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CEC Focus on <b>Healthy Homes in North American remote communities</b>
(Air, energy and water): Specific Focus on Indigenous Communities<br>
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When: 12–13 May, 2014<br>
Where: city of Oaxaca, Mexico<br>
Cost: Free<br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Regards,<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar-consulting.ca">www.biochar-consulting.ca</a>
48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754
CELL: 647-886-8754
Skype: lloyd.helferty
Steering Committee coordinator
Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI)
CURRENTS, A working group of Science for Peace
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President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
National Office, Canadian Carbon Farming Initiative (CCFI)
Organizing team member, 2013 N/A Biochar Symposium:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.carbon-negative.us/symposium">www.carbon-negative.us/symposium</a>
Member of the Don Watershed Regeneration Council (DWRC)
Manager, Biochar Offsets Group:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475</a>
Advisory Committee Member, IBI
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/">http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar.ca">www.biochar.ca</a>
"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</pre>
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<h3 style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color:
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UPDATE: Mexican Environment Secretary to join
sustainable and healthy housing experts from
across North America, in the city of Oaxaca,
Mexico</h3>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 20px;"><em>Agenda
released for public consultation to be
hosted by CEC advisory committee. Visit <a
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to register or sign up to watch the live
webcast.</em></p>
<p style="color: #000000;font-family: Arial,
sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 20px;"><strong>Montreal,
6 May 2014—</strong><span>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.<br>
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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 <strong>Building Healthy and
Sustainable Homes in Remote Communities: A
Focus on Indigenous Communities in North
America.</strong> There is no cost to
register.<br>
<br>
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 <a
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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:
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<li>Barriers that limit access to healthy and
affordable homes and resources in remote
communities;</li>
<li>Air, energy and water: providing
high-quality and affordable resources in
remote communities;</li>
<li>Protecting communities most vulnerable to
the impacts of climate change; and</li>
<li>Financing for residential green building
projects (new construction and retrofits) in
remote communities.</li>
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This meeting is being held in collaboration with
two CEC cooperative projects: <a
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North America</a> and <a
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target="_blank" style="color: #2A5DB0;">Improving
Indoor Air Quality to Reduce Exposure to
Airborne Contaminants in Alaskan Native
Populations and Other Indigenous Communities
in North America</a>.<br>
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<strong>Register today</strong><br>
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There is no charge to participate in the public
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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 <a
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Liaison Officer, Marcela Orozco: <a
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governments of the three member countries,
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with the financial support of the
Government of Canada through the federal
Department of Environment, the Government
of the United States of America through
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