Greenspiration News & Events: 1. 5°C Is Doable

Mon Jan 23 11:40:09 EST 2023

1.5°C Is Doable. The Barriers Are All Political.

https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/01/16/1-5c-is-doable-the-barriers-are-all-political/

[Zero] Carbon – Your Weekly Newsletter on the Climate Crisis

The best news on Davos, EVs, heat pumps, cooking without gas, and more

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver.com/the-big-lie-and-other-whoppers

Officials from war-torn Ukraine estimate that as many as 2.8 million residents have been forcibly relocated to Russia since the invasion began.

https://newrepublic.com/article/169344/ukraine-invasion-russia-kidnapped-war 

Stop the $77 B Fighter Jet purchase 

The federal government plans to purchase 88 new Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters for $19 billion with a lifecycle cost of $77 billion. Sign the petition to say NO here

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-4217

5 things Canada could defund to pay for an epic just transition

We could raise $175 billion a year to fund life-giving public goods by defunding five destructive areas of government spending

https://breachmedia.ca/5-things-canada-could-defund-to-pay-for-an-epic-just-transition/

Canada needs an excess profits tax in Budget 2023

Disparity is contributing to a growing wealth gap in Canada, where the richest 1% have gained nearly seven times more wealth than the bottom 50% over the past 10 years, according to a new report by Oxfam. New taxes are needed to address inequality and make everyone, including corporations, pay their fair share.

https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take-action/canada-needs-excess-profits-tax-budget-2023 

Enough denial; Alberta should start talking about a just transition

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-enough-denial-alberta-should-start-talking-about-a-just-transition 

To: Premier Doug Ford: Don’t privatize Ontario’s surgeries. Protect public health care.

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/don-t-privatize-surgeries-protect-public-health-care 

Save Ontario’s food and farms from disappearing forever

Ontario is losing 319 acres of farmland every day. Help protect local, fresh, home grown food made right here in Ontario before it’s too late.

https://homegrownofa.ca/take-action/

The 2023 T.O. Budget Launch Spectacular

City Hall Watcher #210: the city's draft 2023 budget is off the launchpad — a look at what we've learned

https://toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/chw210 

Toronto Homeowners: Sign our open letter calling for higher property taxes to fund services, not police

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_kXgLSlvc-QwB9XFmt1Amaf2UWUEh9TxZYQpXCfUsapn9gg/viewform 

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Why Small Nuclear Reactors are not a climate fix

Mon. Jan. 23, 1 p.m. ET

Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are increasingly being looked at as a solution to reducing emissions and addressing climate change. Yet like most nuclear power projects, SMRs have a history of significant cost over-runs and years-long schedule delays. Join David Schlissel, Mark Jacobson from Stanford, and Naomi Orekes from Harvard as they discuss why SMRs as a tool to fight climate change are not a good idea.

https://ieefa.org/events/webinar-why-small-nuclear-reactors-are-not-climate-fix#author 

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Keep the Greenbelt Promise - Respect Rural Ontario - Rally in Toronto 

Mon. Jan. 23, noon - 1 p.m.

Sheraton Hotel, South side of Queen Street across from City Hall (Queen and Bay)

Join the Greenbelt Promise group and organizers outside the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA) meeting. Ford and his MPPs need to know that this is our province, not an oligarchy. #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #Ontario #Bill23 #Bill124

https://greenbeltpromise.ca/

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Toronto City Budget 101

Mon. Jan. 23, 6 p.m. ET

The City Budget is complex, so where do you even begin? We've got you covered! With presenters: City Councillor and Budget Committee Member Alejandra Bravo and past City Councillor Mike Layton

https://www.progresstoronto.ca/winter-training-series-jan-23-2023 

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Health Care: Privatization Pushback

Mon. Jan 23, 7:30 p.m. ET

Join NDP's Peter Tabuns, Dr. Vincent Lam, Natalie Mehra (Ontario Health Coalition - OHC) and the ONA (Ontario Nurses' Association) to discuss the ON governments' latest policy changes including investing in private clinics to address the COVID-19 generated surgery backlog. 

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

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The Walkable City, 10 Years Later

Tues. Jan. 24, 11 a.m. ET

Arguably the most influential living author in city planning, Jeff Speck was the writer behind Suburban Nation, The Smart Growth Manual, and Walkable City Rules, but his most popular book remains Walkable City, which was published in 2012 and became an instant classic. Last Month, the book was reissued on its tenth anniversary, including a lively introduction from Janette Sadik-Khan and 100 pages of new text that brings it firmly into the 2020s. 

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LlHpUKO4TR-AgDViwzg_Nw 

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Join Us in Protest - Fund Community Supports Not Cops! - Say NO to Tory’s Police Budget Increase! Defund and Abolish the Police!

Tues. Jan. 24, 11:30 a.m. ET

Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay), Toronto

As the city’s Budget Committee wraps up for the year, gather with us outside of City Hall to demand that Toronto DIVEST from police and INVEST in communities. Say NO to John Tory's $48.3 million police budget increase! Say YES to reallocating 50% of the police budget to community supports!

https://www.anothertoronto.ca/ 

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How To Talk to Anyone About Climate Change

Tues. Jan. 24 and 31, 10 a.m. - Noon PT 

Online.

Conversations about climate change can be challenging. This course will give you the tools you need, derived from experts in values research, storytelling and communications; we will learn how to talk about climate change as if it mattered to everyone. Online $23.33+GST. Register here:

https://adm.viu.ca/eldercollege/course-descriptions#Talk_Climate_Change 

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What's Next for Bill 23 and the Greenbelt?

Wed. Jan 25, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Join activists and experts to discuss the next steps in the fight against Bill 23 and the Greenbelt removals.  

   -  Get updates on the requested OPP investigation and Ecojustice’s Judicial Review of the Hamilton Official Plan. 

   -  Learn how federal and municipal governments can take action.

   -  Hear about new ways to get involved - including a rally at Queen's Park on February 21 and a new grassroots group called the Greenbelt Guardians.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/120535/petition/1 

Lawn signs available - Hands of the Greenbelt - Stop 413

https://environmentaldefence.ca/lawn-sign-request-form/

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Building support for bold climate policy panel

Wed. Jan. 25, noon ET

With the recent commitments to cap emissions from the oil and gas sector and implement a clean electricity standard, Canada has a unique opportunity to pave the way for strong global climate policy. However, to ensure that these policies are equitable, effective and long-lasting, it is crucial to build enduring public support. How do we talk to Canadians about climate policy? How do we build on existing public support? How can we address and foster Canadian values in our conversations? Join us on January 25 for a dynamic conversation with leading climate communicators to unpack and discuss the opportunities and challenges to reach new audiences, engage citizens, and build support for strong, equitable climate change policy in Canada.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SYI5i1WdTkqQWovQd5UI5w?mc_cid=77ca934830&mc_eid=acd72700ee   

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Your Community's Environmental Well-Being - Actions to Take in 2023 

Le bien-être environnemental de votre communauté – actions à entreprendre en 2023 

Wed. Jan. 25, 1 - 2 p.m. ET

This presentation, hosted by the Canadian Environmental Law Association, will be presented entirely in French. It will provide an overview of three environmental issues as well as concrete actions you can take to ensure your well-being, as well as the health of your community and the environment. 

· how to reduce lead in drinking water

· how to improve local air quality, and

· how to better protect vulnerable people from heat waves.

https://cela.ca/le-bien-etre-environnemental-de-votre-communaute-2023/ 

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US Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 

Thur. Jan. 26, 10 a.m. - noon ET

We will have a diverse line-up of distinguished international speakers:

• Geoffrey Fettus, Director, Nuclear Program, NRDC - Global Overview

• Mycle Schneider, WNISR Coordinator, Paris - Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

• M.V. Ramana, Professor, University of British Columbia - Decommissioning

• Alexander James Wimmers, Research Associate, Technical University Berlin - Special Comment - Nuclear Power and War

• Dr. Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety, Union of Concerned Scientists

https://nrdc-org.zoom.us/j/98161632342?pwd=Sm1yZkd5Z2RMMmRLa1ZmZGpDdlk2UT09&from=addon 

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Critical Public Health & Safety Impacts of Decommissioning Indian Point Nuclear Station - With Dr. Helen Caldicott

Thur. Jan 26, 4 p.m. ET

This forum series presents experts in their respective fields addressing important aspects of public health and safety associated with decommissioning the nuclear power facility at Indian Point and the handling of nuclear waste.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jRA17G6TRVya1IHYYWCFfQ

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Putin’s War: Transnational Feminist Response

Thur. Jan. 26, 1 p.m. ET

Ukrainian feminists in their recent Manifesto have insisted on their right to resist the imperialist war unleashed by the Russian Federation, the struggle for their country’s survival, the fight for basic rights and freedoms and for political self-determination. They have denounced the cases of rape and other forms of gender-based violence by the Russian army, the forced displacement of the population, and the threat to social reproduction by the destruction of the civilian infrastructure. Women refugees in neighbouring countries are extremely vulnerable and some have been trafficked. Panel discussion. Hosted by European network in solidarity with Ukraine and against war

https://www.facebook.com/events/899139698068949

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdumurT8qHtfGTaq056GO18VaGtQ-mFQ4

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Fair Banking Workshop

Thur. Jan 26, 6:30 p.m. ET

ACORN is hosting this national workshop to talk about and end predatory banking (ie. payday loan lenders).

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtcuGrpzwsHdZ-tTgcQ6FuZQZaoy6k4b4s

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Colonialism is Not Charity

Thur. Jan. 26, 7 p.m. ET

Under the cover of charity, organizations are bilking Canadian taxpayers to fund the Israeli colonial project. This webinar will look at efforts to disrupt charities supporting for Palestinian dispossession.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Op3ppUewThawDmcfL8POEA 

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Climate Tipping Points: how to tip society, not the planet

Thur. Jan. 26, 9 a.m. ET

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar on social tipping points as part of a series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping points, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system.

https://tipping-points-positive-tipping.confetti.events/

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What the Federal Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations Mean for Food Service Businesses

Fri. Jan. 27, 2 p.m. ET

Hosted by the City of Toronto

http://shorturl.at/hFI02  

Learn more about the federal Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations 

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/reduce-plastic-waste/single-use-plastic-overview.html  

and the City of Toronto Reducing Single-Use program

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/long-term-waste-strategy/reducing-single-use-takeaway-items/ 

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Enough is Enough! Campaign Kick-Off

Sat Jan 28, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET

Are you fed up? With wages that can’t pay the bills? With getting gouged at the grocery store and the gas pump? With rent that no one can afford? With a government that has billions for its developer buddies, but won’t stop the collapse of our health care system? We’re fed up, too. So we’re saying: Enough is enough! Join us online to learn how to fight for, and win, the Ontario we need.

https://ofl.ca/event/eie-kickoff/

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What Can a Ground Source Heat Pump Do for You?

Wed. Feb. 1, 7 p.m. ET

We'll look at the huge financial and emissions benefits of ground-source heat pump systems, and we'll explain how the technology works. Hosted by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-can-a-ground-source-heat-pump-do-for-you-tickets-516971013217

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Transport Futures – Highway Planning Webinar Series

Thu, Feb 9 to Thu, May 4, 2023 (3-hour webinars take place @ various times) 

Should highways be expanded, optimized and/or replaced? Learn from international experts and stakeholders as we compare and contrast the latest research, case studies and best practices. The first of 7 webinars takes place on Feb 9. Greenspiration subscribers receive 10% discount with promo code GREE6.  

https://transportfutures.ca/highway

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

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