<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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="#0099b9">T.O. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00bc32">Greenspiration</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#aa00b8">Events</font><br></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pass this onto a friend! And then visit a farmers market - they're exploding with green, local and organic produce. -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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#009dad"><b>For reports from the People's Social Forum in Ottawa</b></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.mediacoop.ca/">http://www.mediacoop.ca/</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></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="#e05500"><b>Big Pharma's New Drug: Fukitol</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">1 min video with Robin Williams, RIP</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.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb5v1sJhuU&app=desktop">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb5v1sJhuU&app=desktop</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><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#9300b9"><b>Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business on the Danforth<br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Key findings include:<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Less than 1 out of 5 visitors drive to the Danforth<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Merchants overestimate the importance of drivers to their business, and underestimate the importance of cyclists<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• Those who walk to the Danforth are much more likely to spend more money than those who drive or take public transit<br></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://tcat.ca/node/2383">http://tcat.ca/node/2383</a></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Too busy to read the report? Check out these fantastic infographics here. <a href="http://tcat.ca/sites/all/files/Bloor-Danforth-infographic.pdf">http://tcat.ca/sites/all/files/Bloor-Danforth-infographic.pdf</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;">---------------------------------------<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="#00a1b9"><b>9 min. CBC Interview with Gil Penalosa about the value of bike-friendly cities</b></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.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJukiSQ-DM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbJukiSQ-DM</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'" size="5" color="#00bb60"><b>The Beetles are Coming</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">With David Suzuki, The Nature of Things </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A video documentary about the Mountain Pine Beetle, and the science behind this ecological disaster. The story of this remarkable little creature the size of a grain of rice that will destroy the pine forests of North America epitomizes the cause and effect of how climate change can upset the balance of nature with unpredictable, unimaginable, devastating results. Watch it online: </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.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/the-beetles-are-coming?cid=CBC+Docs+Aug+21">http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/the-beetles-are-coming?cid=CBC+Docs+Aug+21</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'" size="5" color="#c64800"><b>How nature can sustain and guide us in our change work - with Mark Hathaway</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday August 25, 6:30-9:00 p.m. <br>We will gather from 6 - 6:30 and begin promptly at 6:30.<br>$10 suggested donation in advance or at the door. <br>High Park Forest School (5-min. walk from High Park Station.)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A Unify Toronto Dialogue. Free.</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.eventbrite.ca/e/how-nature-can-sustain-and-guide-us-in-our-change-work-tickets-12638743823">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-nature-can-sustain-and-guide-us-in-our-change-work-tickets-12638743823</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'" size="5" color="#671070"><b>Grey To Green Conference </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Aug 25 - 26. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Eaton Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard W.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and others hold a conference on the economics of green infrastructure. $30 - $399. </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://greytogreenconference.org">greytogreenconference.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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<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'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009fd2"><b>Toronto Municipal Politics: Mayoral Platform discussion<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Why Should I Care?</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday, Aug. 26, 7 – 9 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Baton Rouge Restaurant, 5000 Yonge St., North York</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mayoral candidates David Soknacki and Ari Golkind talk about their platforms and topics such as road tolls, municipal term limits, transit, police budgets and more. Free.</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.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-municipal-politics-mayoral-platform-discussion-tickets-12574989131?aff=eorg">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-municipal-politics-mayoral-platform-discussion-tickets-12574989131?aff=eorg</a><br><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>---------------------------------------<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="#a01fae"><b>New Moon Women's Circle <br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday, August 26, 7 - 9 pm</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road (at Bloor)<br>A gathering of women of all ages to say 'bye to the old and hello to the New Moon. The theme is moon songs, with an invitation to sing and dance along after circle.<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/new-moon-circles-women">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/new-moon-circles-women</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>---------------------------------------<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'" size="5" color="#00d516"><b>A marketing workshop for hippies</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. August 26, 10 am - 5 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The IndustREALarts Room, 688 Richmond W.<br>$25 deposit + PWYC at the end<br>Learn the secrets of North America's most successful green entrepreneurs. </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://torontomarketingforhippiesaugust.eventbrite.ca/">http://torontomarketingforhippiesaugust.eventbrite.ca/</a> <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/253820798152827/">https://www.facebook.com/events/253820798152827/</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'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#dd7833"><b>The Law in These Parts<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wed. Aug. 27, 7 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (near Bloor and Bathurst). </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Israeli filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz has pulled off a tour-de-force examination of the system of military administration used by Israel since the Six Day War of 1967 — featuring the system’s leading creators. In a series of thoughtful and candid interviews, Israeli judges, prosecutors and legal advisers, who helped devise the occupation’s legal framework, paint a complex picture of the Middle East conflict and the balance among political interests, security and human rights that has come with it. $10</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://beitzatoun.org/event/docunight-film-the-law-in-these-parts/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/docunight-film-the-law-in-these-parts/</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><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="#e200d1"><b>Unity for the Climate - Join Cross Canada Unicyclist for open discussion on climate issues<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Aug. 28, 6 pm (Potluck), 7 pm (Presentation) </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Joseph Boutilier has spent the the past four months unicycling through five Canadian provinces and three US states, talking to environment groups, politicians and dozens of media outlets with a mission to make climate change a priority issue in the 2015 federal election. Join ClimateFast organizers for an open potluck as they host Joseph Boutilier in Toronto on the last stretch of his 5,000km trek to Parliament Hill, where he’ll confront MPs on their climate policies and promises as the House of Commons resumes for the fall session. Boutilier will share photos, videos and experiences from the journey, followed by an open discussion on climate issues in Canada and building the political willpower for action in 2015 and beyond. </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/1491816981064348/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1491816981064348/</a><br><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<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'" size="5" color="#0073d3"><b>Toronto Mayoral Candidates: Action Against Poverty </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Aug. 28, 10 - 11 a.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square (behind Eaton's centre)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Alliance for a Poverty-Free Toronto has invited five leading mayoral candidates to briefly share their vision for reducing poverty in Toronto. Poverty rates in Toronto are 40% above the provincial average, and among the highest of all Canadian cities. Nearly half a million Toronto residents are struggling with poverty. </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.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-mayoral-candidate-action-against-poverty-event-tickets-12562680315">http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-mayoral-candidate-action-against-poverty-event-tickets-12562680315</a> </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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00d54d"><b>Marketing for Hippies<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. August 28, 10 am - 5 pm </span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The IndustREALarts Room, 688 Richmond W.<br>$25 deposit + PWYC at the end<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Learn the secrets of North America's most successful green entrepreneurs. <br><a href="http://marketingforhippiestoronto2.eventbrite.ca/">http://marketingforhippiestoronto2.eventbrite.ca/</a><br>https://www.facebook.com/events/729522477093722/ <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><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="#e32a00"><b>Silent Partners: Truly Local Food </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Aug. 28, 6 - 8 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina (near Queen)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Presentation on current issues related to improving food systems and providing access to high quality produce by the Conservation Council of Ontario. Free/pwyc.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pre-register 416-533-1635.</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><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#ce0fd1"><b>Turn It U.P! – Olivia Chow </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Aug. 28, 7:30 - 9 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mount Dennis neighbourhood. Location given on registration.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mayoral candidate Chow discusses her platform with community workers and advocates. Free. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pre-register <a href="http://priorityevents.ca">priorityevents.ca</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'" size="5" color="#0079d3"><b>What Is the Aboriginal Background Of Toronto Landmarks? </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Talk by Hayden King.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Aug. 28, 6 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Free w/ CNE admission. Scadding Cabin Settler Garden, Exhibition Place</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://yorkpioneers.org">yorkpioneers.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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<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'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00d54b"><b>Save the David Dunlap Forest - Walk</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. & Fri. August 28 & 29</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Walk to Save the David Dunlap Forest, a 125 acre forest in urbanized Richmond Hill, 44 acres of which is threatened by luxury housing development. Forest created to shelter David Dunlap Observatory where black holes were discovered, from light pollution and to protect Don watershed. Forest is home to deer, coyotes and rare bird species. Walk begins at corner of Hillsview and Bayview, 8:30 am, August 28, with placards and signs to signal threats to forest. At 11 am we will proceed to Mel Lastman square. Walk recommences Friday, August 29 at Mel Lastman Square at 9 am and proceeds to Queen's Park for rally at 1 p.m.. Join us!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1518862131664909/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/1518862131664909/</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>---------------------------------------<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="#e30b00"><b>Black Canadian Mayoral Forum </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. Aug. 29, 5 - 9:30 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Novotel Hotel, 3 Park Home. Free.</span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rob Ford, John Tory, Olivia Chow, Dewitt Lee and David Soknacki participate in a forum organized by the Diversity Advancement Network. </span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://blackcanadians.com/">http://blackcanadians.com/</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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c500d1"><b>The Green Majority</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Toronto's Environmental Radio Show</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CIUT 89.5FM</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Listen live or catch the podcasts</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://greenmajority.ca/">http://greenmajority.ca/</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="#3568d2"><b>Solidarity send-off for unicyclist Joseph Boutilier</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. Aug. 20, noon<br>Come ride in solidarity with Joseph on the final leg of his ride to Ottawa. This is the culmination of his 5000 km Ride for Climate Action from Victoria BC to Ottawa.<br>Joseph will be leaving Rouge Hill GO station around noon, and will unicycle along the Waterfront Trail to Oshawa. (If you want to take a GO train from Union station to Rouge Hill GO, with your bike, it’s a 30 min. trip; GO trains leave Union GO Station at 9:13am, 10:13am, 10:43am, and 11:13am, all of which get you there on time. One-way fare from Union GO station is $6.25.)<br><a href="http://unityfortheclimate.ca/">http://unityfortheclimate.ca/</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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#3fd480"><b>Pedestrian Sunday </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sun. Aug. 31, noon - 7 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;">Kensington Market, Augusta and College<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Celebrate summer with music, street theatre and more on streets closed to traffic. Free. <br></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://pskensington.ca">pskensington.ca</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><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="#e05f00"><b>Open Streets TO</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sunday, August 31, 8 am - noon</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor is closed to car traffic – open to people! - from Spadina to Parliament!<br>Yonge and Church will be closed to cars, open to people from Bloor to Queen!<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Open Streets are opened to people and closed to cars. People traffic replaces car traffic, and the streets become“paved parks” where people of all ages, abilities,and social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds can come out and improve their health. A series of Activity Hubs will complement the recreational through-route and host pop-up, interactive, participatory programming generated by volunteers.<br></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.openstreetsto.org/">http://www.openstreetsto.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>---------------------------------------<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="#b200d1"><b>DAS5 – Darcy Allan Sheppard Memorial </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sun. Aug. 31, 1 - 3 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor East of Avenue Road</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Memorial on the fifth anniversary of the death of the cyclist. For friends and supporters. Free. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="mailto:HOOFandCYCLE@rogers.com">HOOFandCYCLE@rogers.com</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><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="#0091d2"><b>Hot Docs</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</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><br><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00ba76">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/">http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><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></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;">------<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>