Force of Nature - Screening with David Suzuki

Saturday, 12 November, 2011. Doors open at 6:00pm.
Claremont Secondary School, 4980 Wesley Road, Saanich, BC

David Suzuki and Green Party leader Elizabeth May discuss current environmental concerns. Music, slide show and displays of local environmental organizations. A showing of the David Suzuki film "The Force of Nature," followed by a discussion between David Suzuki and Elizabeth May, with a question and answer session.
Emceed by Ken Wu of the Ancient Forest Alliance. Tickets $30. Tickets must be purchased for entry, and are available in Sidney from Tanner's Books and Salon J; and in Victoria at Hemp & Company and Women in Need. You can also purchase a ticket online at ElizabethMay.ca by selecting the 'Force of Nature w/David Suzuki $30' option. Your ticket purchase will be acknowledged later and your ticket will be at the door.

Time for climate change fix running out, IEA warns - CBC (November 9, 2011)
"The world is hurtling toward irreversible climate change, the International Energy Agency warns, saying that bold action must be taken in the next five years."

“Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection. The next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.” (Ottmar Edenhofer – German economist and IPCC official)

Skeptic's own study finds climate change real, but says scientists should be more critical - The Tyee (October 31, 2011)
"A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly."

Prosperity without Growth? - The transition to a sustainable economy - Sustainable Development Commission Report
"Our economy is geared, above all, to achieving growth. In times of recession especially, economic policy is all about returning to growth. But a financial crisis can also be an opportunity for some basic rethinking about what the economy is for, and how through some fundamental restructuring of our financial system we can safeguard our economic stability in the future, as well as achieving wider social and environmental benefits."

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth - The Guardian (April 10, 2011)
"Law of Mother Earth expected to prompt radical new conservation and social measures in South American nation".

Sustainable Activism (Interview with David Suzuki (Common Ground, March 2011)

China bans logging in largest forest reserve (CBC - January 10, 2011)

From the climate change negotiations in Mexico:
"There comes a time, when we must look beyond the relentless pursuit of economic growth and look to the long-term happiness of our children." (Ciaran Cuffe, Ireland's Minister of State for Environment)

Tuesday December 14, 2010: Liberal MP, Joyce Murray, introduced legislation in the House of Commons to ban oil tanker traffic on BC’s north coast.

B.C. oil tanker ban motion passes in Commons - Resolution non-binding, likely to be ignored (CBC, December 7, 2010)

Canada among top climate-change culprits: report (CBC, December 6, 2010)