October 4, 2016 Meeting.
Chaired by President Rob Waine.
Guests: Dr. Chris Campbell, speaker; Joyce Clarke & Rosako, a guest of Bill Robinson, Richard Benoit, prospective member.
Announcements
Service Project at Foodbank
Turnout of 20 people made short work of the warehouse inventory.
Youth Exchange - Paul reported that the information session last week was attended by 30 people, including 9 student applicants. Interviews will be held October 5th .
For our current exchange students, 3 host families have been identified for the student attending Dover Bay school. Families are still needed for the student attending Woodlands School.
Foundation Workshop - the workshop held last Saturday had 45 people attending. This is the last year the training will be held with this event; in future it will be online.
Membership - President Rob announced that Suzy is transferring to the Rotary Club of Edmonton Riverview. She sends greetings to our club and invited us to visit Edmonton.
Induction - Larry Rumming performed the ceremony inducting Richard Benoit as a new member of our club. Richard was sponsored by Jim Turley and is a partner at Mosaic Information Technologies.
Presentation: Canada’s Competitive Advantage in the Global Warming Age
Chris started by pointing out that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 25% since he entered university. Canada, along with other signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement has pledged to take measures to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. Last summer, Canada signed an agreement with the United States & Mexico to produce half of their electricity by 2025 from low-carbon technologies. While the United States is now at a third, and Mexico is at less than 20% of its electricity from low carbon technologies, Canada currently produces 81% of its electricity from hydro, nuclear, wind & solar.
Chris illustrated his presentation with figures taken from a
report released two weeks ago by Dr Mark Jaccard, a professor of sustainable energy in the school of Resource & Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. The report examines the effect of regulations together with carbon pricing on emissions from key sectors of the Canadian economy. He also presented a
figure published by the
Solutions Project, under the direction of Dr Mark Jacobson, professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University; the figure projects a transition to 100% wind, water and solar energy in Canada by 2050.
Next week: Larry & Jim on History of the Club. There will also be an executive meeting.
