Posted by Arden Henley | Mar 5, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, news, sustainability
Shifting the Paradigm: 2024 Conference on Physician Leadership On May 23 in the form of a pre-conference workshop, GTEC executive director Dr. Arden Henley; psychiatrist, education scholar, artist, and associate professor at the University of Toronto, Dr. Diane... Posted by Arden Henley | Jan 2, 2024 | climate change, international news, news, sustainability
It was tenuous, unclear until the last moment, but at COP 28 in Dubai the world crossed a critical threshold. Delegates at this conference, some 90,000 in all, agreed that the world must transition away from fossil fuels “in our energy systems, beginning in this... Posted by Arden Henley | Dec 7, 2023 | climate change, international news, news, sustainability
Dubai, UAE, December 1, 2023 – for immediate release PRESS RELEASE COP28 Presidency puts food systems transformation on global climate agenda as more than 130 world leaders endorse Food and Agriculture Declaration A range of initiatives supporting food and... Posted by Arden Henley | Dec 4, 2023 | community, international news, news, opinion
The GTEC Team wish to convey our deep and heartfelt concern regarding the violence occurring in Gaza, the West Bank and in Israel. We are in support of non-violent political negotiation directed towards a mutually agreed to solution, and express solidarity with all... Posted by Arden Henley | Nov 28, 2023 | climate change, international news, news, policy, sustainability
Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada The federal government of Canada is not on track to meet the 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below the 2005 level by 2030. While the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan included important mitigation measures to... Posted by Arden Henley | Sep 25, 2023 | climate change, community, lifestyle, news, opinion, sustainability
This Op-Ed by Linda Thyer and Arden Henley, was originally published in the Vancouver Sun, August 29, 2023. Opinion: The smoke in the air that impairs our health and compromises our capacity to breathe is a form of subsidizing the fossil fuel industry Here we are on...