<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="B927CDE1-3555-473F-AA4B-DECEFDE3CD01" height="96" width="409" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:768F21DC-047A-451A-A8F8-1EC668BC0361@Home"></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#77bb41">Interested in helping me put together this weekly events newsletter? </font></b>Email me with “volunteer” in the subject line and I’ll share how you can help. Thanks. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:greenspiration@web.ca">greenspiration@web.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><b><font color="#ff6251">On January 17-18th 2016, seven courageous land defenders</font></b> shut down Kinder Morgan's illegal drilling operation in the Salish Sea. This fundraiser is to help with the legal fees associated with their arrests and charges. Solidarity with all land defenders!<br><a href="https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/f16Ht4/ab/52x7X6">https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/f16Ht4/ab/52x7X6</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><b><font color="#be38f3"><br>CRA Winding Down Political Activities Audit Program for Charities</font></b><br>The “advocacy chill” felt by nonprofits and charities int he wake of the CRA audits has had a tangible impact on the participation of the sector in the public policy process.<br>bit.ly/1TzkM70<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#0061ff">Poo Power - </font></b><b><font color="#0061ff">New Bonds Earn 5% </font></b><br>ZooShare is building a 500 kW biogas plant at the Toronto Zoo that will recycle animal manure and local grocery store waste into renewable power and fertilizer. Construction is scheduled to begin in May 2016 and the plant will be operational by the end of the year - reducing greenhouse gas emissions, generating renewable power and returning nutrients to the soil. <br>bit.ly/1Vyh0Zs</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#77bb41">Let’s Build Stronger Ties Between Quebec and Ontario</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Please click here to ask Federal Ministers Morneau and Sohi to support electricity transmission system upgrades that will permit increased electricity trade between Ontario and Quebec. Quebec has excess water power that Ontario needs to allow us to forgo rebuilding our aging nuclear stations. <br><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/ties/">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/ties/</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#ff6251">No Boots on the Ground</font></b><br>Monday, February 22, 7 pm<br>Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.<br>The Liberal government is planning to remove Canadian fighter jets from Iraq and Syria but at the same time are sending more troops to the field. This new plan will see Canada even more enmeshed in an increasingly complex and dangerous war. The wars in Iraq and Syria are a result of the western imperialism and the brutal U.S. invasion of Iraq. As we approach the 13th anniversary of that invasion, peace seems ever more elusive for the people of the greater Middle East. How do we stop this cycle of endless war and force Trudeau to bring all the troops back home? With Speaker: Sid Lacombe.<br>Organized by the International Socialists<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#be38f3">Beyond the Headlines</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. Feb. 22, 11 a.m. - noon</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Hart House, Map Room</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Come and hear 2016 Hart House Hancock Lecturer Azeezah Kanji, together with noted social activist Desmond Cole, as they discuss how Canada’s social and political fabric is being undermined by inflammatory public rhetoric and divisive actions delivered in the name of “public security.” Join the conversation by posting to @ciut895fm before the show.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://harthouse.ca/events/beyond-the-headlines-kanji-cole/">http://harthouse.ca/events/beyond-the-headlines-kanji-cole/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#00a3d7">Roadmap for Community Transportation Town Hall Meeting <br></font></b>Mon. Feb 22, 4 - 6 pm<br>Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive<br>Toronto Ride and iRide, with the support of the City of Toronto, are leading the development of a "Roadmap for Community Transportation" which will be a coordinated city-wide transportation plan for seniors and residents with mobility issues. <br><a href="http://lumacare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Roadmap-for-Community-Transportation-Town-Hall-Flyer-February-2016..pdf">http://lumacare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Roadmap-for-Community-Transportation-Town-Hall-Flyer-February-2016..pdf</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#77bb41">Line 9 Festival Planning Meeting 5.0<br></font></b>Tues. Feb. 23, 7 - 9 p.m.<br>53 Cummer Ave. (Cummer United Church) (Cummer bus from Finch subway station) <br>We are hoping to create a positive, family-friencly "fair" where a wide range of related issues can be presented to the public in an educational and fun environment. Our goal is to make connections between the Line 9 threat and the public use of public space; between pipelines and climate change; and between groups working on these related issues. <br>The event is planned for May 15 on the Finch Hydro Corridor and will include buskers/performance, food, information sessions, and information tables. <br>BBaskin@united-church<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#e63b7a">Procuring Urban Innovation<br></font></b>Tues., Feb. 23, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm<br>401 Richmond St W, UrbanSpace Gallery<br>This session will explore how we can achieve a better balance between outcomes that foster value and creativity, while meeting the requirements for transparency for owners and end-users.<br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/place-maker-procuring-urban-innovation-tickets-21281753297">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/place-maker-procuring-urban-innovation-tickets-21281753297</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#be38f3">Animal Rights Academy<br></font></b>A free university lecture series on animal rights philosophy and related readings.<br>Tuesdays 7-9 pm, U of T<br>Please check the lecture schedule for full details. Also, videos of past lectures are archived here.<br>http://animalrightsacademy.org/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#00a3d7">Toronto Bike Awards<br></font></b>Wed. February 24, 7 pm<br>Steam Whistle Brewing Hall, 255 Bremner Blvd.</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">This annual celebration invites the community to honour businesses and organizations that demonstrate leadership in encouraging cycling in our city. Please join us to learn how Toronto's business community is shaping Toronto's cycling network and celebrate our successes.<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1012454345494978/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1012454345494978/</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#669c35">Loss of Innocence? Physicists and the Atom Bomb<br></font></b>Wed. Feb. 24, 7 - 9 pm<br>Room UC 144 of University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T<br>Daniela Monaldi is the Course Director of Science and Technology Studies at York University.<br>scienceforpeace.ca<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><font color="#ff8c82"><b>How To Facilitate Great Meetings<br></b></font>Wed. February 24, 3 pm - 6 pm<br>252 Bloor St W, OISE Building. Exact location given to people who sign up.<br>Come learn and share strategies for fostering good communication, equity, active listening and effective decision making for meetings of all shapes and sizes.<br>https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-facilitate-great-meetings-tickets-20790039568?ref=ecal<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#9929bd">The Future of Four Wheeled Transportation<br></font></b>Thurs., Feb. 25, 6 - 9 pm<br>DMZ Ryerson U, 10 Dundas St. East, 6th Floor<br>The central theme of the panel will be how technology is transforming our urban mobility and how we can thrive together when we have a shared commitment to working on the ambiguous problem of tech disruption (specifically autonomous vehicles and mobile app-enabled ride sharing communities).<br>https://www.picatic.com/futureoffourwheeledtransportation<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><font color="#00a3d7"><b>Emergency Planning in the Nuclear Age: Taking it on the Road<br></b></font>Friday, February 26, 12 - 1 p.m. EST<br>Webinar. Presenter Theresa McClenaghan, Executive, Director and Senior Counsel with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, will discuss emergency planning, preparedness and response in the context of nuclear waste transportation, and update on Ontario current review of their emergency planning system </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC53D982824F3E">https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC53D982824F3E</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><font color="#77bb41"><b>The 4th Annual Toronto Mapuche International Film Festival</b></font></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri.-Sat. Feb. 26 - 27</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">OISE, 252 Bloor</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1536686799993450/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1536686799993450/</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff6251"><b style="font-size: 14px;">Repair Cafe</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. Feb. 27, noon - 4 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Central Neighbourhood House, 349 Ontario</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Get help fixing your stuff while learning how to do it yourself. We can help you mend anything from furniture to clothing to lamps to computers. Free.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://repaircafetoronto.ca">http://repaircafetoronto.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#d357fe">The Natural Environment in Toronto: An exploration of citizen advocacy and partnerships with the City of T.O.<br></font></b>Sun, Feb 28, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm<br>We will explore examples of effective and successful citizen advocacy in stewardship throughout Toronto´s history, with a focus on the past 20 years.<br><a href="http://highparknature.org/wiki/wiki.php">http://highparknature.org/wiki/wiki.php</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#3a88fe">Lessons from Fukushima for Ontario - 5 years after the worst nuclear disaster<br></font></b>Film Screening + Panel Discussion at 3 Locations in Toronto and Pickering<br><br>March 10, 11 & 13<br>Film: A2-B-C, directed by Ian Thomas Ash, 2013 <br>Panels: The risks of Ontario’s nuclear reactors, emergency plans, and plans to rebuild our aging nuclear fleet<br><br>Speakers:<br>Erica Stahl, Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)<br>Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Greenpeace Canada<br>Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA)<br><br>About A2-B-C:<br>Since the nuclear disasters in Fukushima, Japan, in March 2011, local childhood thyroid cancer cases have risen to about 20-50 times above normal. Citing a lack of transparency in the official medical testing of their children and the ineffectiveness of the decontamination of their homes and schools, the children’s mothers take radiation monitoring into their own hands. The film has won 12 awards internationally.<br>71 min. English subtitles. <a href="http://www.a2documentary.com">www.a2documentary.com</a><br><br>——<br>Thur. March 10, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.<br>Pickering Main Library, One the Esplanade<br>By donation.<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/252463191752578/">https://www.facebook.com/events/252463191752578/</a><br>——<br>Fri. March 11, 7 – 9 p.m.<br>Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham, Toronto (Bathurst subway station)<br>Suggested Donation: $5-10<br>https://www.facebook.com/events/806452062832978/<br>——<br>Sun. March 13, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.<br>Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Ave.<br>By donation.<br>https://www.facebook.com/events/1696146407291800/<br>——<br><br>This series is sponsored by: Canadian Environmental Law Association, Durham Nuclear Awareness, Greenpeace and Ontario Clean Air Alliance.<br>For more info: angela@cleanairalliance.org<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#669c35">Shape My City Events</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://shapemycity.ca/events.php">http://shapemycity.ca/events.php</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#ff6251">Beit Zatoun Events<br></font></b>http://beitzatoun.org/events/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#be38f3">Hot Docs<br></font></b>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>http://bloorcinema.com/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#3a88fe">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing </font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><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>Likewise to unsubscribe.<br>Or manage your subscription here:<br>http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l<br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <br><br><br></font><br></div></div></body></html>