Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network

Are you wondering what the carbon tax is all about? What does it mean for you? Come to this event and learn about BC's new carbon tax and how it will affect you - ask your tough questions.

Panelists:

• Graham Whitmarsh - Head, BC Climate Action Secretariat
• James Tansey, CEO and Co-founder of Offsetters.ca
• Jotham Peters - Consultant, MK Jaccard and Associates, SFU School of Resource and Environmental Management

The session will be moderated by Kevin Washbrook of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change (VTACC.org).

This event is FREE, no pre-registation is required.

GRAHAM WHITMARSH
Graham Whitmarsh joined the BC Public Service as Chief Advisor for Carbon Trading in April of 2007. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed the Head of the Climate Action Secretariat following an extensive public competition. As Head of the Climate Action Secretariat, Graham’s responsibilities are critical to achieving the Province’s aggressive targets of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent by 2020 and making the government of British Columbia carbon neutral by 2010.

JAMES TANSEY
James co-founded Offsetters Climate Neutral Society in 2005, and currently sits as its Chief Executive Officer. Since 2006, he has been a professor of Business Ethics at the University of British Columbia, jointly appointed between the Sauder School of Business and the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics. James’ research activities cover a number of areas including social enterprise, climate change, and the social impacts and acceptability of new technologies. His current research focuses on emerging international markets for carboni exchange, social determinants of health in developed countries and the governance of biotechnology and genomics in Canada.

JOTHAM PETERS (bio to come)

KEVIN WASHBROOK (Moderator)
Kevin Washbrook is a director of Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, a Vancouver based organisation which encourages the public to get engaged politically around climate change. His organisation is active on a number of issues, and worked hard through the fall of last year and this spring to mobilise public support for BC's new carbon tax.

If you know of any groups interested in tabling at this event, please contact Lorien Henson at lorien@30days.ca. This event is hosted by the 30 Days of Sustainability Society. For all 30 Days events, visit www.30days.ca.