<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0099">Toronto </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009b3d">Greenspiration</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0099"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0084d7">Events</font></b></span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pass this onto a friend! -a</span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#ea111d"><b>Summerworks Performance Festival</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Aug. 9 - 19 - theatre, music, art</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://summerworks.ca/2012/">http://summerworks.ca/2012/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#ab00d8"><b>Waste Watchers</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">To ensure residents affected by the change can register their concerns or complaints, Local 416 has established a "Waste Watchers" hotline. Residents who observe shoddy service, mixing of waste streams (garbage, recyclables, organics), dangerous driver activity or other problems, are encouraged to contact 1-866-419-2227 and make a report.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://local416.com/gfl-waste-watchers-hotline/">http://local416.com/gfl-waste-watchers-hotline/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009724"><b>Tools for Conviviality<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">till August 26</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The Power Plant, Harbourfront</span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bringing together artists and practices that create and engage tools to effect change and reconsider social behaviour, Tools for Conviviality includes works that are interactive as well as mechanisms towards self-help, political shifts, ritual devices, potential weapons, and means for critique.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://thepowerplant.org/Exhibitions/2012/2012_Summer/Tools-for-Conviviality.aspx">http://thepowerplant.org/Exhibitions/2012/2012_Summer/Tools-for-Conviviality.aspx</a></span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#df6c00"><b>Bike Ride for Fallen Cyclists<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. Aug. 13, meet at 8 a.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Spadina and Bloor</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We’ve lost another cyclist, this one due to streetcar tracks. The city can fill those gaps in, making them safer for cyclists, but that would cost $$, and cyclists aren’t a priority in this car-congested smog-town called Caronto. Call your City Councillor.</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">For more info see Cycle Toronto's release: <a href="http://bikeunion.to/news/2012/08/07/cycle-toronto-calls-city-toronto-investigate-streetcar-track-hazards">http://bikeunion.to/news/2012/08/07/cycle-toronto-calls-city-toronto-investigate-streetcar-track-hazards</a> </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#00af1b"><b>Emerald Ash Borer Town Hall<br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Swansea Townhall, 95 Lavinia Ave.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All 860,000 ash trees in Toronto are at risk of dying from an infestation of hte Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive insect that destroys healthy ash trees. LEAF will present current information on ash trees as well as options for treatment, removal and planting. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sponsored by Councillor Sarah Doucette, LEAF and Green13<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#de790e"><b>Solar Taxi, Around the World with the Sun<br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. August 14, Doors: 6:30pm; Showtimes: 7:30pm<br>BMO Atrium at Evergreen Brick Works<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$10 suggested donation<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What began as a childhood dream is now an epic 18-month adventure spanning the globe. Making history as the world’s first circumnavigator powered exclusively by the sun, Swiss school teacher Louis Palmer and his homemadeSolartaxi have set out to prove to the world that a zero emission car is not a dream. With stops at the United Nations World Climate Change Conference and renewable energy expos and research centres worldwide, Louis demonstrates to a multitude of passengers—including princes, movie stars, politicians and scientists—that solar energy is not only functional and efficient, but a reliable alternative to fossil fuels. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Come early and enjoy Family Pizza night. Fresh, home-made pizzas from our wood-fired oven for just $3. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://ebw.evergreen.ca/whats-on/film-nights">http://ebw.evergreen.ca/whats-on/film-nights</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#b300d3"><b>Blackout Party – 9th Anniversary – and Mass Bike Ride<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. Aug. 14th</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">8:30 p.m. – meet at Bloor and Spadina for the warm-up party with Lemon Bucket Orkestra</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">9:15 we ride!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Don’t miss this year’s finale surprise…</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#0072d3"><b>The Joy of Scent, Practical Aromatherapy for The Spirit at Anarres<br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Tues. August 14, 10 am - 4 p.m<br>Anarres Natural Health, 792A Dovercourt Road </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For more info and to register: <a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/432">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/432</a><br> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009929"><b>Palestine Blues </b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Wednesday, August 15 @ 7pm <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">@ Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (near Bloor and Bathurst)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>NEW program series! Every 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month - a documentary film about Palestine, Israel or wider region. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>What is left for Palestinian farmers who learn that in 24 hours the Israeli Army will confiscate their lands for the construction of the Separation or Apartheid Wall? What do people do when their very survival is threatened by one of the world's most powerful armies? Palestine Blues tells the story of a village's confusion, desperation, and resistance, their daily victories and wrenching defeats. Unexpectedly filled with moments of poetry and humor this film's intimate access, unforgettable characters and story structure blur the line between documentary and narrative. Filmed at times with a hidden camera and at times under extreme duress, Palestinian-American filmmaker Nida Sinnokrot gives us a lasting chronicle of a people and their ancient life-giving orchards, ever threatened by destruction. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">To learn more. <a href="http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-08-15/Doc_Palestine_Blues.aspx">http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-08-15/Doc_Palestine_Blues.aspx</a><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#ca0000"><b>Communist Propaganda: Red Theatre and Music<br></b></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Wednesday, August 15, 9 pm - midnight</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Hen House, 1532 Dundas St. West</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join Toronto's Proletarian Revolutionary Action Committee and Revolutionary Student Movement, an OPIRG-Toronto Action group, for raucous performances and of course, revolutionary music - all in the name of communist propaganda!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>- Main act: Gandie is a young student activist at a well known, bourgeois university. Frustrated with endless Facebook flame wars--correcting reactionaries and liberals crying foul to Mao's supposed death toll--and other forms of unfruitful propaganda work, she heads to the streets. She begins a program of delivering her communist propaganda to the masses, with hilarious, and unexpected, results. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- DJ Hamma & Sickle back to spin some propagandistic music for your dancing pleasure</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://rsmtoronto.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/367/">http://rsmtoronto.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/367/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">---------------------------------------</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#9b00ba"><b>A History of Forgetting <br></b></font>with Clay and Paper Theatre</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">to August 26</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wednesday, Thursdays & Fridays at 7:00 PM</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Saturdays & Sundays at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Outdoors at Dufferin Grove Park (South of Bloor, across from the Dufferin Mall parking lot)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pay What You Can, $10 donation suggested.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Clay & Paper Theatre is performing their new summer show in Dufferin Grove Park this season. For their 16th season in the park, Clay & Paper will present A History of Forgetting, a play by David Anderson and Krista Dalby (their fifth collaboration) about modern hubris, and our exceptional lack of humility in the face of the past. This year’s show will introduce Torontonians to a set inspired by the Surrealist painters: a giant pair of hands, a seven foot tall face, melting clocks, a baby narrator, and a slew of unlikely characters pulled out of Time to jog our memory.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For more info: <a href="http://www.clayandpapertheatre.org/">http://www.clayandpapertheatre.org/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#f25500"><b>Adventures in Slumberland<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Till Aug. 26 - Wed. - Sun. 11:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1:15 p.m, and 2:15 p.m. (weather permitting)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Lagoon Theatre, Centre Island</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">$10 or paywhatyouthink</span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Prepare to be amazed as the delightful and bizarre dream world of a little boy named Nemo is brought to life before you. This family show is an adaptation of Little Nemo in Slumberland, a weekly comic created by Winsor McCay from 1905-1912, still regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time. With puppetry, circus, masks & music Frolick Theatre invites people of all ages to get away to Centre Island this summer. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.frolick.ca/">http://www.frolick.ca/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/257102567727673/permalink/261845163920080/">https://www.facebook.com/events/257102567727673/permalink/261845163920080/</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" color="#009833" size="5"><b>Toronto Urban Agriculture Summit</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Wed. - Sat. </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">August 15 - 18<br>At Ryerson University, 55 Gould St. (near Dundas and Yonge)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Around the world people are growing food in cities! The Urban Agriculture Summit features a comprehensive lineup of workshops,<br>keynote speakers panels, tours, and professional development opportunities. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Click here to see some of the Summit's enlightening speakers. <a href="http://urbanagsummit.org/index.php/program/keynotesandsessions">http://urbanagsummit.org/index.php/program/keynotesandsessions</a> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Register: <a href="http://www.urbanagsummit.org/index.php/registration-holder">http://www.urbanagsummit.org/index.php/registration-holder</a> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Main website: <a href="http://www.urbanagsummit.org/">http://www.urbanagsummit.org/</a> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#e47719"><b>Growing the City </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A reception to launch the GrowTO Urban Agriculture Action Plan with celebrated urban farmer Will Allen.<br><br>Toronto City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen Street West</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, August 16, 6:30 - 8:00 pm<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">This free event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hosted by the Toronto Food Policy Council, the August 16th reception at City Hall is a public celebration of green ideas and innovations, and will serve to put Toronto on the map as a leader in urban agriculture and sustainable city-building. We are thrilled that Will Allen of Growing Power in the United States will speak and be available to sign his new book "The Good Food Revolution," along with the authors of other recent urban agriculture books.<br><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#a4009b"><b>Krudas Cubensi <br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, 16 August, doors 9 p.m., show starts at 10 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West (Dundas and Dufferin)</span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Revolutionary, queer, vegan activists and multidisciplinary musicians and artists will take the very diverse Toronto by storm this summer! Do not miss it! We promise you harcore inspiration! Odaymara Cuesta and Olivia Prendes , artists from Cuba , vegan activists , musicians , poets , theater performers , visual Arts designers , Hip Hop MCs representing queers, emigrants, womyn and people of color actions as a central part of world change . They choose the art as a weapon to fight for rights, for social justice, for balance, against oppression.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/3krudas/blog/544175156">http://www.myspace.com/3krudas/blog/544175156</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Krudas-Cubensi/329774232065">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Krudas-Cubensi/329774232065</a></span><br><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#007a9a"><b>International Influences: Inspiring Ideas For Trees In Public Space<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">with Brendan Stewart, Landscape Architect and Urban Designer, ERA Architects, Toronto</span><br><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, August 16, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.<br>Metro Hall, 55 John St, Rooms 308-309 (John and Adelaide)<br>Free. Register at: <a href="http://www.yourleaf.org/event/2012-08-16/international-influences-inspiring-ideas-trees-public-space">http://www.yourleaf.org/event/2012-08-16/international-influences-inspiring-ideas-trees-public-space</a> <br><br>Planting trees to enhance and humanize our cities is a practice as old as human civilization. Join us as we explore the rich aesthetic traditions and histories of planting trees in gardens, parks and urban open spaces from around the world, and how these practices shape our ideas about green space here in Toronto. Through images of beautiful and inspirational designed landscapes we’ll learn how designing with trees can enhance our experience of place, and join in a discussion about the relevance of these traditions today. This event qualifies for ISA Continuing Education Units (CEU).<br> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#009c1a"><b>The Hearing of Jeremy Hinzman<br></b></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>One year into the Iraq war, a US soldier walked into a small courtroom in Toronto to make an extraordinary request: to become the first US refugee in Canada. Should Canada stand up to the US and protect a soldier who refuses to fight? An electrifying verbatim theatre project.<br><br>Thurs. August 16, 4:30 PM<br>Fri. August 17, 2:00 PM<br>Sat. August 18, 7:00 PM<br>Sun. August 19, 4:30 PM</span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/jeremy/">http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/jeremy/</a><br> <br></span></font></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#d46b09"><b>A Sleep-In In Defense of Dufferin Grove<br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. Aug. 17, 7 p.m. - Sat. Aug. 18, 11 a.m. (breakfast 8:30 a.m.)<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Dufferin Grove Park, Near the Fire Pit<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The City has been cutting wages and program funding for parks across Toronto. Dufferin Grove's 2012 budget has already been cut by nearly $100,000! Everything you love about this unique park is now at risk. Last year, Grove-lovers demonstrated our willingness to fight for this park by holding a one-night, family-oriented protest "sleep-in"... Apparently, the City didn't get the message the first time, so this year we're coming back!!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/452448124787328/">https://www.facebook.com/events/452448124787328/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#da00c5"><b>Camp Sis Women and Trans Music Festival and Retreat</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">August 17-19, 2 hours north of Toronto<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Concerts, Workshops, Yoga, Guitar Playing, Round Robin Performances, Indigenous Hand Drumming, Slam Poetry, Song Workshops<br>Music by: The Eagle Wimin Singerz, Rosary Spence, Lena Recollect (the red slam collective), Pamela Dogra and Faith Nolan.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Our aims are to create community, enjoy nature. Through artistic expression we will use music as a political tool for social change. This safe space for women and trans is cost free camping as we raised funds in our communities to build and maintain the camp.<br><br>Camp Sis has been around 17 years + and is led by indigenous and WOC. We are a group of diverse queer women, trans, Aboriginal, Latina, Black, South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and White who believe another world is possible and that together we are unstoppable.<br>More information, carpooling, and tickets please go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CAMP-SIS/173433642720306">www.facebook.com/pages/CAMP-SIS/173433642720306</a><br>Tickets for the festival also available at the Toronto Women's Bookstore on Harbord St.<br>Festival cost - Pay what you can up to $50. (+sign up for 2 x 2 hour workshifts ie. cooking, food prep, etc.)<br> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#007ac7">Introduction to Organic Gardening and Permaculture Workshop</font></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">With Garden Jane</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Sat Aug 18, 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">at High Park Childrens' Garden</span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$100 (delegates) $125 (non-delegates), includes resources. Pre-registration required. <br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Permaculture gardening is the conscious design of garden ecosystems that mimic the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. We ask and observe, what would nature do? This hands-on workshop introduces permaculture theory and ways to apply it in your home or community garden. Topics: organic gardening basics; permaculture design and practices; working with water; plant guilds (plants that grow well together, help soil tilth and support the larger ecosystem); dynamic accumulators (plants that accumulate nutrients & feed the soil); plants and plant selection; starting new gardens and soil building; putting garden to bed; cover crops & mulches; composting; humans and other animals; working less for more; diversity gardening.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Find out more: <a href="http://www.gardenjane.com/workshopsandevents.html">http://www.gardenjane.com/workshopsandevents.html</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Part of Toronto Urban Agriculture Conference. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00960f"><b>Take A Sick Day! <br></b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Saturday, August 18, 10:30 am - 6 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Art Gallery of Ontario’s Weston Family Learning Centre</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Take A Sick Day! aims to create discussion about how our communities deal with our disabilities, our bodies, and our health on our own terms. The day will be filled with wisdom, the arts and creativity for young people of colour who live with disabilities. This event is open to Indigenous and racialized youth who self-identify as disabled; who experience or live with physical, cognitive, emotional differences; and/or who are critical of being labeled disabled, disordered, dysfunctional, sick. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The objective of Disabled Young People’s Project is to connect young people with disabilities. DYPP centers the experiences of young people of colour with disabilities through arts based initiatives and community events. We are a diverse group of racialized people who identity with or find disability concretely relevant to our everyday lives. Take a Sick Day! is about doing you. Full stop. Period. No comma. No shade, no shame, and no apologies.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Organized by the DYPP: The Disabled Young Peoples Project. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/whatsup/disabled-young-people’s-project-presents-take-sick-day-art-gallery-ontario">http://rabble.ca/whatsup/disabled-young-people’s-project-presents-take-sick-day-art-gallery-ontario</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#d87f00"><b>Peaches by the Bushel <br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pick up at Sorauren Farmer's Market Monday Aug 20 (3-7pm) <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">WEFC introduces its 'In Season' program with Bizjak's peaches. Peaches available for purchase in bulk, starting at $35/half-bushel up to $120/two bushels. Place your order by Aug 15 for Aug 20 pick-up. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Click here for details. <a href="http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=176">http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=176</a> <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d100ce"><b>The Forest of Dreams </b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">is an ecological charity set up to purchase, manage and preserve in perpetuity, identified areas of land suited to being left wild as a place of sanctuary.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/forestofdreamssite/">https://sites.google.com/site/forestofdreamssite/</a> <br><br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#2c5fce"><b>Changing of the Seasons Gathering in Temagami - with Earthroots<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Over the weekend of September 15th Alex Mathias, an Ojibway Elder, will host his annual Changing of the Seasons Ceremony to celebrate the fall equinox on his traditional family territory in the Temagami region of Ontario.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/265813863524095/declines/">https://www.facebook.com/events/265813863524095/declines/</a></span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#00983d"><b>Ride 4 Real Food 4 All 2nd annual Bike-A-thon. </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sunday Sept 16 (8:30am-4pm)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Choose from a 30k, 50k or 100k ride. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This year's event takes riders on scenic routes along the foodways connecting the city with the countryside. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://westendfood.coop/bikeathon2012">http://westendfood.coop/bikeathon2012</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#e2431c"><b>Ontario Earth Defenders: Activist Skillshare & Retreat<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join us September 21-23rd for Greenpeace’s second annual Earth Defenders Training and Skillshare</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/ontario-earth-defenders-activist-skillshare-r/blog/41610/">http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/ontario-earth-defenders-activist-skillshare-r/blog/41610/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#dd00d2"><b>Bow Ties for Boobs - A Rockin’ Burlesque for Breast Cancer Prevention<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A fundraiser for WHEN – Women’s Healthy Environment Network</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m.<br>The Revival Lounge, 783 College Street<br><br>Great shows - Great prizes - Great food - Great cause - prevention is the cure! WHEN accomplishes its vision through education, outreach and policy. Take action for prevention! <br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#dd00d2"><b>Get your tickets now:</b></font> <a href="http://bowtiesforboobs.eventbrite.ca/">http://bowtiesforboobs.eventbrite.ca/</a><br>For more info, call Kerri @ 416 303-0841 or email <a href="mailto:kerribrock@gmail.com">kerribrock@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca/">http://www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca/</a><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br><br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Eulogies and Condolences for Tooker<br>and Stories of ecology and activism<br><a href="http://www.greenspiration.org">http://www.greenspiration.org</a><br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br>greenspiration@web.ca<br>Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br>and tell me what city/country you live in<br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br><br><br></span></font></div><br></body></html>