Greenspiration News & Events: wind/water/solar

Mon Feb 13 11:50:18 EST 2023

We don’t need ‘miracle’ technologies to fix the climate. We have the tools now

Wind, water and solar energy is cheap, effective and green. We don’t need experimental or risky energy sources like nuclear, carbon capture and storage, or blue hydrogen to save our planet. Mark Z Jacobson

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/07/climate-crisis-miracle-technology-wind-water-solar 

New Law: 50%+ Solar Power Over Parking Lots In France

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/09/new-law-50-solar-power-over-parking-lots-in-france/

Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, imperiling drinking water, agricultural production and safety at Europe's largest nuclear plant

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155761686/russia-is-draining-a-massive-ukrainian-reservoir-endangering-a-nuclear-plantThe 

Russia used state-funded propaganda outlet to whip up support for the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and undermine the Trudeau government

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/10/analysis/russian-propaganda-freedom-convoy-disinformation

The single best way to understand Iran's uprising is not any book or essay, but Shervin Hajipour's 2m anthem "Baraye" which garnered over 40m views in 48h (before he was imprisoned).

https://twitter.com/ksadjadpour/status/1576629217466675202

Carbon capture is a fairytale solution to the climate crisis

Billions of dollars for CCUS are gifts to the oil and gas industry — to keep the profits rolling in while distracting from real solutions

https://ricochet.media/en/3928/carbon-capture-is-a-fairytale-solution-to-the-climate-crisis

Astroturfing: Troll Army of Big Oil - 22 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOi05zDO4yws

How the FBI Infiltrated BLM Protests After Police Murder of George Floyd

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/7/alphabet_boys_podcast_fbi_subterfuge

Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South

In the context of climate change, ever rising energy needs, and biodiversity loss, the capitalist centers have stepped up the pressure to extract natural wealth and rely on cheap labor from the countries on the periphery. Not only is the well-known extractive paradigm still in place, but the North’s ecological debt to the South is rising.

https://pactoecosocialdelsur.com/manifesto-for-an-ecosocial-energy-transition-from-the-peoples-of-the-south/

'Grim' Report Warns 40% of US Animals at Risk of Extinction

"We are currently experiencing and causing the Sixth Extinction—the mass extinction of species across the planet," said the head of NatureServe, which also found a third of plants nationwide are under threat.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/natureserve-40-animals-extinction-us

Let’s expand the ban on single-use plastics

Canada’s single-use plastic ban tackles only about 3% of the plastic waste generated nationwide. 

https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/expand-plastics-ban

Fight Jet Petition - Drop the F35s

The federal government plans to purchase 88 new Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters for $19 billion with a lifecycle cost of $77 billion; The F-35 is a warplane designed for first strike attacks and not defence; The F-35 is also a dual capable plane that can carry the B61-12 nuclear bomb, which would cause Canada to violate its commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The procurement of these fighter jets is antithetical to feminist foreign policy and diverts public funds away from necessary social programs like healthcare, education and housing... 

https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4217

Weighing the harm of gasoline against lithium

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/08/analysis/weighing-harm-gasoline-against-lithium

Lifetime Cost of a Small Car is $689,000 - Society Subsidizes this Ownership with $275,000

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/02/04/lifetime-cost-of-small-car-689000-society-subsidises-this-ownership-with-275000/?sh=1ad8a3cc6398

School of Cities for Everyone

An online course for or anyone who cares about people and cities, regardless of background, with planner Gil Penalosa - affordable, equitable, sustainable cities where people live healthier and happier lives.

https://masterclass.gpenalosa.ca/  

The (billions of) dollars and sense of the Gardiner East

The Gardiner reflects yesterday’s thinking but gobbles up today’s dollars. We deserve to know the (billions of) dollars and cents of what we’re getting into, and what we’re missing out on.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2023/02/05/the-billions-of-dollars-and-sense-of-the-gardiner-east.html

Keesmaat unveils plan to tear down part of Gardiner Expressway for 'grand boulevard'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/keesmaat-gardiner-grand-boulevard-1.4844618

Tell Toronto City Hall: Fund the TTC with a Commercial Parking Levy

https://www.torontoenvironment.org/fund_ttc_parking_2023budget

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EVENTS

The grace of Interior forests: a conversation with Suzanne Simard

Mon. Feb. 13, 5:30 p.m. PT

While coastal forests are often in the spotlight, their Interior neighbours are just as spectacular. From Douglas-firs to Ponderosa Pines to ancient cedars, Interior old and primary forests in B.C., like the inland temperate rainforest, contain some of the rarest ecosystems in the world. There is much these vibrant forests have to teach us if we only take the time to listen. With UBC Professor and ‘Finding the Mother Tree’ author, Suzanne Simard.

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/the-grace-of-interior-forests-a-conversation-with-suzanne-simard/    

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18th Annual Strawberry Ceremony

Tues. Feb. 14, 12:30 p.m. ET

Police Headquarters, College and Bay, Toronto

We will continue to fight to dismantle the settler colonial state and conditions that create violence against Indigenous women, girls, trans and two-spirit people. We look forward to bringing community back together again to mourn collectively in ceremony with loving kindness.

https://www.facebook.com/events/702169008127055 

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Toronto City Council Online Watch Party & Discussion: Budget Edition

Tues. Feb. 14, 9:30 am ET (and/or Wed. Feb. 15)

Get the details and register:

https://www.progresstoronto.ca/winter-training-series-feb-14-2023 

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Cozy Homes: Staying Safe and Engaged in the Fossil Fuel Era

Wed. Feb. 15, 8 pm ET 

Join us for a forum exploring how we make sense of the new gas stove indoor air quality research, how the gas industry has historically influenced city hall and what we can do about it. 

https://stand-earth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrduuhpzwpHdftZG8GyMq6GdUlTVZ420ZS 

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Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

Wed. Feb. 15, 1 - 2:30 p.m. PT

Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? "Clean" technologies and renewable energy pose vexing dilemmas for the energy transition. In this talk, we will unpack these challenges through the lens of lithium, a so-called "critical mineral" essential for its role in decarbonizing one of the most polluting sectors: transportation. And we will explore the possibility of a less mining-intensive pathway to zero carbon transportation. 

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a8LX7Buct4cXVMa 

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Dear City Council, Have A Heart! City Budget Rally

Wed. Feb. 15, 9 - 10 a.m.

In front of main doors at Toronto City Hall, (Queen and Bay)

Join a host of Toronto organizations to tell Council to #HaveAHeartTO! In the face of multiple social crises, we need a city and a budget that works for all. A city with a heart is possible.

https://www.facebook.com/SocialPlanningToronto/posts/pfbid02s4fbuv6YZPYZnj3ck1e9vtJedPXz2Jt3bL3BYtT14JrDxxFeSv6ZVZYHFxFbDwVul

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Off the Hill political panel

Wed. Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. ET 

Rabble.ca host this panel with guests: MP Matthew Green; Stephen Brown, CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims; Richard Sharpe, director of the Black Equity Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat in the Ontario Public Service; and rabble’s own senior parliamentary reporter, Karl Nerenberg.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4ATkWPwwT9qhLC9qYJPuNA

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Out of Sight: Ending Canada's Armed Drone Purchase

Wed. Feb. 15, 7 p.m. ET

Join us for a panel and Q&A on Canada's proposed armed drone purchase. The Canadian military is currently picking a contender for up to 5 billion CAD worth of armed drones. Join us to learn more from experts in the field who are speaking out against the government's attempt to purchase and deploy a fleet of armed drones.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aVnitmH0SlyF7eO-7-X5GQ 

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Unearthing Solidarity: Global Voices on Mining

Thur. Feb. 16, 7 - 8:30 pm 

Everyone is invited to join us for an online event with Indigenous and global partners who are advocating for mining justice.

https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=321 

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Community Finance

Thur. Feb. 16, 5:30 - 8:30 pm ET

CSI Spadina, 192 Spadina, Toronto

Do you wish that your money could be doing more to help the communities you care about? Are you interested in learning more about credit unions? Do you want to meet a bunch of people who are working to make the world of finance a better place? Join the Centre for Social Innovation for a networking event featuring credit unions, sustainable investors, and a whole host of wonderful folks working to support their communities.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/six-degrees-community-finance-tickets-524952716707 

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Haiti Betrayed : Canada's role in the current crisis

Thur. Feb. 16, 7:30 ET

Join us for a panel discussion discussing the current crisis in Haiti and Canada's role past and present. The event is being held to remember the coup orchestrated by Canada, France & the United States against the democratically elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and to demand accountability. It is also to mark Black History Month and to stand in solidarity with the people of Haiti. You are encouraged to watch the film “Haiti Betrayed” before the panel discussion. It is available for free at foreignpolicy.ca (code: HB1915).

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rq7PaBI9S0qUjGZjGnQYsw

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Plants as Friends, Foes, Medicines, and Kin

Fri. Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. ET

A panel-based exploration of Indigenous relationships with the botanical world. Panelists with diverse backgrounds and perspectives will share the ways that they relate to plants and understand their roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. They will explore terms including native species and invasive species, weeds and medicines as well as topics including kinship, naturalization and the relationship between cultural restoration and ecological restoration.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/plants-as-friends-foes-medicines-and-kin-tickets-514902074967?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

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War in Ukraine: On the Brink of a Nuclear Catastrophe

Sat. Feb. 18, 10 - 11 a.m. ET

One year after war broke out in Ukraine, expert panelists will explore the existential health and scientific dimensions of the crisis, along with the solutions to pull us back from the brink of nuclear catastrophe.

https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg 

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Muslim Love

Sun. Feb. 19, 4 p.m. ET

In a world fixated on so-called “Muslim Rage,” the vast Islamic tradition on love as the fundamental principle of creation has largely been obscured, erased, and ignored. Recovering this tradition transforms dominant ideas not only about Islam, but also about love: a love that doesn’t restrict and privatize our relations of care, but extends them – within and across communities, between humans and other-than-humans, to future generations – grounded in the ultimate love of God. With eminent scholar Dr Khaled Abou El Fadl. Watch his presentation livestreamed or the recording here: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyP4c8VABHThR5_Rt5y9FQ/live

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