100 DEBATES ON THE ENVIRONMENT
EDMONTON-STRATHCONA RIDING CANDIDATES’ DEBATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, October 3, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayOQvuEi0s&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Qwp4A04gmG4ZlT2uR1wTGdM7eDLA8lR72X7Th8Q40d1ja8M_rUz0ENZ4
The Just Powers team is pleased to announce that several recordings from the Petrocultures 2018 Conference: TRANSITIONS are now available here!
https://www.justpowers.ca/projects/petrocultures-2018-conference-transitions/
Thanks to the many speakers involved, and to Catlin Kuzyk (Sublet Sound) and Jessie Beier for making these accessible.
How might we use energy transition to imagine more livable futures for all?
Monday August 19 City Council meeting on climate action
Time: 1:30-5:30 PM
Location: 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Description: On August 19 the Edmonton City Council Executive Committee will be meeting regarding Edmonton’s Energy Transition Strategy. Mayor Iveson will table a motion for an update to the Strategy that aligns the emissions targets and actions with the 1.5˚C target. http://sirepub.edmonton.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=2354&doctype=AGENDA&fbclid=IwAR3v2HnMRWj34Emcu537IpbbIn62BZHYscKAQngsY9mZqMF_PHYwDXhvBnM
more info:https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/energy-transition-update?fbclid=IwAR3FepbK863uh9fCWco_Aah3B7WLwbctmVLzgrJsmfWmaenmBVVAvYiNF6g
Monday September 9 Call to Climate Action: Extinction Rebellion at the UofA
5:00-7:00 PM Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA) Room L1490 (just downstairs from the ground floor entrance to the building)
Speaker: Michael James (Extinction Rebellion Edmonton)
Sponsored by: Dept. of Philosophy and campus student groups
What can YOU do to address the climate crisis? Many of us know that we are facing an unprecedented global ecological emergency, but governments everywhere are failing to take the dramatic action that is needed. As such, the lives of millions of people, the future of humanity, and the fate of all life on earth depends upon ordinary citizens taking unprecedented collective action. Come join Extinction Rebellion Edmonton to learn how YOU can do your part in the collective action needed to tackle the environmental emergency.
The event will also feature a brief presentation by Animal Rebellion, which acts in solidarity with Extinction Rebellion and emphasizes the role of animal agriculture in the ecological emergency.
Complimentary vegan pizza will be provided.
Monday September 9 Climate Justice Edmonton UAlberta Student Club/Chapter
Inaugural meeting from 5 to 7 PM in the Students Union Bldg. 0—51. Contact for more info: cjuasc@ualberta.ca
Tuesday September 10 Defending Alberta—at what cost?
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM Telus Centre room 150
Panel Discussion followed by audience participation
Speakers: Tim Gray (Environmental Defence), Alex Neve (Amnesty International Canada), Jim Turk (Centre for Free Expression, Ryerson University), Laurie Adkin (Political Science, UAlberta), Eriel Deranger (Indigenous Climate Action)
Description: Premier Kenney’s promised assault on critics of the Alberta oil and gas industry has a disturbing resonance with the actions of right-wing populist governments around the world. Are his announcements of $30-million “war room”, a $2.5-million public inquiry into foreign funded environmental critics of Alberta oilsands development, and threats of possible defamation suits legitimate government initiatives or actions that chill free expression and undermine democracy?
Sponsored by: Centre for Free Expression, Ryerson University, and Parkland Institute, UAlberta
Wednesday September 11 Green Drinks
7 to 10 PM at the Yellowhead Brewery 10229—105 Street
The Local Good’s next Green Drinks event is all about turning your climate anxiety into climate action. We would love to have you out with us!
You can RSVP to the Facebook event and get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/green-drinks-climate-action-tickets-70083338151?aff=partners Tickets are pay-what-you-can this year.
Thursday September 12
Critical Theories of Technology Research Group
4:30 PM Location: Tory 1-63, University of Alberta
This research group will continue the Intermedia Research Studio’s critical interrogation of technological intermediations of contemporary global society. Through key readings, we will examine and discuss technological environments and theorize their urban prosthetic forms, their planetary violences, their collective ecstasies, and their shaping of contradictory identities and practices. Free and open to all. See attached poster for all dates. For more information contact Sourayan Mookerjea at sourayan@ualberta.ca
Thursday September 12
Visual Arts & Design Forum: Shifting Uncertainties w/ Tom Rice
17:15 Location: FAB 2-20, University of Alberta
Tom Rice’s work arises out of a concern for the environment, fossil fuel dependence, and the growing global crisis related to climate change. He will discuss his drawing and installations of the past 5 years, and what inspired him to explore environmental issues through his artwork. The talk will focus on a personal narrative of the impact of climate change. He will also give a brief introduction to his Fulbright project that will examine the realities of fossil fuel extraction and consumption that connects Canada and the US. Free and open to all. See attached poster for more details.
With all Things Considered by Leanne Olson – Opening Reception (Sept. 12 @ 19:00) Location: John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery, Grant MacEwan University
With all Things Considered features work Leanne Olson created while Artist in Residence at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. Curated by Carolyn Jervis. This exhibition will be on view until December 8.
In the deluge of images that represent the scale of overconsumption that defines late capitalism, Leanne Olson’s photography and video-based work refuses a totalizing view. We are denied the monumental, awe-filled, nihilistic feeling that comes from viewing an elegant aestheticizing of what we have disposed. Instead we are set amongst the ruins to contend with our impulse to reinscribe meaning onto the decaying objects otherwise rendered unintelligible. Waste gets removed from most systems of value when it disappears from our lives each garbage day, and yet it still exists, outside of meaning as well as beyond our vision, sometimes in perpetuity. As we grapple with our inability to relate to the massive scale of late capitalist consumption, Olson’s work calls us to look closely and tenderly as we reinscribe our abject consumption with meaning.
First Sustainability Lecture of the Year!! // GENOMIC MEDIA / SUSTAINABLE DNA w/ Dr. Mél Hogan –
Friday, September 13 in Tory Breezeway 2.
This talk tracks data storage – from server farms to synthetic DNA – by looking at the explosion of genomics, and how its undergirding logics and infrastructure have enabled us to imagine such a shift.
Saturday September 14 VegFest Edmonton
Time: 10 AM to 7 PM Re/max Field, 10233—96 Avenue
Description: celebration of all things vegetarian and veganSponsor: Vegans and Vegetarians of Alberta
Friday September 20–Friday student climate strike
https://globalclimatestrike.net/
Details for Edmonton pending
To have a speaker from Climate Justice Edmonton come to your class to explain what the strikes are about, contact cchen3@ualberta.ca.
Friday September 27 Earth Strike: General Strike to Save the Planet
Rally at Legislature at 1 PM
University of Alberta: walk out of classes at 11:30 AM, gather in the Quad for speakers, then walk to the Legislature
University of Grant MacEwan: walk out of classes at 11:30 and proceed to Legislature
Thursday October 3 Federal Candidates Forum on Environmental Issues, Edmonton-Strathcona Riding
7 to 9 PM University of Alberta, Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC) room E1—007
Description: Candidates for the Conservative, Green, Liberal, and NDP parties will answer questions about their stances on environmental problems and solutions
Moderator: Dr. Debra Davidson, University of Alberta
Sponsors: 100 Debates for the Environment (University of Alberta organizing committee), UofA Sustainability Council, NASA, Just Powers, Dept. of Philosophy, Dept. of Political Science, Non-Academic Staff Association, UAlberta
Thursday October 3 Change for Climate Talks
5:30 PM tickets $10 at Triffo Theatre #11 130, 11110—104 Avenue
Event hosted by City of Edmonton and Change for Climate Edmonton
Change for Climate Talks will bring together 9 community leaders, all from different backgrounds, to share why they act on climate change and inspire others to take action now.
Our speakers for the evening include:
Andrew Bell – Director, Electric Vehicle Association of Alberta
– Growing Electric Vehicle adoption in Edmonton
Connie Stacey – President, Growing Greener Innovations
– Combating climate change through innovation and entrepreneurship
Jocelyn Crocker – Urban Farmer & Chair, Physics Program, NAIT
– The revolution is local: Why you should grow food and not lawns
Kenton Zerbin – Tiny House & Permaculture Teacher, Designer, Consultant
– Living Big In A Tiny House While Saving the World
Mark Anielski – President & Chief Well-being Officer, Anielski Management Inc.
– Rethinking consumption: Measuring success through well-being and happiness
Michael James and Sarah Connor – Coaches, Rebel Life Project
– Mental health impacts of climate change and building personal resiliency
Shannon Leblanc – Founding Board Member, Edmonton Tool Library
– The Sharing Economy: How we can make the best use of our resources
Sean Holman – Associate Professor of Journalism, Mount Royal University
– A crisis in coverage: How the news media fails to report on the climate emergency and what you can do about it
Doors open at 5:30 pm with light refreshments and a cash bar; presentations begin at 6:30 pm.
Tickets are $10 and only available in advance through Eventbrite.
*Note: Videos and photographs will be taken during the event.*
October 21-25 Sustainability Awareness Week, University of Alberta
https://www.ualberta.ca/sustainability/get-involved/sustainability-awareness-week
description: Sustainability Awareness Week has been one of the University of Alberta’s largest event series since it launched in 2008. The whole campus community gets involved in highlighting campus sustainability initiatives, social and environmental issues, and building connections beyond campus. Events include very popular walking tours, hands-on workshops, speaker panels, film screenings and explorations of local food.
Thursday November 7 The Political Ecology of Knowledge Production in Alberta’s Petro- Universities
Time: 3:30-5:00 Department of Political Science Co-Lab, 12th floor, Tory Bldg.
Speaker: Laurie Adkin
Department of Political Science Speakers Series
Description: What kinds of research are being prioritized by innovation funding to Alberta’s universities and how do these priorities relate to the urgent needs for post-carbon transition, biodiversity protection, decolonization, and global social justice? What drives these funding priorities—priorities that, in turn, direct the research and teaching carried out within universities—and what prevents universities from fulfilling their environmental citizenship and leadership roles? Adkin draws on her recent research to address these questions and generate questions and responses from seminar participants.