In collaboration with the Kawartha World Issues Centre.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Peter Gzowski College and First Peoples House of Learning
Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
This event is intended to raise awareness about the most important issue of our time - climate change. The emissions created for this conference, after conservation efforts, are being offset by Climate Care, a UK-based company. This includes all transportation to and from the conference of everyone attending! In addition, Bullfrog Power will be supplying us with green clean energy!
For a map of the college, click here.
A poster for the event is available here. Please feel free to print and distribute it widely to get the word out!
Schedule
| 12:00 | Conference begins, Booths open |
| 1:50 | Doors open for Afternoon Speakers - Free - FPHL 117 |
| 2:00 | Keynote Speaker #1: Indigenous Issues - Mary May Simon |
| 3:00 | Keynote Speaker #2: Health Impacts - Dr. Quentin Chiotti, Director, Air Program at Pollution Probe |
| 4:00 | Keynote Speaker #3: Ethical Issues - Dr. Moira Howes and Prof. Christine Freeman-Roth |
| 5:30 | Doors Open for Evening Speakers: $5 or by Donation - GCS 114 |
| 6:00 | Keynote Speaker #4: Mike Nickerson - "Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay" |
| 7:00 | Keynote Speaker #5: Elizabeth May - "Kyoto: How to get from here to there." |
| 8:30 | Film screening: An Inconvenient Truth |
Click here to find out about the great locally-sourced and organic food available at the conference!
Click here for information about the raffle!
Getting There
We strongly encourage people to leave their cars at home or in a parking garage and bike, take public transit or carpool. For more information on why you should leave your car at home, read this!
If you do decide to drive, you must purchase a $3 parking pass on campus.
Peterborough Moves
Produced by Peterborough Green up
For information on walking, cycling, busing and carpooling within the city, as well as useful information about efficient transportation, visit the Peterborough Moves website.
Cycling
Take the Rotary Greenway Trail.
Public Transit
The East Bank Trent Express route runs until 10:00pm, and the West Bank route until 12:10am.
Driving from Toronto:
- Take Highway 401 east to Highway 35/115
- Follow Highway 115 north
- At Peterborough, exit at The Parkway
- Continue on The Parkway until it ends at Clonsilla Avenue
- Turn right (east) at Clonsilla Avenue
- Clonsilla Avenue will become Charlotte Street
- Follow Charlotte Street into downtown Peterborough
- Turn left (north) at Water Street immediately following the clock tower (Market Hall)
- Continue north on Water Street for 6.5 km
- Turn right on Nassau Mills Road
- Turn right at East Bank Drive for Peter Gzowski College and the First Peoples House of Learning
Driving from Ottawa:
- Follow Highway 7 west (Lansdowne Street) to George Street
- Turn right (north) on George Street immediately following the Peterborough Memorial Centre
- Follow George Street as it turns right into Water Street at Sherbrooke Street
- Continue north on Water Street for approximately 7 km
- Turn right on Nassau Mills Road
- Turn right at East Bank Drive for Peter Gzowski College and the First Peoples House of Learning
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