[Stoves] Fwd: EVENT UPDATE: Mexican Environment Secretary to join sustainable and healthy housing experts from across North America, in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico

Thu May 8 10:04:52 CDT 2014

FYI

  CEC Focus on *Healthy Homes in North American remote communities* 
(Air, energy and water): Specific Focus on Indigenous Communities

When: 12–13 May, 2014
Where: city of Oaxaca, Mexico
Cost: Free

Regards,

   Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
   Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
   www.biochar-consulting.ca
   48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
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   CELL: 647-886-8754
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   President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
   National Office, Canadian Carbon Farming Initiative (CCFI)
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     www.carbon-negative.us/symposium
   Member of the Don Watershed Regeneration Council (DWRC)
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"Producing twice as much food with diminishing resources, without further loss of natural habitats and biodiversity and in a changing climate may be the greatest challenge facing humanity."
    - Lloyd Helferty

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Subject: 	EVENT UPDATE: Mexican Environment Secretary to join 
sustainable and healthy housing experts from across North America, in 
the city of Oaxaca, Mexico
Date: 	Tue, 6 May 2014 14:09:33 +0000
From: 	Info CEC
To: 	Lloyd Helferty

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	CEC Event
6 May 2014

      EVENT UPDATE: Mexican Environment Secretary to join sustainable
      and healthy housing experts from across North America, in the city
      of Oaxaca, Mexico

/Agenda released for public consultation to be hosted by CEC advisory 
committee. Visit www.cec.org/JPACOaxaca 
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to register or sign up to watch the live webcast./

*Montreal, 6 May 2014—*Whether in a small Alaskan village where 
wood-burning in homes leads to poor indoor air quality, or an indigenous 
community in Chiapas without access to affordable sources of energy, 
barriers to building healthy, sustainable housing remain a major concern 
for a number of indigenous communities throughout much of North America.

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public 
Advisory Committee welcomes members of the public to attend its meeting 
on 12–13 May 2014, to participate in discussions with leaders from 
industry, NGOs, government, and academia on the subject of *Building 
Healthy and Sustainable Homes in Remote Communities: A Focus on 
Indigenous Communities in North America.* There is no cost to register.

Participants will be addressed by Mexican Environment Secretary Juan 
José Guerra Abud and the Governor of the State of Oaxaca, Gabino Cué 
Monteagudo. Speakers featured in the various sessions include Mindahi 
Crescencio Bastida Muñoz, general coordinator of the Alto Lerma Otomí 
Regional Council and an expert on rural sustainable development from 
Mexico; Molly McCabe, executive director of the Red Feather Development 
Group in Bozeman, Montana, a group dedicated to partnering with American 
Indian nations to develop and implement sustainable solutions to the 
housing needs within their communities; and Bill Semple, an architect in 
Ottawa, Ontario, who served for more than ten years as the senior 
researcher for northern housing at the Canada Mortgage and Housing 
Corporation (CMHC). For a full list of speakers, visit 
www.cec.org/JPACOaxaca 
<http://cec.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5fa638f92a1d9b74d1d595b81&id=209c2443f6&e=98c137e2f1>.

With the goal of providing recommendations on this important 
environmental issue to the CEC Council—North America’s highest-level 
environmental authorities—JPAC, invited experts, and stakeholders will 
explore the following topics:

  * Barriers that limit access to healthy and affordable homes and
    resources in remote communities;
  * Air, energy and water: providing high-quality and affordable
    resources in remote communities;
  * Protecting communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate
    change; and
  * Financing for residential green building projects (new construction
    and retrofits) in remote communities.

This meeting is being held in collaboration with two CEC cooperative 
projects: Improving Conditions for Green Building Construction in North 
America 
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and Improving Indoor Air Quality to Reduce Exposure to Airborne 
Contaminants in Alaskan Native Populations and Other Indigenous 
Communities in North America 
<http://cec.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5fa638f92a1d9b74d1d595b81&id=a0875fb2b2&e=98c137e2f1>.

*Register today*

There is no charge to participate in the public forum, but participants 
must register in advance at www.cec.org/JPACOaxaca 
<http://cec.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5fa638f92a1d9b74d1d595b81&id=a1c235e79e&e=98c137e2f1>.

For those not able to participate in Oaxaca, the meeting will be webcast 
live and the CEC Secretariat will be live-tweeting from the workshop. 
Join the conversation online before and during the event via Twitter 
(follow @CECWeb 
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using #JPAC and on Facebook, at www.facebook.com/CECconnect 
<http://cec.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5fa638f92a1d9b74d1d595b81&id=69498b426e&e=98c137e2f1>. 
For more information, contact the CEC’s JPAC Liaison Officer, Marcela 
Orozco: jpac at cec.org <mailto:jpac at cec.org>. To learn more about the CEC 
JPAC, visit www.cec.org/jpac 
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*About the CEC*

/The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an 
intergovernmental organization that supports the cooperative 
environmental agenda of Canada, Mexico and the United States to green 
North America's economy, address climate change by promoting a 
low-carbon economy, and protect its environment and the health of its 
citizens. The CEC is composed of three bodies: a Council, representing 
the governments of the three member countries, a Joint Public Advisory 
Committee (JPAC) that advises the Council and serves as a liaison with 
the public, and a Secretariat that supports the Council and JPAC and 
prepares independent reports. The CEC brings together governments, civil 
society, and businesses to develop innovative North American solutions 
to global environmental challenges. Find out more at: www.cec.org 
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/CEC initiatives are undertaken with the financial support of the 
Government of Canada through the federal Department of Environment, the 
Government of the United States of America through the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the Government of the United States of Mexico, 
through the/ Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales.

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