Environment Seminar Series: Climate Change: on the front lines of an existential crisis with Anna Marie Cipriani
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About the Seminar
The seminar will provide an overview of the City of Kitchener's Corporate Climate Action Plan called Pivot: Net-Zero, Community Climate Action Plan called TransformWR and Community Climate Adaptation work. What responsibility and vulnerabilities do we share in our respective communities with regards to Climate Change? Now what?
About the Speaker
Anna Marie grew up in Hamilton, ON with her father and maternal grandparents emigrating from Italy. She was the first member of her family to attend university. She is a Registered Professional Planner with the Canadian Institute of Planners. She has an undergraduate degree (BES) in Environment and Resource studies and a Masters Degree in Planning from the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. Anna Marie transplanted to Waterloo, married a Mennonite and her daughter has started first year Engineering at McMaster University. She worked for the City of Waterloo for 23 years, starting as a student labourer, then onto contract after contract and then into brand new positions in environmental protection (2001) and sustainability (2016). The last 3 years she has worked at City of Kitchener as their Corporate Sustainability Officer. Her portfolio includes corporate and community focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation. A daily meditation and pilates practice supports her in meeting life and this body of work with a bit of grace, some days more than others - surely.
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