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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ Workshop on Climate Change in HRM: What does it mean to us and how can we respond? Tuesday November 4, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Dalhousie University Students from Dalhousie's School of Planning and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design are currently completing a Special Studio Project examining climate change in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). The project will assess what climate change means to us locally and how HRM can best respond to it in the regional plan. The outcome from the project will be a Brief for HRM's Regional Planning Committee outlining possible prevention and mitigation strategies for climate change, including those related to policy and physical planning. The tasks being completed by the students include: -Understanding how international agreements like the Kyoto Protocol are translated into policy and action at the local level. -Examining the implications of climate change on the Maritime Region -Examining best practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impacts of climate change at the local level. -Examining case studies (national and international) of the way other local governments have responded to climate change. -Conducting a short workshop with interested community members to assess materials gathered and synthesize knowledge. This workshop will produce suggestions for future development within HRM, make recommendations for policy coordination between HRM and other levels of government and advance scenarios of effects and possible responses to climate change for now and the future. Those interested in attending the workshop should contact: Kate Thompson Member of Dalhousie/NSCAD Special Studio Project katethompson@hfx.eastlink.ca 902-861-3953 ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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