Powering The Future
- Thursday, May 19, 2011 7–8:30pm
Evergreen Brick Works – 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto ON (map)
BMO Atrium, Centre for Green Cities
$10 per person | Buy your tickets online or at the door
This event is organized in partnership with TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative.
How can we tackle the energy challenges of the 21st century?
Energy is an essential part of our lives. With rising prices, peak oil, climate change and the future of conventional energy sources in question, it’s time to discover and support innovations in renewable energy and other clean technologies.
Powering The Future, a lively panel discussion featuring some of Canada’s leading energy experts, will explore these energy concerns, with a special focus on how we can all best respond in our own communities and backyards.
Join moderator and award-winning CBC host Bob McDonald, TREC and Evergreen, as we kick off the Kids’ World of Energy Festival, and be a part of the conversation.
Speaker Bios
Tom Rand
Tom is a Lead Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District. He recently wrote Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World and speaks regularly about issues related to energy and climate change.
Judith Lipp
Judith is the Executive Director of the TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative, a non-profit organization that develops community-owned renewable energy projects and related education programs in Ontario. Previously, Judith spent over a decade researching and consulting on sustainable energy issues spanning four continents, and has helped prepare many studies related to community-based renewable energy development in Canada.
Julia Langer
Julia is Executive Director of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF). Previously, she worked at World Wildlife Fund Canada for 16 years, where she was responsible for various programs, most recently leading WWF’s ambitious climate change campaign.
Emily Wood
Emily is the Ontario Advisor for the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA), working to increase the profile of the solar industry in Ontario and beyond. Previously, she worked as a Policy Advisor at the Ontario Ministry of Energy, managing the Ontario Solar Task Force and helping to co-ordinate and implement the province’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act. Most recently, Emily worked with indigenous communities in Central and South America to develop community-based solar energy projects.
Bob McDonald
One of Canada’s best-known science journalists, Bob has hosted CBCs award-winning radio science program, Quirks & Quarks, since 1992. He is a regular science commentator on CBC News Network, and science correspondent for CBC TVs The National. Bob has been awarded with six honorary science degrees from various universities in Canada.
