Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook Society provides grassroots leadership and an inclusive process, with a voice for all community members, to ensure that our community grows and develops in a way that incorporates an environmental ethic, offers a range of housing and transportation choices, encourages a vibrant and cultural life and supports sustainable, meaningful employment and business opportunities.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Are modern humans inherently unsustainable?

A symposium from Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology

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  • Start Date: September 30, 2014
  • End Date: October 01, 2014
  • City: Kimberley, BC
  • Venue: Kimberley Conference Centre
  • Last day to register extended till Sept 19th, 2014
In a keynote address, open to the public,  Dr. William Rees will explore the question of whether modern humans are inherently unsustainable.

Founder of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, Dr. Rees is well known for work in human ecology and ecological economics. He is perhaps best known for his book on his method, Our Ecological Footprint (1996, co-authored with then PhD student Mathis Wackernagel.) You may read more about Dr. William Rees here: http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/people/william-rees
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