Greenspiration News & Events: reimagine reuse

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment - and it’s not stopping

In the heart of Paris, amidst the historic boulevards and bustling streets, a revolution is taking place—one fueled not by engines, but by pedals.

https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/

 

Should 'gender apartheid' be an international crime?

https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/should-gender-apartheid-be-an-international-crime

 

The Danish City Reimagining Reuse

Material exchange centers are preventing everything from dishes to electronic devices from going to waste.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/aarhus-denmark-reimagining-reuse-circular-economy

 

Nuclear Power is Not an Answer

Recording of webinar with Angela Bischoff followed by Tom Baker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d51JXosNWv0

 

Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground

A 2019 study found at least 18,000 radioactive objects scattered across the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, many of them dumped there by the Soviet Union. The head of Norway’s Nuclear Safety Authority says it is only a matter of time before these objects begin to release their toxic legacy into the water; others have called the situation a “Chornobyl in slow motion on the sea floor”. 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/12/radioactive-waste-baby-bottles-and-spam-the-deep-ocean-has-become-a-dumping-ground

 

Northwestern Ontario First Nations Chiefs Unite Against Nuclear Waste Proposal

https://www.netnewsledger.com/2024/03/14/northwestern-ontario-first-nations-chiefs-unite-against-nuclear-waste-proposal/

 

Demolishing the Case for Alberta Restrictions on Renewables

https://www.theenergymix.com/reason-based-wrecking-ball-demolishes-the-case-for-alberta-renewables-moratorium/

 

Climate, Alberta, and the Heavy Hand of Populism

https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca/united-conservative-party-blocks-climate-action-and-albert-economy/

 

Tooker: 20 years on

View the recording, the word mosaic produced by participants, and try your hand at the Tooker Trivia.

https://greenspiration.org/tooker-20-years-on/

 

Send a letter to Toronto City Council about Noise Pollution from Motor Vehicles

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-more-noise-toronto/march-noise-actions

 

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EVENTS

 

Building the Movement for a Youth Climate Corps: a multi-party town hall with members of Parliament from across Canada

Mon. March 18, 7 p.m. ET online

Online and in communities across the country

On March 18, young activists and elected politicians from across party lines will come together to discuss a transformative climate and labour solution: a national Youth Climate Corps. Find an event in your community or host one.

https://www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/march18event  

 

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The Walrus Talks Nature

Tues. March 19, 7 p.m. ET

Online and in person at Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto

Leaders from Canada’s climate, business, and nonprofit sectors will come together to discuss the value of access to nature, including the trails that act as a gateway to Canada’s diverse landscapes.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-nature-tickets-790285704817 

 

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The Climate Virus: Lessons from COVID-19 Towards Urgent Climate Action in Canada

Tues. Mar. 19, 6:30 p.m. ET

Give It Up For Earth! is a Lenten campaign put together by Citizens for Public Justice and For the Love of Creation through which we acknowledge our current climate crisis and seek urgent solutions. Together, we will unpack insights from leading environmental organizations and collaborate in a facilitated brainstorming exercise that will prompt you to imagine what an urgent pandemic-level climate action plan could look like in Canada.

https://cpj.ca/events/the-climate-virus/

 

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Parks, Streets, and Everything In-Between: Making a Civic Impact

Tues. Mar. 19, 11 a.m. ET

Guest: Gia Biagi, former commissioner of Parks, then Transportation. City of Chicago.

https://bit.ly/3NFOE2Z   

 

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Covering Ukraine and the 2024 US Presidential Elections as a Black Correspondent

Tues. March 19, 2 - 4 p.m. ET

Room 108N, North House, 1 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto

Terrell Jermaine Starr will talk about what it is like to cover Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine as an independent reporter, how being Black correspondent informs his work and what Ukraine means for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.

https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/covering-ukraine-and-2024-us-presidential-elections-black-correspondent

 

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Navalny Special Tribute Screening

Tues. Mar. 19, 6:30 p.m. ET

Bloor Hot Docs, Bloor and Bathurst, Toronto

In commemoration of Alexei Navalny's life, join us for a screening of the powerful, Oscar-winning documentary Navalny. The sudden and tragic passing of Navalny on February 16 serves as a stark reminder of the challenges faced by those opposing Putin's regime. Despite this profound loss, Navalny's legacy persists, mobilizing critics and solidifying the opposition movement around this new martyr for the cause. This screening comes at an urgent time, just two days after another Russian presidential election. Many Russians mourn the diminishing hope for a democratic Russia with Navalny's passing.

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/navalny

 

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Logging Algonquin: Online Screening and Panel Discussion

Wed. Mar. 20, 7 p.m. ET

Join us for the premiere online screening of the short documentary "Logging Algonquin" by Conor Devries - a 30 minute documentary that looks at the historical and on-going logging happening in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada - followed by panel discussion and Q&A featuring Indigenous Algonquin scholars, knowledge-keepers and educators. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/logging-algonquin-online-screening-and-panel-discussion-tickets-857302493837 

 

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Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean

Wed. March 20, 12:30 - 2 p.m. ET

Atlases are being redrawn as islands are disappearing. What does an island see when the sea rises? Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world. Join author Christina Gerhardt for a presentation and discussion of her newest book 'Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean".

https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-events/spring-2024/240305-peeck-ho.html 

 

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Home Energy Loan Program - Toronto

Wed. March 20, noon Et

Join us to learn more about the Home Energy Loan Program and incentives for low-carbon home retrofits, available for a limited time.

https://toronto.webex.com/webappng/sites/toronto/meeting/register/354471d77e5045939174dd89826982e5  

 

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Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, and Violence Against Women

Wednesday, March 20, 3 pm

In this event hosted by the CSA's Violence and Society Research Cluster, Dr. Walter S. DeKeseredy will present on his book, "Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, & Violence Against Women" co-authored with Dr. Stu Cowan and Dr. Martin D. Schwartz. The book exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mkKpk2vFQcqDfnxdawVuVQ#/registration 

 

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Robotic Warfare: The Dangerous New Artificial Intelligence Race

Wed. Mar. 20, 8 p.m. ET

Pentagon-funded research and development on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare is moving ahead quickly. Companies like Palentir, Anduril, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Starlink are developing new applications that are changing how wars of the future will be waged. Already, the war in Ukraine and Israel’s assault on Gaza are testing grounds for new automated weaponry.

https://secure.everyaction.com/WfPdyY1w_km33hA_Blm-KQ2

 

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Life in the Triangle of Death: Barrick Gold, Human and Environmental Disasters, and the Irrationality of Mining in the Dominican Republic

Wed. Mar. 20, 3 p.m. ET

Join us in an exchange with local community members, civil society representatives and experts as they address the impacts of Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic, and share their concerns about the proposed massive expansion. Extractivism has had a significant negative social and environmental footprint in the region causing irreversible environmental damage to the environment as well dispossession of local communities. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TeYilXDwTw-60y8nN7YzpQ#/registration 

 

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2024 Farmland Forum: The Future of Ontario Farmland

Thursday, March 21. 9 am – 5 pm. ET

Join us in Elora, ON and online

The 2024 Farmland Forum, The Future of Ontario Farmland, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Ontario Farmland Trust with a return to the foundational dialogues and round-table discussions that sparked the creation of OFT. This year’s forum is a pivotal gathering for exploring innovative solutions to the pressing challenges of farmland preservation in Ontario. As we confront the realities of farmland loss, the forum will delve into necessary policy reforms and strategic approaches to protect our agricultural lands. The Farmland Forum is a full day event. 

https://ontariofarmlandtrust.ca/forum/ 

 

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Unexpected Climate Connections - conference by The Walrus

Thur. Mar. 21, 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. ET

Online AND at 25 York St, Toronto 

The purpose of this one-day conference is to examine some of the unexpected or underappreciated linkages between advancing climate policy and achieving other important policy objectives. Climate policy may not connect to everything else, but it certainly connects with many things, and those connections make policy design and implementation even more complicated than normal. Join us, in Toronto or online, for a riveting day of discussion and debate about advancing good policy for the economy and the environment.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/unexpected-climate-connections-tickets-804033906057  

 

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Laws and Lobbying for Environmental Justice

Thursday, March 21, 4 - 6 pm ET

The Cat's Eye lounge, 150 Charles St W, Toronto

How can citizens and organizations make change on environmental issues? How can we prevent environmental injustice before it occurs, or respond when it does happen? What tactics are effective? This panel event, hosted by Stop Ecocide Toronto, will discuss different legal or lobbying-based tactics that groups and individuals employ to advance environmental justice in so-called Canada. Our panelists will be incredible activists, academics, and experts who advocate, research, and work to address environmental issues in so-called Canada.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgLJsm5beUXDjjZJizNXD5xswHERkXwmmIvK-u2F7Ct-4-jQ/viewform 

 

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Changing Course: A River's Journey of Reconnection 

Thur. Mar. 21, 7 p.m. PT

Join us for the premiere of Changing Course: A River's Journey of Reconnection (2024) to celebrate World Water Day, followed by a panel.

https://uvic.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PHOW1PNLTmW0-_gHUNNhNw#/registration

 

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Grazing the Issue: Diet, Agriculture, and Climate Resilience

Thur. Mar. 21, 7 p.m. PT

Join Cory as he takes us on an enlightening journey through the interconnected worlds of climate change and biodiversity loss. We will explore how our dinner plates can become powerful tools in the fight against these global challenges. He'll make a compelling case for a broad shift toward plant-based diets, showing how this simple change can have a profound impact on our planet.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdOCopjsqEtWLkEkq04PKxdPLB1f7ANBY#/registration

 

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Mar. 21 - 28

Online viewings AND in person at Hot Docs, Bloor and Bathurst, Toronto

Films on immigration, ISIS captivity, LGBTQ+ youth, and Indigenous Brazilian forest guardians. Free films + talks. Available online across Canada and in-person in Toronto. Co-hosted by Human Rights Watch and Hot Docs. 

https://ff.hrw.org/toronto

 

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T.O. the Good Swap: Second Anniversary Clothes n' Crafts Editiona

Sat. Mar. 23, noon - 2 p.m. ET

Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst, Toronto

T.O. the Good Swap is a monthly clothing exchange for all genders, all bodies, and all ages. Love clothes and the planet? Then you'll love this event. This month TO the Good Swap is celebrating its second anniversary and we're expanding the event beyond clothing for a one-time-only clothing AND craft supplies swap!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-the-good-swap-second-anniversary-clothes-n-crafts-edition-registration-854779597787  

 

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