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What is an 8-80 City?

February 24, 2015 Gisela

World-renowned urban advisor Gil Peñalosa recently conducted a workshop at the CommUnity Innovation Lab, held in Kamloops Feb. 3 – 5.  Approximately 80 people took part in the workshop and walking tour of our downtown, and about 200 people attended the evening … Continue reading What is an 8-80 City?

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Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 Gisela

GE Free is thrilled to host the first film in the Films for Change series (’cause a change is gonna do ya good!)  Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?  is a winner of 10 international film … Continue reading Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?

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Test your climate IQ, win a cookie!

June 3, 2014January 14, 2015 Kamloops 350

Kamloops 350 has come up with a unique way to start a conversation on climate change, and the public is invited to try it out tomorrow at Clean Air Day, downtown Kamloops from 9 am to 3 pm. Bonus: there … Continue reading Test your climate IQ, win a cookie!

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2 days ago

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Here's a chance to provide input on a City plan! How can we make future development on the North Shore more sustainable? ...

City wants feedback on future of Kamloops' North Shore - Kamloops News

www.castanetkamloops.net

The city is looking for feedback from the community on the North Shore Neighbourhood Plan, which includes some big ideas for the commercial areas.
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4 days ago

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Kamloops' Chris Torres is urging all of us to send a quick note to Councillors expressing support for Councillor Singh's motion to accelerate the buildout of cycling infrastructure. Sounds like a fine idea! transitionkamloops.net/2021/01/lets-make-2021-the-year-of-the-cyclist-in-kamloops/ ...

Let's make 2021 the Year of the Cyclist in Kamloops! - Transition Kamloops Network

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Councillor Arjun Singh is putting forward a motion to accelerate investment in alternative transportation infrastructure, making it possible to implement the Transportation Master Plan goals in 5 years, rather than 20 years.
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6 days ago

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Safe, separated cycling infrastructure makes EVERYONE safer. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190529113036.htm ...

Cycling lanes reduce fatalities for all road users, study shows: Roads are safer for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists in cities with robust bike facilities

www.sciencedaily.com

The most comprehensive study of bicycle and road safety to date finds that building safe facilities for cyclists is one of the biggest factors in road safety for everyone. Bicycling infrastructure -- specifically, separated and protected bike lanes -- leads to fewer fatalities and better road-safety...
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3 weeks ago

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This sounds like fun! Test your recycling knowledge!Do you know what goes where? Test your recycling knowledge by playing the Waste Sorting Game! Play until January 3 and enter to win one of two $100 GC's from @ourfootprintsco Eco Store & Refillery, which also includes one free year of compost drop-off through @friendlycomposting.

Play at Kamloops.ca/Wastewise or in the Waste Wise app.
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3 weeks ago

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Well, we know that trickle down economics doesn't work. Shall we give trickle up a whirl? www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/report-suggests-basic-income-could-accelerate-canada-s-economic-recover... ...

Report suggests basic income could accelerate Canada’s economic recovery

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Paul Smetanin, president at Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss their independent study on possible basic income programs for Canada. He says the goal is to lift low income families out of poverty and that the trickle up effect will support economic growth.
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BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

1 week ago

BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

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Singh wants 2021 to be Year of the Cyclist in Kamloops

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

Imagine cycling and walking infrastructure that flow seamlessly through Kamloops. It could include Thompson Rivers University, connect neighbourhoods, provide viable commuting alternatives to . . .
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BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

1 week ago

BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

New information: “It is our best understanding that, if we bring down CO2 to net zero, the warming will level off. The climate will stabilize within a decade or two. There will be very little to no additional warming,” says climate scientist Joeri Rogelj, a lead author of the next IPCC report.

insideclimatenews.org/news/03012021/five-aspects-climate-change-2020/
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Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero - Inside Climate News

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Parts of the world economy may have been on pause during 2020, dampening greenhouse gas emissions for a while. But that didn’t slow the overall buildup of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which reached its highest level in millions of years.  If anything, research during the year showed global warming...
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BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

2 weeks ago

BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

"If you just put a toe in the water, you never know where it is going to lead. Small opportunities can become big ones." ...

This Calgarian ditched the oilpatch for a career in sustainable energy

www.nationalobserver.com

“No matter where you work, I respect you for putting food on the table. But I do have to say that my life has additional meaning now,” Nick Kendrick says.
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BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

2 weeks ago

BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

This is written from the European perspective but the trend will be the same here in Canada.

www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/27/combustion-engine-car-factories-are-stranded-assets-in-a...
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Race is on as carmakers shut, switch or sell combustion engine factories

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Manufacturers’ share prices will be dependent on their ability to avoid losses on ‘stranded assets’, says analyst
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BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

1 month ago

BC Sustainable Energy Association: Kamloops Chapter

Awesome news! Trudeau has announced today a gradual hike in the federal carbon tax on fuels to $170 a tonne by 2030. Gasoline, natural gas, fuel oil and propane will all cost more, helping to wean consumers off fossil fuels.

To compensate for increased costs, "the government said it will continue to return most of the money collected by this program through rebates."

"The average family of four in Ontario will collect roughly $2,018 a year in climate rebates by 2030."

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-hike-new-climate-plan-1.5837709?fbclid=IwAR3eDUuqVQ6PQOEzTMZm...
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Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030 | CBC News

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today released the government's strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 — and its centrepiece is a gradual hike in the federal carbon tax on fuels to $170 a tonne by that year.
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