<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><img height="141" width="600" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="F965B094-BF99-4E0E-80E8-AFDED148C422" src="cid:33232708-0F3A-4B83-A85E-0C73FC671CD0@Home"></span><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.” Arundhati Roy</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">How can progressives stop Harper this federal election?</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">By George Lakoff: If progressives are to win in the future, we must present a clear moral vision to the country -- a moral vision common to all progressives. It must be more than a laundry list of facts, policies, and programs. It must present a moral alternative, one traditionally American, one that lies behind everything Americans are proud of.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2015/04/how-can-progressives-stop-harper-this-federal-election">http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2015/04/how-can-progressives-stop-harper-this-federal-election</a></span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">And here’s an interview with Lakoff: <a href="http://bit.ly/1G8Gvtr">http://bit.ly/1G8Gvtr</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Radio-Canada International: Dr. Gordon Edwards on (1) Canada Sells Uranium to India</font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff6251">,</font> and (2) the World Uranium Symposium in Quebec City. 14 min. </span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1G8GjKV">http://bit.ly/1G8GjKV</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#ff4013"><b>Uranium deals with India weaken Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says Greens</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1G97ZPH">http://bit.ly/1G97ZPH</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">3 min. video of the Climate march in Quebec City - 25,000 on the streets!<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYewLuB6FAI">www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYewLuB6FAI</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">What if hundreds of people united, each taking one small action to improve their city, all on the same day?</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">100In1Day is a global festival of civic engagement returning to Toronto for its second year on June 6, 2015. Join the movement today by submitting your intervention, participating in a workshop or helping to spread the word.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://toronto.100in1day.ca/">https://toronto.100in1day.ca/</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#5e30eb"><b>The biggest story in the world</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">The Guardian invites you behind the scenes as we embark on a global climate change campaign</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1E6THkY">http://bit.ly/1E6THkY</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">More plastics for Toronto Blue Bins </font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Starting in June 2015, Toronto residents will be able to recycle a wider range of plastic bags in the Blue Bin. Thanks to better sorting technology, and a growing plastic recycling market, Toronto will collect bags such as those for fruit, bread, milk, dry cleaning and more. This will increase the City’s diversion rate and save money. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1DqauZN">http://bit.ly/1DqauZN</a></span><br></font><div><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">20-Mile Bike Lane Is Also Massive Solar Array</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The overhead solar panels not only generate renewable power but also provide shade and cover from rain for the bicyclists.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/16/solar-bike-lane">http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/16/solar-bike-lane</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Exposing the Meat Industry's Major Role in Causing California's Water Crisis</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Fantastic interview by Amy Goodman with filmmakers of Cowspiracy 9video and transcript)</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1Q6w67e">http://bit.ly/1Q6w67e</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Why Is Media Coverage of California Drought Omitting Biggest Culprit?<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Cultivating crops is water intensive, but it uses a fraction of by water consumed in animal agriculture.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1D3bRNw">http://bit.ly/1D3bRNw</a></span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Cowspiracy</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary about the most destructive industry facing the planet today – animal agriculture – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/">http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Another Unpopular Pipeline: </font><font color="#be38f3" style="font-size: 14px;">Canadians Prefer Protecting the Climate Over Building Energy East and Expanding the Tar Sands</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jaxelrod/another_unpopular_pipeline_can.html">http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jaxelrod/another_unpopular_pipeline_can.html</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><span 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14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Exclusive Police Video of Eyewitness in Death of Darcy Allan Sheppard<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/news/exclusive-police-video-of-eyewitness-in-death-of-darcy-alla/">https://nowtoronto.com/news/exclusive-police-video-of-eyewitness-in-death-of-darcy-alla/</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Allan Sheppard on the death of his son Darcy Allan<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://canadalandshow.com/podcast/michael-bryant-killed-my-son">http://canadalandshow.com/podcast/michael-bryant-killed-my-son</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font color="#0061ff"><br><font size="4">Caronto Stickers</font></font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/iveno/works/14513611-toronto-caronto?p=sticker">http://www.redbubble.com/people/iveno/works/14513611-toronto-caronto?p=sticker</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Tools, Youth Activities and Furniture Drive for Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fundraising to make this drive possible <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tools-and-furniture-drive-for-mishkeegogamang">https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tools-and-furniture-drive-for-mishkeegogamang</a> </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Donation Pick-Ups in May 2015. <a href="http://www.furnituredrivesolidarity.wordpress.com">www.furnituredrivesolidarity.wordpress.com</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Short doc on Colonialism and the Housing Crisis in Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation: <a href="https://youtu.be/AK-UHoFfNwQ">https://youtu.be/AK-UHoFfNwQ</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1387947244863517/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1387947244863517/</a></span></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6a00">NoJetsTO </font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Parkdale - High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo got NoJetsTO on the provincial radar yesterday by asking Environment Minister Glen Murray some tough questions, trying to get the provincial government to stand up for our waterfront and demand that the province enforce a Provincial EA rather than the biased study currently underway. Watch it here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImmKVGRH5aU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImmKVGRH5aU</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#ff6a00">Glen Murray responded to her questions by saying he hasn't heard from councillors</font></b> that their constituents want a provincial EA. You know what to do NoJetsTO supporters! Contact your councillor and demand that they tell Glen Murray to conduct a Provincial EA that is free from bias. <a href="http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Corporate%20Directory/Files/PDF/Divisions/council_offices.pdf">http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Corporate%20Directory/Files/PDF/Divisions/council_offices.pdf</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Councillors in Glen Murray's riding include Councillor Wong-Tam and McConnell; special attention should be made to contact them.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Keep the TTC public. NO public-private partnerships</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">A petition by TCCRiders</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-and-toronto-city-council-keep-the-ttc-public-no-public-private-partnerships">https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-and-toronto-city-council-keep-the-ttc-public-no-public-private-partnerships</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Climate change & Canada: </font><font color="#00a3d7" style="font-size: 14px;">Causes, consequences and Canada's role in the global effort to address this escalating global phenomenon</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. April 20, 7 – 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Annette Street Library, 145 Annette Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">A presentation by the Step Up, Canada! campaign, led by <a href="http://Toronto350.org">Toronto350.org</a> and the People's Climate Movement, supported by Green 13.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.stepupcanada.ca">www.stepupcanada.ca</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">The First Green Wave: the Origins of the Environmental Movement in T.O.<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tue Apr 21, 6:30 - 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto Reference Library Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ryan O'Connor traces the rise of Toronto's environmental movement through the story of Pollution Probe. One of Canada's pioneering environmental activist organizations, Pollution Probe was founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. </span><br></font><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT187113&R=EVT187113">http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT187113&R=EVT187113</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Standing With Clyde River Inuit: Rally at the Courthouse</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. April 20, noon - 1 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Federal Court of Appeal in Toronto, 180 Queen Street W.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Inuit community of Clyde River are trying to use the court system to stop offshore oil and gas exploration in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Their request for an injunction against proposed seismic surveys will be heard on Monday, April 20. The Clyde River Solidarity Network is organizing a rally outside the courthouse at 12 noon to show we are standing behind Clyde River. Supporters are also invited to bear witness to the hearing inside the courtroom Suite 200, which begins at 9:30 am and may last all day.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://mininginjustice.org/event/allied-event-standing-with-clyde-river-inuit-rally-at-the-courthouse/">http://mininginjustice.org/event/allied-event-standing-with-clyde-river-inuit-rally-at-the-courthouse/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1583007718604988/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1583007718604988/</a><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#00a3d7"><b>East End Against Line 9 meeting </b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">With Helen Vassilakos of Safe Rail Communities speak on Toxic oil transport by rail - A progress report</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. April 21, 6:30 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Community Centre 55, 97 Main St.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Discuss an update on where the railroad safety movement stands now, what it hs achieved, and what to do next. Also, Federal elections and a new East End leaflet, Four recent gains for democratic control over tar sands oil transportation by pipeline and rail. Reports and discussion, and next steps at City Hall. On May 5/6 City Councillor Mike Layton will present a motion to Toronto city council May 5/6 to include environmental rights in Toronto’s civic charter. How should we respond?</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#5e30eb">From Cacouna to the End of the Line: Webinar<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tuesday April 21, 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Just two weeks ago, TransCanada cancelled its export port in Cacouna, Quebec, and delayed its massive Energy East project by two years. We know that this victory happened because the people in Quebec got organized. We also know that it was just the beginning. Come hear the stories and strategies of how it happened in Quebec and join the conversation about making dozens of Cacounas happen all theway to the end of the Energy East line, in Saint John, New Brunswick. The short panel will be followed by a Q&A and discussion.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://act.350.org/signup/cacouna-webinar?akid=6593.1793187.TifpX7&rd=1&t=1">http://act.350.org/signup/cacouna-webinar?akid=6593.1793187.TifpX7&rd=1&t=1</a></span><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#e63b7a">Public Meeting</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tuesday, April 21, 5:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, 439 Dundas Street East</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join the conversation about the impact of Bill C-10 and Bill C-51 on Indigenous people & allies. Bill C-10, the "Tackling 'Contraband' Tobacco Act," criminalizes the First Nations tobacco industry. Bill C-51, the "Anti-'terrorism' Act," raises serious concerns about government surveillance of Indigenous activists and environmentalist allies. Leading the discussion:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">- Michael Cheena (Toronto grassroots Native community)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">- Michael McClurg (Olthius Kleer Townshend LLP)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">- Mike Leitold (Anti-Colonial Committee of the Law Union of Ontario) </span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Come learn, weigh in, make connections - and eat snacks!</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Romancing the Planet - Dating Stories</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. April 22, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Got a dating story to tell? The organizer is looking for people to tell their date story on stage. Storytellers are chosen based on the stories (funny & disasterous date stories are best). You don't need stage experience, but you do need to commit to to practicing telling your story. An Earth Day fundraiser for Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">For more details, email: <a href="mailto:416dating@gmail.com">416dating@gmail.com</a>. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/romancing-the-planet-dating-stories-earth-day-fundraiser-for-ccl-tickets-16355336251">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/romancing-the-planet-dating-stories-earth-day-fundraiser-for-ccl-tickets-16355336251</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Earth Day Event: Human Hashtags for Climate</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Apr. 22, 1 – 2 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Nathan Phillips Square</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The goal is to attract media attention for climate action on Earth Day. We are launching the Step Up, Canada! social media campaign (<a href="http://www.stepupcanada.ca/spread_the_word">http://www.stepupcanada.ca/spread_the_word</a>) and the release of a joint statement calling on the Government of Canada to step up its international and domestic climate change commitments (<a href="http://bit.ly/1HucxlM">http://bit.ly/1HucxlM</a>). While our non-partisan campaign calls for policy change, it also asks Canadians to make a personal commitment by stating what (or who) they are personally stepping up for by taking action on climate. Please contact Emmay at <a href="mailto:info@stepupcanada.ca">info@stepupcanada.ca</a> to volunteer.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.stepupcanada.ca">http://www.stepupcanada.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Calling all green professionals - get your Earth Day on</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. April 22, 6:30 – 10 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rock ’n’ Horse Saloon, 250 Adelaide Street West</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Green Drinks Toronto and Earth Day Canada are once again co-hosting our yearly Earth Day Party, a networking event for environmental leaders and professionals. $25</span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/earth-day-green-drinks-party-2015-tickets-16322791910">http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/earth-day-green-drinks-party-2015-tickets-16322791910</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#d95000">The Sower</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">In Quebec’s Kamouraska Valley, Patrice Fortier is putting down roots at his seed company, La Société des plantes. Like a copyist in the Middle Ages, he is meticulously preserving rare and forgotten cultivars with the goal of breeding the “heirlooms of the future.” As Patrice gardens, he daydreams and transforms his harvests into art projects. The seasons come and go, his patience and care express his passion and knowledge, and his seed bank grows. His tiny storehouses of life will eventually sprout in thousands of vegetable gardens around the world. At the centre of this paean to plant biodiversity and agricultural heritage is a unique, genetically motivated seed producer.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://planetinfocus.org/salon-vert-2/">http://planetinfocus.org/salon-vert-2/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">A New Leaf: Confronting a Food Crisis</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Apr 22, 7 - 9 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">St. Joan of Arc Hall, 1701 Bloor St. W.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">A screening & discussion of a film which examines the food crisis in Niger & efforts to achieve greater food security.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://bloorwest.snapd.com/#/events/view/830366">https://bloorwest.snapd.com/#/events/view/830366</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Grow Op Talks</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. April 23, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street W</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Can landscape architecture be a driving force in the creation of sustainable cities? How can design not only enhance the lived experiences of citizens and communities, but also improve urban infrastructure and functionality? What kinds of meaningful relationships can city dwellers cultivate with the natural world to boost our psychological, aesthetic, economic, and environmental well-being? $20</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grow-op-talks-grow-op-2015-tickets-16111699527">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grow-op-talks-grow-op-2015-tickets-16111699527</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br></font><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Fighting Austerity - public forum</font></b><br></font></div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. April 23, 7 - 10 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">OISE, Rm. 5-280, 252 Bloor W.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">From the York U strike to Quebec mass protests and beyond. </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://socialistaction.ca">socialistaction.ca</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6a00">ChocoSol Chocolate Workshop<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday, April 23, 6:30 – 9 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">1131 St. Clair West</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Cacao is the “food of the gods,” but somehow chocolate has been turned into “candy of the masses.” Join us for an interactive chocolate workshop where we explore how sugars have been used to dilute chocolate into sugar-filled candy. We will provide chocolate food alternatives through a variety of creative, delicious, and nutritious treats that are free of cane sugar. This 2½ hour chocolate workshop provides interactive bean-to-bar chocolate education (including discussions on the history and cultural teachings of cacao, chocolate making techniques, horizontal trade and forest garden permaculture), a tour of the kitchen, hands-on ingredient preparation, and chocolate tastings. $35 per person<br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Tickets available from: <a href="http://www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-workshops">www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-workshops</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font color="#669c35"><font size="4">Hot Docs - Get your Tickets now</font><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Canadian International Documentary Festival</span></font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">April 23 – May 3</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Various downtown theatres</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Here are some enviro highlights:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Indian Point </font></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5">http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">How to Change the World</font></b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1GQBh7g">http://bit.ly/1GQBh7g</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">All the Time in the World </font></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1y4EY7S">http://bit.ly/1y4EY7S</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">The Messenger</font></b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1CXACiR">http://bit.ly/1CXACiR</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Daughter of the Lake</font></b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1IVHUEy">http://bit.ly/1IVHUEy</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Planetary</font></b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1y4GMh9">http://bit.ly/1y4GMh9</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Fractured Land</font><font color="#77bb41"> </font></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1DxbsJl">http://bit.ly/1DxbsJl</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World </font></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1HoeHRH">http://bit.ly/1HoeHRH</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Hadwin's Judgement </font></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1Fnsh7K">http://bit.ly/1Fnsh7K</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">For tickets, program etc. <a href="http://www.hotdocs.ca/">http://www.hotdocs.ca/</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font color="#00a3d7" size="4">Trick or Treaty</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">OISE Room 5-240, 252 Bloor W.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">2014 / 84 minutes. This feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance) profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice as they seek to establish dialogue with the Canadian government. By tracing the history of their ancestors since the signing of Treaty No. 9, these leaders aim to raise awareness about issues vital to First Nations in Canada: respect for and protection of their lands and their natural resources, and the right to hunt and fish so that their societies can prosper. In recent years, an awareness-raising movement has been surfacing in First Nations communities. In this powerful documentary, those who refuse to surrender are given a chance to speak out.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/">http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">The Great Canadian Tax Dodge</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. April 24, 7:30 pm</font></div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Eastminister Church, 310 Danforth Ave. (at Jackman, near Chester subway station) </font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">It is estimated that between 100 and 170 billion dollars leaves Canada every year, untaxed. Much of it is siphoned off to Canadian-made offshore tax havens. This film documents the birth of the Canadian Tax Fairness movement and examines the issue of tax avoidance, exposing the sophisticated corporate strategies and tax loopholes commonly used to legally avoid tax.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.cinemapolitica.org/danforth">http://www.cinemapolitica.org/danforth</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://docstudio.tvo.org/story/great-canadian-tax-dodge">http://docstudio.tvo.org/story/great-canadian-tax-dodge</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. Sat. April 24 - 25</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ryerson University, 55 Gould St. (near Dundas and Yonge)</span></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">With federal elections only months away, the Harper government is ramping up Islamophobia and attacks on civil liberties as it pushes more war and austerity. No matter what the outcome of the elections, increased racism, war, climate chaos and hardship for ordinary people are challenges the Left must tackle. There is growing resistance to disastrous energy policies and social policies. How do we fan the flames of resistance and build a Left that can provide a real alternative to disaster capitalism? Marxism 2015 will bring together social justice activists, trade unionists, students and many more to discuss ideas and strategies of resistance and revolution.<br><a href="http://www.rageagainstthesystem.ca">http://www.rageagainstthesystem.ca</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">Unite Against Austerity - Public Forum</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 25, 2 - 4:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">All around the world - from Quebec to Greece to Chile to South Africa - tens of thousands of people are rising up against austerity. It’s time for the rest of us to rise up too! Governments and corporate media say there is not enough money and belts must be tightened. But we know there is lots of money – it’s just concentrated in a few hands at the top.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/1580909308832451/">www.facebook.com/events/1580909308832451/</a> </span></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">A Day In The Garden</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">with Green Thumbs Growing Kids</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 25, 1 - 4:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">It’s Spring! Join us for our friend-raiser where we will fill the afternoon with gathering, giving, and growing through live music, local food, a cash bar, kid’s activities, a planting demo and a silent auction! We hope to meet new faces, see old friends, share our passion for gardeing, and rejoice in the new season. Green Thumbs Growing Kids offers food growing and environmental education programs in 4 inner-city schools and 2 park sites.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-day-in-the-garden-tickets-16284583628">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-day-in-the-garden-tickets-16284583628</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Families Count - Healing Together</font></b></font></div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Family Outreach & Response Program<br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 25, 9 - 4 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">545 King West (at Spadina)</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">This is about a supportive, logical approach to helping loved ones, featuring self-care, respecting the autonomy and decision-making of everyone, communication, hope and expectation of recovery, and positive strategies. Subsidies available. Just ask.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://familymentalhealthrecovery.org/family-conference">http://familymentalhealthrecovery.org/family-conference</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Tasting, Talk, & Tour: An Exploration of Sweeteners - with Chocosol<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Saturday, April 25, 12:30 pm, 2 pm, and 3:30 pm</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">1131 St. Clair West<br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Tickets and info: <a href="http://www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-tastings">www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-tastings</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#669c35"><b>Indian Point - Hot Docs film </b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Sun. April 26, Tues. 28 and Sat. May 2. </font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enter the reactor core of nuclear power plant Indian Point, 30 miles North of NYC, where a battleground of politicians, big business and activists has heated up. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5">http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Mental Health Regained</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sun. April 26, 2 - 4 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mental Health Regained comprises a panel discussion and question period, focused on the treatment of Mental Health issues with orthomolecular nutrition. Hear from a varied panel of patients and practitioners discussing their approach and first hand experience with treatment. $20</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1GvSAv8">http://bit.ly/1GvSAv8</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Evergreen Rain Barrel Sale</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Sun. April 26, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Evergreen Brick Works 550 Bayview</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Buy a rain barrel to support Evergreen's programs on water and other green city issues. $60 and up. Order in advance to ensure a barrel (online or by phone).</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://evergreen.ca">http://evergreen.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Saved you a seat - MPP day of action<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">On Monday April 27, join us at bus, street car, and subway stops across Toronto to encourage our provincial elected officials to ride public transit and fairly fund the TTC. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Email your MPP to take the challenge and fairly fund our TTC: <a href="https://www.change.org/p/dear-mpp-join-">https://www.change.org/p/dear-mpp-join-</a>us-riders-and-take-public-transit-for-a-week</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Sign up to canvass riders at a stop near you: <a href="http://www.ttcriders.ca/canvass-riders-on-april-27-for-fair-ttc-funding/">http://www.ttcriders.ca/canvass-riders-on-april-27-for-fair-ttc-funding/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Hot Docs</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Eulogies and Condolences for Tooker</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">and Stories of ecology and activism</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.greenspiration.org">http://www.greenspiration.org</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join my email list by emailing Angela at:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:greenspiration@web.ca">greenspiration@web.ca</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Write "subscribe" in the subject line</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">and tell me what city/country you live in.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Likewise to unsubscribe. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Or manage your subscription here: </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l">http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>