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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><img width=408 height=96 style='width:4.25in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4A095.515C6D10"></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Blessings of the season! May 2019 bring us all great joy, peace, and progress toward sustainability.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>-angela</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>----------- </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change. 4 min. video.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzeekxtyFOY&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzeekxtyFOY&feature=youtu.be</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Extinction Rebellion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. The government has failed to protect us. To survive, it’s going to take everything we’ve got. Watch the 50 video recording which explains the why and what of this new, powerful movement that started in Britain and is spreading around the globe.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://rebellion.earth/#join">https://rebellion.earth/#join</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>2018 Was the Year of Europe’s War on Cars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>From Paris to Madrid, efforts to curb the use of automobiles formed a battleground across Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/12/gas-tax-paris-yellow-vest-car-free-cities-europe-spain/578551/?utm_source=feedburner%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29%26utm_content=FeedBurner">https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/12/gas-tax-paris-yellow-vest-car-free-cities-europe-spain/578551/?utm_source=feedburner%26utm_medium=feed%26utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29%26utm_content=FeedBurner</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>#EndBikeTheft: Our Action Plan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/endbiketheft-actionplan">https://www.cycleto.ca/endbiketheft-actionplan</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Free Willy Bill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Elizabeth May is advancing an important piece of legislation currently in the House of Commons - Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (also known as the Free Willy Bill). Bill S-203 will phase out keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity across Canada. Please sign the petitions in support of this bill:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.greenparty.ca/en/free-willy">https://www.greenparty.ca/en/free-willy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1919">https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1919</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>No pipelines through Unist'ot'en land<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Send a quick letter here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://actions.sumofus.org/a/no-pipelines-through-unis-to-ten-lands">https://actions.sumofus.org/a/no-pipelines-through-unis-to-ten-lands</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Know Your Drugs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please consider making a donation to Know Your Drugs. It's a Canadian campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of prescription drugs. It's grassroots, political, and effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://knowyourdrugs.org/">https://knowyourdrugs.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>What is Democracy?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Jan. 4 - 10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bloor Hot Docs, 506 Bloor W.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>At a time when our democracy seems like it’s coming under attack worldwide, this urgent new doc reflects on a word we too often take for granted. From Ancient Greece all the way to our global economic crisis and the election of Donald Trump, filmmaker and philosopher Astra Taylor takes us on a millennial-spanning, continent-hopping journey to explore the roots, virtues and trappings of the Great Democratic Experiment. Featuring a brilliant cast of thought leaders, citizens and activists, What is Democracy? connects the past and the present, the personal and the political, to ask how the foundations of democracy can help us rethink and rebuild the institution today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=80629~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&utm_source=eBulletin&utm_medium=2018.11.15HDC&utm_campaign=HDCFilms&utm_content=WhatsDemocracy">https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=80629~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&utm_source=eBulletin&utm_medium=2018.11.15HDC&utm_campaign=HDCFilms&utm_content=WhatsDemocracy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Saturday, January 5, 7pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tickets: $20 (includes dinner) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association invites you to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. We will be celebrating with food, music and dance!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/532188017193790/">https://www.facebook.com/events/532188017193790/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Centre for Social Innovation Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialinnovation.org/community/events/">https://socialinnovation.org/community/events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Hot Docs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://hotdocscinema.ca/">https://hotdocscinema.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>