BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drawdown Alberta - ECPv5.13.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Drawdown Alberta X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Drawdown Alberta REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210616T223650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T223650Z UID:1557-1624384800-1624384800@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Let's Talk Community! with Shani Graham from sunny Western Australia (formerly West Coast of Canada) DESCRIPTION:Shani is going to talk to us about the The “West Beacy Bunch”\, the community of 350 houses around her. The informal community group is “exclusively inclusive” – exclusive in that you can only “join” if you live in the defined Beacy Bunch area\, but inclusive in that the group focuses on making sure that everyone in that area is involved. Like many groups\, the Bunch is very active – with bonfires\, movie nights\, shared dinners\, tree planting days\, yoga\, cooking classes\, olive oil pressing\, plant swaps . . . . . . . something at least once a month. But the difference is there are no committees\, budgets or planning meetings – just passionate people wanting to do something to make their world more connected\, sustainable and resilient. \nInterested to hear more? – come join the conversation! \nBefore this workshop\, you should check out Shani’s TED talk about her previous home in Hulbert Street\nTake a street and build a community: Shani Graham at TEDxPerth – YouTube \nPlease join in 5 to 10 minutes early (bring your cuppa) as we will starting promptly on 22 June at 6 pm MST \nTopic: Let’s Talk Community with Shani Graham\nTime: 22 June\, 6pm MST /Jun 23\, 2021 07:45 AM Perth \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89372498482?pwd=cGx2eHhNeEc3WE9sbnV1ZW1oYWI2QT09 \nMeeting ID: 893 7249 8482\nPasscode: 173391\nOne tap mobile\n+61861193900\,\,89372498482#\,\,\,\,*173391# Australia\n+61871501149\,\,89372498482#\,\,\,\,*173391# Australia URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/lets-talk-community-with-shani-graham-from-sunny-western-australia-formerly-west-coast-of-canada/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210618T050924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T050924Z UID:1569-1624528800-1624554000@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:TEDxYYC DESCRIPTION:TEDxYYC: Reimagine will take place on June 24th. This full-day event will examine the question: how can we reimagine ourselves\, our city and our future? Feature ten inspiring TEDxYYC talks\, live performances and experiential activations like Indigenous storytelling\, bollywood dance\, networking\, inspired cooking\, body-positive yoga and so much more. This event will have you moving\, shaking\, contemplating\, learning and using all your senses. \nGet your ticket today at https://tedxyyc.ca/tickets URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/tedxyyc/ LOCATION:Online ORGANIZER;CN="TEDxYYC":MAILTO:guestservices@tedxyyc.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210624T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210621T143943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210621T143943Z UID:1576-1624557600-1624563000@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Anti-Racism for Organizers DESCRIPTION:Join the Future Ground Network community in a collective learning process to address the colonial and racist histories of environmental movements and how we can fight those legacies to build safer and anti-racist spaces in our organizing. \nIn this workshop (session 1 of 4)\, participants will understand the roots of systemic racism\, settler colonialism and anti-Blackness\, and begin to unpack how they participate in these systems. We will draw connections between the climate crisis and systems of structural oppression\, clearly making links between them. In the workshop\, we will use breakout groups to define the impacts of structural harm\, and discuss how we participate in these systems. \nAlso available Monday June 28\, 5-6:30 pm; Wednesday June 30\, 4-5:30 pm\, Monday July 5\, 4:30 – 6 pm URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/anti-racism-for-organizers/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210616T223649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210616T223649Z UID:1563-1624622400-1624626000@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Digital Rally: Say No to Coal DESCRIPTION:Join us for a digital rally on June 25th to learn more about the status of Grassy Mountain\, hear from those on the ground about why we must continue the fight against coal\, and come together to take action. \nYou will be invited to call Minister Wilkinson and ask that he and the Cabinet make the right decision and say no to coal in the Rockies by first saying no to Grassy Mountain. We will provide you with the link to call and a simple script to follow. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/675354159995829/ URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/digital-rally-say-no-to-coal/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210907T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210903T220547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T220547Z UID:1739-1631041200-1631044800@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:A Climate of Change: Elections with Brian Singh DESCRIPTION:Join the Hub as we head into a busy fall election season armed with a brand new poll from Calgary data scientist and behavioural economist Brian Singh and our ALL STAR PANEL including Alberta political scientist Melanee Thomas\, retiring city councillor Druh Farrell and environmental leader Alberta Ecotrust’s Pat Letizia about the ever-evolving position of Calgarians on climate as an election issue. Let’s dig into it! URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/a-climate-of-change-elections-with-brian-singh/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210903T220547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T220547Z UID:1733-1631811600-1631815200@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Building a Sustainable World: Our Diet and the Climate Crisis - Rotary Climate Action Talk DESCRIPTION:“Global food production threatens climate stability and ecosystem resilience. It constitutes the single largest driver of environmental degradation and transgression of planetary boundaries. Taken together the outcome is dire. A radical transformation of the global food system is urgently needed. Without action\, the world risks failing to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.” – Dr. Johan Rockstrom\, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research\n What we choose to eat has an enormous impact on planetary health. The IPCC’s recently-released report made clear that either we pull out ALL of the stops and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions everywhere we can NOW (especially methane)\, or we accept responsibility for causing a climate catastrophe and bequeathing to our kids and grandkids a severely degraded planet\, far less suitable for human habitation.\n Dietary change is simple\, fast\, and effective. It doesn’t require political will\, new technology\, trillions of dollars of investment nor decades of implementation. It will unequivocally lead to improved human health and lower rates of chronic disease\, including obesity\, type 2 diabetes\, heart disease\, hypertension\, high cholesterol\, some cancers and even Alzheimer’s Disease. Globally\, it is likely that trillions of dollars will be saved in health care expenditures. And all it takes is a conscious choice by every single one of us to eat more plants and fewer animals starting today. Andrea and Ambaree\, Co-Chairs of the Plant-Rich Diet Task Force under the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG)\, have a mission inspire people around the world to shift to plant-rich diets to protect and preserve our planet. To that end they will share tips for how to successfully experiment with building a plant-rich diet that works for you. \nAndrea Wotan\n Andrea earned her Master of Public Health degree in Nutritional Sciences and completed her training to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Andrea founded an online plant-based nutrition coaching practice and just joined MasteringDiabetes.org as a Health coach working with individuals to improve and\, in the case of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes\, reverse their condition. Andrea earned her BA in Economics from Stanford University and had a decade-long career as an investment banker\, working with technology companies in Silicon Valley and around the world. \nAmbaree Majumder\n Ambaree is a second generation Rotarian\, a member of the Rotary Club of Marina City in Singapore. She is an IT Business Analyst by qualification but for the past few years she has been spending most of her time as a Social Entrepreneur giving talks\, writing and conducting workshops about how leading a lifestyle that is in-tune with the well-being of our planet also benefits our health and fellow human beings. She is certified in Plant-based Nutrition and Food Sustainability from Cornell. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/building-a-sustainable-world-our-diet-and-the-climate-crisis-rotary-climate-action-talk/ LOCATION:Online ORGANIZER;CN="Rotary%20Climate%20Action%20Team%20Network":MAILTO:info@rcatnow.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210922T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20210903T222327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T222355Z UID:1752-1632337200-1632340800@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:A Climate of Change: Climate Week with Katharine Hayhoe DESCRIPTION:Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and professor of political science at Texas Tech University\, where she is director of the Climate Science Center. She is one of the world’s leading climate science voices. Hayhoe’s book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World is also scheduled for release in September\, 2021. \nThis event is a coalition building collaboration between the Calgary Climate Hub and the Climate Hub of Southern Alberta. We’ll see you September 22nd\, LIVE at 705 pm. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/__trashed-2/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211103T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211103T100000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20211028T202926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T202926Z UID:1916-1635930000-1635933600@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:ALUS Information Session - Sturgeon County DESCRIPTION:An introduction to a new grant program\, ALUS\, for farmers or ranchers in Sturgeon County who are interested in nature enhancing projects or environmental initiatives on their land. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/alus-information-session-sturgeon-county/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211114T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20211031T050501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211031T231716Z UID:1935-1636887600-1636894800@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Introduction to Motivational Interviewing DESCRIPTION:Opening Hearts and Minds with Evidence-Based Communication Techniques (2 hours) \nWant to build your skills for lobbying and climate conversations\, particularly those that are difficult or oppositional? In this workshop we will review different states of the human nervous system\, and explore how knowledge of these can help us to be better communicators. We will connect this to the skills of “Motivational Interviewing\,” which have been shown in numerous studies to facilitate change in healthcare settings. These skills can also lower the temperature in our political conversations\, helping us to connect and find common ground with members of Congress and others. Led by John Sabin\, CCL Great Lakes Regional Co-coordinator\, and Tamara Station\, CCL Education & Resilience Coordinator. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/introduction-to-motivational-interviewing/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211114T193000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20211031T231619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T232046Z UID:1931-1636912800-1636918200@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:In Conversation with Paul Hawken: Solving the Climate Crisis in One Generation DESCRIPTION:Join us live online for an engaging discussion with noted environmentalist\, entrepreneur and author Paul Hawken\, creator of Project DRAWDOWN. Paul is joining three Canadian environmentalists on the virtual stage to talk about his new book Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation.\n \n\n \n \n\n \n Part of the ReSurge Film Festival \n \nThis event is the closing session of ReSurge: Canadian Film Festivals for a Liveable Climate — a high-impact gathering of film festivals celebrating the 10th anniversary of the WaterDocs Film Festival.\n \n\n GET YOUR TICKET NOW\nMAKE A DONATION \nNote — ticketing and donations are separate. \nDonations are highly appreciated\, but voluntary. Receipts will be used to offset production costs\, with any surplus split between the partners. It will enable us to keep creating high quality events to promote climate action! \n \n  \n\n Introducing Regeneration\nDrawdown Alberta is excited to present an evening with Paul Hawken in partnership with Drawdown Toronto\, Drawdown BC and Water Docs\, as the closing event of the Resurge Film Festival. \nPaul is joining us to talk about his latest book Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in one Generation\, and will be engaged in conversation with three important and exciting Canadian environmental voices: Allie Rougeot\, Bryanna Brown and Melanie Hoffman\, who each bring unique experiences and perspectives. \nRead their profiles below. \n \n\n Regeneration has two meanings. It refers to regenerating life on earth. And it refers to a new generation of humanity coming together to reverse global warming. \n—Paul Hawken \n \n\n Forging new partnerships across Canada\nThis event is the result of cooperation between Drawdown movements in Alberta\, British Columbia and Ontario. We want to build connections and break out of separation to ensure a world that is healthy for the children of all species for generations to come. As Drawdown movements\, we recognize the importance of local\, community-based action to realize national climate goals. \nIn addition\, we rely on a solid\, local partner — Ecologos\, behind the WaterDocs film festival and the Resurge Film Festival\, which this event is part of. Ecologos\, is a 23-year registered environmental charity protecting water and a liveable climate\, and is a longtime collaborating partner of Drawdown Toronto. Water Docs/Ecologos programs focus on our vital connection to water and its centrality to climate. We work to evoke a spirit of reverence for water\, inform about threats that imperil water\, and inspire citizen action to protect water and its many effects on climate change.\n \n\n Presented by\n \n \n \n \n \nParticipant Profiles\n  \n\n \n \n\n Paul Hawken\nPaul Hawken starts ecological businesses\, writes about nature and commerce\, and consults with heads of state and CEOs on climatic\, economic and ecological regeneration. He is the founder of Regeneration.org and in September 2021 published his latest work\, Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation. His previous book\, Drawdown\, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming debuted in 2017 as a New York Times bestseller and is currently in 18 languages. He founded Project Drawdown\, which worked with over two hundred scholars\, students\, scientists\, researchers\, and activists to map\, measure\, and model the one hundred most substantive solutions that can cumulatively reverse global warming. He is published in 30 languages and his books are available in over 90 countries. \n \n\n   \n \n \n\n   \nBryanna Brown\nBryanna Brown is Inuk and Mi’kmaq from Nunatsiavut\, Labrador. She came up with the idea of “Land Back” to advocate for sovereignty for Indigenous peoples\, as well as Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities\, highlighting land ownership for environmental protection and self-determination. She is on Indigenous Climate Action’s National Steering Committee and Climate Policy Advisory Council. She advocates for the rights of women\, Indigenous Peoples\, environmental injustice in relation to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)\, persons with disabilities\, mental health\, Indigenous food security\, and anti-human trafficking. Bryanna is a traditional story teller and knowledge keeper\, using her own experience of being personally displaced by environmental racism and natural resource extraction and its relationship to the exploitation of Indigenous women.\n \n\n \n \n\n Allie Rougeot\nAliénor’s interest for human and environmental rights started during her childhood in the South of France\, where she became vocal on topics of biodiversity loss\, women’s rights\, refugee rights and climate change. These interests led her to the intersectional topic of climate justice\, but it was only when she moved to Canada at the age of 17 that she truly understood the need for broad and collective mobilization for climate action. This led her to co-founding and coordinating Fridays for Future Toronto while completing a degree in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Graduating in 2021\, Allie is now working as Climate and Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defence\, a leading Canadian environmental advocacy organization\, working with government\, industry and individuals to defend clean water\, a safe climate and healthy communities.\n \n\n \n \n\n Melanie Hoffman\nMelanie Hoffman (she/her) is a community-focused leader in education and science communication.She is Lead Mentor for Alberta with the Climate Reality Project Canada\, and collaboratively kickstarted the Drawdown Alberta movement focused on reconciliation and community climate solutions. She is the Program Manager for Capital Region EcoSchools. A Ph.D. chemist\, she taught at two innovative liberal arts universities before directing community climate solutions education projects with Edmonton’s King’s Centre for Visualization in Science. Born and raised in the German Rhineland in a tight-knit community\, Melanie loves a good laugh\, and values her neighbours and the land\, respect for what is local\, and curiosity for what lies beyond. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/regeneration-ending-the-climate-crisis-in-one-generation-in-conversation-with-paul-hawken/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://drawdownalberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/in-conversation-with-paul-hawken-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211120T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20211118T163333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211118T163333Z UID:1993-1637406000-1637514000@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:Calgary Franchise Expo - Free Tickets DESCRIPTION:“CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE: https://thebizex.net/calgary-franchise-expo-november-2021-web/ (Otherwise\, 10$ at the door)\nYou are invited to The Calgary Franchise Expo at Telus Convention Centre in Calgary\, Alberta! \n(*Safety Precautions are in Place*) \nBuying a franchise or proven business opportunity eliminates all the hard work of opening a business independently and will help avoid much of the risk of starting a new business. Take control of your future\, increase your income\, and find your path to a better lifestyle. Get the information you need to find the right business for you! \nFull-time and Part-time business opportunities from every industry\, at every investment level Seminars: Legal Advice\, How to Choose the Business For You\, Financing Options and much moreProven money making businesses looking to meet new potential ownersGet the information you need and ask questions from top-tier franchisors Save Hundreds of Hours of Research Time\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE: https://thebizex.net/calgary-franchise-expo-november-2021-web/ (Otherwise\, 10$ at the door)\nTelus Convention Centre in Calgary\, Alberta! \nNovember 20: 11AM – 5PM\nNovember 21: 11AM – 4” URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/calgary-franchise-expo-free-tickets/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20220328T171157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171157Z UID:2334-1648659600-1648663200@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:A Climate of Change 4.3: The National Climate League Standings DESCRIPTION:Climate Reality Canada does the critical work of fostering countrywide connection & engagement between Climate Hubs honed in on local Climate Action and have been solid allies with the Calgary Climate Hub since our very earliest days. Join us as we pour through the 2022 National Climate League standings\, CRC’s gamified approach for encouraging hundreds of your fellow Canadians to collect the critical local level data Canada requires to successfully transition to a climate-friendly future. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/a-climate-of-change-4-3-the-national-climate-league-standings/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220406T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T105203 CREATED:20220328T171337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171337Z UID:2337-1649271600-1649275200@drawdownalberta.ca SUMMARY:2022 Edmonton and Calgary Mayors' Summit on Climate Change DESCRIPTION:This is your opportunity to hear the mayors of Alberta’s largest cities\, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi of Edmonton\, and Mayor Jyoti Gondek of Calgary\, discuss their strategies for climate action. \nJoin us for a compelling session with two highly engaging mayors\, both of whose City Councils have declared a climate emergency. The talk will be moderated by Laura Lynch\, journalist and host of What on Earth. \nHow will Edmonton and Calgary meet the challenge of reducing emissions by 2030 consistent with keeping climate change near 1.5° C\, as proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and negotiated by the COP26 United Nations Climate Pact? \nJoin us on April 6\, 2022 at 7pm for this online event. \nOrganized by the Edmonton Climate Hub and the Calgary Climate Hub. Supported by the Edmonton Public Library as a Forward Thinking Speaker Series event. URL:https://drawdownalberta.ca/event/2022-edmonton-and-calgary-mayors-summit-on-climate-change/ LOCATION:Online END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR