Greenspiration News & Events: Women taking climate action

Mon Mar 6 12:02:55 EST 2023

Book review: Greta Thunberg tells it like it is in “The Climate Book”

The 20-year-old climate activist has put together a reading list for determined citizens willing to mobilize for a just and sustainable future. 

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/book-review-greta-thunberg-tells-it-like-it-is-in-the-climate-book/ 

No Miracles Needed 

In this recording, Stanford University Professor and author Mark Z. Jacobson discusses how renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation can help solve the climate crisis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjApPoaU42s 

Nuclear ransom note should be rejected

Desperate to reverse its declining fortunes, the nuclear industry began touting a new generation of reactors it dubs SMRs, using the #climatecrisis as a cover. Now it's expecting hundreds of millions $ in public funding from the feds and provinces.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/28/opinion/moltex-nuclear-ransom-note-should-be-rejected  

Say NO to a new nuclear reactor in the GTA

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/smrcost/

Ukraine Analysis

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder

Haiti Betrayed

This powerful film, with its heart-stopping footage, captures the brutality of what the “advanced” world has done to the people of Haiti since their heroic revolution against slavery. Canada’s shameful role – braying about human rights even as it provides political cover for the US overthrow of Haitian democracy – exposes the lie behind Canada’s good-guy image in the world. 

https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/

What does the Gardiner East $1B re-build have to do with cycling? Everything.

The expressway - a product of 1950s and 1960s thinking - gobbles up today’s infrastructure dollars while funnelling more cars onto congested roads where the war for space is never-ending. Furthermore, rebuilding an elevated expressway while the Earth burns is symbolically and literally out of touch with today’s reality.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18nIaXl7OjXNijmrzkNK8I856H6Ff3aGd/edit  

Take the Tooker

The 30 km cross-town Bloor-Danforth bicycle expressway, envisioned in 2005 as a legacy project in honour of the late Tooker Gomberg, is already 16 km built - it is now the longest continuous bikeway in Toronto. By 2024, another 14 km should be built extending from Kipling to Scar. Golf Club Rd. Enjoy the ride!!! Special shout out of thanks to Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition - TCBC, Bells On Kingston, Bells on Danforth, Bells on Bloor, Cycle Toronto and Hamish Wilson for their relentless advocacy.

http://surl.li/fgpyj

Speaking of Tooker...

March 3 marked 19 years since his tragic passing. https://greenspiration.org/tooker/ ☹

I've been reading his writing this past month and am so delighted by his vivid storytelling, humor, chutzpah and vision. Pick one here and enjoy: https://greenspiration.org/tooker/tookers-collected-writings/

My fave: https://greenspiration.org/woody-meets-angelas-hammer/ 

Tooker, Le Monde a Bicyclette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44I_PBXBAQ 

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Nonviolence: The Tactics and Strategies of Winning Campaigns: India - Defying the Crown

Mon. March 6, 7 p.m. ET

In India in the 1930s, after Gandhi had returned from South Africa, he and his followers adopted a strategy of refusing to cooperate with British rule. Through civil disobedience and boycotts, they successfully loosened their oppressors’ grip on power and set India on the path to freedom. Will feature a brief, documentary film plus discussion with guest expert, to help the audience think through the strategic and tactical lessons for effective nonviolent action.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcO6vqjIsH92ZJ0fJa3O0vQ-BdJXGi9ha

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Canada's Complicity in Mining Destruction - Actionar Mining Out

Mon. Mar. 6, 3 p.m. ET

Join Amazon Watch and Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) for an actionar and in-depth conversation about the impacts of mining on the self-determination and access to natural resources of Indigenous and First Nation communities across the Americas. Starting Monday, March 6th, the Prospectors and Developers Conference (PDAC) will be held in Toronto, bringing together those involved in the mining industry for further negotiations and business. Learn how Canadian mining practices are enabling human rights violations and join in solidarity through digital actions.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p7cdhUwBS5qD7BiHRXK3ag

#Disrupt PDAC Social Media Kit 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wmSDNV48nIvNJLoL--EilQBsHavvJ5t71IqLva1MoaY/edit

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Secrets of a Successful Organizer

Mon. March 6, 13 and 20, 6 - 8 p.m. ET

Beating Apathy. Assembling Your Dream Team. Turning an Issue into a Campaign.

https://labornotes.org/events/2023/secrets-successful-organizer-march-workshop-series-online 

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Court Battle to #StopBigPlastic

Tues. Mar. 7, noon - 1 p.m. ET

180 Queen St. West, Toronto

Canada’s single-use plastic ban is under threat! Big Plastic is suing the federal government over its decision to designate plastics as “toxic” under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Environmental Defence Canada, Animal Justice, and Oceana Canada are in court to defend the government's listing, and to ensure the judge understands plastic pollution’s devastating impact on wildlife, the environment, and our health. Join us outside of the courthouse to take a stand and support our efforts to #StopBigPlastic!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1650494698725526/ 

Find out more here:

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2023/02/23/big-plastic-will-see-us-in-court-next-month-and-youre-invited-toronto/ 

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Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Consultation: Tell the Feds A Stronger ZEV Mandate is Needed

Tuesday March 7, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

With Ken Love from Climate Messengers & Raymond Leury, President of the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO)

The government of Canada has released Draft Zero Emission Vehicle Regulations (“Draft ZEV Regs”). If these draft regulations are made into law, they will create sales quotas for ZEVs. Each year a certain, and increasing, percentage of all the cars, SUVs, and pick-up trucks (collectively called “light duty vehicles”) that each automaker in Canada sells would have to be ZEVs. It is very important that you, and many other people like you, take a bit of time to learn about the Draft ZEV Regs and provide your comments on them, because most of the automakers have opposed, and continue to oppose, the Draft ZEV Regs. Please make a submission if you can by March 16th, even if you don’t attend the webinar.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUscOyqrT4iHtUgTzE2NR1Tt-2jvZqQCMkh

Checkout Climate Messenger’s 2-minute ZEV mandate video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvKGZ3UEh4&t=77s 

Checkout the Climate Messengers toolkit here: 

https://climatemessengers.ca/2023-draft-zev-regulations/ 

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The Fossil Fuel Treaty proposal: a climate tool for peace

Tues, March 7, 8 a.m. ET

The war in Ukraine has underscored the urgency of ending our dependence on fossil fuels, both for Europe and the world. To address fossil fuel-induced destruction and violence, governments need to implement new bold solutions. The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty proposal is a climate tool for peace that could provide the missing framework to build sustainable alternatives based on cooperation, equity and care. Join us for this event at the intersection of peace and environment.

https://fossilfueltreaty.org/events/peace

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Everyone Has a Role to Play: Winning a Youth Climate Corps

Tues. Mar. 7, 7 p.m. ET

Join Anjali Appadurai, Naomi Klein, Seth Klein, Juan Vargas Alba, and other guests as we outline our plans for winning a national Youth Climate Corps as well as climate corps in British Columbia and Alberta. The event will feature a special video debut, musical guests, and a panel discussion about the history of such initiatives and efforts to campaign for climate corps across the country.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodemppzkuHN2uQFc_mRd0cM7eN6sL_PHN   

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Cities for People

Tues. March 7, 11 a.m. ET

Helle Søholt is Founding Partner, CEO, Gehl Architects, Denmark. Through her leadership, strategic and organizational talent, the office has developed a knowledge base and experience portfolio that is respected internationally in the field of urban design and urban development.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_30COaHaYQvK69X_wWEUJ-g  

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Women Taking Climate Action 

Tues. March 7, 8 pm ET 

What do we love so much... that we'll take action for climate justice together? Join us to consider why it's so important for women to be leaders on climate action and what women are already doing to lead on climate justice.  With Lyn Adamson and Jane Adams.

Register by Email: womenandclimate2023 at gmail.com and we will send you the zoom link.

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20th Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival

March 8 to 12 in-person at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

March 13-19 on Hot Docs’ digital platform 

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/08/20th-annual-human-rights-watch-canada-film-festival 

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Women leading climate action through agriculture, education, and health

Wed. Mar. 8, 8 a.m. ET

Representatives from the fields of clean cooking, women’s health, education, and agriculture will share stories and provide tangible examples of how women and girls are leading on climate action and implementing solutions that strengthen adaptation, boost human well-being, and mitigate future emissions.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JZq-hO3XSUicj8T12I9ozQ 

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Toward a Real Feminist Foreign Policy

Wed. March 8, 3 p.m. ET

On International Women's Day, join a panel of leading thinkers and activists on the need for a real feminist foreign policy and what that could look like.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rIb4s97mQ_mnIAced2IaFw 

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Socialist Action: International Women's Day Celebration 2023

Wed. March 8, 7 pm ET

This will be a live-stream presentation of socialist-feminist speakers, singers and poetry-readers based in France and across the Canadian state.

https://youtube.com/live/bdK1Q38-zfM 

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Green Advocates in Every Riding – Why engaging with your elected leaders matters and how to do it

Wed. Mar. 8, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Learn why engaging with your local elected officials matters and how you can get started in your own riding with Joe Mihevc who will shares stories from his time as a City Councillor that reveal just how important advocating for the environment can be in influencing political decisions. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/green-advocates-in-every-riding-tickets-568648762757 

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Assessing the Potential for Distributed Energy Resources in ON 

Fri. March 10, 12:30 - 2 p.m. ET

Last fall, Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (the IESO) released the first serious attempt in Canada to assess the potential for distributed energy resources (DERs) to meet future electricity needs and contribute to decarbonization. DERs are locally owned facilities and systems for generating, controlling and storing electricity, ranging from rooftop solar installations to networked fleets of parked electric vehicles. Join the discussion with the report authors. 

https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrceqsrzMrHtdj9kLUQIqVojGAfzhES0BT 

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Solidarity with Ukraine: Building a New Internationalism

Sat. Mar. 11, 5:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. ET

Hybrid event: online and in person, London, UK. Research, policy, campaigning and activism in support of Ukraine

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solidarity-with-ukraine-building-a-new-internationalism-tickets-536061403087 

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Remembering Fukushima

Mar. 11 marks the 12th ann. of the triple nuclear meltdown in Fukushima Japan. There is no level of radiation exposure, no matter how small, that is harmless. Canada has not heeded these warnings and is moving forward with high-cost, high risk, new nuclear projects.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/campaigns/nuclear/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-36lh7rVs&t=126s

http://ccnr.org/

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World Beyond War 2023 Virtual Film Festival: Celebrating Stories of Nonviolence

March 11 - 25

This year's festival explores the power of nonviolent action, from Gandhi's Salt March, to ending war in Liberia, to civil discourse and healing in Montana. Min. contribution $5 for access to all films and panels.

https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/2023-virtual-film-festival-celebrating-stories-of-nonviolence  

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http://theenergymix.com/  

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https://www.democracynow.org/

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