Climate change expert Andrew Weaver will speak at the Urban Issues Film Festival.One of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Dr. Andrew Weaver, is the keynote speaker at the 4th
Annual Urban Issues Film Festival on energy, transportation and building alternatives at Vancouver Island University Feb. 5.
The Festival, presented by VIU’s Department of Geography and the North Island chapter of the Planning Institute of BC, the Geographic Students’ Union, SOLUTIONS: A Network for Sustainability, and the New City Institute, includes a panel discussion on local sustainability initiatives.
Weaver, author of the recently published book Keeping Our Cool, is one of the lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that have helped focus global world opinion on the severity of global warming. As a result the organization was awarded, along with former vice-president Al Gore, a Nobel Prize for its efforts.
Dr. Weaver, who teaches at the University of Victoria, will speak at the film festival venue at 6:30 pm. He’ll address the aftermath of the Copenhagen negotiations, Canada’s role, and the lessons for cities as major agents of climate change.
A series of short films, including The Street and How to Boil a Frog, begins at 3 pm, and will continue after Dr. Weaver’s lecture. His talk will conclude with a brief discussion by local sustainability practitioners. Admission is free and complimentary pizza, popcorn, and beverages will be served at 5:45 pm. Pre-registration is required at viu.geo.union@gmail.com
The Festival takes place in Building 200, Room 203 at VIU, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo.
The Don Stone Annual Urban issues lecture is named after recently retired chair of the Geography department who was active in local urban planning issues with The Friends of Plan Nanaimo.
For more information, contact Don Alexander by e-mail don.alexander@viu.ca.
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SCHEDULE FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL URBAN ISSUES FILM FESTIVAL
Venue: Building 200, Room 203 (Auditorium)
3:00 pm - welcome by sponsors (Geography, PIBC, Geographic Students' Union, SOLUTIONS, and the New City Institute)
3:15- “The Street,” with Spiro Kostof (56 minutes) on the evolution of transportation systems in the U.S.
4:15- discussion
4:30- “How to Boil a Frog” (75 minutes)
5:45- discussion
6:00- pizza break
6:15- introduction of Andrew Weaver
6:30- talk by Andrew Weaver followed by discussion
7:45- short break
8:00- short films on transportation, energy alternatives, and green building alternatives
9:00- panel of local experts on sustainability (e.g. International Composting Corporation, Regional District of Nanaimo, and Cowichan Biodiesel Co-op).
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