T.O. Greenspiration Events: Anthropocene

Mon Oct 1 00:27:10 EDT 2018

Toronto Municipal Election is just weeks away - Oct. 22. Help out your favourite progressive candidate with time and money. 

Toronto Election Charter for Climate Justice and Good Green Jobs for All

The Good Jobs for All Coalition created the Election Charter for Climate Justice to support action now and after the election. It contains nine great measures that should be included in the City’s ongoing program to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets.

http://goodjobsforall.ca/

Toronto Council Renewal Project 

TCRP aims to disseminate information about the upcoming T.O. City election on Oct 22, with the goal of electing progressive candidates. TCRP's database will include info for all 25 wards including: candidates and their platform, scheduled debates, special issues in the ward, and more.  It will be a one-stop for voters on what they need to know for their ward.  

http://torontorenewal.com/    

Volunteers are needed! Please contact Sharon Howarth <ss.how11 at gmail.com>,  416-604-5783.

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Tell the government of Ontario you want an effective climate change plan

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/30625/action/1?ea.url.id=1524362   

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Activist Dragged Off Stage While Protesting Trump's Iran Policies - Medea Benjamin of CodePink.

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/1535735917273943/   

Watch the plenaries from the No War conference last weekend in Toronto, including Medea Benjamin.  

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGdq6s8HmZq5wmlkyG49T5ZRwbcEaE9C&link_id=2&can_id=b185343a12ba7e544141b5ae39b912e2&source=     

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Fix the broken review process for the TransMountain pipeline

We have until October 3rd to demand a proper review for the TransMountain pipeline. Now that the Federal Court of Appeal quashed Trudeau’s approval of the TransMountain expansion, the assessment of the project must start again at square one. Let's make sure they get it right this time. Demand that the National Energy Board (NEB) re-do the review with full consideration for TransMountain’s impacts on the climate, marine environment, and First Nations consent. Send your letter here.

https://350.org/climate-intervention/  

Reports on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project

https://www.nationalobserver.com/special-reports/trans-mountain?utm_source=National+Observer&utm_campaign=e9d0425ada-WEEKLY_Sept292018_NS&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cacd0f141f-e9d0425ada-254417297&mc_cid=e9d0425ada&mc_eid=02591b0337  

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The Green Budget Coalition (GBC) brings together 21 of Canada’s leading environmental and conservation organizations, to make recommendations to the federal government about approaches to protect the environment in the upcoming budget. The GBC’s new 56-page report makes recommendations that the Government of Canada can take in five featured areas to tackle toxics and pesticides, phase out fossil fuel subsidies and non-tax support, deliver on Canada’s commitments to sustainable agriculture, deliver 21st century management for freshwater protection, and conserve the biodiversity and health of our oceans. The coalition also makes numerous complementary recommendations related to climate change, environmental science, plastics, First Nations drinking water and more.

https://cela.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=061b2906efcd710becc433e36&id=1b41f9dcda&e=a8ed333a61    

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2-Hour Challenge on King Street 

Throughout the month of October use the TTC's new 2-hour transfer to visit local businesses in the King Street pilot area & enter to win great prizes! Hop off the streetcar and visit at least 4 participating businesses within one 2-hour period. Validate your card, share a photo and enter the mega-prize draw. 

https://www.weloveking.ca/2hr-challenge  

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Request a Greenpeace presentation at a Toronto area school

https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/act/greenspeakers/ 

Volunteer with Greenpeace's Greenspeaker's program to make presentations in Toronto schools.

https://greenwire.greenpeace.org/canada/en/groups/greenspeakers-gta?_ga=2.122443467.1958565335.1538344409-482836348.1524005493 

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Champions of Democracy

Mon. Oct. 1, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

CSI Regent Park Lounge, 585 Dundas St E

Join RaBIT in celebrating the candidates for Mayor and City Council who have taken RaBIT's Candidate Pledge and are committed to implementing ranked ballots for Toronto's municipal elections in 2022. This event will feature speakers, refreshments, ranked ballot demonstrations and a silent auction.

https://www.rabit.ca/champions_of_democracy    

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Community Change Festival

Mon. - Thur. Oct. 1 - 4

This event is for community engagers, practitioners, and innovators. It is an opportunity to come together with inspirational leaders from across the country and beyond to share ideas, successes and failures and to take this learning home and apply it to the community change work you're passionate about.

https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/community-change-festival?mc_cid=7be99d5681&mc_eid=fda7eefeb0   

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Climate Action in Ontario: What's Next?

Mon. Oct. 1, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Join Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Dianne Saxe, for a webinar discussing the major findings and recommendations from her 2018 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report "Climate Action in Ontario: What's Next?" 

Read the report at: https://eco.on.ca/reports/2018-climate-action-in-ontario/  

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4045826051339287554    

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WEAR Conference - World Ethical Apparel Conference

Mon. Tues. Oct. 1 - 2

Metro Convention Centre, Front and John

The global apparel and textile industry is valued at more than three trillion dollars. By shifting toward more innovative, sustainable and regenerative business models, we have the power to positively impact the environment and millions of people worldwide.

https://wear.fashiontakesaction.com/  

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Behind the City Beat: A Pre-Election Media Panel

by Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance

Tues. Oct. 2, 4:30 - 6 p.m.

Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, U of T

What are the policy issues that matter leading into the 2018 Ontario municipal election? What goes into covering the city hall press beat? How has the media landscape changed in recent years, with the decline of traditional media and in the era of ‘fake news'? What have these changes meant for reporting on municipal affairs? How have journalists learned to adapt and stay relevant? Free.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/behind-the-city-beat-a-pre-election-media-panel-tickets-49964364760   

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Tackling Toronto's Homeless Crisis

Tues. Oct. 2, 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Allan Waters Family Auditorium, St. Michael's Hospital, 209 Victoria Street (at Queen)

On any given night in Toronto, over 5,000 people are homeless. Let’s bring that number to zero. Dr. Mitchell Katz, renowned public health innovator and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, is bringing his bold ideas to Toronto. Panel discussion.

http://smh.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=101102&view=Detail 

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Bill 4 Consultation - Submission Writing  

Wed. Oct 3, 6:30 pm

Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.

The Ontario government is providing a brief opportunity for the public to provide online feedback to their decision to scrap the Cap and Trade program which was designed to help combat climate change. As part of ClimateFast's VOCAL campaign we're hosting this event where background information and assistance will be provided to attendees who want to add their voice and express their concern to the government. Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada will speak. Let's show the Ontario Government we are concerned about Climate.

https://www.facebook.com/events/876391115885276 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ontario-government-climate-consultation-stand-up-for-climate-action-tickets-50576283024  

The deadline for submissions is Oct.11th, 2018. If you cannot attend this event, you are invited to submit your feedback using the link: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-3738 

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The Walrus Talks Humanity and Technology

Wed. Oct. 3, 7 - 9 p.m.

MaRS Discovery District, Auditorium, 101 College Street

Humans, machines, and disruptive dreams: AI and society, the intersection of built and natural environments, the opportunity of technology, and more.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-humanity-and-technology-toronto-2018-tickets-44615878293  

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Talking Treaties Spectacle

Oct. 4 - 7

Fort York National Historic Site, 250 Fort York Blvd.

The Talking Treaties Spectacle is an outdoor pageant exploring the treaty history of the Toronto area through words, song, movement and spectacle. Rooted in oral history and community collaboration, Talking Treaties will take audiences on a journey through this shared place and the way it came to be.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2111906462403594/  

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In Dubious Battle

Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.  

OISE, 252 Bloor St. W., Rm 5-150, U of T  

An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s. $4 donation. Part of the Rebel Film Series presented by Toronto Socialist Action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4hQp0dIXY  

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Cinema Politica Presents: Screening of La Soledad/The Solitude and Soy Un Ser Cuyas Raices/I am Being Whose Roots 

Friday, October 5, 7 pm 

Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West 

At times, life makes us choose between options that we do not like. But even when destiny looks dark, people not only find a way to survive, but a way to keep living, laughing, smiling, dancing, and loving. This program shares two stories of seeking happiness in spite of it all.

https://www.alucinefestival.com/friday/

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ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch

Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky

Fri. Oct. 5, 6:45 p.m.

TIFF Bell Lightbox (King and John)

An exploration of industrialization and extraction in astonishing scale and perspective. Spanning numerous countries, the film reveals in stunning images how our mania for conquest defines our relationship to the Earth — and how we have created a global epidemic. In Kenya, mounds of elephant tusks burn in a devastating display of the impact of poaching (chillingly reminiscent of the bison skulls that were piled high in the clearing of the Canadian plains for settlement). In Russia and Germany, mining operations transform terrains into otherworldly industrial wastelands as hypnotic, colossal, lifelike machines endlessly extract on an unfathomable scale. ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a mesmerizing and disturbing rumination on what drives us as a species, and a call to wake up to the destruction caused by our dominance.

https://www.tiff.net/films/anthropocene/ 

The Anthropocene – special exhibit

On till Jan 6th, 2019

AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario, Dundas and McCaul

A major new contemporary art exhibition that tells the story of human impact on the Earth through film, photography, and new experiential technologies. From the collective of photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.

https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/events/2018/9/28/anthropocene

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Nonviolent Direct Action training

Sat. Oct. 6, 2 - 4 p.m.

Church of St. Stephen in-the-Fields. 365 College St.

This training will cover some of the basic skills and strategies for nonviolent direct action. We will not be training for one specific action at this event, but hoping to build capacity for civil society activism and resistance in Ontario.

https://www.facebook.com/events/272380166818880/  

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ClimaCon

Oct. 10-11 

Held at York U

Canada's largest convergence of climate activists. Organized by Climate Action Network Canada.

http://climacon.info/   

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Planet in Focus - 19th Annual Environmental Film Festival

Oct. 25 - 28

http://planetinfocus.org/film-fest/2018-program/#/  

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For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter

http://theenergymix.com/  

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Centre for Social Innovation Events

http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing  

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Hot Docs

Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)

https://hotdocscinema.ca/   

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing

https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/   

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Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: angela at cleanairalliance.org 

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