[KWPeace-groups] Tomorrow Afternoon: Hope Amidst Climate Crisis: Our Role in Waterloo Region - THEMUSEUM

[Sue Klassen]

Would love to come, Laura! but can’t. Would love to learn from you about what was shared.

> On Jan 22, 2020, at 9:49 AM, laura at divestwaterloo.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi friends - please share this with others who might be interested -
> such a great opportunity!   
> 
> _Join Dr. Angela Carter at THEMUSEUM for our weekly 55 & Better
> Programming at 1:30 pm. Programming is included with free admission on
> Thursdays for those ages 55+, and we will have a pop-up café with FREE
> treats provided by Chartwell Retirement Residences each week._ 
> 
> _The climate crisis is one of the most pressing threats of our time and
> it will define the lives of the next generations. This talk explores the
> emergency and what the global community must do to bring down greenhouse
> gas emissions, dramatically and immediately. But it also describes the
> development of exciting new social movements and actions from
> governments and other key actors in our world that light a pathway
> toward a climate-safe future. We will end by discussing how the crisis
> and its solutions are manifesting themselves here in Waterloo Region --
> and what citizens can do to get involved in the movement for change._ 
> 
> _Dr. Angela V. Carter is an associate professor of political science at
> the University of Waterloo and a fellow at the Balsillie School of
> International Affairs. Her research has focused on environmental policy
> and politics surrounding oil extraction in Canada's major oil-producing
> provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland & Labrador). She has
> analyzed how environmental policy is developed and contested,
> emphasizing tensions between environmental/community impacts and
> economic imperatives. Carter is now extending this work in an
> international comparative project on supply-side climate policy, focused
> on political conditions necessary to wind down fossil fuel extraction in
> developed-world states. She is particularly intrigued by the rise of
> "keep it in the ground" movements and legislation._ 
> 
> _Register here: _
> 
> _https://themuseum.ca/events/55-better-hope-amidst-climate-crisis-our-role-in-waterloo-region/_
> 
> 
> Thanks!  
> 
> laura 
> 
> Laura Hamilton 
> 
> DIVEST WATERLOO [1] 
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