Green events post: jan. 21-28

Tuesday January 22, 6:30-9pm Ethical Investing 101 Amnesty International hosts an educational panel discussion developed to provide tools and information to any investor who wants to ensure their investments make a more positive social and environmental impact. More information at www.amnesty.ca/business Suggested donation $10 Location: Labatt Hall (Room 1700 - SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings)

Wednesday, January 23, 10am Market Insights Q4 Breakfast Seminar Light House Sustainable Building Centre presents strategies for marketing green buildings and analysis of issues of consequence to the BC market. More info at: insights@sustainablebuildingcentre.com. Fee $52.50. Location: SFU Segal Graduate School of Business @ 500 Granville Street.

Wednesday, 23 January, 7-9pm Using the Vancouver Food Charter in Your Neighbourhood Barbara Joughin and Trish Kelly of the Vancouver Food Policy Council host a series of interactive workshops designed to help neighbourhoods use the Vancouver Food Charter to create a just and sustainable food system. Free admission. Location: Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House @3981 Main Street.

Thursday, January 24 11am-5pm Through the Green Glass: Climate Change Symposium for Education Leaders The Columbia Institute Centre for Civic Governance presents a half-day symposium for education leaders on getting a head start on going carbon neutral in your school district. Through the Green Glass will provide a firm understanding about the climate change challenge we are facing globally with workshops and plenary sessions in planning, operations, curricula, and school design that will help put BC’s school districts ahead in the fight against climate change. Featuring keynote speakers Severn Cullis-Suzuki and climate change scientist Dr. John Fyfe. For more information visit: http://www.civicgovernance.ca/greenglass Location: Coast Plaza Hotel 1763 Comox Street

Thursday, January 24, 7pm The Long Emergency Is Vancouver’s Problem Too. Lecture on sustainable development by urban critic James Howard Kunstler. Free admission. Location: SFU Harbour Centre @ 515 W. Hastings Street.

Thursday, January 24 7-9pm 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama Location: The Norman Rothstein Theatre 950 W. 41st Avenue (Jewish Community Centre)

Thursday, January 24 7pm Peace Begins with Me – Motivation to Change your Life Location: Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre 1181 Seymour Street An uplifting evening with Ted Kuntz, M.Ed, winner of the 2006 Lifetime of Leadership Award - leave inspired! Start a movement of peace and make internal resolutions permanent by learning practical tools that lead to a healthy and positive life, including a unique “pay it forward” kindness initiative that reminds you daily to do something good for other people. Ted Kuntz, M.Ed is recognized internationally for helping individuals, families and organizations joyfully manage the challenges and stresses of life. He will share insights from his bestselling book, Peace Begins with Me, insights he learned from his own personal journey as the father of a child with disabilities.  All proceeds to HANS Health Action Network Society, a charity dedicated to the health of individuals and the environment. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $5 discount for HANS members. Register at www.hans.org or call 604-435-0512

Thursday, January 24 3-7pm Sustainability 1.0: the Upside of Greening your Business (expo) Sustainability 1.0 will bring together resources, incentives and tools that make it easy for businesses to understand, adopt and profit from sustainable practices. The expo will showcase creative speakers and companies that are experiencing success by ‘going green’. Learn from successful local businesses leading this green revolution. Find out why they did it and how you can do it as well. Free event. Location: Chapel Arts 304 Dunlevy Avenue

Saturday, January 26 8am-5pm Alternative and Integrative Medical Society (AIMS) 8th Annual Conference: Healthy Food, Healthy People, Healthy Earth: How we can revolutionize our health through sustainable food systems This conference is oriented toward students and the general public who have an interest in health and its connection to food, the environment and local food systems. The daylong event will provide a survey and practical summary of recent research, issues and discussions about the global food industry, local industrial agriculture and how that pertains to the individual. There will be particular emphasis on tangible ways in which people can be involved in alternative and local food systems. The scope of the conference will cover the interaction between food, society, and the environment. Scientists, health care professionals and other experts in the field will share the latest research and strategies in advancing environmental protection and human health through the food we eat. Their views will be presented from an integrative, complementary and alternative medicine (ICAM) perspective while maintaining scientific principals and an unbiased, evidence-based quality. Topics to be covered may include pesticide use, organic crops, sustainable food production, native and local foods, nutrition and raw foods. The conference format will involve lectures with question-and-answer sessions, a variety of breakout sessions and interactive workshops. For more info, see: www.aims.ubc.ca/conference Location: Forest Sciences Centre, 2424 Main Mall UBC

Saturday, January 26 10am-2pm The Winter Farmers Market Location: WISE Hall 1882 Adanac Street at Victoria Drive Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the Month, November 2007 to April 2008

Saturday, January 26, 2-4pm Cleanse and Detox Workshop. Learn how to eliminate toxins from your body and how to nourish yourself during a cleanse. More information at farah@thesmilingyogi.com Fee $35. Location: Open Door Yoga @ 1111 Commercial Avenue.

Saturday, January 26, 2-4pm Your Greener Home. Interior designer Eileen Wosnack, owner of Eclectrix Organic Home in White Rock, presents an overview of creating a green home. More information at info@sustainablebuildingcentre.com Suggested donation $2-5. Location: Light House Sustainable Building Centre (1575 Johnston on Granville Island)