The Rising Seas Summit brings professionals together to highlight the interrelationships between sea level rise, climate change and extreme events. Understanding, anticipating and adapting to water related threats is critical to national security and a stable economy. Sea level rise will continue to damage coastal ecosystems and inland water systems, and the recent catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated the risks faced by all coastal communities on the U.S. eastern seaboard.

INSIDE ANDASIBE: A FILM ON DEFORESTATION IN MADAGASCAR

Directed by Denise Dragiewicz and Marc Dragiewicz
 

Global warming messages from the students and teachers of the Tushita Foundation, on what we can do and why we should care.

In its 9th annual series, Green Wednesdays at KPU is screening a visually stunning and multi-award-winning documentary "The Messenger" (89 min)

THE MESSENGER is an artful investigation into the causes of songbird mass depletion and the compassionate people who are working to turn the tide.  The film takes viewers on a visually stunning journey revealing how the problems facing birds also pose daunting implications for our planet and ourselves.

In its 8th annual series, Green Wednesdays at KPU Langley is screening "Tipping Point: The End of Oil" this month. Door prizes, refreshments and post-film Q&A with climate change expert Matt Horne from the Pembina Institute.

This film is about the Alberta tar sands – huge and controversial. It follows ground-breaking scientific research into water pollution and the detrimental impacts on the environment as well as human health from these large-scale oil projects.

Strange to imagine how some from a far off planet might view earths inhabitants. If some astronaut left earth say 30 years ago only to come back to the same planet what might they find??

“We stand at a critical point in the history of the planet and the steps which we take over the next few years will determine the future of the natural world and the sustainability of mankind.”
-Lewis Pugh