Greenspiration News and Events: Time4Action

Mon Feb 15 15:17:44 EST 2021

Don’t subsidize new nukes!

The feds are under pressure from the nuclear industry to subsidize “small” nuclear reactors which are a dangerous, dirty and costly distraction from real climate action. Please send a message to Canada’s Finance Minister Freeland and your MP here urging them to back ready-to-roll renewable solutions, not costly nuclear.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuclear-subsidies/ 

And Ford wants to build a new nuke in the GTA. Send him and all provincial leaders a message here:

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/smrcost/ 

Help me blitz Freeland’s downtown Toronto University-Rosedale riding with these leaflets:

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GTA-Reactor-Freeland-Pamphlet-jan-11-v_02.pdf 

High school students can gain volunteer hours, and the rest of us can get great exercise and build good eco karma! Contact angela at cleanairalliance.org 

To Save the World 

Close to 200 videos recorded in recent years by Dr. Metta Spencer, one of Canada's great peace activists and teachers. Each week she interviews brilliant minds and posts them here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/ToSaveTheWorld/videos 

Study Shows Governments’ Oil and Gas Revenue Crashing as Decarbonization Takes Hold 

Canadian governments stand to lose more than half of their revenue from oil and gas activities through 2040, and nearly nine-tenths of the taxes and royalties the industry says they will collect, as the global economy decarbonizes and shifts away from fossil fuel production, the UK-based Carbon Tracker Initiative concludes in an analysis released this week.

https://theenergymix.com/2021/02/12/exclusive-study-shows-governments-oil-and-gas-revenue-crashing-as-decarbonization-takes-hold/  

Fossil Fuel Pollution Caused 8.7 Million Premature Deaths in 2018, New Study Finds

Fossil fuel pollution killed 8.7 million people prematurely in 2018—more than 18% of the total global death toll that year. The total death count exceeded the combined impact of tobacco smoking and malaria.

https://theenergymix.com/2021/02/10/fossil-fuel-pollution-caused-8-7-million-premature-deaths-in-2018-new-study-finds/

Meat-eating creates risk of future pandemic that ‘would make Covid seem a dress rehearsal’, scientists warn

Keeping meat animals in conditions where they are stressed creates conditions for new viruses to form. Factory farming allows pathogens to emerge and spread, and is supported by routine use of antibiotics, leading to the drugs becoming less effective. "We should not blame ‘exotic’ eating practices, but look at our own."

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/meat-coronavirus-pandemic-science-animals-b1794996.html  

‘This land feeds our souls’: the battle to save the Rockies from big coal

Growing opposition to the lifting of mining protections in Alberta has forced the Canadian province to backtrack

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/canada-alberta-rockies-battle-big-coal-aoe 

March training series for Kitchen Table Climate Conversations - 4-part series starting March 1

Some of the most important subjects are the most difficult to talk about. With Kitchen Table Climate Conversations (KTCC’s), we support you in reaching out and gathering people round your virtual table for an open but structured conversation about climate justice.

https://climateconversations.ca/

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/part-1-bringing-people-together-registration-133651580475 

End the Coyote Killing Contest

These contests are obviously barbaric and ecologically harmful, but did you know that wildlife killing contests are also illegal in Ontario? Email the Ministry's Enforcement and Wildlife Managers Now

https://earthroots.good.do/killingcontest/email/  

Toronto: Speak up for climate action and a green and just recovery in the 2021 City Budget 

On Thursday, Toronto City Council will vote on the 2021 City Budget. Contact your City Councillor and the Mayor today and urge them to follow through on their commitments in Toronto’s climate emergency declaration, and properly fund climate action in the 2021 City Budget. 

https://www.torontoenvironment.org/budget_act     

The 2021 Cycle Toronto Advocacy Forum

This Toronto bicycle advocacy forum was held Feb. 3 – 5 and featured 6 panel discussions and presentations. View the slides and recordings here:

https://www.cycleto.ca/2021-advocacy-forum-resources 

Help Toronto Save its Green Spaces from Destruction by Metrolinx

The Small’s Creek & Williamson ravines are about to have 268 trees removed including ten magnificent old growth red oaks and basswood, permanently altering their ecosystem.

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/sign-now-help-a-toronto-neighbourhood-save-its-green-spaces-from-destruction-by-metrolinx    

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Change is the New Normal: An Intro to Regenerative Business Design

Mon. Feb. 15, 9 - 10 p.m. EST

This new normal brings very real and concrete business opportunities, if we can learn to recognize and embrace them. Yes, *now* is the moment to design a purpose-driven business that thrives in a fickle economic environment. Have you dreamt of turning your new (or old) hobby into a successful business? With permaculture leader Starhawk.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7016131618907/WN_R-HZw_BzTsmlXfxvSUJOtQ 

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>From the Grassroots to the Courts: How criminalizing ecocide could benefit frontline defenders

Tuesday February 16, 4pm PT | 7pm ET | Midnight GMT

This panel will feature stories from the frontlines, centered on how criminalizing ecocide could benefit Indigenous communities, land defenders and water protectors.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNPsrZYJ5KHxBaIpkLdxoaocUYTqOhdwP-2wT56q9EiWp5ww/viewform?gxids=7628  

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Climate Tic TALK Circle

Tuesday February 16, 6:30 - 8:30 pm EST

Accessible and safe circle for climate workers to explore emotional reactions to climate change and COVID

https://www.kadycowan.com/climatetictalk.html   

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We Are All Treaty People

KAIROS Blanket Exercise Teaching and Sharing Circles

Tues. Feb. 16, 7 - 9 pm EST

In this session, We Are All Treaty People, Mary-Anne Kechego will talk about the Two-Row Wampum Belt and Dish with One Spoon to illustrate what treaties mean to Indigenous Nations because “it is important to educate our allies about what treaties represent and their responsibilities to uphold those treaties”

https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/info?id=198&reset=1 

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Rent Relief Rally

Tues. Feb. 16, 11:45 - 2 p.m. EST

Queen's Park, Toronto

As announced on Feb 8th by the Premier, the halt on eviction enforcement will last as long as any region is under a stay-at-home order. This means that the enforcement of evictions will start as soon as the stay-at-home order is lifted. Doug Ford is lifting the lockdown - evictions could start up soon. Meanwhile 400,000 families are behind on rent and at risk! This must STOP! Tell Premier Doug Ford to immediately strengthen the eviction freeze and bring in a rent relief program.

https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D2660%26reset%3D1     

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Women Resisting Extractivism 

Film screening and discussion of: As Long as the Waters Flow

Tues. Feb 16, 7 p.m.

Many state governments have deemed the extractive sector an essential service during COVID, endangering the health and safety of workers as well as that of communities living near megaprojects. Corporations have been heavily lobbying governments to deregulate the sector or enact legislation to criminalize grassroots mobilizations against extractivism. Meanwhile, land and water defenders continue to be harassed, targeted, and attacked for their efforts to protect Mother Earth. 

https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/info 

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Nuke Waste in South Bruce in Southwestern Ontario

Wed. Fed. 17, 7 p.m. EST 

A closer look at the NWMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization) in southwestern Ontario, where they have optioned 1500 acres of farmland near the community of Teeswater in South Bruce.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e5AB2-0xS76pxKGyJYyWAg 

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Fixing Canada’s Car Conundrum

Wed. Feb. 17, noon EST

According to the International Energy Agency, Canadians drive the most polluting cars in the world. And over the past 20 years, carbon pollution from transportation has gone up. Meanwhile, the auto sector is down. Once a global top-five auto manufacturer, Canada now doesn’t even crack the top 10. But there are recent signs of change, with a few major automakers announcing plans to bring EV production here. Will this be enough for Canada to fix its car conundrum and carve out a space in the growing global EV market? If not, what more will it take?

https://cleanenergycanada.org/webinar-fixing-canadas-car-conundrum/ 

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Time4Action - Green Jobs, Just Transition

Wed. Feb. 17, 1 p.m. EST

It’s time to move to cleaner, greener technologies. But what happens to the fossil-fuel workers? And their communities? Our guests will discuss the creation of green jobs and the need for a just transition with training and re-training for all those who need it. With Jim Stanford, Canadian economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work here in Canada and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ErsuMGbbSxqyeJQDhvmVJA 

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Radioactive Waste and the Ottawa River - Town Hall

Thur. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. EST

Next week, Ottawa City Council will debate a motion opposing radioactive waste dumps at Chalk River next to the Ottawa River, our primary source of drinking water. Who is in charge of these plans? How much radioactive waste will go into the dump? What are the implications for communities all along the Ottawa River? Why have so many municipalities passed motions opposing these plans? What can you do?

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/radioactive-waste-and-the-ottawa-river-online-townhall-tickets-141571934467  

https://www.facebook.com/events/249762026814343 

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Where Quebec leads: Sophie Brochu 

Thur. Feb 18, 7 p.m. EST

Toss in a global pandemic, and Sophie Brochu, CEO of Hydro-Québec, is betting on a new player: hydrogen power. But climate advocates worry that fossil fuel-derived hydrogen figures too heavily into Canada’s hydrogen plan. Can the move to hydrogen be achieved without further dependence on oil and gas? Join Sophie Brochu as she forecasts the future of clean energy in Québec and Canada.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KfAocFuNQ8OZsMJ6GdnQsg   

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Black Voices in Climate Action

Thur. Feb. 18, 7 - 8:15 pm EST

Panel discussion of the varying impacts and effects of the climate crisis, climate change policy and energy costs on Black communities across Canada.

https://www.masseycollege.ca/events/massey-is-missing-cop26-black-voices-in-climate-action/  

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The Trouble with Canadian Aid: Reflecting on Canada's International Development Week

Thur. Feb. 18, 7 p.m. EST

We need to look behind the headlines to the history and pattern of Canada's official development assistance and ask how effective Canada's aid has been, historically and today. In this event, five speakers from diverse perspectives reflect on Canadian aid in the wake of International Development Week 2021.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RFhy5NVyQDqsx7CmyEKlyA  

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A Celebration of Black Women's Voices in the Journey to Gender Equality

Fri. Feb. 19, 4:30 p.m. EST

Join Paulette Senior (President and CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation) in a dynamic discussion with four fabulous authors: Zalika Reid-Benta (Frying Plantain), Eternity Martis (They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up), Jael Richardson, (Gutter Child), and Francesca Ekwuyasi (Butter Honey Pig Bread). These writers give voice to under-heard stories in Canada. Mark this Black History Month with them. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1508064266054078/ 

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Eco-socialist Dialogs – Growing the Movement Inside and Outside Electoral Politics

Sunday, February 21, 7 pm EST

With Dimitri Lascaris, Radhika Desai and Gary Porter, chaired by Yvonne Hanson, for the Vancouver Unity Assembly.

https://youtu.be/WwhLnBMqqnE  

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