Credit - Tom Kay
In this month's Centennial Speaker Series webinar, Forest & Bird Freshwater Advocate Tom Kay will be talking about working with nature to avoid disasters - how 'making room for rivers' and other nature-based solutions can help us out of the problems we've engineered.
In this talk, Tom will show us how the way we have managed our environment has exacerbated disaster risk. He will talk about the impact of flood protection engineering on the health of our rivers, how this is made worse by the loss of wetlands and forests, and outline a 'new' way of thinking about building resilience to climate change in our communities.
Tom will also discuss Forest & Bird's advocacy for wetlands and forests, the impacts of extreme weather, examples of councils using nature-based solutions, and opportunities the election brings to influence party promises.
Join us on Zoom at 7:30pm, Thursday 31 August.
Register for the webinar here.