<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="5ADC8229-F22D-490A-BBE3-7E3A1CA7B50C" height="72" width="307" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D177D4.DA136010" class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Bloor bike lanes are a small step for climate action and about a decade too late <br class=""></font></b>Great piece by Hamish Wilson, local and long-time bike activist who has spent years advocating for bike lanes on Bloor. There's lots of reason to be cynical while at the same time celebrating one small step.<br class=""><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/news/bloor-bike-lanes-one-small-step-for-climate-action-a-decade-too-late/#.V9Fps2isky8.twitter" class="">https://nowtoronto.com/news/bloor-bike-lanes-one-small-step-for-climate-action-a-decade-too-late/#.V9Fps2isky8.twitter</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">Toronto Pig Save inspires global animal-rights activism<br class=""></font></b>Activist Anita Krajnc’s weekly vigils at Toronto-area slaughterhouses have inspired an international movement to save animals<br class="">https://nowtoronto.com/news/toronto-pig-save-inspires-global-animal-rights-activism/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#00a3d7" class="">Dispatches from the Pig Save trial<br class=""></font></b>Five takeaways from the trial of animal rights activist Anita Krajnc<br class="">https://nowtoronto.com/news/dispatches-from-the-pig-save-trial/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">WMDs in the west end of Toronto? <br class=""></font></b>After failed community attempts to shut it down, GE's uranium pellet plant on Lansdowne has just been bought by U.S.-based nuclear weapons manufacturer BWX Technologies<br class="">https://nowtoronto.com/news/wmds-in-the-west-end-of-toronto/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">US, China Formally Join Paris Climate Agreement<br class=""></font></b>http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/09/03/us-china-formally-join-paris-agreement<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">China, U.S. Ratify Paris Agreement, But Canada’s Just Not Ready<br class=""></font></b>http://smartershift.com/energymix/2016/09/05/china-u-s-ratify-paris-agreement-but-canadas-just-not-ready/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork <br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Urge Canada to Lead on the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons<br class=""></font></b>Petition: https://www.ceasefire.ca/?p=24026</font></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253);" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font color="#505050" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Or better yet, write your own letter to PM Trudeau (no postage required) urging him to excercise international leadership for nuclear disarmament. Send to: 80 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0A2</font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">. The Cdn gov’t has turned its back on an important nuclear disarmament initiative and sided with the nuclear weapons states despite the fact that 90% of Canadians want nuclear disarmament.</span></font></span></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">U.S. Halts Dakota Access Construction, Offers ‘Government-to-Government’ Dialogue with Standing Rock Sioux<br class=""></font></b>In a surprise announcement Friday afternoon, the Obama Administration called for a “voluntary” construction hold on a 40-mile section of the fiercely-disputed Dakota Access pipeline, just hours after U.S. Judge James Boasberg refused the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s call for an emergency restraining order against the project.<br class=""><a href="http://smartershift.com/energymix/2016/09/09/u-s-halts-dakota-access-construction-offers-government-to-government-dialogue-with-standing-rock-sioux/" class="">http://smartershift.com/energymix/2016/09/09/u-s-halts-dakota-access-construction-offers-government-to-government-dialogue-with-standing-rock-sioux/</a><br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">Democracy Now reports on Dakota Access Pipeline</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/topics/dakota_access" class="">http://www.democracynow.org/topics/dakota_access</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""> <br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#00a3d7" class="">Baroness Von Sketch Show<br class=""></font></b>Have you seen CBC's new feminist comedy sketch show? Brilliant. Here is my fave sketch: G4 Summit - when women rule.<br class=""><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/baroness/sketches/season1/g4-summit" class="">http://www.cbc.ca/baroness/sketches/season1/g4-summit</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy - doc screening and forum <br class=""></font></b>Tuesday, September 13, 6:30 - 8:15 pm <br class="">Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane St.<br class="">It's under-reported in the media, but a silent revolution is moving across the world. Renewable energy is becoming cheaper than the energy from fossil fuels. It means that progressively the choice for wind and solar energy is no longer an ethical but an economic one. And this will speed up the transfer to renewable energy. This documentary (2016) offers hope that we can speed up our transition to renewable energy in time to save ourselves from catastrophic climate change. Following the screening and discussion, we may also view a short film, Power Play, about the residents of Shönau, Germany, who founded Germany's first renewable energy co-op.<br class="">http://tcan.ca/event/breakthrough-renewable-energy<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">Climate Change Townhall</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Wed. Sept. 14, 7 p.m.<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Beach United Church, 140 Wineva</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon, MPP Arthur Potts and industry experts discuss how government, business and individuals can tackle climate change. Free. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="http://facebook.com/events/1737567713173930" class="">facebook.com/events/1737567713173930</a>.<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Action for Bees & Trees<br class=""></font></b>Wed. Sept. 14, 6:30 - 9 p.m. (presentation begins 7 p.m.) <br class="">United Steelworkers Hall, Cecil St. (east of spading) <br class="">Wilderness Committee's Ontario Office is hosting Manitoba Campaign Director Eric Reder discussing their push for a ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, their work to stop logging in Algonquin Provincial Park, and the campaign against Energy East.<br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/816566511777395/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/816566511777395/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">Digital Disruption and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<br class=""></font></b>With Sam Lanfranco, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar (Economics), York U<br class="">Wed. Sept. 14, 7 - 9 p.m.<br class="">Room 144 University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U. of T<br class="">Science for Peace presents this weekly series of free public lectures . Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend.<br class="">http://scienceforpeace.ca/digital-disruption-and-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#3a88fe" class="">Before the Flood<br class=""></font></b>TIFF film about climate change<br class="">Thur. Fri, Sept. 15 and 16<br class="">Fisher Stevens' latest documentary (formerly titled The Turning Point) chronicles Leonardo DiCaprio's campaign to raise global awareness about the dangers of climate change in his role as a UN Ambassador of Peace.<br class=""><a href="http://www.tiff.net/films/before-the-flood/" class="">http://www.tiff.net/films/before-the-flood/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#4f7a28" class="">The Radical Business Intensive<br class=""></font></b>Thur. - Sun. Sept. 15 - 18<br class="">With Tad Hargrave, Marketing for Hippies, helping green and local businesses to grow.<br class="">http://marketingforhippies.com/rbitoronto/?utm_source=RBI+Ten+Reasons&utm_campaign=Toronto+Alums+-+Spread+the+Word&utm_medium=email<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">in/FUTURE: A Transformative Art Experience <br class=""></font></b>Thur. September 15 - 25<br class="">Ontario Place, Toronto waterfront <br class="">in/FUTURE is a multidisciplinary art and music festival presented by Art Spin in association with Small World Music Festival that will re-animate the west island of Ontario Place, a scenic 14-acre waterfront urban oasis within Toronto. <br class="">http://www.artspin.ca/#!upcoming/cihc<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">Art Spin: : Group ride to in/future</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Thur. September 15, 6:30</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Alexandra Park, Dundas and Bathurst</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Advance $15 tix gets you into the In/Future festival. <br class=""><a href="http://www.artspin.ca" class="">http://www.artspin.ca</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Take Back the Night <br class=""></font></b>Fri. Sept. 16, 4 - 10 p.m.<br class="">Community Fair 4pm; Community Dinner 5pm; Rally 6pm; March 8pm<br class="">55 Gould St. Ryerson Student Centre<br class="">All People, All Access: Living with Disabilities and D/deafness for a Barrier and Violence Free World . Tokens provided. Attendant care provided. Childcare provided<br class="">takebackthenighttoronto.com<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">9/11: What’s new 15 years later? <br class=""></font></b>Fri. September 16, 7 - 9:30 pm <br class="">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham<br class="">New short films followed by a discussion with Barry Zwicker, media & 911 expert. $5<br class="">http://beitzatoun.org/event/911-whats-new-15-years-later/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">Kensington Market Jazz Festival<br class=""></font></b>Fri. - Sun. Sept. 16 - 18<br class="">Kensington Market, near Spadina/Dundas/Augusta/College<br class="">3 days, hundreds of shows<br class=""><a href="http://kensingtonjazz.com" class="">Kensingtonjazz.com</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#4f7a28" class="">Rock Against the TPP <br class=""></font></b>Fri. Sept. 16<br class="">- 11 am – Great Hall at Hart House, U of T – Doctors without Borders, Canadian Environmental Law Association and Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten explain how the TPP threatens national sovereignty, health and the environment.<br class="">- 1 pm – Hart House, U of T – how to fight the TPP Student info demo<br class="">- 6 p.m. - 2 a.m. - Concert. The Opera House, 735 Queen St E<br class="">We’ve built a huge community of Canadians who know that the TPP will threaten our digital rights and the open Internet, while robbing us of the right to shape policies that work for us. But still, too many people are still sitting on the sidelines, because they just don't know how dangerous the TPP is. It's simple: pro-TPP forces need to keep those people on the sidelines to ram the deal through. If we can get those people off the sidelines then we will win.<br class="">https://act.openmedia.org/rocktpp/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">Rock Against the TPP - Teach-in and Postering <br class=""></font></b>Saturday Sept. 17, noon<br class="">United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.<br class="">Corporate lobbyists are working behind the scenes to pressure the Trudeau government to support the TPP. If we’re going to stop this dangerous deal, we need to scale up our opposition fast. This is a family-friendly event, and we will be providing childcare. Lunch will be also be provided. This event is organized by Leadnow, OpenMedia, Council of Canadians, Common Frontiers, USW, Unifor, Fight for the Future and People's Climate Movement.<br class="">http://we.leadnow.ca/tpp_teach_in_and_postering_action<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Open Streets TO<br class=""></font></b>Sun. Sept. 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.<br class="">Bloor St (Parliament to Christie) & Yonge St (Bloor to Queen) <br class="">Open Streets TO opens the streets to people and closes them to cars. People traffic replaces car traffic, and the streets become “paved parks” where everyone can come out to get active and connect with one another.<br class="">http://www.openstreetsto.org<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">City Cider</font></b><br class="">Sun. Sept. 18, noon – 5 p.m.<br class="">Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd.<br class="">Beneath colourful flags, amongst crowds and laughter, with ethereal melodies echoing from beyond a grand garden, rickety direction posts pointing the way to festive places, kids with painted faces, croquet, crafts and bee hives, cider pressed from apples that grew above us, the hard stuff poured by the hands that made it. This September will mark the 5th Annual City Cider Festival, Toronto’s premier fruit harvest celebration and fundraiser for Not Far From the Tree. $8 in advance | $10 at the gate | Free for children under 12. Admission includes museum entrance.<br class="">http://citycider.org/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#5e30eb" class="">Make Every Vote Count Equally - Toronto Town Hall Meeting with Nathan Cullen<br class=""></font></b>Sunday, Sept. 18, 2 - 4 pm<br class="">Hart House - Music Room, 7 Hart House Circle, U of T<br class="">As part of the government consultation on electoral reform, MPs have been invited to hold town halls. This is our chance to show up and speak up for proportional representation! What the MPs hear at the town halls - how much support there is for proportional representation - will be reported back to the all-party committee on electoral reform (ERRE). Nathan Cullen is one of the 12 members of ERRE.<br class="">- Proportional Representation: 30% of the vote should equal 30% of the seats<br class="">- Voter Equality: every voter should be able to elect an MP who reflects his/her values<br class="">- Diversity: Our Parliament should reflect our diversity, including the political diversity within each region<br class="">- Collaboration: proportional representation means parties working together, and policies supported by parties representing a majority of voters<br class="">http://www.ndp.ca/event-rsvp/4jjhc<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">Beit Zatoun Events<br class=""></font></b>http://beitzatoun.org/events/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Centre for Social Innovation Events<br class=""></font></b>http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing <br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#ff6a00" class="">Shape My City Events<br class=""></font></b>http://shapemycity.ca/events.php<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">Hot Docs<br class=""></font></b>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<br class="">http://bloorcinema.com/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#d357fe" class="">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing </font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/" class="">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br class="">Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br class="">greenspiration@web.ca<br class="">Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br class="">and tell me what city/country you live in.<br class="">Likewise to unsubscribe.<br class="">Or manage your subscription here:<br class="">http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l<br class=""><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br class=""><br class=""></font></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>