I’m Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up

23 January 2017 7:30 pm

Venue: SFU Harbour Centre, Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre
Categories: Lecture Series, Past events

Join James Hoggan, president of Hoggan and Associates, as he discusses the toxic state of public discourse. This is the first in a series of five public lectures that accompany the graduate course “Leading the way Toward a Low-carbon Future.”

Transitioning the World to 100% Wind, Water, and Solar for all Purposes

30 January 2017 11:00 am

Venue: Wood 1, P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre
Categories: Lecture Series, Past events

Join Mark Jacobson, Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, for a discussion of how to transition the world’s energy systems to 100% wind, water and solar. Mark Z. Jacobson’s career has focused on better understanding air pollution and global warming problems and developing large-scale clean, renewable energy solutions to them. Toward that […]

The Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: An Indigenous Perspective

06 February 2017 7:00 pm

Venue: Sty-wet-tan Great Hall, First Nations Longhouse
Categories: Lecture Series, Past events

Join Crystal Lameman, of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation, for a discussion of the just transition to a low-carbon economy from an Indigenous perspective.

What does success look like for Alberta’s Green House Gas policy?

28 February 2017 7:00 pm

Venue: UBC Robson Square Theatre
Categories: Lecture Series, Past events

Join Andrew Leach, associate professor, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta, for a discussion of what success looks like for Alberta’s green house gas policy. Andrew Leach is an energy and environmental economist with expertise on greenhouse gas policy for the oil and gas industry. He is chair, Climate Change Advisory Panel, Government of […]

Towards a Circular Economy: The Case of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

13 March 2017 7:00 pm

Venue: UBC Robson Square Theatre
Categories: Lecture Series, Past events

Join Jacqueline Cramer, professor, Utrecht University, the Netherlands for a discussion of the journey toward a circular economy, using the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area as an example. Jacqueline Cramer is strategic advisor of the Utrecht Sustainability Institute/Utrecht University and member of the Amsterdam Economic Board, particularly in charge of the circular economy. Moreover, she is director […]

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