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posted by edoherty in on Nov 14, 2012 - View profile

Vancouver

Champlain Heights Neighbourhood Meeting:

How Can We Get Off Tarsands Oil?


7:00pm
 - 9:00pm
Thursday November 22 2012

Venue: Kanata Coop Community Hall
Address: 7155 Blake St, Vancouver
Cost: Free

Thursday November 22nd 7-9pm

Kanata Coop Community Hall  7155 Blake St, Vancouver

The Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Tar Sands pipelines are big news, as is the climate crisis in the wake of ‘frankenstorm’ Sandy. But until now the challenge of phasing out Tar Sands oil consumption has been largely ignored.

Join us for a solutions focused multimedia presentation with transportation planner Eric Doherty, including examples from cities that have quickly gone from gridlock to transit and cycling meccas. A facilitated discussion on will follow the presentation.

Organized by the Council of Canadians Vancouver - Burnaby chapter. The Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens’ organization, with members and chapters across the country.

Eric Doherty is a transportation planner and environmental consultant. He co-authored the Wilderness Committee / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report Transportation Transformation: Building Complete Communities and a Zero-Emission Transportation System.
 


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