| 2009 Main Stage |
Green Living was pleased to welcome exciting speakers, celebrities, authors, and activists to our Main Stage at the Green Living Show. Below is a full schedule of events from 2009.
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| Saturday, April 25, 2009 | ||
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 Photo: Nick Wiebe |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Stephen Lewis The Health Impact of Global Climate Change In 1988, Stephen Lewis chaired the first international conference on Climate Change, which drafted the first comprehensive policy on global warming. Two decades have passed since the political leaders, ambassadors, scientists and environmental activists joined Stephen in declaring what remains one of the best, though starkest, pronouncements about global warming: “Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to global nuclear war.” From his unique historical perspective, Stephen Lewis will talk about those consequences, focusing on the interconnection of health, social justice and poverty in the context of global climate change. |
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1:00 – 2:00 pm David Bach Go Green, Live Rich In his presentation David Bach explains how wasting money and hurting the planet go hand-in-hand, and how living in line with your eco-values actually puts you on the road to financial freedom. Drawing from his New York Times bestselling book Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying, Bach illustrates how making small changes are not only good for the planet but for your wallet as well. Bach is the author of seven consecutive bestsellers including The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late, Finish Rich. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and was a recent host of CNBC’s The Millionaire Inside. |
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3:00 – 4:00 pm Gabriel Draven and Greg Bonser Home Energy Workshop: Creating Your High-Performance Home Do you have a vision for turning your home into an ultra-efficient high-performance home? The eco-efficiency revolution is just starting, bringing with it new technologies and thinking about home energy efficiency. From determining your objectives and understanding the technology to creating your strategy and undertaking your home efficiency project, ask your questions to Gabriel Draven, Co-founder of Toronto-based high performance design company Village Technologies. Joining Draven (left) will be Greg Bonser (right), a long-time ecological health advocate, architectural designer, real estate developer and Co-founder of Village Technologies. |
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4:30 – 5:30 pm Stephen Beatty, Toyota Driving for Change: The Road to Sustainable Mobility As the automotive industry continues to evolve, it is important to focus on the future of the industry and in bringing sustainable mobility options to Canadians. Stephen Beatty, Managing Director at Toyota Canada Inc., will discuss Toyota’s long-standing commitment to the environment and to producing technologies that will realize the goal of transportation options that exists in harmony with our planet. |
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6:00 – 7:00 pm Alanna Mitchell Sea Sick: Global Oceans in Crisis All life on earth depends on the oceans and the global ocean is in crisis. Alanna Mitchell will discuss the current state of the world’s oceans and the fact that we are altering everything about them; temperature, salinity, acidity, ice cover, volume, circulation and the life within them. A Torontonian, Alanna Mitchell is a former science and environment reporter at The Globe & Mail. In 2000 she was named the best environmental reporter in the world by Reuters and she is also an associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. She is the author of the new international best seller Sea Sick: Global Oceans in Crisis. |
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11:00am – 12:00pm Glen Peloso Green Home Design: How to Get Maximum Style on a Minimum Budget Green design is here to stay and can be achieved more inexpensively then ever before. Glen Peloso, Principal Designer of Glen Peloso Interiors, will discuss short term versus long term savings and will offer tips on questions to ask when shopping, how not to give up your creature comforts, and how to stylishly re-use and re-purpose around your home. Glen appears regularly on TV’s Restaurant Makeover, Take This House & Sell It, and Renovate My Wardrobe. He also is a regular guest on 99.9 Virgin Radio, E Channel CHTV Morning Live, CTS TV, and regularly writes for Our Homes, Home Decor, Condo Life, Viva Canadian Home Trends magazines, and is a contributor to Canadian Living. |
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12:00 – 1:00 pm Adria Vasil Ecoholic at Home Hot on the heels of completing her newest Ecoholic Home (available October 2009), Adria Vasil will share tips on greening and retrofitting your home on a budget while showing you how to sniff out hidden toxins as well as phony green product claims. Optimistic and cheeky, Vasil is the author of the smash success Ecoholic and column of the same name which appears weekly in Now magazine. |
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2:00 – 3:00 pm Frank Ferragine Green Gardening In this presentation, Citytv personality and gardening expert Frank Ferragine will share organic gardening tips and let you know how green gardening can save you money. Frank Ferragine is the Weather Specialist on Breakfast Television (BT) and Gardening Expert on BT, CityLine, CityOnline and CityNews. |
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3:00 – 4:00 pm Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie Slow Death By Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health If you are concerned about the level of toxins you and your family are exposed to every day, you must attend this presentation. Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, co-authors of Slow Death By Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health (in stores May 9) discuss how the living of daily life creates a toxic soup in all of us. They will empower you with practical ideas for protecting you and your family and changing things for the better. Dr. Rick Smith is Executive Director of Environmental Defence and one of Canada’s leading environmentalists. Bruce Lourie started one of Canada’s largest environmental consultancies and is President of the Ivey Foundation. |
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Candice Batista Main Stage Host Candice Batista is the host, creator and producer of A Greener Toronto, a TV series airing on Rogers TV. She is an environmentalist and green-living advocate who has dedicated her life to animal rights and the environment. A Greener Toronto was born out of her deep desire to open people’s eyes to the realities of today’s world. Batista is also the host and associate producer of Pet Central on The Pet Network and has been commissioned to produce a national green TV series for ichannel. |
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Adam Stiles Main Stage Host
CityNews Meteorologist Adam Stiles recently moved to Canada, and has worked in a variety of climates from the desert to the beaches, before joining the Citytv family in 2008. He loves weather forecasting and the GTA’s weather is about as challenging as it comes — a challenge that he looks forward to daily! |
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