Let’s Talk About The Climate Crisis – Tues. Sept 17th

Our four-part series ‘Addressing the Climate Crisis: Activism, Adaptation, and Resilience’ continues on Tuesday September 17, 7 pm at Upper Native Sons’ Hall with a climate communications panel covering issues from personal health to collective political action. 

Betty Tate is a member of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment and Comox Valley Nurses for Health and the Environment. She’s seen first-hand how climate change harms Canadians. Betty will describe the dual role health care professionals play helping the mental and physical well being of individuals and influencing policymakers to achieve better health for all.

Will Cole-Hamilton is a trained climate communicator with a background in law and business. Will is a core member of the communication team at Climate Caucus, a national network of mayors, councillors and representatives dedicated to action on the climate crisis. He’ll build on previous presentations to World Community, NIC, the Youth Environmental Action group and students at Queen’s University to describe how communities can effectively communicate with each other about climate.

Kai Nagata is Dogwood’s Director of Communications. Since 2007 Dogwood has been fighting to limit fossil fuel expansion. That’s placed the organization in the cross hairs of powerful corporations and governments who would like nothing more than for this issue to go away. Kai will illuminate how communities can come together to serve elected officials with notice that the days of inaction on climate are over.

Q&A to follow presentations. Admission by donation. Everyone welcome.

More info: David (Dogwood – 604 674-0996) or Janet (250 337-5412)

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Human beings have been altering the global landscape for thousands of years. But for the past 150 things have certainly intensified. Local landscapes has been transformed by logging, coal mining, agriculture, road building, industry and development. These altered landscapes are where the local impacts of climate change – flooding, erosion, and loss of biodiversity – first become evident. But these altered landscapes also hold the greatest potential for building resiliency. Kus Kus Sum, The Courtenay Estuary, Morrison Headwaters, Perseverance Watershed, Comox Lake –  these places are at the heart of our local climate story. 

Conservationists Tim Ennis, Jennifer Sutherst, and Meaghan Cursons will explore altered landscapes within our community and share how they play a critical role in understanding and responding to climate change. Through stories, photos and discussion they will illustrate how we can stitch these landscapes back together with the threads of adaptation, collaboration and hope. 

Join us to learn how you can participate in making a difference for our collective future. Everyone is welcome. Admission to the World Community series “Addressing the Climate Crisis” is by donation. Doors open at 630. Make time for conversation and connection before and after!