24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action event

Come co-create a strategy inspired by a panel of experts and world café with your peers to find our voice (as Vancouverites) on the climate crisis and actions to take both as individuals and as a community.

Every year for a single day, the Climate Reality Project unites the globe demanding solutions to the climate crisis. Join us (The Vancouver Climate Hub), the evening of Thursday November 21st, 2019 at 6:00pm. We’re coming together in support of 24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action to find our voice (as Vancouverites) on the climate crisis and actions to take both as individuals and as a community.

Our panel of experts will open the evening and include:

· Jennifer Tan, (our moderator!), Senior Consultant, Vancity Community Investment Bank

· Jae Mather, Board member of the Board of Change, Co-Founder of the Carbon Free Group

· Yasmin Abraham, Founder and Vice President at Empower Me, SVP of Kambo Energy Group

· Matt Horne, Climate Policy Manager at the City of Vancouver

· Justine Clift, Senior Transport Planning Engineer on City of Vancouver’s Transportation Planning team

· Nelson Lee, Climate Action & Sustainability Advisor

It’ll be an evening focused on the co-creation of strategy with expert speakers and a world cafe portion to engage the public on topics related to the SDG goals 11 (communities, sustainability, affordability, good transportation), 13 (taking urgent action to combat climate change), and 17 (revitalization of partnerships). Key questions for the evening include: How can the public hold gov’t accountable?

RSVP today by donation 👉 on Eventbrite

Location (may change*): Chinatown Peace Church - 375 East Pender (map link)

· Note: Venue may change to a spot in central downtown Vancouver. RSVP today to get the latest alert.

For more details on the UN's 17 Sustainability Development Goals click here.