationally and internationally\, and is frequently invited as an expert by a variety of organizations and the media. As President of ClimAction Services Inc.\, he and colleagues assist municipalities\, including African NS & Indigenous communities\, to understand and adapt to climate change and extreme weather.  Jim is also involved in some Eco-Justice initiatives within the Faith community. Jim started his career with Environment Canada at CFB Greenwood\, then was transferred to Whitehorse\, and on to Montreal where he learned to work in French.   Subsequently\, Jim managed a wide variety weather\, water\, and environmental operational and research programs\, including meteorological research and the observing program for all of Canada\, including the Arctic His most proud accomplishment was starting the Canadian hurricane forecast and research program\, which included lead investigator for several reconnaissance flights into hurricanes threatening Canada.  He survived. Jim was awarded the Patterson Medal for Meteorology in 2003\, the Queens Jubilee Medal in 2013\, and a Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society in 2017. \nDr William Rees is a population ecologist\, ecological economist\, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning. He is a founding member and former President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics; a Fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute; a founding Director of the OneEarth Initiative; and a Director of The Real Green New Deal. Prof Rees’ research focuses on the biophysical prerequisites for sustainability. He is best known as the originator and co-developer (with his graduate students) of ‘ecological footprint analysis\,’ a quantitative tool that shows definitively that the human enterprise is in dysfunctional overshoot—we would need five Earth-like planets to support just the present world population sustainably with existing technologies at North American material standards. Such findings led to a special interest in cities as inherently unsustainable and particularly vulnerable components of the human ecosystem. Concerned about societal unresponsiveness to worsening indicators\, Dr Rees also studies the biological and psycho-cognitive barriers to ecologically rational political behavior.  He has authored hundreds of peer reviewed and popular articles on the above topics.  Dr Rees was elected to Royal Society of Canada in 2006; his international awards include the Boulding Memorial Award in Ecological Economics\, the Herman Daly Award in Ecological Economics and a Blue Planet Prize (jointly with his former student Dr Mathis Wackernagel). \nShalini Kathirgamanathan is a recent graduate from the School of Environment\, Resources\, and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo and is passionate about the intricate systems that make the world we live in. Shalini is interested in innovative and collaborative approaches to mitigating current environmental issues at a local to global scale and currently works as a Junior Planner for the Strategic Policy Branch at Environment Climate Change Canada. In the near future she hopes to pursue further studies on ecological monitoring in marginalized communities facing current threats of the climate crises and creating adaptive solutions.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/our-global-climate-our-human-prospect/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Humanity and 76 years of Nuclear Threat
DESCRIPTION:Since 1945 with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, humanity has been facing the threat of nuclear war.  The cold war of the 1950’s and 1960’s saw a dramatic increase in stockpiles of thermonuclear weapons by world powers.  Some are saying that we are entering a new cold war era\, despite the last minute extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia and increasing geopolitical tensions in various parts of the world.  How will humanity continue to live with these threats?  How are the threats of nuclear conflict increased by societal destabilization caused by climate change? \nKennette Benedict\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (famous for the Doomsday Clock)\, Tara Drozdenko\, Outrider Foundation (known for their video How to Dismantle a Nuclear Bomb)\, are well versed in both the nuclear and climate threats.  Shane Ward will be joining them representing International Student/Young Pugwash.  He is currently an intern with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. \nJoin us for this rare opportunity to discuss how both threats are interrelated in our increasingly fragile world and what local communities can do to face these predicaments.   \n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\nKennette Benedict\, Tara Drozdenko and Shane Ward will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Robert Cervelli for a 1 hour discussion. The Webinar is from 7:00 to 8:00pm Atlantic time. \n  \nKennette Benedict is lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and senior advisor to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and.  From 2005-2015\, she served as executive director and publisher of the Bulletin\, the leading scholarly magazine about threats to humanity from nuclear weapons\, climate change\, and emerging technologies\, and known for its Doomsday Clock. She publishes articles and gives media interviews about nuclear weapons and disarmament\, democracy and the Bomb\, and global governance. From 1991-2005\, Benedict was the director of International Peace and Security at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation\, overseeing grant making on a broad international security agenda.  She also directed a grant-making program in Russia from 1992-2001 and an initiative on science\, technology and security from 2000-2005. Previously she taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and at Rutgers University\, New Brunswick.  She received her BA from Oberlin College and her PhD in political science from Stanford University. \nTara Drozdenko is Acting Executive Director at the Outrider Foundation. She has nearly two decades of experience in the National Security field\, managing complex government programs and supervising teams of talented researchers at both the U.S. State and Treasury departments. She earned a Ph.D. in plasma physics and has worked for the U.S. Navy on issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) and for the U.S. State Department on Nonproliferation and Arms Control issues. \nShane Ward recently graduated from Bates College with a major in Politics. Originally from the United Kingdom\, Shane’s interests are centered on transatlantic security and cooperation issues\, in particular\, collective nuclear deterrence and the modernization of the UK’s Trident nuclear program\, the latter of which he wrote his senior thesis on. He was recently elected to the International Student/Young Pugwash Executive Board and spent the summer interning with the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation in Washington\, DC. While at college\, Shane also founded and led the Bates chapter of the United Nations Association\, believing strongly in international and intergovernmental efforts to tackle the greatest challenges of our day\, most pressingly the climate crisis and nuclear proliferation.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/humanity-and-76-years-of-nuclear-threat/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Crossing to Safety: Discovering our Common Home in Atlantic Canada
DESCRIPTION:Building living buildings and living communities is rooted in a deep understanding of what it means to be inclusive. Adopting an ethic of place is a good point of beginning: An ethic of place respects equally the people of a region and the land\, animals\, vegetation\, water\, and air. It recognizes that people revere their physical surroundings and they need and deserve a stable\, productive economy that is accessible to those with modest incomes.  An ethic of place ought to be a shared community value and ought to manifest itself in a determination to treat the environment and its people as equals\, to recognize both as sacred\,and to insure that all members of the community not just search for but insist upon solutions that fulfill the ethic. \nJoin us for the final Webinar in a 5-part series: Living Communities and Inclusion in Atlantic Canada\, Wednesday\, August 11\, from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time. Richard Roach\, Scott Leckie\, Robin Bronen and Cecilia Jimenez-Damary will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a one hour discussion followed by a 1 hour Q&A session with the public. \nA modest fee is being charged for these events. If the fee is a hinderance to your attendance please contact info@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\n\n\nE.O. Wilson once remarked “the real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology.” \n\n\n\nIf Wilson’s summary is close to correct (and there is a vast body of evidence to suggest he is); as climate breakdown continues to intensify (as science is able to demonstrate); as the number of climate refugees seeking safe haven increases (as an array of world bodies\, including the United Nations\, have now shown); what emotional\, institutional and technological makeover is Atlantic Canada prepared to undergo if we make the conscious decision to be that safe haven for climate displaced persons? If any of us are going to find shelter from what Secretary General of the United Nations General António Guterres calls the ‘winds of madness’\, then some place\, some collective citizenry\, must show the world the way. This dialogue hopes to plant seeds that may one day ripen into a common home for humanity\, a sustainable place for all of life. This begins\, as it must\, with a collective emotional\, institutional and technological expression of neighbourliness among Atlantic Canadians. \n\n\n\nRichard Roach\, Scott Leckie\, Robin Bronen and Cecilia Jimenez-Damary will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a discussion followed by a Q&A session with the public. All Webinars are from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Roach has devoted his working life to peace\, human rights and the environment. He was the global media chief of Amnesty International\, a trustee of the Rainforest Foundation\, and active in diverse peace initiatives. Raised in a Buddhist family in Canada\, he served for 12 years as the President of the worldwide Shambhala community. As part of a high-level interfaith delegation to to the Rohingya refugee camps on the Bangladesh/Myanmar border in 2018 he helped launch the Buddhist Humanitarian Project\, featured by Lion’s Roar in “Meditating on the Buddha in the midst of Buddhist Terror.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Leakie is the founder and director of Displacement Solutions\, a non-profit initiative designed to assist refugees and displaced persons to return and recover their original homes. An international human rights lawyer and global housing advocate\, he is recognised internationally as an expert in the field of economic and social rights. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Australian National University\, Canberra\, Australia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobin Bronen works as a human rights attorney and has been researching and working with communities forced to relocate because of climate change since 2007. She is a senior research scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and co-founded and works as the executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice\, a non-governmental organization that is the only immigration legal service provider in Alaska. The Alaska Institute for Justice houses a language interpreter center\, training bilingual Alaskans to be interpreters\, and also serves as a research and policy institute focused on climate and social justice issues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCecilia Jimenez-Damary is a lawyer in human rights and international humanitarian law specialised in forced displacement and migration. She has over three decades of experience in NGO human rights advocacy for the Asia-Pacific region and teaching experience in human rights and humanitarian law. Ms. Jimenez-Damary previously acted as Senior Legal Adviser and Trainer with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Geneva; as the National Director of the IDP Project of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines; and as the government representative to the Philippine Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission for the Bangsamoro. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGregory Heming is a Co-founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.  He is a philosophical ecologist\, writer\, climate activist and former elected official. He holds a PhD in Literary Ecology and Northern Studies with special interest in steady-state economics\, public policy and ecocide.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/crossing-to-safety-discovering-our-common-home-in-atlantic-canada/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210728T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20210609T143340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:4747-1627498800-1627506000@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Living Communities and Inclusion in Atlantic Canada
DESCRIPTION:Building living buildings and living communities is rooted in a deep understanding of what it means to be inclusive. Adopting an ethic of place is a good point of beginning: An ethic of place respects equally the people of a region and the land\, animals\, vegetation\, water\, and air. It recognizes that people revere their physical surroundings and they need and deserve a stable\, productive economy that is accessible to those with modest incomes.  An ethic of place ought to be a shared community value and ought to manifest itself in a determination to treat the environment and its people as equals\, to recognize both as sacred\,and to insure that all members of the community not just search for but insist upon solutions that fulfill the ethic. \nJoin us for the fourth Webinar in a 5-part series: Living Communities and Inclusion in Atlantic Canada\, Wednesday\, July 28\, from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time.  Jason McLellan\, Carolyn Sloan and Donna Crossland will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a one hour discussion followed by a 1 hour Q&A session with the public. \nA modest fee is being charged for these events. If the fee is a hinderance to your attendance please contact info@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\n\n\nBuilding living buildings and living communities is rooted in a deep understanding of what it means to be inclusive. Adopting an ethic of place is a good point of beginning: An ethic of place respects equally the people of a region and the land\, animals\, vegetation\, water\, and air. It recognizes that people revere their physical surroundings and they need and deserve a stable\, productive economy that is accessible to those with modest incomes.  An ethic of place ought to be a shared community value and ought to manifest itself in a determination to treat the environment and its people as equals\, to recognize both as sacred\,and to insure that all members of the community not just search for but insist upon solutions that fulfill the ethic. \n\n\n\nJason McLellan\, Carolyn Sloan and Donna Crossland will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a one hour discussion followed by a Q&A session with the public. All Webinars are from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolyn Sloan While living in the Arctic as a journalist\, Carolyn Sloan was given the opportunity to run a group home for adults with disabilities and eventually started a social enterprise to provide employment for individuals with various barriers to economic inclusion. Now the director of Inclusion Clare in Church Point\, Nova Scotia\, her work centres around self-advocate leadership and community empowerment through social and economic inclusion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason McLennan is the creator of the Living Building Challenge – the most stringent and progressive green building program in existence\, as well as a primary author of the WELL Building Standard. He is the author of seven books on Sustainability and Design including the Philosophy of Sustainable Design\, which is considered the ‘bible’ for green building’ – and is both an Ashoka Fellow and Senior Fellow of the Design Future’s Council. Jason is the recipient of the prestigious Buckminster Fuller Prize (the planet’s top prize for socially responsible design). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonna Crossland is dedicated to managing and restoring healthy Acadian forest and has done so through a long career at Parks Canada\, with direct involvement in two provincial forestry strategies\, as well as involvement in private group efforts.  She has researched historical forest ecology\, natural disturbance processes including fire history\, and conducts forest songbird acoustic monitoring.  Donna also serves on the Minister’s Advisory Committee for the implementation of ecological forestry recommendations on NS Crown lands. She has co-authored with Bob Bancroft\, Forests:  Restoring the Health of Nova Scotia’s Forests. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGregory Heming is a Co-founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.  He is a philosophical ecologist\, writer\, climate activist and former elected official. He holds a PhD in Literary Ecology and Northern Studies with special interest in steady-state economics\, public policy and ecocide.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/living-communities-and-inclusion-in-atlantic-canada/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20210607T192125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:4732-1626289200-1626296400@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Empowering the Rights of Nature Revolution in Atlantic Canada
DESCRIPTION:Climate disruption\, ecological degradation\, overpopulation and conspicuous consumption have created a perfect storm that if left unchecked will result in societal and ecological breakdown. As systems break down\, opportunities for creative long-term change begin to emerge. These breakthroughs can lead us toward new ways of governing and new models of economy. The future of humanity and earth’s biophysical systems depend on finding and implementing breakthroughs that are socially just and ecologically regenerative. These dialogues are intended to open up conversations for change in Atlantic Canada. \nJoin us for the third Webinar in a 5-part series: Empowering the Rights of Nature Revolution in Atlantic Canada\, Wednesday\, July 14\, from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time. \nA modest fee is being charged for these events. If the fee is a hinderance to your attendance please contact info@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\n\n\nA system of laws that do not represent all members of a society and the natural world equally\, serves neither. This dialogue on litigation and a bill of rights for nature will help Atlantic Canadians demand and benefit from a more holistic jurisprudence. \n\n\n\nAlbert Marshall\, Tina Northrup\, Sarah MacDonald and Pier-Olivier Boudreault will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a one hour discussion followed by a 30 minute Q&A session with the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlbert Marshall is a highly respected and much loved Elder of the Mi’kmaw Nation. He lives in Eskasoni First Nation in Unama’ki (Cape Breton)\, NS\, and is a passionate advocate of cross-cultural understandings and healing and of our human responsibilities to care for all creatures and our Earth Mother.  He is the “designated voice” with respect to environmental issues for the Mi’kmaw Elders of Unama’ki. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTina Northrup is a staff lawyer at East Coast Environmental Law with a passion for public legal education and community collaboration. Her areas of interest include Aboriginal and Indigenous law\, human rights in the context of environmental and climate justice\, and laws relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah MacDonald is a staff lawyer with Ecojustice. She is a settler living and working in Kjipuktuk (Halifax). After working with the organization as both an articling student and summer student. She grew up in Ottawa and graduated from Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law in 2016. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPier-Olivier Boudreault is a professional biologist\, working as the director of conservation for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Quebec section (CPAWS Quebec). His interest in conservation\, protected areas and species at risk comes from his work experience at the Parks Canada Agency and non-governmental organisations in Canada and Latin America. He works with governments\, indigenous communities\, citizen groups\, industry and other environmental organizations to achieve CPAWS’ vision to protect 50% of our wild spaces and create new protected areas. He has also worked as a freelance journalist and publishes his thoughts in various opinion forums. He is also responsible for the campaign for the protection of the Magpie River at CPAWS Quebec\, and coordinated the initiative for the recognition of the rights of the river in partnership with the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature and the Muteshekaushipu Alliance.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGregory Heming is a Co-founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.  He is a philosophical ecologist\, writer\, climate activist and former elected official. He holds a PhD in Literary Ecology and Northern Studies with special interest in steady-state economics\, public policy and ecocide.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/empowering-the-rights-of-nature-revolution-in-atlantic-canada/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20210607T101801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:4729-1625079600-1625086800@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Economic Growth at the Crossroads: A Shift to a Steady State Regenerative Economy in Atlantic Canada
DESCRIPTION:Climate disruption\, ecological degradation\, overpopulation and conspicuous consumption have created a perfect storm that if left unchecked will result in societal and ecological breakdown. As systems break down\, opportunities for creative long-term change begin to emerge. These breakthroughs can lead us toward new ways of governing and new models of economy. The future of humanity and earth’s biophysical systems depend on finding and implementing breakthroughs that are socially just and ecologically regenerative. These dialogues are intended to open up conversations for change in Atlantic Canada. \nJoin us for the second Webinar in a 5-part series: Economic Growth at the Crossroads: A Shift to a Steady State Regenerative Economy in Atlantic Canada\, Wednesday\, June 28\, from 7:00 to 9:00pm Atlantic time. \nA modest fee is being charged for these events. If the fee is a hinderance to your attendance please contact info@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\n\n\nOur addiction to economic growth measured by Gross Domestic Product (GPA) has driven humanity and biodiversity to the brink of collapse. There are alternative economic systems and means to measure wealth that are better suited to the demands of the 21st century. This dialogue lays out those alternatives for Atlantic Canada as a bioregion and the people who would like to continue to live\, work and raise their families here. \n\n\n\nBrian Czech\, Anders Hayden and Chris Googoo will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a discussion followed by a Q&A session with the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrian Czech is the founding president of Centre for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy. He served as the first Conservation Biologist in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1999-2017\, and concurrently as a visiting professor of natural resource economics in Virginia Tech’s National Capitol Region. He is the author of several books including Supply Shock\, Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train\, and The Endangered Species Act: History\, Conservation Biology\, and Public Policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Anders Hayden is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University and his research examines the social and political responses to climate change\, and other environmental challenges. He is currently involved in research on the political and policy impacts of alternative measures of wellbeing and prosperity (i.e. “beyond GDP” measurement). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Googoo is the Chief Operating Officer for Ulnooweg Development Group\, an Indigenous led organization and Executive Director of The Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation.  His work involves building bridges in various sectors which effect the development of healthy indigenous economies and communities regionally and at a national level.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGregory Heming is a Co-founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.  He is a philosophical ecologist\, writer\, climate activist and former elected official. He holds a PhD in Literary Ecology and Northern Studies with special interest in steady-state economics\, public policy and ecocide.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/economic-growth-at-the-crossroads-a-shift-to-a-steady-state-regenerative-economy-in-atlantic-canada/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210616T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210616T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20210602T234620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:4718-1623870000-1623875400@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Governing for Ecological Citizenship in Atlantic Canada
DESCRIPTION:Climate disruption\, ecological degradation\, overpopulation and conspicuous consumption have created a perfect storm that if left unchecked will result in societal and ecological breakdown. As systems break down\, opportunities for creative long-term change begin to emerge. These breakthroughs can lead us toward new ways of governing and new models of economy. The future of humanity and earth’s biophysical systems depend on finding and implementing breakthroughs that are socially just and ecologically regenerative. These dialogues are intended to open up conversations for change in Atlantic Canada. \nJoin us for the first Webinar in a 4-part series: Governing for Ecological Citizenship in Atlantic Canada\, Wednesday\, June 14\, from 7:00 to 8:30pm Atlantic time. \n\n\n\n\nEventbrite Registration\n\n\n\n\nPolitical leadership in the 21st century must find the courage to help the public understand and face the difficult reality of societal and ecological breakdown. Such leadership must transcend party politics and narrow parochial municipal self-interest. This dialogue may help Atlantic Canadians navigate a predicament unlike any that humanity has ever faced. \n\n\n\nDavid Orr\, Scott Leckie and Rankin MacSween will join Centre for Local Prosperity Host Gregory Heming for a 1 hour discussion followed by a 30 minute Q&A session with the public. All Webinars are from 7:00 to 8:30pm Atlantic time. \nA modest fee is being charged for these events. If the fee is a hinderance to your attendance please contact info@centreforlocalprosperity.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and senior advisor to the President at Oberlin College. He is the author of eight books\, including Dangerous Years: Climate Change\, the Long Emergency\, and the Way Forward  and Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse. He has been awarded eight honorary degrees and a dozen other awards including a Lyndhurst Prize\, a National Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation\, and a Visionary Leadership Award from Second Nature.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Leakie is the founder and director of Displacement Solutions\, a non-profit initiative designed to assist refugees and displaced persons to return and recover their original homes. An international human rights lawyer and global housing advocate\, he is recognised internationally as an expert in the field of economic and social rights. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Australian National University\, Canberra\, Australia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRankin MacSween has worked with New Dawn Enterprises since 1977. He has recently retired as President and CEO of the New Dawn family of companies. Born and raised in Boisdale\, Cape Breton Island\, Rankin holds degrees from StFX\, University of Ottawa\, the Merrill Palmer Institute\, a PhD from the University of Toronto and holds an honorary doctorate from Cape Breton University.  He is a founding member of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network and in 2008 was inducted into the Cape Breton Business Hall of Fame. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGregory Heming is a philosophical ecologist\, writer\, climate activist and former elected official. He holds a PhD in Literary Ecology and Northern Studies with special interest in steady-state economics\, public policy and ecocide.  Gregory is a co-founder of the Centre for Local Prosperity.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/governing-for-ecological-citizenship-in-atlantic-canada/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191028T133846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:3886-1575140400-1575147600@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Saint John Free Public Library on Saturday\, November 30th from 7:00-9:00pm.  The guest facilitator and discussion leader will be Gregory Heming\, President\, Centre for Local Prosperity. \n \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nThe screening is hosted by Leap4wards.  A discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening. \n 
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-23/
LOCATION:St John Free Public Library\, 1 Market Square\, Saint John\, NB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191023T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191023T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20190907T150637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175801Z
UID:3749-1571857200-1571864400@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Future Proofing our Community by Growing from Within
DESCRIPTION:Most small and rural communities in Atlantic Canada are in decline\, and programs to address these issues have been marginally effective. Due to the forces of globalization\, our local economies today can be described as leaky buckets.  Nova Scotia overall has a 35% ‘leakage rate’ of dollars flowing out of the economy\, resulting in a dramatic negative trade deficit. \nThe Centre for Local Prosperity is working with a number of communities in Atlantic Canada to inspire community-led efforts towards ‘future proofing’\, which builds local agency for their economic and societal future.  Future proofing is especially important in preparing for global economic fragility and the climate crisis. \nRobert Cervelli\, Executive Director\, Centre for Local Prosperity\, will facilitate a workshop “Future Proofing our Community by Growing from Within.”  His presentation will address the need to ‘re-localize’ rural economies\, reduce ‘economic leakage\,’ and explore initiatives for greater local procurement by businesses and major public-sector institutions such as schools and hospitals.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/future-proofing-our-community-by-growing-from-within/
LOCATION:Mahone Bay Centre\, 45 School St.\, Mahone Bay\, Nova Scotia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191018T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191018T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T111553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3861-1571410800-1571414400@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Sherbrooke Library on October 18th\, from 3:00-4:00 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-21/
LOCATION:Sherbrooke Library\, 11 Main Street\, Sherbrooke\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191017T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T111347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3858-1571335200-1571340600@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Musquodoboit Harbour Library on October 17th\, from 6:00-7:30 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-20/
LOCATION:Musquodoboit Harbour Library\, 7900 Hwy 7\, Muquodoboit Harbour\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191015T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191015T194500
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T111125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3855-1571163300-1571168700@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the River John Library on October 10th\, from 6:15-7:45 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-19/
LOCATION:River John Library\, 2725 W Branch Rd\, River John\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191011T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T110849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3852-1570816800-1570822200@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Antigonish Library on October 11th\, from 6:00-7:30 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-18/
LOCATION:Antigonish Library\, 283 Main Street\, Antigonish\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191010T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T110557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3847-1570730400-1570735800@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Sheet Harbour Library on October 10th\, from 6:00-7:30 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/climate-change-and-the-human-prospect-17/
LOCATION:Sheet Harbour Library\, 22756 Hwy 7\, Sheet Harbour\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191008T193000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20191002T110311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250602T175802Z
UID:3843-1570557600-1570563000@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Climate Change and the Human Prospect
DESCRIPTION:The 40 minute documentary film\, Climate Change and the Human Prospect\, will be screened at the Elmsdale Library on October 8th\, from 6:00-7:30 pm.  \nThe film documents the vision created at the Centre for Local Prosperity’s Climate Change & the Human Prospect: A Thinkers’ Retreat held at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash\, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2017. On the 60th Anniversary of the Inaugural Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament\, twenty-four global and regional Thinkers\, armed with the conviction that local action is not only possible but the best path forward\, gathered to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change.​ \nA discussion about the climate crisis will follow the screening.
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/3843/
LOCATION:Elmsdale Library\, 15 Commerce Court\, Suite 100\, Elmsdale\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20180226T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20180226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T153751
CREATED:20180312T234249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180312T234249Z
UID:3374-1519669800-1519677000@centreforlocalprosperity.ca
SUMMARY:Import Replacement Study - Release
DESCRIPTION:Import Replacement: Local Prosperity for Rural Atlantic Canada \nThe Centre for Local Prosperity will be releasing a report from its regional study on the economic value of Import Replacement as a development strategy for local communities in Atlantic Canada. The report will be launched at a town hall meeting in Shelburne\, Nova Scotia  at the Shelburne Fire Hall (63 King Street) on Monday\, February 26th\, from 6:30 to 8:30pm. 
URL:https://centreforlocalprosperity.ca/event/import-replacement-study-release/
LOCATION:Shelburne Fire Hall\, 63 King Street\, Shelburne\, Nova Scotia
CATEGORIES:Centre for Local Prosperity
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