Join the UCLA and UofC Eco-Club with MLA Laurie Blakeman, Calgary City Councilor Brian Pincott, and Patricia Cameron from Green Calgary to discuss sustainability in Alberta!

For the last few decades, Alberta has prospered with the Oil and Gas industry. However, this industry has some serious environmental impacts that need to be addressed. Can we diversify and become more sustainable (in energy, environment and its tie to society)? What are the obstacles to sustainability in Alberta? And most importantly, what do we need to do to make our province greener? This panel discussion will focus not just on the environment, but also on its connection with our industries and our society.

This is an open event so please bring your friends! We want to hear what people think, and have an open and democratic discussion.

When: Thursday, January 19^th, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Where: Environmental Design (Professional Faculties) Building, Room 2140
Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend. Please forward this invite to anyone potentially interested in attending.

Upcoming Sustainability Series Seminars:

Ximena Gonzalez De Aguinaga, on All-inclusive tourism development: Contested Space in El Borrego, Las Islitas and Matanchén Beaches (Mexico,) January 26, 2:00 PM Room 2165
Judy Stewart, LL.M. on Low Impact Development:  Opportunities and Barriers for Implementation in Alberta, February 2, 2:00 PM Room 2165
David Cooper, Calgary Transit Planner, An Intensive Introduction to Transit Planning, February 9, 2:00 PM

“URBANIZED is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.”

More info:
http://www.calgaryfilm.com/2011/schedule/film/1991/?utm_source=CivicCamp+Calgary&utm_campaign=70f44e5d5a-january+2012+postcard&utm_medium=email

We are hosting a meet and greet night at The Kilkenny Irish Pub on Thursday January 19^th. This is an opportunity to catch up with members of the club and learn about the exciting things we have planned for this semester! We will be meeting beginning at 7 p.m. (feel free to join later) and have a section booked so just look for a large table of familiar faces.

We will be providing drinks and food, and since there are no exams yet I’d encourage everyone who can make it to come early before we inevitably spend the whole budget. There won’t be an Urban CSA booth set-up during clubs week so we also implore anyone interested in the club to join us and buy a membership for only 5 dollars, which will pay for itself immediately.

I’m sure many of you are intimately familiar with Kilkenny, but for those who aren’t it is located in Brentwood just across from the University, walking distance from transit and the University. 3630 Brentwood Rd NW.

Also a reminder, we are hosting a trip to Edmonton at the end of the month and there are still a few spots available. Cost is approximately $200 and trip goes from January 25^th to the 27^th. Email contact@urbancsa.org to join or for more info.

TLDR

When: 7pm; Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Where: The Kilkenny; 3630 Brentwood rd nw
What: Food, drinks, and UrbanCSA company

Hope to see everyone there!

My name is Sabrina Maschmeyer. I am the Community Relations Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area is a donor supported, volunteer-driven organization recognized for our mentoring programs for children and  youth in schools and communities throughout Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Rocky View County and surrounding areas. We match young people 6 to 18 years of age with caring volunteers in a variety of mentoring programs.

Many of your co-students are already volunteer Big Brothers or Sisters with our agency, so many that we also have a BBBS Calgary Student Club on campus. This year our goal is to serve 2142 children and youth and we cannot do it without volunteers such as students from U of C. We are hoping that you would be willing to either let us come and speak with your membership at your next event or send out information about how to become a member.

If you are interested, you may contact either myself at 403-692-1865 or sabrina.maschmeyer@bigbrothersbigsisters.ca or by contacting our student club at bbbs@ucalgary.ca (or they will be at clubs week). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Sabrina

MEDesPlanning flyer 2012

This year we have planned a trip to Edmonton, where we will be spending three days and two nights exploring many of the City’s major planning initiatives, and other interesting community activities. Some highlights of the trip will be discussions on:

· The Downtown Area Plan
· City Centre Airport Redevelopment
· Southeast-West LRT · 118th Avenue Revitalization
· A ghost tour (pending)
· A meet up and discussion with the President of APPI, Beth Sanders
· And exploration of Edmonton’s night life

The trip will run from Wednesday, January 25th to Friday, January 27th. We will be staying at the Holiday Inn in downtown Edmonton. A number of planners from the City of Calgary will be joining us on the trip. This trip will be an excellent learning and networking experience; an experience that will be useful to put on your résumé, or talk about during an interview. Because the trip will be more expansive than in the past, we estimate that the cost will be approximately $200.00 per attendee (for bus fare, and hotel, etc). We are working on trying to supplement this cost, so it may lessen.

Currently there are 15 spots available for UrbanCSA members. If you would like to join us, or have any questions about the trip, please contact us at contact@urbancsa.org. Spots will need be filled within the next couple of days, so please make sure to contact us as quickly as possible.

All UrbanCSA members and friends (the more the merrier!) are invited to come to the Drum and Monkey Pub, on Saturday December 10^th, 2011 from 7:00pm until whenever.

We’ll get you started with a few nachos, wings and pitchers on us.

See you there!

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What: End of Semester Pub Night

Where: The Drum and Monkey Pub (1201 1^st st  SW)

When: Saturday, December 10^th, 2011 @ 7:00 pm

Richard T.T. Forman, considered by many to be the ‘father’ of landscape ecology and road ecology, will be speaking at the downtown campus as part of The Faculty of Environmental (EVDS) Design Matters lecture series.

Forman, a professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University’s graduate school of design, has helped to catalyze the emergence of urban-region ecology and planning. His primary scholarly interest links science with spatial pattern to interweave nature and people on the land.

His presentation will explore the outward implications of urbanizations in the ring-around-the-city and propose ideas for dramatically reconnecting land and society.

For more info:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/november30-2011/urbanization?utm_source=UToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=November-30-2011-Exploring-Urbanization