Sustainability and Power: How the 99% can Change the World
Join with social justice, environmental and labour activists to discuss challenges and strategies for creating a world in which people and the planet not only survive, but thrive. We will look at the major problems facing humanity: the escalating environmental crises, mass poverty and growing inequality. What changes are needed to our economic and political system to maintain and nourish our social and biological systems? Explore visions of a world in which human needs are met without compromising the natural ecosystems we depend upon.
The weekend will feature 2 plenary panels and 3 dialogue sessions. Outside of the sessions there will be opportunities to network, and share information through tables, displays, art, etc.
- Saturday: 9 am - 5:30 pm
- Sunday: 9:30 am - 3 pm
To Register, call: 604 323-5322
Cost: $35 for 2 days (includes lunch & snacks), reduced rates available - no one turned away for lack of money
Web: http://www.langara.bc.ca/continuing-studies/programs-and-courses/program...
Phone: Sarah St John, 604 323-5193
E-mail: sstjohn@langara.bc.ca
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/sustain2012
Twitter: @LangaraSusComm
Speakers Include:
- Adriana Paz (Justicia for Migrant Workers)
- Ben West (Wilderness Committee)
- Bob Matters (Steelworkers' District 3)
- Bonnie Hammond (VDLC Young Workers)
- Carlos Moreira (CAW 111)
- Casey Stainsby (Quebec Student)
- Deborah Littman (Metro Vancouver Alliance)
- Derrick O'Keefe (StopWar.ca)
- Eric Doherty(Stop Gateway)
- Gerry Kasten (Dietitians of Canda)
- Harjap Grewal (Council of Canadians)
- Iglika Ivanova (CCPA)
- Ingrid Steenhuisen (Little Mountain Housing Resident)
- iris yong pearson (PeerNet BC)
- Kevin Huang (Shark Truth)
- Leslie Stern (BC Women's Housing Coalition)
- LorraineCopas (SPARC BC)
- Lucas Chan (Youth 4 Climate Justice)
- Mike Lewis (Canadian Centre for Community Renewal)
- Nikki Hill (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society)
- Peter Prontzos (Langara)
- Robin Macqueen (Langara)
- Romi Chandra Herbert (PeerNet BC)
- Suresh Fernando (Occupy Vancouver)
- Sven Biggs (Tanker Free BC)
- Subjects include
- Power, Inequality and Sustainability
- Energy for People and Planet
- Tar Sands Pipelines: Bad for People and Nature
- Transport: Sustainable Access for All
- Food: Feeding people with a healthy planet
- Production as if the Earth and People Matter
- Equality: An Economy for All
- Housing for People and Planet not Profit
- Healthy Living, not Health industry
- Workers' Solidarity
- MovementBuilding
- Finding our Voices
- Creating Campaigns
- How the 99% can Change the World