BCAG Public Meetings
BCAG public meetings typically start with 10-15 minutes of news and updates, followed by a one hour presentation. There is usually an opportunity for discussion or questions and answers at these presentations.
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at the Brockville Public Library, 23 Buell Street, Brockville [Google Map], our partner in the presentations.
Meetings are held on the 4th Sunday of the month, except for July and August when meetings are on Saturday. There is no meeting in December.
All are welcome to attend.
NEXT REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
When: September 26, 2010, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
What: Local Harvest Potluck Dinner / AGM
Where: St. Paul's Anglican Church hall, corner of Pine and Victoria Streets, downtown Brockville
UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS
October 24, 2010: [TBA]
November 28, 2010: Cam Mather, The Eco-nomic Approach to Renewable Energy: Maximizing payback, Minimizing impact and Developing Resilience to a changing world
January 23, 2011: [TBA]
February 27, 2011: [TBA]
PAST PUBLIC MEETINGS
2010
August 21: Blake Poland, Transition Oakville: The Transition Movement
July 24: Bob Sneyd, Centre for Sustainable Watersheds: Ways to Reduce Your Water Footprint
June 27: Feature documentary The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
May 23: Diana Beresford-Kroeger, botanist/author: Signing of The Global Forest (Viking, May 2010)
April 25: Stoneleigh, The Automatic Earth: The Economy Trumps Peak Oil and Climate Change
March 28: Feature documentary In Transition: From oil dependence to local resilience
January 24: Jennifer Kiwala, SWITCH: Ontario's FIT and microFIT programs
2009
November 22: Don Young, Dean Applied Science, SLC: Careers in Emerging Technologies
October 25: Charles Forman, Switchgreen Inc.: Switchgrass-based pellet production
September 27: Wendy Banks, Wendy's Mobile Market: Local food markets and distribution
September 16 (Special): Ted Hsu, SWITCH: Policy options: Carbon tax, offsets, cap-and-trade
August 22: Paul Lowe, ReDriven Power Inc: 2 - 20 kw wind turbines
July 25: Feature documentary HOME
June 28: Chris Weissflog, EcoGen Energy: Solar water heating
May 24: Allan Hamilton, Norterra Organics: High-grade, high-volume composting
April 26: Lynne Leblanc, Atel Air: Air and ground source heat pumps (geothermal)
March 22: Joanne Adair, WWF-Canada: THE GOOD LIFE carbon calculator
February 22: Dave Alguire, organic market gardener: Starting an Urban Vegetable Garden
January 25: Brad Leonard, Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow: Wood/pellet stoves
2008
November 23: Mike Jordan, Upper Canada Solar Generation: Solar power generation
October 26: Dan Brunet, AmeriSpec of Cornwall: Home energy audits and the ecoEnergy program
September 28: Jerry Heath, Local Flavours / Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network
August 24: Open discussion
July 27: Feature documentary Crude Awakening
June 22: Chris Bellemore, Outreach Coordinator, St. Lawrence Islands National Park: Species at Risk
May 25: Shelley Gallagher, parent and EcoTeam member, EcoSchools and the UCDSB
April 27: Wayne Grady, author of "The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region"
March 30: Peter Breedyk, project lead: BCAG Powerpoint presentation
February 24: Don Ross, Executive Director, Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network
January 27: Maureen Pascoe-Merkley, Director of Planning, City of Brockville
2007
November 25: Danielle Schami, Al Gore's Climate Project
October 28: Steve Walker, Hearthmakers: Home energy efficiency and the ecoENERGY program
September 23: Open discussion
August 26: David Morgan, Director, Parks & Recreation, Brockville
July 22: Feature documentary The End of Suburbia
June 24: Mike Nickerson, author: An open discussion about our changing times
May 27: Alfred Von Mirbach, ecoPerth: Organizing for local action
April 22: Gord Brown, MPP: Launch of BCAG website
March 25: Inaugural meeting
