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SUMMARY:Creating Carbon Neutral Cities Down Under - An SFU Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Creating Carbon Neutral Cities Down Under: Reflections on 
 Climate Change and Sustainability from Australia\n\nSeptember 14, 7pm\
 nVenue: SFU Segal Building, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver\nAdmission
  is free; reservations are required.\nReserve at www.sfu.ca/reserve\n\
 nIn conjunction with Urban Studies at SFU, we're pleased to be hosting
  the Mayor of Fremantle, Australia, for a special lecture.\n\nDr Brad 
 Pettitt’s talk will explain Fremantle’s recent sustainability jour
 ney and how community support was nurtured and harnessed towards this 
 goal despite a lack of leadership on climate change at the national le
 vel. Dr Pettitt will explain the key sustainability projects the city 
 of Fremantle has embarked on including the City of Fremantle’s recen
 tly installed solar PV array which was the largest in Western Australi
 a. He will also explain proposed future sustainability initiatives. Hi
 s talk will also reflect on global sustainability and climate change d
 ebates from an Australian perspective and the connection with US and i
 nternational policy.\n\nThe City of Fremantle is the first carbon-neut
 ral local government in Western Australia and the second in Australia 
 after the City of Sydney.\n\nDr Brad Pettitt was elected Mayor of the 
 City of Fremantle in Western Australia in 2009. He has been a Councill
 or at the City of Fremantle since 2005 where he chaired the Urban Deve
 lopment Advisory Committee amongst others. Before being elected Mayor,
  Dr Pettitt was Associate Professor and Dean of School of Sustainabili
 ty at Murdoch University. His teaching and research areas include sust
 ainable development, international aid, climate change policy, and loc
 al sustainability planning.\n\nFor more information visit http://villa
 gevancouver.org/events/creating-carbon-neutral-cities
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CATEGORIES:downtown, lecture, sustainability, city
LOCATION:SFU Segal Building
WEBSITE:http://www.sfu.ca/reserve
URL:http://www.sfu.ca/reserve
CONTACT:Web RSVP required.
ORGANIZER:SFU Urban Studies Program
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