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myhouseidea · 5 years ago

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Lazard Avenue is a project designed by Newsam Construction + Catlin Stothers Design and is located in Mont-Royal, Québec, Canada. Photography by Drew Hadley.

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The option to downsize was not an option for the empty nesters who have resided in this home for over twenty-five years. Situated in a prestigious neighbourhood in Montreal, the sprawling residence has been the venue for many social events, dinner parties and family gatherings. With grandchildren on the way, the homeowners elected to embark on a renovation that included several rooms in the home. The objective was to inject a modern aesthetic into a new kitchen, library, master bedroom and en suite, while respecting the classic architectural details throughout the rest of the home.

The kitchen had been relocated to the garage in a previous renovation, which presented several design challenges. Low concrete ceilings, ventilation ducts and cinderblock walls required diligence in achieving a plan that would create the illusion of height and light. Sombre cabinetry from the previous kitchen gave way to a brighter palette of white and bleached butternut. White surface-mounted monopoints add architectural interest and juxtapose a sculptural suspension with an industrial influence, over the dining table. Concealed LED strips add ambient lighting for evenings.

Creating a highly efficient space for cooking and an atmosphere conducive to entertaining both large and intimate gatherings were the primary design criteria for the kitchen. The floor to ceiling matte white cabinetry conceal appliances and an abundance of storage, while providing contrast to the warm hues of the blonde wood. Handle free cabinetry maintains a minimal design while an integrated ash butcher block in the island allows two people to simultaneously prep meals.

Floating wood picture rails create a mini-gallery that enable the homeowners, avid art collectors, to easily display and interchange different pieces of art at various times.

Walls were relocated on the second-floor plan and reconfigured to include a library, spacious closets, and a luxurious en suite of dramatic proportions. The custom teak library leading into the master bedroom, stores a prolific collection of drawings and art books. To eliminate the feeling of separate rooms, all door openings were raised to full height and maximum widths.

The minimal design of the master bedroom marries old and new, and is anchored by white oak engineered floors. A shortage of closet space had previously forced the homeowners to use other bedroom closets for storage. Reclaiming a third of the library, created a spacious walk-in closet for her, and a generous wall of closets for him in the master bedroom.

Large white oak panels dominate the bedroom and wrap around the partition wall into the master en suite. Consistent materials create a visual flow and unify the two rooms as a single volume. The en suite is easily accessed from two entries, with full-height pocket doors providing privacy as needed.

Spacious yet intimate, the master en suite features materials selected for their respective organic compositions, which enhance an inviting atmosphere. Oversized porcelain tiles maintain classic characteristics in a modern format. The veining of each tile was scrutinized in advance of the installation to ensure both a sense of movement and a seamless flow between the walls and floors. Radiant floors transition seamlessly into the European shower and towards a concealed linear drain.

Data Sheet: Official name of the project: L A Z A R D Location: Mont-Royal, Québec, Canada Budget: $250,000+ Project end date: May 1, 2016 Principal Designer: Catlin Stothers, Catlin Stothers Design Designer: Talia Kirschner, Catlin Stothers Design Contractor: Newsam Construction Project Managers: Paul Schapira & Fida Khouri

Collaborators: Photo credits/Photographer: Drew Hadley Millwork: KB Signature Electrician: Joe Mucci, Falcon Electric Plumber: Robert Saracino, Saracino plumbing Quartz/Bathroom Ceramic: Ceragres Kitchen ceramic: Stone Tile Bathroom and Kitchen Fixtures: Batimat Appliances: Signature Bachand Lighting: Homier Luminaire, Bocci, Lambert & Fils

Lazard Avenue by Newsam Construction + Catlin Stothers Design Lazard Avenue is a project designed by Newsam Construction + Catlin Stothers Design and is located in Mont-Royal, Québec, Canada.

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justlookfrightened · 6 years ago

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Locked out, Part 27

Start from the beginning here: Part 1

Read previous installment here: Part 26

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Monday passed in a blur, with the community picnic in the afternoon and fireworks in the evening. Eric was pleased to see the pies he made the evening before disappear quickly at the picnic, and enjoyed catching up with his camp kids from previous summers.

No one was outright rude, even if he felt like some of ladies of his parents’ generation were looking at him more than was polite. Most of the people his age simply ignored him, which was about the best he could hope for.

He did see a couple of his old hockey teammates, which was fun. He wished he could tell them that he was skating every week with an NHL player -- forget dating, they’d love to hear about his practice sessions with Jack. But it was probably better not to talk about the time they spent together, especially here, where not being out didn’t stop people from assuming his sexuality.

Lying back on a blanket next to his mother to watch the fireworks, he couldn’t help thinking how much better it would be if he was lying next to Jack, with his parents nowhere in the vicinity.

He told Jack about it that night -- their latest talk yet.

“You can tell people we skate together,” Jack said, looking confused. “You can even tell them you’re faster than me. I don’t mind.”

“But they all think I’m gay,” Eric said.

“So?” Jack said.

“So if you’re willingly skating with me, then they’ll think you must be gay too,” Eric explained.

“That really doesn’t follow,” Jack said. “I mean, are all of the hockey teammates you have ever had been gay? Everyone you trained with for figure skating?”

“First, they think any guy who figure skates is gay, which -- at least from the perspective of 14-year-old me -- is sadly not true,” Eric said. “And no, of course not all of my teammates are gay. But they don’t have a choice about being on the ice with me. You do.”

“Eric, they voted you captain,” Jack said. “No one made them do that. And I know it’s hard because I’m not ready to be out publicly -- not yet, if I can help it -- but that won’t last forever. I promise. For now, no one can tell me I can’t have friends who are gay. And of course you can talk about me to your friends and family.”

Eric didn’t argue, but privately thought Jack just didn’t get it. Providence was generally an LGBT-friendly city. From what he’d read about Montreal, it was too.

The next day, he sat at the kitchen table, plotting out a couple of vlog episodes he wanted to record that week, including one with MooMaw as a guest star. They had talked about it yesterday, and he promised he would give her a copy of the video.

He was tapping at his laptop, wondering if they could get away with two -- maybe even three? -- recipes, since he had learned so much from MooMaw, when his mother set a glass of tea next to him and took the seat opposite.

“You’ve been home for almost three days and I feel like we’ve hardly had a chance to talk to each other, Dicky,” she said, sipping at her own glass. “How are you doing, really? Not too lonely up in Providence all by yourself?”

“It’s fine, Mama,” Eric said. “I mean, the people at work are nice. My boss, James, makes sure I know I’m invited out with the team every week.”

“What’s that like?”

Eric shrugged.

“Okay, I guess. I only went once,” he said. “They’re all older than me, and I work with them, so …”

His mother made an encouraging noise.

“It’s just a little hard to be myself?” he said.

“Tell me about them,” she said. “What’s this James fellow like?”

“He started the Greenhouse, and he’s the one I work with most,” Eric said. “Kind of like a cross between a yuppie and a hipster? He’s, I don’t know, somewhere in his 30s? Smart. Very smart. Is into using social media to help the startups he works with get attention.”

“Is he a family man?” she asked.

“He’s not married, I don’t think,” Eric said. “At least he’s never mentioned anyone. Marcus, though, is engaged. He’s got like half a dozen pictures of his fiance on his desk. And Shelly -- the one who started the farmstand, she’s married and has kids.”

He didn’t mention that her wife’s name was Gloria.

“Have you had much of a chance to cook? You said your landlord didn’t want you using the kitchen too much.”

“Actually, remember the guy I mentioned? Jack? I told him about how I couldn’t bake, and he offered to let me come over and use his kitchen,” Eric said. “Mama, you should see it. It’s gorgeous -- gas range with an electric oven, marble countertops, and I could live in the cabinet space.”

“Sounds lovely,” his mother said. “But you should be sure not to wear out your welcome. You don’t want to take too much advantage of his kindness.”

“It’s not really like that, Mama,” Eric said.

“No? Then what is it like?”

“It’s just that --” he really likes me, and I like him, and we’ve been sleeping together three nights a week? Nope. That wouldn’t work. “It’s just that he really likes my food, because you know how most people are -- they barely know how to feed themselves -- so I make sure not to just make desserts, and whatever I make I share with him.”

“Oh,” his mother said. “I guess that makes sense. Almost like you’re a personal chef or some such.”

It struck Eric that his mother thought almost the same thing Tater did, although Tater thought Jack was paying him to cook. Well. His mother knew better than Tater how much access to a kitchen was worth to him.

That night, the backdrop behind Jack was different. The room was paneled instead of painted, and the curtains were a cheerful checked pattern.

“We came over to the lake house today,” Jack said. “In Nova Scotia.”

“Isn’t that, like, a long way from Montreal?”

“I guess,” Jack said. “But the flight’s not long, and there’s several every day.”

“But don’t you have to get to the airport like two hours ahead?” Eric asked.

“Not really,” Jack said. “We all have Trusted Traveller identification, and the lines aren’t long. And it’s only a short drive from the airport to Hatchet Lake.”

Eric wondered, briefly, about that: Did they rent a car every time? Keep a car there? At their house or at the airport? Wave a wand over a pumpkin and have it turn into a carriage?

Instead, he asked, “What’s it like there?”

“Really quiet,” Jack said. “It’s summer, so there are more people around, but there’s woods and meadows, and we’re not far from the ocean. I spent a lot of time here after … after my overdose. I think my parents were taking turns staying with me, a few days at a time. But it was the only place I could really relax and just think. It’s where I decided to keep playing and enter the draft again the next year.”

“It sounds like it’s important to you,” Eric said.

“It is,” Jack said. “That’s why I wanted to share it with you. Maybe I’ll send you some photos tomorrow?”

“That would be great,” Eric said.

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rabbitcruiser · 6 years ago

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Above Ottawa’s Roofs (No. 8)

The Library of Parliament's roots lie in the 1790s, when the legislative libraries of Upper and Lower Canada were created; these operated separately until the creation of the Province of Canada in 1841 and the collections were amalgamated and followed the provincial capital as it moved between Kingston, Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec City. The library was to be established in Ottawa after, in 1867, Queen Victoria chose Bytown as the new seat for her crown in the Dominion of Canada, and the Library of Parliament Act formed the institution in 1871.

Though construction of the present library began in 1859 and the collection arrived in Ottawa in 1866, work was halted in 1861 and was not completed until 1876, when the 47,000 volumes—including several donated by Queen Victoria—were installed. Around 1869, the builders discovered that they didn't have the technical knowledge to build the domed roof, meaning that Thomas Fairbairn Engineering Co. Ltd. of Manchester had to be contracted to provide a pre-fabricated dome within a few weeks; this gave the Library of Parliament the distinction of being the first building in North America to have a state-of-the-art wrought iron roof. Further, in 1883, the library's 300 gas lights were converted to electricity. However, such additional costs brought the library's price to $301,812, a sum added on top of the total cost for all the parliament buildings, which had already gone far above the original allotted budget. Within only 12 years, the entire roof was stripped of its slate shingles in a tornado that hit Parliament Hill in 1888, since then the roof has been clad in copper.

The library's contents grew over the next five decades and were saved from the 1916 fire that destroyed the majority of the Centre Block; the building was only connected to the main complex by a single corridor and the library clerk at the time, Michael MacCormac, secured the library's iron doors before the fire could spread into that area. Fire eventually broke out in 1952, in the library's cupola, and caused extensive damage through smoke and water. It was then necessary to perform structural work, as well as to install a replica of the inlaid parquet floor and dismantle the wood panelling and ship it to Montreal for cleaning and partial fireproofing. The Centre, East, and West Blocks subsequently received extensive climate control and electrical upgrades, but the library was largely overlooked.

The deficiencies, plus conservation, rehabilitation, and upgrading, were addressed when a major, $52 million renovation was researched in 1996 and undertaken between 2002 and 2006. Public Works and Government Services Canada contracted the Thomas Fuller Construction Company (operated by the building designer's great-grandsons) to manage a project that fixed leaks in the roof and crumbling mortar in the walls on the exterior, as well as extensive repairs to the wood and plaster work and the installation of climate control systems on the interior. Also done at the time was a nine metre deep excavation of the bedrock beneath the library building, in order to provide more storage space, mechanical areas, and a link to an existing loading dock. The project used precision survey, laser measurement, photogrammetry, and the then fledgling technology of Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application. After four years of work, the library was opened to the public, with tours of the library resuming on 5 June 2006,though Thomas Fuller Construction filed a $21 million lawsuit against the Crown for cost overruns.

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Canada F1 Grand Prix, Montréal

Canada F1 Grand Prix, New Paddock, Québec Modern Spectator Facility, Architecture Images

Canada F1 Grand Prix – New Paddock, Montréal

16 Mar 2021

Canada F1 Grand Prix – New Paddock

Architects: Les architectes FABG

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

As part of a renewal agreement for the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, the city of Montreal had to replace the existing temporary structures with a larger permanent building that would more adequately meet the needs of the event. The new paddock includes garages for the teams, offices for the International automobile Federation (FIA) and the promoter, a lounge area for 5,000 people and a Multimedia Center for journalists and broadcasters. All furniture and equipment are shipped from abroad and installed for the duration of the event.

To facilitate the completion of the$ 50 million project in the 10 free months between the two Grand Prix editions, the building was designed as an assembly of prefabricated parts including concrete panels, steel beams and columns, CLT wooden beams and panels, curtain walls and removable partitions. It can also be easily disassembled and recycled materials in case of Grand Prix termination.

Unlike other international grands Prix, the lounge areas have no exterior walls and are not air-conditioned, the interior spaces are minimally finished and the building must make responsible use of the public funds invested while equipping Montreal with equipment that reflects our identity and values for an event seen by more than 300 million people around the world.

Concept The building echoes the innovative structures that marked Quebec’s imagination when the 1967 World’s Fair was held on the site of Île Notre-Dame. The Terre des Hommes logo using the Y to represent men with outstretched hands remains an indelible symbol of this summer that marked the advent of modernity here. The wooden structure proposed for the roof is based geometrically on this memory and reflects our desire to move away from the images and values usually associated with motor racing and more specifically with Formula 1. The advent of new owners and executives at the head of the circuit has made possible the acceptance of this proposal, which corresponds to their desire to move away from the ostentatious globalized luxury in order to highlight the cultural and geographical specificity of each stage of the circuit and adapt it to emerging values.

The new Paddocks will accommodate up to 13 stables, each of which will have two front access for single-seaters, drivers and technical teams, as well as a service access located at the rear of the building for equipment or for quick access to the redeveloped hospitality area.

Designed without a permanent division, the garage space is modular according to the needs of the teams at each edition of the Canadian Grand Prix : temporary partitions will be used to create the desired divisions and thus suit the technical needs of this constantly evolving sport.

The building presents a completely new configuration of the space for sports commentators and representatives of the FIA and FOWC : the distribution has been redesigned to meet the need for stakeholder interactions with the action taking place on the circuit. Unlike the Old control tower which was made at height to offer good visibility on the track, the new tower is arranged horizontally on 2 floors right in the building, as new race control technologies now require less direct visibility.

A media space is integrated into the building rather than being located in a temporary marquee, in order to provide quality services to journalistic representatives, namely modular lighting, a suitable ventilation system and electrical and telecommunications connection boxes including optical fiber.

This media space is also a rental space made available to Montrealers for events outside the Grand Prix period in all seasons.

The building has been designed to multiply the views on the race track, but also on the entire environment of the park that surrounds it, with the development of several terraces on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

The new building being higher presents a 360-degree panorama to the spectators. On one side, a close-up view of Jean-Doré Beach, the Casino de Montréal, former Pavilion of France during Expo 67, as well as the former Pavilion of Quebec that is adjacent to it. In the distance, the city of Montreal, Mount Royal and its cross are visible.

On the other side, you can see at first glance the Olympic pool where groups of rowing, canoeing and dragon boats train. Behind, a narrow passage of the St. Lawrence River crossed by freight boats, then the South Shore of Montreal.

Universal accessibility Accessibility has been completely redesigned in the new building : the entire ground floor is on the same level as the ground and the floors are accessible via a panoramic glass elevator located at the east entrance. Bleachers and bathrooms are also provided to ensure universal accessibility and ease of travel.

Sustainable development The structure of the roof of 1425 m3 is made of wood, a durable and renewable material. Since, during its growth, wood captures CO2 from the atmosphere and sequesters it in its fiber, this volume of wood corresponds to the sequestration of more than 1,000 tons of CO2. Wood is thus considered carbonegative, which means that not only does the use of wood in construction generate low carbon emissions, but also helps to remove additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The waterproofing of the roof is carried out with an elastomeric coating covered with white mineral granules in order to limit the heat island effect and the temperature rise for the spectators.

The solar photovoltaic panels on the terrace total 64 m2 and should store enough solar energy in one year to compensate for the energy expenditure required for the complete building at a Grand Prix. The installed system will provide an average of 87,600 kw/hre per year and the estimated energy consumption during the Formula 1 event is 88,940 kw / hre.

Local Production The wood used for the beams, in the form of glued and cross-laminated (CLT), as well as for the decking, in the form of cross-laminated, comes from northern Quebec and values species and small pieces of wood to optimize the fiber of all the trees during the cutting. The precast concrete parts come from a Quebec company, as are the curtain walls and the steel structure. The division into several separate batches of the structure (concrete, steel and Wood) allowed the simultaneous production in the factory of colossal quantities of material as well as their erection in a very limited period of time and despite a harsh winter.

Awards and recognitions Award of excellence, Canadian Architect – 2018 Mention en innovation de l’OAQ – 2020 Grand Prix d’excellence de l’OAQ – 2020

Canada F1 Grand Prix – New Paddock in Montréal, QC – Building Information

Location: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal, QC Commissioning date: May 2019 Client: Société du Parc Jean Drapeau Architect: architects FABG-Éric Gauthier (project director), Marc Paradis (project manager), Nicolas Moussa (project manager) General contractor: GEYSER Group Ing. Structure: CIMA+

About Les architectes FABG Les architectes FABG was founded in 1954 and formerly known as Blouin et Associés, the firm changed its name in 1988 to reflect the succession of a third generation to the management of the company that now exceeds its fifty years.

Since its foundation, the team has an average of fifteen members, and movements within the staff are quite rare. This stability is necessary for the transmission of a corporate culture that promotes the quality of service and products delivered.

The company offers comprehensive architectural services with special expertise in cultural venues and restoration and renovation projects that have earned it more than 50 awards and mentions of excellence here and abroad.

FABG architects mainly serve institutional clients for public projects. Many projects have been or are being carried out with the city of Montreal and its boroughs, from the Pierrefonds Community centre, the restoration of Esso station in Verdun, the Maison de la Culture Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and the transformation of the Bibliothèque Centrale. We have also completed the functional and technical programs for the Montréal-Nord and Saint-Charles libraries.

The effectiveness of the services provided by a firm is measured by the confidence that grants it repeatedly and which has the consequence of gradually strengthening its degree of expertise. Over the past twenty years, FABG has been the recurring choice of major cultural stakeholders (Cirque du Soleil, Jazz Festival, National Theatre School of Canada, Ex-Centris, World Film Festival, Place des arts, etc.) for the realization of many projects in Montreal.

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Air conditioning comes standard on almost every car sold in the U.S. today. Even if you are driving around sweating in a sweltering hot car, it is usually not because the vehicle doesn’t have A/C; it’s because the A/C it has is broken.

Yet for much of the history of the automobile, air conditioning was either a cutting-edge luxury or a sci-fi writer’s dream. The automotive air conditioners of today are the result of a century’s worth of invention and refinement. To give an idea of where we’ve come from, here’s a look back at the history and science of keeping cool in cars.

1886 – The first patent for a production automobile is issued. The vehicle lacks many things you’d expect on a car today: it has no windshield, roof, doors, steering wheel, gas pedal, or brake pedal, and has only three wheels. Needless to say, it also has no A/C.

1903 – A Packard Model F nicknamed “Old Pacific” becomes only the second car to drive coast-to-coast (a two-month trip at that time). Though cars still lack any kind of enclosed cabin, the driver set up a large umbrella to provide shade and make hot desert crossings at least a little cooler.

1919 – The Kool Kooshion seat cover uses small springs to hold drivers about a half-inch above the car seat, allowing air to circulate underneath them and behind their backs. It basically allows the sweat on your back to evaporate and help keep you cool. The Kool Kooshion is actually still sold today at major retailers.

1921 – The Knapp Limo-Sedan Fan is a small electric fan that can be added to the inside of a car (since most cars are now enclosed). Such fans still don’t cool the air, though; they just create a breeze and help evaporate sweat.

1930 – The “car cooler” uses the evaporation of water (rather than your own sweat) to cool air, which is then blown in through the open passenger-side window. Though it’s the first item to actually lower the air temperature, it only works in areas with very low humidity—and, it looks like you have a vacuum cleaner strapped to the side of your car.

1939 – Packard becomes the first car manufacturer to offer air conditioning as an option. The cooling system is located in the trunk, rather than in the dash, and you have to manually install or remove the drive belt from the A/C compressor to turn the system on or off. The option costs $274 at a time when the average yearly income is $1,368. That, plus the start of World War II, causes the option to be short-lived.

1953 – Eight years after the end of the war, A/C finally returns to the automotive industry. Several manufacturers offer A/C as an option, all of them being rear-mounted systems not much different from what Packard used in 1939.

1954 – Pontiac and Nash become the first two companies to fit the A/C system in the front of their cars, instead of in the trunk. The Nash system combines the heater and air conditioner into one in-dash system, establishing the standard that most all cars have followed since.

1964 – Cadillac introduces Comfort Control. For the first time, drivers can set a preferred temperature, and the system will automatically adjust the A/C or heater output to keep the car interior at that temperature.

1968 – The AMC Ambassador becomes the first car to include A/C as standard equipment, rather than an added option.

1969 – Over half of all American cars now have A/C.

1970 – Interdynamics (IDQ) is founded and creates the first do-it-yourself automotive A/C kits.

1987 – Due to concerns about depletion of the ozone layer, the Montreal Protocol is signed, providing a plan for the phase-out of the R-12 refrigerant used in most A/C systems.

1994 – All new automotive A/C systems are required to run on R-134a refrigerant, rather than R-12.

2003 – IDQ launches all-in-one DIY solutions for repairing auto A/C systems. A single can recharges the system with R-134a, seals leaks, eliminates corrosive moisture, and replaces lost lubricant—all in about 10 minutes, with no special tools required.

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Climate scientists try to cut their own carbon footprints

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Climate scientists try to cut their own carbon footprints

In this Nov. 27, 2019, photo, Georgia Tech professor Kim Cobb poses for a photo at her home in Atlanta. Some climate scientists and activists, including Cobb, are limiting their flying, their consumption of meat and their overall carbon footprints to avoid adding to the global warming they study. (AP Photo/John Amis)

For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral.

Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All told, in the last three years, she’s flown 29 times to study, meet or talk about global warming.

Then Cobb thought about how much her personal actions were contributing to the climate crisis, so she created a spreadsheet. She found that those flights added more than 73,000 pounds of heat-trapping carbon to the air.

Now she is about to ground herself, and she is not alone. Some climate scientists and activists are limiting their flying, their consumption of meat and their overall carbon footprints to avoid adding to the global warming they study. Cobb will fly just once next year, to attend a massive international science meeting in Chile.

“People want to be part of the solution,” she said. “Especially when they spent their whole lives with their noses stuck up against” data showing the problem.

The issue divides climate scientists and activists and plays out on social media. Texas Tech’s Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist who flies once a month, often to talk to climate doubters in the evangelical Christian movement, was blasted on Twitter because she keeps flying.

Hayhoe and other still-flying scientists note that aviation is only 3% of global carbon emissions.

Jonathan Foley, executive director of the climate solutions think-tank Project Drawdown, limits his airline trips but will not stop flying because, he says, he must meet with donors to keep his organization alive. He calls flight shaming “the climate movement eating its own.”

Over the next couple of weeks, climate scientists and environmental advocates will fly across the globe. Some will be jetting to Madrid for United Nations climate negotiations. Others, including Cobb, will fly to San Francisco for a major earth sciences conference, her last for a while.

“I feel real torn about that,” said Indiana University’s Shahzeen Attari, who studies human behavior and climate change. She calls Cobb an important climate communicator. “I don’t want to clip her wings.”

But Cobb and Hayhoe are judged by their audiences on how much energy they use themselves, Attari said.

Attari’s research shows that audiences are turned off by scientists who use lots of energy at home. Listeners are more likely to respond to experts who use less electricity.

“It’s like having an overweight doctor giving you dieting advice,” Attari said. She found that scientists who fly to give talks bother people less.

In science, flying is “deeply embedded in how we do academic work,” said Steven Allen, a management researcher at the University of Sheffield, who recently organized a symposium aimed at reducing flying in academia. He said the conference went well, with 60 people participating remotely from 12 countries.

Pennsylvania State University’s Michael Mann, who flies but less than he used to, said moderation is key.

“I don’t tell people they need to become childless, off-the-grid hermits. And I’m not one myself,” Mann said in an email. “I do tell people that individual action is PART of the solution, and that there are many things we can do in our everyday lives that save us money, make us healthier, make us feel better about ourselves AND decrease our environmental footprint. Why wouldn’t we do those things?”

Mann said he gets his electricity from renewables, drives a hybrid vehicle, doesn’t eat meat and has one child.

When Hayhoe flies, she makes sure to bundle in several lectures and visits into one flight, including 30 talks in Alaska in one five-day trip. She said more people come out to see a lecture than if it were given remotely, and she also learns from talking to the people at lectures.

“They need a catalyst to get to the next step and me coming could be that catalyst,” Hayhoe said.

Marshall Shepherd of the University of Georgia will receive a climate communications award at the American Geophysical Union conference Wednesday in San Francisco. But he won’t pick it up in person, saving 1.2 tons of carbon by not flying. He said he doesn’t judge those who fly but wrote about his decision to stay grounded in hopes that people “think about choices and all of the nuances involved in these decisions.”

Former Vice President Al Gore, who has long been criticized by those who reject climate science for his personal energy use, said he has installed 1,000 solar panels at his farm, eats a vegan diet and drives an electric vehicle.

“As important as it to change lightbulbs,” he said in an email, “it is far more important to change the policies and laws in the nation and places where we live.”

Teen activist Greta Thunberg drew attention when she took a zero-carbon sailboat across the Atlantic instead of flying.

“I’m not telling anyone else what to do or what not to do,” Thunberg told The Associated Press before her return boat trip. “I want to put focus on the fact that you basically can’t live sustainable today. It’s practically impossible.”

Cobb is trying. In 2017, she started biking to work instead of driving. She’s installed solar panels, dries clothes on a line, composts and gave up meat. All these made her feel better, physically and mentally, and gave her more hope that people can do enough to curb the worst of climate change.

But when she did the math, she found “all of this stuff is very small compared to flying.”

Cobb began turning down flights and offering to talk remotely. This year she passed on 11 flights, including Paris, Beijing and Sydney.

“There hasn’t been a single step I have taken that has not brought me a deeper appreciation for what we’re up against and what’s possible,” Cobb said. “This gave me a profound appreciation for how individual action connects to collective action.”

But there’s a cost.

Cobb was invited to be the plenary speaker wrapping up a major ocean sciences conference next year in San Diego. It’s a plum role. Cobb asked organizers if she could do it remotely. They said no. She promised to do many roles for the conference from Atlanta. Conference organizers withdrew the offer.

Brooks Hanson, executive vice president of the American Geophysical Union, which runs the conference, said in an email that the group supports remote presentations whenever possible. But the wrap-up speaker position “requires in-person interactions with attendees to get the vibe of the meeting and discussions,” Hanson said.

Foley said that shows the problem: “Climate scientists and activists should walk the walk. But we can only walk so far. Then you bump into other things.”

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Blog No. 14

Miller’s Chapter 18: Air Pollution describes the types and effects of atmospheric air pollution. Miller defines air pollution as “The presence of chemicals in the atmosphere in concentrations high enough to harm organisms, ecosystems, or human-made materials, or to alter climate” (Miller 2012, 468). Air pollution can come from natural sources such as dust, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and VOCs emitted by plants and human sources which often occur in urbanized or industrial areas and for the most part results from fossil fuel combustion (469). There are two kinds of pollution, primary pollution is directly emitted into the air in high enough concentrations to be considered adverse and secondary result from primary pollutants reacting with one another (468-469).

The troposphere and stratosphere are the innermost layers of our atmosphere where the former consists of the majority of planetary mass making it very dense (Miller 2012, 466). Air consists of mostly nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%) with the remaining 1% made up of water vapor, CO2, particles, argon, and other greenhouse gases such as methane and ozone (467). Ozone (O3) is an interesting topic because it can be both lifesaving and life threatening depending on where it is concentrated. Ozone in the lower stratosphere acts as kind of a sunscreen as it absorbs harmful solar UV radiation (467). By filtering out UV in the stratosphere, ozone protects us from sun damage and more severe effects such as cancer, not to mention that it makes life on earth possible. Ozone also blocks tropospheric oxygen from being converted into photochemical ozone, a harmful pollutant found in the air (468). While ozone in the stratosphere is integral to life, tropospheric ozone can be a very harmful pollutant. One example of this is discussed in an Environmental News Network article titled “How Severe Drought Influences Ozone Pollution.” The article explains that drought conditions, most recently in California, impact ozone air quality as plants that normally reduce ozone pollution by absorbing the gas through the pores in their leaves are being affected by drought leaving fewer sink like conditions to absorb the pollutant (ENN 2019). On top of this, another ENN article titled “New Threat to Ozone Recovery” announces that, since the 1987 Montreal Protocol where the United Nations banned chlorofluorocarbons, which are major agents of the gas’ depletion, and their recent prediction that the ozone layer is on track to recover completely within the next few decades, a study published even more recently “identifies another threat to the ozone layer recovery: chloroform,” which is used largely in Teflon and refrigerant production (ENN 2018). The study found that between 2010 and 2015, atmospheric chloroform emissions and concentrations have risen significantly in mostly East Asia. The study concluded that if these emissions continue, the recovery of ozone could be delayed another decade. Miller also explains in Chapter 19 that although CFCs were banned, there are a range of other pollutants that deplete stratospheric ozone in addition to chloroform such as hydrobromofluorocarbons in fire extinguishers, hydrogen chloride from space shuttles, etc. (522).

Although ozone can be very harmful, it is not considered a major air pollutant unlike carbon oxides of which there are two kinds. The first is carbon monoxide which results from incomplete carbon combustion such as vehicle exhaust, forest burning, power plant smokestacks, and tobacco and when combined with hemoglobin, can cause heart attacks, lung disease, asthma, and even death. The second kind is obviously carbon dioxide which, for the most part, about 93%, results from the natural carbon cycle whereas the remaining portion is from human activities such as fossil fuel burning and forest clearing (470). Another major pollutant is nitric oxide (NO) which forms “when nitrogen and oxygen gas react under high-combustion temperatures in automobile engines and coal-burning power and industrial plants” (470). Nitrogen dioxide is another pollutant that, when combined with water vapor, produces nitric acid which can lead to acid deposition. Both nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide are major agents in photochemical smog production in congested cities. Lastly, nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas emitted by fertilizer, animal waste, and fossil fuel combustion. Particulates and suspended particulate matter are another pollutant that remain in the air as fine particles largely produced by coal combustion, vehicle manufacturing, and road construction (470). Particulates play a large role in the formation of South Asian Brown Clouds (pictured below) which are contributing to the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, a major water source for important Asian rivers. Researchers believe that the soot particles in the brown clouds absorb heat above the glaciers and when they fall on the white surface, hinder the glaciers’ ability to reflect solar heat thus causing them to absorb heat which ultimately warms the air and contributes to melting (467). Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) exist as atmospheric gases. The most harmful kind is methane which is 20X more effective than CO2 in its greenhouse effect and is largely emitted by plants and wetlands, as well as landfills and cows (471).

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There are two kinds of smog. The first is industrial which consists of mostly “a mix of sulfur dioxide, suspended droplets of sulfuric acid, and a variety of suspended solid particles” and is a major problem in less developed countries where industrialization largely happens in urban areas with little pollution control causing effects like brown clouds. (473-474). The second kind of smog is photochemical which is “a mixture of primary and secondary pollutants formed under the influence of UV radiation from the sun” and is common in sunny, dry cities with heavy vehicle use such as Los Angeles and Bangkok (474). There are five natural ways to reduce air pollution: (1) heavy particles settle out, (2) cleansing by rain and snow, (3) oceanic sea spray washes out pollutants, (4) winds carry pollutants elsewhere, (5) and pollutant removing chemical reactions such as SO2 and O2 that form SO3 “which reacts with water vapor to form droplets of H2SO4that fall out of the atmosphere as acid precipitation” (475).

The factors that increase pollution include urban buildings that reduce wind speed, mountains that reduce air flow, high temperatures that promote photochemical smog production VOC emissions from plants, the grasshopper effect which occurs when “air pollutants are transported at high altitudes by evaporation and winds from tropical and temperate areas through the atmosphere to the earth's polar areas,” and temperature inversion when warm air temporarily lies above cool air causing pollutants to build up as they cannot mix with cleaner air (476).

Indoor air pollution is also a major issue in largely less developed countries and is for the most part caused by tobacco smoke, formaldehyde emitted from building materials and household products, radioactive radon which seeps into houses from rock deposits, and fine particles emitted by cars, coal, and wood burning. In response to Critical Thinking Question #9, the three strategies I would implement for dealing with outdoor air pollution would be congestion pricing in cities to discourage driving, heavy pollution tax on manufacturers, and creating more incentives for renewable energy investment such as electric cars and solar panel installations. For indoor air pollution I would provide all households in less developed countries with clean cook stoves that use biomass from animal waste instead of charcoal or wood and create significantly less pollution. I’d also bring all homes up to code to prevent radon from seeping into them and would ban all formaldehyde containing materials and replace them with safe alternatives.

Miller’s Chapter 19: Climate Disruption and Ozone Depletion discusses the causes and effects of climate change and ozone depletion. Much of the predictions Miller makes about the future have already happened; for example, the book claims that “permafrost is likely to melt,” and it is melting as I write this, which presents a whole new problem besides the melting in that permafrost sequesters huge amounts of CO2 and as it melts, that CO2 gets released (506). The 2018 IPCC report announced that even if every country were to achieve 100% carbon neutrality tomorrow it wouldn’t protect us against the impending environmental devastation; however, we still need to do everything we can to reduce our impact, otherwise lots of people are going to be put at risk of starvation, natural disaster, drought, displacement, etc. Miller explains that climate change is not a new phenomenon; in fact, for the past 900,000 years the atmosphere has exhibited periods of global cooling and warming cycles known as interglacial/glacial periods (Miller 2012, 494). We are currently in an interglacial period “characterized by a fairly stable climate based mostly on a generally steady global average surface temperature” allowing us to undergo certain revolutions such as agriculture. The greenhouse effect is another integral component and is responsible for maintaining the lower atmosphere at a temperature suitable for life through a process where some solar energy absorbed by earth is radiated back into the atmosphere as heat with different wavelengths (Miller 2012, 495). The most abundant greenhouse gases are water vapor, CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide and when heat is radiated into the atmosphere the molecules in these gasses vibrate and release infrared radiation into the atmosphere. As this radiation encounters other molecules, their kinetic energy increases and as a result warms the atmosphere (495).

The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report Summary for Policymakers explains that the last three decades have successively been warmer than any other decade since 1850 (United Nations 2014, 2). Additionally, Miller writes that most climate scientists agree that the earth has warmed by approximately 0.6 degrees Celsius since 1980 (498). While the global average temperature has generally risen, it's also exhibited substantial variability as pictured below (United Nations 2014, 3). The report is essentially a wakeup call, as is every similar document, that if we don’t fundamentally change the way we have been doing things for centuries the consequences will be even more devastating than what we have already seen. We are currently at 400 ppm in global average greenhouse gas concentrations, we need to be at around 360 (Prof’s PowerPoint). The IPCC predicts 4 degrees Celsius as the average global temperature, we need to be under 2. As explicated in the “Six Degrees Could Change the World,” 4 degrees would result in self-destructing rivers and 6 degrees would result in no rivers at all as they will most likely have dried up before we can even reach that point (National Geographic 2008). The video claims that at 5 degrees we’ll have hundreds of millions of refugees, but that is bound to happen well before 5. This video is pretty outdated and most climate scientists can’t even fathom the effects beyond 4 degrees

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I think Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Ed Markey’s Green New Dealwas effective in triggering a more objective conversation in Congress about climate change, but I think that is all it has accomplished as a resolution. I found the document somewhat ill-informed, likely because its authors did not consult a single environmental organization. That said, I’m all for government interference and taxation for the sake of the environment and I think that electing a democratic president is going to be hugely important in realizing some of the actions listed in the document. The “Summary Findings” of the Fourth National Climate Assessment asserts that this is an all-nations on deck situation and that a recognition of our interconnectedness is going to be crucial in making sure we are prepared for what's to come (USGCRP 1970). I think we should start with Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement that essentially demonstrated to other countries that we are not willing to cooperate. Instead of trying to revive the long-dead coal industry, we need to start investing in both simple and complex ways of mitigating the effects of climate change. The easiest method is just to plant more trees. A slightly more tasking method would be to create more artificial wetlands and other carbon sinks to absorb CO2. We need to provide more incentives for switching to clean energy such as solar panels and electric cars. And then the complex methods of phasing out non-renewable energy for 100% renewable. In just a few days 1 billion dollars was raised for Notre Dame, that is a perfect example of the collective power we have, and also somewhat disquieting that people are willing to act for a cathedral and not the earth on which it stands, or other crisis such as poverty and displacement.

I really do believe that we have enough brain power and resources to commit to 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality, among other things. According to the EPA website, my carbon footprint is 2,376 lbs./year compared to the national average of 12,293 (EPA 2015). Granted, I live in a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan which has an excellent transit system; however, we also hardly use any heating or cooling and are very passionate about recycling. Miller suggests we apply the three principles of sustainability “to help reduce the harmful effects of projected climate disruption and stratospheric ozone depletion” through solar and other kinds of renewable energy, reducing waste by bolstering recycling, biomimicry, reducing population growth, and finding substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals and other substances that are clearly detrimental to the environment.

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Discussion Question: Do you think that the Green New Deal has been effective and how so? If not, what do you think is lacking from it?

Work Cited

Miller, Tyler G., and Scott Spoolman. "Chapter 18: Air Pollution." Edited by Scott Spoolman. In Living in the Environment. 17th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012.

Miller, Tyler G., and Scott Spoolman. "Chapter 19: Climate Disruption and Ozone Depletion." Edited by Scott Spoolman. In Living in the Environment. 17th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012.

Van Buren, Edward. “Prof’s PowerPoint Notes.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKbjVLpnX0RMjVGYUwwZlBXa28/view

American Chemical Society. "How Severe Drought Influences Ozone Pollution." Environmental News Network. April 15, 2019. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://www.enn.com/articles/57615-how-severe-drought-influences-ozone-pollution.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "New Threat to Ozone Recovery." Environmental News Network. December 20, 2018. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://www.enn.com/articles/56304-new-threat-to-ozone-recovery.

Brown Clouds. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://www.picsbud.com/images/brown-clouds-d5.html.

United Nations. "Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report Summary for Policymakers." 2014. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf.

U.S. Global Change Research Program. "Fourth National Climate Assessment: Summary Findings." NCA4. January 01, 1970. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/.

National Geographic. “Six Degrees Could Change the World 2.” YouTube. July 05, 2008. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSKrJ4akeCk.

"Carbon Footprint Calculator | Climate Change | US EPA." EPA. June 01, 2015. Accessed April 21, 2019. https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/.

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Things to do in Montréal April 21 to 27

Montréal celebrates spring with in dozens of colourful ways this week: a Cirque du Soleil circus show; a massive art fair; butterflies at the Botanical Garden; literary luminaries at Blue Metropolis; international dance performances; and live music from orchestras to electro.

Spring in the city

Swing into spring for real at the musical mini-playground of 21 Swings outside Place des Arts in the Quartier des Spectacles, part of this year’s Digital Spring art-meets-tech explorations. See butterflies up close and in the hundreds at the Botanical Garden greenhouse’s Butterflies Go Free event, while on April 23 take a tour through the gardens with the Biodôme’s bird experts, part of the Montréal Space for Life‘s many activities. The Stewart Museum marks the 375th anniversary of Montreal and the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with the EXPO 67: A World of Dreams exhibition, highlighting the world fair’s technological innovations, opening April 26. Attend readings, panel discussions, workshops, parties and more at the annual Blue Metropolis literary festival, April 24-30 – also featuring a wonderful Children’s Series. Also fun for kids: the Montréal Science Centre’s CSI: The Experience hands-on exhibition. Take a walk off the beaten path to discover welcoming and wonderful quirky spots in Montréal, from urban caves to arcade bars to Montréal’s best karaoke bars. And have fun for free with free things to do this Spring in Montréal.

Food and drink

Discover the city on Montréal’s best food tours, leading you directly to some of the city’s greatest and most creative food offerings. Catch the yearly end of a Québécois tradition: cabane à sucre sugar shack season – fill up on tourtière, sugar pie, sausages, maple syrup candy and so much more. Add more sweetness to your day at the city’s best candy shops. Explore the menus of new Montréal restaurants, relax with a cup of tea at Montréal’s tea houses, or try a signature cocktail at one of Montréal’s hidden bars. Treat yourself to fine dining in one of downtown’s most historic and decadent districts during Golden Square Mile Restaurant Week. Whether you’re a committed vegan or just trying it out, consult our ultimate guide to vegan eating in Montréal for great places to eat every meal, including dessert! And plan your next visit around Montréal’s fabulous food festivals!

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On stage

Incredible acrobatics, daring feats and an inspiring tale make Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA a must-see for all ages, under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. Tiny fans of British cartoon Peppa Pig will squeal in delight at the live show, April 21 at Place des Arts. In theatre: at Centaur Theatre see Clybourne Park, a neighbourhood drama tracing racial tensions in Chicago, and hilarious and heartwarming Bed & Breakfast; The Segal Centre presents hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, inspired by the true rock ‘n’ roll story of Sam Phillips bringing together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley for an historic recording session; plus family comedy-drama The Shadow Box at Mainline Theatre. As part of Montréal’s winter-spring dance program: Danse Danse presents the hybrid dance, martial arts and theatre of Shay Kuebler Radical System Art, at Place des Arts; the National Ballet of Ukraine performs The Marriage of Figaro at Place des Arts, opening April 26; dancer-choreographer Isabelle Van Grimde questions identity, the perception of the body and its evolution at Agora de la Danse; Danse Cité presents TIERRA by Netherlands choreographer Jens van Daele and O Vertigo’s Ginette Laurin, inspired by the invisible maelstrom of the universe, at Cinquième Salle; (MORE) Propositions for the Aids Museum merges music, images and movement in memory of the AIDS crisis, at La Chapelle; and O Vertigo Creation Centre celebrates National Dance Week with free performances at Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme the evening of April 26.

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Montréal-made art

See the city, past and present, in photographs at Le Centre d’histoire de Montréal’s Ça c’est Montréal, walk up Saint-Laurent to see its bright building-sized murals, and head to Old Montréal at night to see Québéc history unfold in the beautifully bright tableaux projections of Cité Memoire. Photography project Aime comme Montréal celebrates diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Step into Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, to see not only its beauty but high-tech light show Aura. Or step into the 60s at the McCord Museum‘s Fashioning Expo 67, featuring artistic outfits and creative products created by Québec designers for Expo 67.

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Art fairs and more

Browse or buy new art on paper, from Montréal’s many galleries and beyond at the Papier art fair, also featuring talks and guided tours, April 21-23 at Arsenal. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC, featuring 340 pieces by the Russian-French artist with musical accompaniment. The Musée d’art contemporain shows work by foremost Mexican artist Teresa Margolles, as well as Québec artist Emanuel Licha’s Now Have a Look at This Machine documentary installation. Berlin-based British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Never Apart launches its Spring Exhibition, featuring Two-Spirit Sur-Thrivance and the Art of Interrupting Narratives and more, plus a talk with writer-director-drag-queen Sky Gilbert on April 24. Aboriginal Spring of Art 3 presents Kahnawakeró:non (Kahnawá:ke) artists Carla Hemlock and Babe Hemlock’s Tehatikonhsatatie: For the Faces That Are Yet to Come at the Maison de la culture Frontenac in the HOMA neighbourhood, opening April 26. And Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest.

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On screen

Film festival Vues d’Afrique screens African and Créole films and hosts social events April 14-23 at the Cinémathèque québécoise – while there, also see portraits of 20 Québécois directors in 10 + 10 Visages du cinéma québécois. Virtual reality work by Felix & Paul Studios stuns at the Phi Centre‘s Virtual Reality Garden – the Phi Centre also screens Gyula Nemes’s comedy-drama Zero on April 27 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. High-tech visuals and live piano performances by Roman Zavada entrance in Résonances Boréales, while the global Music Legacy Project immerse us in a many musical worlds, both at the Satosphere dome April 11-29. And see David Lynch – The Art Life as well as a Friday midnight screening of Videodrome at Cinéma du Parc.

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The Orchestre Métropolitain takes listeners on a journey of the soul in Hadyn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ at Maison symphonique on April 21. Later on Friday night: Philémon Cimon plays Havana-esque pop songs from his new album at the Phi Centre; it’s a night of ska with The Planet Smashers and more at Club Soda, while Groove Nation hosts an album release party for reggae legends Kingston All Stars with DJs MOSSMAN, Andy Williams and more, Datcha hosts A Tribute to Prince with selections by A Rock, Kris Guilty, Scott C and Shaydakiss, and the Howl! Festival hosts a weekend of activist art and experimental music at Casa del Popolo. On Saturday: brilliant singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson plays an intimate show at the Phi Centre; Aussie rockers Dune Rats drop by Turbo Haus; it’s a pop-punk good time with Courage My Love and The New Electric at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B.; Duchess Says and Frigs reopen L’Escogriffe Bar; and Dutch electro producer Don Diablo rules the dancefloor at New City Gas. Patrice Bélanger hosts a comical introduction to the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal on Sunday, April 23 at Maison symphonique, while later new wavers Generationals and Psychic Twin play Bar Le Ritz P.D.B., and L.A. Witch casts a rocked-out spell at L’Esco. On April 25, tenor Marc Hervieux sings with the McGill Chamber Orchestra directed by Boris Brott at Maison symphonique. Also on Tuesday night, see electronic artist Bonobo entrances with a live band at Metropolis, British electronic pop band Clean Bandits plays Le National, musician-composer Lydia Ainsworth performs at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B., and psych-rockers Moon Duo blow minds at La Sala Rossa. The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus sings Mozart, Schubert and Schoenberg on April 26 at Maison Symphonique, Heavy Montreal presents Testament, Sepultura and Prong at Metropolis, Japanese orchestral-shoegaze group MONO stuns at the Phi Centre, and join local indie-folk-rock-country stars Brad Barr, Jordan Officer, Katie Moore, Plants and Animals and more in a benefit concert at the Rialto Theatre. And Thursday welcomes the heaviosity of Acid Mothers Temple to La Sala Rossa.

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The Tea Party leader taking a stand for solar energy: ‘I will do what’s right’

Debbie Dooley is a self-described crusader for solar power in Florida, where she is up against major public power utilities. But she has already won a similar battle in Georgia, and she says her message is that of a true conservative

Debbie Dooley is a firebrand Republican and an outspoken founding member of the Tea Party. But in a fast-intensifying battle over the future of solar power in Florida, she is not on the side you might expect.

Along with a diverse grassroots citizens coalition including environmentalists and other left-leaning activists, Dooley is taking on Big Energy and its big-spending conservative backers in an intriguing fight that puts her toe-to-toe with her onetime political allies.

She is at the spearhead of a campaign to place an initiative before Florida voters next year that would give consumers the freedom to choose to buy their solar energy from smaller private companies and bypass the mega-bucks utilities.

Its Floridas solar eclipse, says Dooley, who points to statistics she claims are proof that the Sunshine State is trailing the nation in utilising its most plentiful natural resource.

If the initiative is successful, Florida would no longer be one of only four states that prohibits so-called third-party power purchase agreements (PPA), which, in basic terms, refer to a consumer allowing a company to install solar panels with no upfront cost, then paying the company for electricity that the panels generate.

As things stand, only those who can afford the substantial initial outlay can power up from the sun, a situation Dooley says is unacceptable. With Florida 14th in the country in terms of installed solar capacity, only $63m was spent on new installations statewide in 2014, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.

Lets remove the barriers, remove the shackles that protect the monopolies and allow consumer choice and freedom, said Dooley, whose Green Tea coalition of environmentally conscious conservatives is a key component of the Floridians for Solar Choice amalgam.

Unsurprisingly, the big public power utilities dont like the message being pushed by the activists as they tour the state attempting to collect the 683,000 signatures needed by February to get the initiative on Novembers ballot. So companies including Florida Power and Light, Duke Energy, Tampa Electric and Gulf Power are among the donors who have ploughed millions of dollars into a rival group, Consumers for Smart Solar, which is promoting its own initiative that would enshrine in the states constitution their exclusive right to sell solar power.

Their argument is that opening up the industry the way the citizens coalition wants would lead to less regulation and extra expense for traditional consumers in subsidies for the solar industry.

As the duel has become more caustic in recent months, so have the attacks from rightwingers on Dooley, who has driven thousands of miles across Florida with her partner Jason to speak at rallies, lunches and other engagements in support of a new direction for solar power. Some have called her a fake conservative and say she has betrayed her Republican roots. Others have branded her eccentric and dismissed her travels as a solar-powered clown show as she shills for the industry.

I dont worry about the attacks because I understand the political reality, which is theyre afraid of you, Dooley told the Guardian after a recent speaking engagement before the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County.

If youre not being successful, theyre going to ignore you, so Im really getting under someones skin. I have to laugh at that.

Back in 2009, feeling that the Republican party had lost its way, Dooley joined up with 21 like-minded supporters to give the Tea Party movement its first organised structure. I was tired of politics as usual, tired of big money controlling everything, she said, explaining why she became a director of the Tea Party Patriots.

Now, she says, she finds it ironic that much of the criticism comes from rightwing groups who shared her beliefs, including the Koch brothers-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, but which take an opposite stance on clean energy.

True conservatives champion free-market choice, not government-created monopolies that stifle competition. she said. Trying to protect monopolies from competition is not free market. You should be bound by your principles and develop your position on issues based on your principles, not who your financial donors are.

The presence of Dooley, a pastors daughter from Bogalusa, Louisiana, in the midst of the Florida battle could prove to be a trump card, according to Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

Here in Florida, the political leadership is conservative, so having a voice like Debbies and others on the conservative side to be able to stand up for solar is very critical to the success of running this ballot initiative, he said.

Additionally, this is a conflict Dooley has fought and won before. She says the arguments in Florida, and the tactics employed, are similar to those that existed two years ago in Georgia, another red state wrestling with the solar power issue. Despite heavy opposition from the utilities there, and what she says was its $10m war chest against the organisation, Dooleys grassroots coalition won the day, with a third-party solar bill clearing the legislature this April.

If you mentioned solar in Georgia, it was always, No way, no how, but we won that fight with people power, Dooley said. We couldnt match them in money, so we built a coalition, we got free media, we got our message out there. It was easier for us to get press coverage because people were amazed you had these conservative groups, Tea Party groups, the Sierra Club, elected officials, all joining forces to oppose this.

We all had different messages, the different groups, but we were working for the same goal. If we agree solar is the way to go, we come together and ignore issues we may disagree on while respecting the right of everyone to believe and advocate for them. But come together and stay focused. There are many different roads into Atlanta, where I live, and you make your choice depending on which direction youre coming from. What matters is that you end up there.

Debbie Dooley in Atlanta: We won that fight with people power. Photograph: Tom Pietrasik for the Guardian

Even as a little girl, Dooley refused to be put in a box. When her grandfather bought her a dress-up cowgirl costume as a Christmas gift when she was just seven, the self-confessed tomboy complained loudly.

I dont want that. I dont want be a cowgirl. I want a cowboy outfit, Dooley recalls shouting at her relatives. I was so upset, they took it right back and got me the cowboy outfit. Theyd assumed because I was a girl that was what I wanted. But I was not afraid to challenge the norms.

Dooley says her early years following her fathers preachings in Louisiana, Tennessee and Florida helped to shape her political leanings and turned her into the driven character she is today at the age of 57.

I learned at a very early age to speak up and not be taken advantage of. I had no issue doing that, she said. My daddy prepared me well: he was strong, not afraid to take a step out, and I get a lot of my traits from him.

I will do whats right and damn the torpedoes kind of thing. If you know a preachers kid, you know they can be rebellious. People have preconceived notions about you and you fight to show its not like that. You grow up tough, you grow up to be independent.

Any pastor will tell you, you can have 100 in your congregation and only a portion of them will be happy at any one time. You understand that not everyone will be happy; you just do your best and stand for whats right.

Dooley, however, insists that taking a stand does not always have to be a politically charged move. I became a crusader for solar and Im appealing to conservatives, [but] I believe being good stewards of the environment God gave us should not be a partisan issue, she says, pointing out that it was the ultra-conservative president Ronald Reagan who championed the 1987 Montreal Protocol that phased out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from aerosols to protect the ozone layer.

I believe in clean energy. Ive always cared about clean air and a clean environment. Ive always been like that, she said.

I have a grandson, Aiden, who is seven. Hell know I fought for energy choice and freedom, hell know I fought for a clean environment for him, so he wouldnt have a polluted world. I see it is my legacy to him.

Unfortunately, the legacy of some of my fellow Republicans is that they simply denied that we were damaging our environment because they were greedy for economic reasons.