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Events - YEP Calgary

Join us every second Wednesday of the month for our speaker series and networking events! These are a great opportunity to learn about what people and organizations are doing on the environmental front, as well as a chance to share a beer and good conversation with other YEP members.

Monthly Meetings are held every second Wednesday of the month after work from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. and are hosted in the basement of at Ceili's Irish Pub (803- 8th Ave SW, Calgary) - unless otherwise posted.

Most speaker events are free for members and $5 for non-members. All welcome!

February Speaker Event

Wednesday, February 10th - Joe Obad from Water Matters will be speaking about

his report on securing source water protection in southern Alberta

http://www.water-matters-org/

Deville's in Arts Central (SE corner of second level - 100 7th Ave SW)

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., speaker starts at 6:00 p.m.

Socializing & Networking 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm     

http://www.devillecoffee.ca/  

Past Events

Wednesday, January 13th - Presentation by Satya Das, author of Green Oil

November 18th - Bruce Carson, the Executive Director of the Canada School of Energy & Environment will discussed Canada’s position and possible climate strategy heading in to Copenhagen. (held at deVille's)

October 14th - Next Generation Biofuel

SFN Biosystems presented their work to develop a bioenergy project from

waste heat & CO2.

Sept 9th - Ganesh Doluweera, PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering and Energy and Environmental Systems at the University of Calgary, speaks about carbon offsets in the oilsands industry with a focus on cogeneration.  

Carey Booth from the City of Calgary speaks about the Low Carbon Future Summit being held on September 18th.                                                           Kim Kiel with Alberta Ecotrust presented on their River Rally event to be held in Devon at the end of the month. 
 

May 13th - Discussion on Low Carbon Fuel Standard with:

Brent Stuart – Suncor

Jeremy Moorhouse – Pembina Institute

Joule Bergerson – University of Calgary

April 8 - Carl Morrison, through the Sierra Club of Canada, will presents the Action Grizzly Bear Campaign.

March 26 - Andrew Hessel speaks about open source biology as a tool to fix environmental challenges

March 11 - Career Night with Bob Mitchell, ConocoPhilips, Noel Keough, University of Calgary, Meera Nathwani-Crowe, Shell, Stephanie Jackman, Respect for Earth and All People  

Jan 13 - Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation and author of "A thousand barrels a second," examines the future of oil and offers insights into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs.

Sept 10 - Clean Calgary discusses Healthy Homes and Sustainable Living

June 13 - Brade Clute from Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC) spoke about sustainability in retail and supply chain management.

May 14 - Wind Power in Alberta with Jason Edworthy from TransAlta Wind and Theresa Howland from Bullfrog Power.

April 9 - Career Night with Kelly Matheson, Canadian Hydro Developers,. Allan Amey, ICF Consulting, Dave Poulton, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), and Robert Steedman, National Energy Board.

March 12 -  Carbon Market with David LaBarr from Blue Source Canada, the leading climate change offset portfolio in North America.

January 16 - A Discussion on Nuclear Energy with Wayne Henuset, President and Co-Chairman of Energy Alberta Corporation and Marlo Raynolds, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute.

Past events have included:

• Career Development Evening (with Kathy Strong-Duffin: City of Calgary, Guy Greenaway: Mistakis Institute for the Rockies, Sandra Marken: ENCANA, Peter Zimmerman: CH2M Hill Consulting, Andrew Paul: Alberta Sustainable Resource Development)
• Federal Government's new "Green Plan" (Don Wharton, TransAlta)
• Armchair session at Globe 2006 (special Vancouver YEP/CEP event with Justin Trudeau)
• Canada’s Environmental and Sustainable Development Commissioner (Johanne Gélinas)
• Environmental Impacts of In-situ, “Death by a Thousand Cuts” by Pembina (Simon Dyer)