T.O. Greenspiration Events: Earth Defenders
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Sep 8 16:30:04 EDT 2013
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Please vote for us!
If you think the work of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance is super exceptional – we're behind ON's coal phase-out after all, and now we're taking on the nuclear industry in Ontario – please vote for us as Best Enviro Group in NOW Mag here: http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1515
And I've been nominated in the Best Activist category alongside other kick-ass enviros. What an honour! Though I'd rather it not be a competition, you can vote here: http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1509
Thank you! - a
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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/
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Urge City Council to Restart the Environmental Assessment for Bike Lanes on Bloor-Danforth & Implement a 2014 Pilot Project
Sign the petition: http://cycleto.ca/urge-city-council-restart-environmental-assessment-bike-lanes-bloor-danforth-implement-2014-pilot-pr
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Premier Wynne: Close the Pickering Nuclear Station
Please sign the petition and watch my video - thank you!
http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/premier-kathleen-wynne-close-the-pickering-nuclear-station#share
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Register for Tools for Change workshops on managing conflict, group structure, avoiding activist burnout, social media, financial management, art for action, and more.
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=93fc295adc37a22f7f3b68bb9&id=7ef980023b&e=c3cf47fd94
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No Jets T.O.
Now is your chance shape the future of Toronto's waterfront. Three public consultations on the dangerous jet plans are your moment to speak up. We need you to attend these crucial events. If we can pack the halls and line up people for deputations, we can make a strong impact and show that opposition to the dangerous jet plans is broad and strong.
Public Consultation #2
Monday, September 9
Metro Hall – Rooms 308/309
6-7 pm (Drop-in), 7-9 pm (Workshop)
http://www.nojetsto.ca/
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e81559f1635fc440b69d69887&id=746aa9dafd&e=7f564d109d
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Rally to Reject Richtree's Renovation Ruse!
Monday, September 9 - 5pm
Toronto Eaton Centre - Queen Street entrance
In January, Richtree Market restaurant in the Eaton Center closed down, laying off 50 workers in the process. They are now reopening their restaurant in the Eaton Center, just across the aisle from their old location, but with an entirely new, non-unionized workforce – in violation of Ontario labour law and their collective agreement. The 50 workers who were laid off in January need their jobs back! Join us during Richtree Eaton Centre's Grand (Re)Opening.
https://www.facebook.com/events/156520947879608/
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Annex Improv [Beginners]
Mon. September 9, 6 pm - October 14, 8:30 pm
The Centre for Social Innovation – Annex, 720 Bathurst, #402
$150 [plus HST]
Award-Winning Second City™ alumnus Brian G. Smith leads weekly 'Applied Improv' workshops at the Centre for Social Innovation on Bathurst near Bloor. This is a 6-week course that focuses less on ‘games’ and more on the objectives of professional & personal growth. The results are no less hilarious, and the gratis hummus rocks.
https://www.facebook.com/AnnexImprov
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Making Your Own Bio-Diesel Fuel Workshop
Tues. Sept. 10, 6-8:30 pm.
Karma Co-Op, 739 Palmerston (near Bloor and Bathurst)
Pwyc ($15 sugg)
Pre-register 647-795-2688
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Toronto Premiere of "Money & Life" Film & Loose Change Info Session
Tuesday, September 10, 7 p.m.
Innis Town Hall, U of T, 2 Sussex Ave.
Free
Money & Life is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity? This cinematic odyssey connects the dots on our current economic pains and offers a new story of money based on an emerging paradigm of planetary well-being that understands all of life as profoundly interconnected. Toronto premiere.
http://loosechangefilmandinfo-eanreclcomp.eventbrite.ca/?ref=eanrec&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=attnews&utm_term=attlink
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How to get the transit you deserve
Tuesday Sept. 10, 4.30 pm.
East Scarborough Storefront, 4040 Lawrence Ave East
For more information and to RSVP please call 416 596 0660.
Co-sponsored by the Toronto Environmental Alliance and TTTRiders
http://app.mailerlite.com/u4x3y4/57252059/c5h0/1039517502
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Occupy Economics
Tuesday Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil
Free
Discussion on Harper's betting the next election on the economy and how to create a counter-narrative.
occupyeconomics.ca
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12th Anniversary of 9/11
Wed. Sept. 11
4:15 - update and briefing
4:30 - 6 - leaflet and engage passers-by in a friendly way
on the sidewalk in front of Eatron Centre, across from Yonge-Dundas Square
Then head to a nearby restaurant for socializing. Join us!
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Mind and Meditation course
The course begins Wednesday, September 11, 7 p.m.
Each class is approximately 45 minutes long and includes both an explanation and a guided meditation practice.
Course units and topics include:
- Breathing and Relaxation Techniques
- The Science Behind Meditation
- Psychological States
- Stress-relief and the Balanced Lifestyle
All classes are free of charge (donations are welcome).
Center for Inner Education and Meditation (CIEM). Toronto East Location, 491 Jones Ave.
ciem.toronto1 at gmail.com
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Increasing Sustainable Energy in the Long-Term Energy Plan - Webinar
Thur. Sept. 12, 10 a.m.
This webinar will address the question of whether and how sustainable energy can take on a greater role in Ontario's energy generation.
http://ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=4284
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No More Silence - Fundraiser - Eat, Drink, Dance, Decolonize!
Thur. Sept 12
7 p.m. Community Dinner
8:30 - 9:30 Andrea Smith, Families of Sisters in Spirit, Colleen Cardinal
9:30 - 10:30 Wabs Whitebird - Urban Round Dance
10:30 - 1:30 Grenzfall aka BorderLine
Bassline Music Bar - 865 Bloor Street (Ossington Subway)
Come out for great food, conversation and beats! Support No More Silence and Families of Sisters In Spirit in the launch of our new community run database honouring our missing and murdered Indigenous women. Special guests: Bridget Tolley Kristen Gilchrist Colleen Cardinal (screening the trailer of her documentary on the 60s scoop) and Andrea Smith. Featuring a sneak peek into Wabs Whitebird's new release: Urban Round Dance 9:30 - 10:30 and GrenzFall aka BorderLine with Farrukh spinning techno/dubstep andRadek'sdeephouse into the wee hours.
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Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation
Hosted by the Hon. Minister Teresa Piruzza, Minister of Children and Youth Services
Thursday September 12, 1 - 4 p.m.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre, 519 Church Street
When Breaking the Cycle: Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy was launched in 2008, it signalled a bold new vision for a fairer society. Now, the government is consulting with Ontarians as they work to renew the strategy and continue their progress to reduce poverty in Ontario. Your feedback will be a vital part of this process. The government is committed to hearing from as many Ontarians as possible as they work to renew the Poverty Reduction Strategy. If you are unable to attend, you may also provide your input on this important discussion by visiting www.ontario.ca/breakingthecycle.
RSVP to this invitation to Sara Rezaee at Rezaee at veritasinc.com
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Martin Luther King: A Global Perspective
Thursday September 12, 7 p.m.
Room 179 (west end of the building on the ground floor), University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T
Free public lecture with Paul R. Dekar, Niswonger Professor of Evangelism and Missions, Memphis Theological Seminary. He is author of Creating the Beloved Community: A History of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the United States (2005) and Holy Boldness: Practices of an Evangelistic Lifestyle (2004).
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace and Voice of Women for Peace.
https://www.facebook.com/events/565654316813532/
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No Jets T.O.
Now is your chance shape the future of Toronto's waterfront. Three public consultations on the dangerous jet plans are your moment to speak up. We need you to attend these crucial events. If we can pack the halls and line up people for deputations, we can make a strong impact and show that opposition to the dangerous jet plans is broad and strong.
Public Consultation #3
Thursday, September 12
Direct Energy Convention Centre, Exhibition Place – Salon 205
6-7 pm (Drop-in)
http://www.nojetsto.ca/
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e81559f1635fc440b69d69887&id=746aa9dafd&e=7f564d109d
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Commffest 2013
Film Festival Bringing Communities Together
Sept. 12 - 15
Rainbow Cinemas (80 Front), Malvern Library (30 Sewells)
Screenings for kids, youth, multi-faith and more.
http://commffest.com/
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Prime Your Mind for Resistance to the "Right to Work" Lie
Thursday, Sept 12, 7pm
Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto
Bankers get bailed out, corporations get incentives, workers get attacked... and 'right to work' laws threaten to take this much further. Join us for a discussion on:
* What 'Right to Work' Is really about
* How a weakened labour movement can really resist this
* What kind of labour movement will reverse the present downward slide
Speakers (to be followed by audience discussion):
* JOHN CARTWIGHT, President Toronto and York Region Labour Council
* SONIA SINGH, Workers' Action Centre
* SAM GINDIN, Retired research director, CAW
Sponsored by: Labour Committee, Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly
https://www.facebook.com/events/434927096624920/
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Hands Off Syria!
Talk by Syrian Marxist and activist Kamil Shami
Thur. Sept. 12, 7 pm.
OISE, rm 2211, 252 Bloor W.
Free
marxist.ca
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T.O.’s EcoChase – Race. Search. Strategize.
Sat. September 14, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Meeting at the YMCA Central, 20 Grosvenor St (near Dundas and Yonge)
Join us for Toronto’s third annual EcoChase, celebrating the city and sustainable practice within it. Participants face clues and challenges that weave them through some of Toronto’s most innovative green projects. From grinding coffee using the power of a bicycle, to washing a car without a drop of water, participants will work as a team to uncover some of Toronto’s most ground-breaking, sustainable businesses. EcoChase is about celebrating the amazing eco initiatives in our city and showcasing this thriving sector. This engaging event provides loads of fun and creates an interest in environmental conservation in interactive and unconventional ways. Sign up a team of 4 now.
www.ecochase.ca
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Bagels for Bike lanes – Love-in
Sat. Sept 14, 11 a.m.
Harbord Bakery, 115 Harbord (near Spadina)
Harbord Bakery makes some outstanding baked goods. But they've stood in the way of bike lanes on Harbord for a decade. We want to show them that cyclists are an important part of their customer base and encourage them to support separated bike lanes on Harbord. Let's head to the Harbord Bakery on Saturday Sept 14 at 11am, buy some bagels, challah or croissants and stand up for better bike infrastructure on Harbord. Wear your helmet or carry your pannier to show that you're a cyclist. Join us!
Sign our petition supporting separated lanes on Harbord at www.cycleto.ca/harbord
And while you're at it, become a member of Cycle Toronto! www.cycleto.ca/join
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The future of Scarborough Transit – a Debate on the proposed LRT and subway replacements for the SRT
Sat. Sept. 14, 2 – 4 p.m.
West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre, 313 Pharmacy Ave.
Featuring speakers from the City of Toronto and supporters for each proposal
http://app.mailerlite.com/u4x3y4/57252059/c5h0/1039517502
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Jane and Finch STREET PARTY for a $14 minimum wage!
Sat. September 14, noon - 4 pm,
Southeast corner of Jane-Finch intersection,
The minimum wage has been frozen at $10.25 for three years. It’s time for an increase! Join JFAAP. Increase the minimum wage to $14! Annually increase the minimum wage to the cost of living! Join Jane Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) and allies. Food. Entertainment. Free t-shirts*, buttons, and prizes (* While supplies last)
janefinchactionagainstpoverty at gmail.com
Jfaap.wordpress.com
Facebook: http://goo.gl/vEUqF3
For more information about the campaign: http://raisetheminimumwage.ca/
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100 at 100 at Bain Co-op
Join us in Celebrating the Centenary of 100 Bain Avenue Co-op!
Sat. Sept. 14
All Day Outdoor Free Street Event
100 Bain (On Bain Avenue, just west of Withrow Park in Riverdale)
Good food and good fun all day long! Mini Pow Wow at 10am; EcoFair 1-5 pm including Property Tours; Children’s Activities; Open Stage; Community Dinner; Home Make Stories Project; a Community Arts Performance at 7 pm; Closing Street Dance with Whiskey Jack.
FB: Bain Apartments Co-operative Inc.
Email: baincentennial at gmail.com
Twitter: @100at100Bain
Web: www.100bain.com
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Toronto Indy Arts Market
Sat. Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queenstreet W.
$5, free before 11 a.m.
50+ vendors of arts, crafts, fashion, food, small press, music and more
http://www.torontoindieartsmarket.com/
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Austerity, youth & the low-wage economy
Why is capitalism in crisis?
Saturday, September 14, noon - 5 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room 8200 and 8201
TTC: St. George
In Canada, the economy lurches from job loss to job recovery and back again, while youth unemployment is 14% and the only work available seems to be low-paying “McJobs.” The figures are even worse in other parts of the world, but there is hope. Unemployed young people and migrant workers have been significant to the fierce resistance to austerity in Greece and Spain; we’ve seen incredible strikes by fast food workers in North America and militant protests from those seeking regular hours and steady pay in Africa and Asia. Join us for a day-school on the crisis affecting capitalism and what we can do to fight back.
Registration and program: http://austerityandyouth.wordpress.com/registration/
Organized by the International Socialists
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A Poor People's History Of East Downtown
Sat. Sept. 14, 11 a.m.
Corner of Dundas and Sherbourne
Toronto Ontario Coalition Against Poverty walking tour of how "skid row" came to be established. Free.
ocap at tao.ca.
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Rouge Park BioBlitz!
Sat. and Sun, September 14/15
Rouge Park
While the naturalists will be taking inventory of the flora and fauna, great public workshops & hikes will be hosted by a wide variety of organizations. Nature photography workshops, plant and animal ID hikes, kids crafts, something for everyone and it's free!
http://www.ontariobioblitz.ca/home/public-programming
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Bidder 70 - film screening
Sun. Sept. 15, 12:15 pm - 2 pm
First Unitarian Congregation, St. Clair St. W
'Bidder 70:this is what hope looks like' is a feature film by Gage & Gage Productions documenting Tim De Christopher's act of civil disobedience against the U.S. government & the oil and gas industry and his subsequent arrest, trial and 2 year conviction in a federal prison. The screening will be held at the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto as part of a monthly Social Justice film series.
Refreshments will be available & a small donation to cover the costs will be gratefully accepted.
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Toronto Ice Ride
Sun. Sept. 15, 1 p.m.
Meet at Allan Gardens (Gerrard and Jarvis outside the greenhouse) to participate in this critical mass style bike ride.
On September 15th, 2013, countries across the globe will be participating in a historic event to help save the Arctic. In Toronto, we’ll be hosting the largest Ice Ride in the country! As the ice at the top of the world is melting to record lows, oil companies see this melting not as a warning but as a business opportunity. Oil spills will be impossible to clean up in the Arctic’s harsh, fragile environment and so we’re asking for individuals to join us on their bikes, wear white and blue, dress up in Arctic animal themed costumes and help us send a positive message.
For more info visit: www.greenpeace.org/canada/iceride
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Ride4RealFood
Sunday, September 15
Funds raised support better access to fresh, healthy and local food for low-income people living in Toronto. It all happens through the Co-op Cred Program, a partner project of the West End Food Co-op and PARC. There are three cycling routes: a 30 km, a 65 km and a 115 km ride. Like last year, all cycling routes end at the historic McVean Farm for the fabulous McVean Farm Harvest Festival - a culinary celebration of fresh and bbq'd foods (both locally raised and locally grown.) This means that after you bike to the farm you will be treated to an afternoon of locally sourced food, music and kid-friendly fun.
To Ride4RealFood and improve food security in Toronto, email: ggans at parc.on.ca
http://westendfood.coop/content/ride4realfood-2013
https://www.giveffect.org/charities/84-parkdale-activity-recreation-centre
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Build An Outdoor Worm Bin Using Reclaimed Materials Workshop
Sun. Sep 15, noon-4 pm.
Karma Co-Op, 739 Palmerston (near Bloor and Bathurst)
Pwyc ($15 sugg).
Pre-register 416-534-1470
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Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel’s Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe
Book launch
Sun. Sept. 15, 3 p.m.
The Sister, 1554 Queen W.
“... In this moving, lyrical, and very important book, with some of the bravest and most honest of Israelis and Palestinians as guides, Roberts offers readers an intimate, often searing tour of the country’s psychological landscape.”: Professor Ian Lustick: Bess W. Heyman Chair of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
https://www.facebook.com/events/417479568372627/?fref=tck
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Dance Our Way Home Spiral Journey and Dancing the Chakras Series
Fall & Winter 2013 Series & Drop In
Mondays 7:15 to 8:45pm September 16-December 23
Dovercourt House basement, 805 Dovercourt Rd (at Bloor)
A new DOWH series especially to welcome new women to our dance practice - no experience necessary. DOWH is a relaxing moving meditation and ecstatic dance practice for women of all ages, sizes, abilities and spiritualities. LGBTQQ welcoming. With Tracey Tief.
There will be Drop In Spots on each Monday, but I hope you'll sign up for the series! Register here: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1813
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From Fukushima to Ontario – understanding the current nuclear crisis
Sat. Sept. 21, 7 - 9 p.m.
The Supermarket (backroom) in Kensington Market, 268 Augusta
$5
What's the latest with Fukushima - are the leaking water tanks and precarious waste pools a serious issue? And should we be concerned about nuclear waste burial under Lake Huron at the Bruce nuclear station, as is being proposed? What are the province's plans for extending Pickering and expanding Darlington, and what are the alternatives? With speakers:
- Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, Wash. D.C. – Fukushima Update
- Don Hancock, Southwest Research Information Centre. New Mexico – Nuclear Waste
- Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Greenpeace Canada – Ontario’s energy future
- Moderated by Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance with special musical guests:
- Guitarist and Composer Alex Houghton (Ottawa) and percussive guitarist Cory Sillouts (Toronto)
For more info: angela at cleanairalliance.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/341006286035693/
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Earth Defenders: Activist Training, Skillshare & Retreat
Join Greenpeace on September 27-29th for our third annual Earth Defenders Training and Skillshare! Volunteers and community organizers in Ontario are invited to learn the basics on campaign strategy, civil disobedience and organizing in your community. We’ll give you skills to help mobilize and carry out your own actions. This training is a great opportunity to meet others in the environmental and activist community, share your knowledge & experience, team build and strategize. Together we can build a bigger, stronger movement to stop environmental destruction and social injustice. Workshops include:
· campaign strategy
· how to work with the media
· building groups and growing support
· non-violent direct action and civil disobedience
The venue will be 1-2 hours outside of Toronto, near Orangeville. A bus from Toronto will be provided.
Register Now! Space is Limited!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1s7DRM-iQKVPh8ljiLCit3S8nZKv5ZMUMP_qVQgODuc0/viewform
Cost: a suggested donation of $50 is asked to help pay for food and accommodation. Nobody will be turned away from lack of funds, so please do not let this be a barrier.
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