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SUMMARY:*De-mystifying De-materialization: the Why, What, & How Behind
  Reducing Energy & Materials in Our  Economy - Panel w/Bill Rees, Vane
 ssa Timmer, & Ross Moster at SCARP Symposium (Symposium is sold out)
DESCRIPTION:Village founder and convenor Ross Moster will be part of a
  panel discussion with Vanessa Timmer and Bill Rees on De-mystifying D
 e-materialization: the Why, What, and How Behind Reducing Energy and M
 aterials in our Economy.\nThis panel will be from 10:40 to 12:00 in th
 e morning of Friday, February 10 in Thea's Lounge adjacent to the the 
 GSS Ballroom at 6371 Crescent Rd.\nRegistration  for the Symposium i
 s required. The Symposium is now sold out.\n\n\n\"What does “de-mate
 rialization” really mean? To meet the increasingly pressing challeng
 e of living within the planet’s ecological limits, we are forced to 
 seriously re-think and reduce the vast quantities of energy and materi
 als circulating through the global economy. Experts say we need to red
 uce overall throughput by a factor of 5 to 10! Easier said than done. 
 Come discuss how to translate this vision into action with de-material
 ization thought leaders and practitioners.   \"Bill Rees, founder of E
 cological Footprint Analysis, will kick off the panel, explaining the 
 “why” behind a move toward de-materialization. Bill paints the mac
 ro picture and presents the unprecedented challenge for planners and p
 ractitioners, should they chose to accept it. We will then ground de-m
 aterialization into an accessible narrative by watching a short animat
 ed video narrated by Story of Stuff author Annie Leonard. The video ex
 plains the “what” of de-materialization through an electronics cas
 e study. Vanessa Timmer, from the One Earth Initiative, will then fram
 e the “how” of de-materialization. She will discuss systems thinki
 ng and opportunities to seize key levers of change aimed to achieve gl
 obally coordinated transformation. Finally, Ross Moster, founder of Vi
 llage Vancouver, brings this “how” into clear focus, describing wh
 at some examples of de-materialization look like on-the-ground right h
 ere in Vancouver. The panel will conclude with an open discussion wher
 e symposium participants can join the dialogue about powering-down and
  energizing-up our economy through de-materialization.\"\n\nFor more i
 nformation visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/de-mystifying-de-m
 aterialization-ross-moster-at-scarp-symposium
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CATEGORIES:ubc, workshop, planning, transition
LOCATION:UBC Campus, GSS Ballroom
WEBSITE:http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/news/2012/jan/05/scarp-student-symposi
 um-2012
URL:http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/news/2012/jan/05/scarp-student-symposium-2
 012
CONTACT:(604) 822-3276
ORGANIZER:UBC SCARP and MITACS
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Randy Ch
 atterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Janet:htt
 p://villagevancouver.org/profile/JanetCoates
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jacint S
 imon":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JacintSimon
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