<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><img style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" apple-inline="yes" id="366DA398-68C7-4FCF-9E56-0160D43536C1" height="72" width="307" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:9CA06E15-4C4C-4CCE-A39E-8F004EC7AB3B@Home"><div><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font>Friends, this is my last newsletter for the summer. Peace, nature and health… - angela<div><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#be38f3">Make Toronto a nuke-free zone<br></font></b>By Angela Bischoff, NOW magazine<br>Nuclear fallout zone: more people live within 30 kilometres of the Pickering plant than live near any other nuclear facility in North America.<br><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/news/make-toronto-a-nuke-free-zone/">https://nowtoronto.com/news/make-toronto-a-nuke-free-zone/</a><br><br><b><font color="#be38f3"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Can you spare a few hours to help leaflet blitz Scarborough Rouge River riding?</span> </font></b>We’re hoping to make the shuttering of Pickering a by-election issue.<div>angela@cleanairalliance.org</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#be38f3">Please sign the petition to Close-Pickering.ca </font></b></span> http://cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering <br><br></div><div>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">Brexit Vote Roils UK, EU Climate and Energy Policy </font></b><br>Britons’ referendum decision to leave the European Union will roil national and regional climate and environmental policy as surely as it has brought initial chaos to British currency and global financial markets, leading environmental organizations are warning today.<br>http://smartershift.com/energymix/2016/06/24/breaking-brexit-vote-roils-uk-eu-climate-and-energy-policy/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">Hitting the streets</font></b><br>Cycling booms in London, and the city's not looking back<br>http://www.corporateknights.com/channels/transportation/12504-14622609/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#e63b7a">The Leap Manifesto - 2 min. video</font></b><br>A new menace descends on our dear Canada calling for 100% renewable energy by 2050. <br>https://www.facebook.com/TheLeapManifesto/videos/525699357616923/?pnref=story<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#874efe">A world war has begun - break the silence <br></font></b>John Pilger on the evil American empire, nuclear proliferation, Obama, Clinton and Trump<br>http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=81e01f026144a7a39810a239b&id=64c33ab70c<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">TransCanada Files NAFTA Suit Demanding More Than $15 Billion for Keystone XL Rejection <br></font></b>On June 24, foreign oil company TransCanada filed a lawsuit against the United States under NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, arguing that the U.S. rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline violated NAFTA's broad rights for foreign investors by thwarting the company's "expectations." As compensation, TransCanada is demanding more than $15 billion from U.S. taxpayers.<br>content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/06/transcanada-files-nafta-suit-demanding-more-15-billion-keystone-xl-rejection<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">Blind Man And His Friend With No Arms Work As One To Plant A Forest <br></font></b>Now they want to cover a mountain.<br>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/10000-trees-planted-in-china_us_576b6268e4b09926ce5dcb15?<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#e32400">PED.Toronto</font></b><br>June 23 - Aug. 21<br>Koffler Gallery, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street (N. of Queen)<br>PED re-imagines and transforms our experiences of familiar streetscapes, engaging a spectrum of professional and amateur narrators to populate audio tracks delivered via bicycle-mounted speakers and through a range of site-specific, audio bicycle tours designed to reveal layers of a city’s life. Bike tours are available to anyone wishing to ride; bicycles are borrowed and returned free of charge.<br>http://kofflerarts.org/exhibitions/2016/03/16/ped-toronto/<div><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#be38f3">Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible<br></font></b>A live-streamed presentation by Guy Dauncey <br>Mon. June 27, 8 p.m. <br>https://streamofconsciousness.ca/journeytothefuture/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">T.O. City Council Executive Committee to discuss Pickering <br></font></b>Tues./Wed. July 28-29 <br>Toronto City Hall, Meeting Rm 1 <br>Here's the motion: Request for the Government of Ontario to Close Pickering Nuclear Station in 2018: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2016.EX16.46<br>You can watch it live streamed: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/decisionBodyProfile.do?function=doPrepare&meetingId=10992#Meeting-2016.EX16 <br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">OHIP for All</font></b><br>Tuesday, June 28, 12 - 1 p.m.<br>Ministry of Health, 900 Bay Street<br>Over 200,000 people in Ontario are denied health coverage due to their immigration status. Many children, adults and seniors have been denied care in emergency rooms, have been asked for thousands of dollars upfront for healthcare, have received massive bills or have foregone healthcare altogether when they needed it. People have died as a result of our system in Ontario that denies care to people who need it. We can stop unnecessary and high cost health complications. We can stop denying sick people care. We can create the society we all want to live in by providing healthcare for all people living in Ontario, regardless their of immigration status<br>https://www.facebook.com/events/113034542451606/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff4013">Universal Basic Income<br></font></b>Wednesday June 29, 7 pm<br>Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 314<br>Featured Speakers: Adam Vaughan, Sheila Regehr, Josephine Grey, John Clarke, Jacquie Chic<br>The issue of Universal Basic Income was raised at our Community Forum on Income Security in December, as something requiring more discussion, so we have organized this Community Forum to facilitate the discussion in our community. The views of both proponents and critics of Universal Basic Income will be shared, followed by an open discussion. Please register by sending an email to: kensington.bellwoods@gmail.com Organized by Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services.</div><div><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#9929bd">This Ain't Canada Day Fundraiser and Launch Party <br></font></b>Thursday June 30, 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.<br>The Central, 603 Markham Street<br>Come celebrate resistance to colonialism with the kick-off to the Beehive Design Collective's Art of Resistance Tour vol.2 and the Toronto launch of The Media Co-op's Dominion magazine Special Issue on Indigenous Land Defence: Warrior Up! $10 - $20 sliding scale *No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds* <br>https://www.facebook.com/events/236344943415311/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#008cb4">Water Wonders<br></font></b>June 30 - July 10<br>St. George The Martyr Anglican Church, 205 John Street <br>Age range: 8-12 years old.<br>Don't miss this engaging outdoor theatre production for ages 8 and up, about our deep connection with nature and one another! Directed by award-winning Sue Miner, Water Wonders is about a boy who fights to preserve the woods he loves with the help of some unlikely allies. <br>http://fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/water-wonders/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">We Remember Lac Megantic</font></b><br>Sun. July 3, 1 p.m.<br>Bartlett Ave and CPR rail line (north of Dupont) </div><div>Three years ago a train carrying unconventional crude exploded in the centre of Lac Megantic, Quebec killing 47 residents. Today we are reminded that that same train trailed through the heart of Toronto before continuing east. We will take time to remember each of those 47 lives and commit ourselves to preventing a similar disaster in our city.<br>www.stopline9-toronto.ca<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#be38f3">New Moon Gathering for Women<br></font></b>Mon. July 4, 7 - 9 pm<br>Red Tent on open air roof top deck near Ossington subway.<br>We''l learn about the moon's cycle and the cycles of women in the childbearing years, then make moon cycle beads! ALL women welcome, all ages. Suggested donation $10 for materials. RSVP by June 29th<br>Tracey@AnarresHealth.ca<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff4013">BREXIT: What Happened?<br></font></b>Monday, July 4, 7 pm<br>United Steelworkers hall, 25 Cecil St <br>The result of the EU referendum in the UK is sending shock waves throughout the world. The institutions of capitalism are in crisis and for the 1% the threat of “contagion” is terrifying. For the left the result can offer openings for a more radical perspective on global capitalism but there is also the danger of the far-right using the crisis to grow and to spread more hate and xenophobia. Join us for a public forum and discussion abut the referendum and its implications in Canada and abroad. mHosted by the International Socialists </div><div>www.socialist.ca | reports@socialist.ca</div><div><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">GreenPAC Pub Social<br></font></b>Wednesday, July 6, 5:30 - 8:30 pm<br>Pauper's Pub, 539 Bloor St W<br>Come out and meet GreenPAC staff, interns, and like-minded environmental politicos, and learn about the ways you can help build cross-partisan environmental leadership in politics. The event is open to both current and prospective volunteers and GreenPAC supporters. We'd love some volunteer help in a few areas over the next few months, especially social media, blogging and representing GreenPAC at festivals across the city. Reply to this email (info@greenpac.ca) to RSVP for the social and if you'd like to help out this summer.<br>http://www.greenpac.ca/ <br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">Marketing for Hippies 101 - How to Grow Your Green & Holistic Business<br></font></b>Thursday, July 7, 10 am - 5 pm </div><div>A pay-what-you-can, day-long workshop where you can learn the marketing secrets of North America's most successful green, holistic, community-minded entrepreneurs. Attract more of the clients you want (without ever sacrificing your integrity or spending a fortune).<br>http://bit.ly/1UiSi2M<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#e63b7a">Make Your Own Sunscreens</font></b></div><div>Tues. July 12, 7 - 8:30pm </div><div>Karma Food Cooperative, 739 Palmerston Blvd.<br>You'll learn everything you need to know to stay safe and select safe products for you and your loved ones. We'll make a safe, all natural sun protection cream using local naturally SPF-y oils, cocoa or shea butter or coconut oil, plus zinc oxide, and you'll go home with 120 ml in a beautiful recycled metal pump bottle or jar. For an extra eco happy bonus, bring your own container. RSVP: at Karma coop on the sign up sheet or call (416) 534-1470. Space is limited! Child friendly. Open and FREE* to all Coop Members and the Karma Coop Curious! Suggested donation: $10 (per product you take home).<br><br></div><div>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#444444">In celebration of Mad Pride Week Toronto Friendly Spike Theatre Band presents:<br></font><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#be38f3">What's Next. the Big C?<br></font></b>July 12 -15, 7 p.m.<br>6 Noble St. (Queen and Dufferin), Pia Bouman School of Dance </div><div>Synopsis of Play: After years wrestling with mental health issues, Tom, the narrator of the play is faced with a physical one. He believes he may have the big C, (cancer). Set in the psychiatric patient lounge of a general<br>hospital, his prognosis will be easy to obtain. However, new ideas and ways of understanding flow from fellow patients. Each evening a special introduction to the play will be made by different community groups:<br>July 12 - Mad Pride Organizers and Mental Health Peer Support Organization</div><div>July 13 - Cheri DiNovo - MPP Parkdale Highpark. Parkdale Community Legal Services, and The Dream Team. Opening Night and Reception - July 13, 2016</div><div>July 14 - The Yellow Door Cafe and The Secret Handshake Gallery </div><div>July 15 - Mad Pride Organizers, ODSP Action Coalition, Crazy Talks and Mad Stories </div><div>All performances Pay What You Can. </div><div>friendlyspike@primus.ca<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">ArtSpin</font></b></div><div>Thur. July 14</div><div>There’s nothing online yet but it should be the 2nd Thur. of each month. A 2-wheeled art tour. Worth it, trust me.</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">Toronto Anarchist Bookfair<br></font></b>July 23 and 24<br>Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil<br>Whether you're new and curious about anarchism, or you have been an anarchist for decades, come join us for a jam-packed weekend of books and zines, workshops and discussions, good food, good friends, and more.<br>https://www.facebook.com/events/853199811456638/<br>https://torontoanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#e63b7a">Pedestrian Sunday</font></b><br>Sun. July 26, 1 - 6 p.m.<br>Kensington Market (Augusta between College and Dundas) </div><div>Monthly celebration of car-free streets for people with music, street theatre and more. <br>http://www.kensingtonmarketbia.com/pedestrian-sundays-in-kensington-market.htm<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#be38f3">Bleeders Summerworks Theatre - Pickering<br></font></b>Aug. 4 - 14<br>The Theatre Centre Mainspace, 1115 Queen Street West </div><div>An Afro-futurist dub-opera set in Ontario, Bleeders is the culminating play in d’bi.young anitafrika's new triptych, The Orisha Trilogy. The story takes place way into the future - the Pickering Nuclear Plant has exploded, and a group of Black womxn form a small council. How in the midst of government oppression, gender revolution, and ecological degradation do we still find hope? <br>http://summerworks.ca/2016/artists/bleeders/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#e32400">Toxic Tour of Canada's Chemical Valley<br></font></b>Sun. Aug. 21, 8 a.m.<br>Near Sarnia. Buses from Toronto will be organized.<br>Come to experience Canada's Petro-chemical Industry first hand. On this tour you will be able to learn history, what refineries are in the chemical valley, what they produce, and so much more. Witness the pollution with your own eyes, ears, noses, and feel what it has done to our land and our people. This is an open event to anyone and any group. We can provided camping over night for the 20th of August. Meals are included for the day.<br>https://www.facebook.com/events/478581809014081/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#3a88fe">Pedestrian Sunday<br></font></b>Sun. Aug. 30, 1 - 6 p.m.<br>Kensington Market (Augusta between College and Dundas) Monthly celebration of car-free streets for people with music, street theatre and more. <br>http://www.kensingtonmarketbia.com/pedestrian-sundays-in-kensington-market.htm<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">Shape My City Events<br></font></b>http://shapemycity.ca/events.php<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff4013">Beit Zatoun Events</font></b><br>http://beitzatoun.org/events/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#9929bd">Centre for Social Innovation Events<br></font></b>http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing <br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#00a3d7">Hot Docs</font></b><br>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>http://bloorcinema.com/<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#669c35">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b>https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/<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><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>