Dr. Andrew J. Weaver (Victoria, B.C)
He has been featured as one of the 25 Power Thinkers in BC by the BC Business Magazine, selected as one of the top 5 Canadian scientists by Time Magazine, and was selected as the 11th place on the Financial Post Business's hot 2- Climate Change Power List of most influential Canadians in the debate on how Canada should deal with the threat of climate change.
Dr. Andrew J. Weaver is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in climate modeling and analysis in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria (UVic). Andrew's career in climate change ranges from working with the United Nations on an Intergovernmental Panel on climate change, authoring several journal articles and books, including Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World and Children and Science, both of which will be published in 2008.
Dr Weaver has received many research grants and awards, including the following:
- 2002 Killam Research Fellowship and a CIAR Young Explorers award as one of the top 20 scientists in Canada under the age of 40
- 2005 University of Victoria Craigdarroch Silver Medal for Excellence in Research
- 2006 recognition from BC School Superintendent's Association and the Greater Victoria School District for his weather station in schools project.
For more about Dr. Weaver's career in climate change, visit his website at: http://climate.uvic.ca/people/weaver
Shaunna Morgan
Senior Manager at the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, MSc in Botany, helps First Nations communities develop comprehensive community plans that take climate change into consideration. Have bio and pictures from Shifting Tides Tour
Pasha Carruthers
BSc in Archaeology and Botany, Climate Change Officer for Cook Islands National Environment Service, represents Cook Islands at regional and national climate change conferences, has participated in COP in Africa, South America, Montreal, Bali, etc, etc.
Terra Nostra Organic
Terra Nostra Organic is a small, progressive, environmentally conscious Vancouver based chocolate company that offsets 100% of their carbon emissions! This amounts to offsetting 466,200 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually. They purchase wind power from RECs (Renewable Energy Credits) Clean and Green, and are a third party certified by Green-e. The RECs are bought directly from community based wind farms, allowing the profits to be maintained and re-invested to build more infrastructures to produce renewable Green-e energy.
Among many of their products Ricemilk Choco bars are somewhat different in their process, where the chocolate plant was built for sustainable chocolate production based on an energy system that is both cost effective and environmentally friendly. This process is known as Heat exchange where the heat is transferred to cold and vice-versa, which is up to 82% energy efficient!
"We all have to do our part in every way we can. Chocolate doesn't have to induce guilt. Its resurgence in the limelight has inspired people to become more educated and ethically aware of the chocolate process from bean to bar. Chocolate production is becoming an important aspect of deciding which chocolates consumers choose to eat and it's important that consumers keep demanding superior quality products created with high ethical standards, keeping indulgence in balance with sustainability. As the awareness and standards for Organic and Fair Trade advance, we strongly believe that green production becomes the next phase in our industry," says Terra Nostra's Founder & President Karlo Flores.
www.terranostrachocolate.com
