There are still tickets available for Wednesday night’s special edition of PechaKucha Night at the Vogue Theatre. The series of presentations – dubbed Our Green City – is a collaboration with the City of Vancouver. Here’s the basic skinny:

Five short years ago, we did a PechaKucha Night with the City to celebrate the plan to turn Vancouver into the Greenest City in the world by 2020.

Remember that?

Now it’s time to check in. We’ve got five years left to become the greenest city and have added a new ambitious goal to be run completely on renewable energy by 2050. Are we on track? How do we get there? And what does a truly green future look like for our city, not just in an environmental sense, but socially, economically and culturally?

With recent debates about transit, smoke choking our skies, fuel spills in our waters and the possibility of a pipeline expansion, we think it’s a good time to hear from the local people doing the hard work to create our green future.

The line up of speakers is deep and varied, so it’s likely to be an informative, inspiring evening…

Claudia Li – Co-Founder, Hua Foundation
Mark Jaccard – Professor, Simon Fraser University
Emma Gilchrist – Executive Director, Desmog Canada
Winnie Hwo – Public Engagement, David Suzuki Foundation
Marten Sims – Design and Engagement, Happy City
Jennifer Mayberry – Manager of Environmental Planning, City of Vancouver
Michael Delage – VP, Technology and Corporate Strategy, General Fusion
Elaine Cheng – Founder, Food Connections, Feeding the 5000 Vancouver
Am Johal – Director, SFU’S Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Rueben George – Tsleil-Waututh Sacred Trust Initiative
Andrea Smith – Co-Founder, Sidesaddle
Geoff Dembicki, Sustainability Reporter at the Tyee

Musical Guest: Rae Spoon

Snag your tickets – only $10 – here while there’s still time.