Greenspiration News & Events: Hope Beckons

Mon Mar 13 10:34:56 EDT 2023

‘Hope Beckons’ as Solar and Wind Scale Up

https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/03/08/book-excerpt-hope-beckons-as-solar-and-wind-scale-up/

High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN

After almost 20 years of talks, United Nations member states agree on legal framework for parts of the ocean outside national boundaries

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un 

New disease caused by plastics discovered in seabirds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/03/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastics-discovered-in-seabirds

Not ‘Third World’ or ‘Developing World’ but rather 'Majority World': Interview with photojournalist Shahidul Alam

https://globalvoices.org/2023/03/12/third-world-and-developing-world-not-our-chosen-identity-interview-with-photojournalist-shahidul-alam/

Lesson from Fukushima: Collusion in the nuclear domain

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/13/opinion/lesson-fukushima-collusion-nuclear-domain

Fukushima was no accident

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/fukushima-was-no-accident/

Document reveals Canada’s undisclosed motives for arming Saudi Arabia

Government lists oil, opportunities for Canadian companies, and reduced need for western military missions as rationale for Saudi weapons sales

https://breachmedia.ca/document-reveals-canadas-undisclosed-motives-for-arming-saudi-arabia/

Zero Carbon - your weekly newsletter on the carbon crisis from Canada's National Observer

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver.com/coping-through-climate-change

Winning a Youth Climate Corps

Recording of Canada-wide organizing call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f_H5gwCWDg

Send a letter to elected leaders: https://bit.ly/YCCnow

Sitting on a carbon bomb

Under the ground in the B.C. Peace lies Canada’s largest potential source of greenhouse gases. Some want to leave it there. Others say we need the energy. One First Nation is uniquely positioned to play a key role.

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/blueberry-river-carbon-bombs

Tell the Federal Government to Improve the New Draft Zero Emission Vehicle Regulations

The Gov’t of Canada is introducing Zero Emission Vehicle (“ZEV”) Regulations, like those that Quebec, B.C., California (and soon many other American states) already have. The feds are inviting public comment. It's important we engage because the automakers are lobbying hard to prevent, water down and delay these ZEV Regs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/156XzW_uCvkCxxQ1HTCzF99fEICoqF333IDRvB5xFQsE/edit

Ford's Climate Crimes

https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/doug-fords-climate-crimes/

The heat pump revolution is here. This is what you need to know

Few climate technologies have ever had a moment quite like the one heat pumps are currently enjoying.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/11/heat-pump-revolution-what-you-need-to-know

For Canadian and ON heat pump info go here: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/heat-pumps-can-save-you-money/ 

Let's make High Park (Toronto) Car-Free!

Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-make-high-park-car-free

Send a letter: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-an-email-to-make-high-park-car-free

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EVENTS

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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20th Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival

March 13-19 on Hot Docs’ digital platform - streaming all week

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/hrw-film-festival 

I recommend: Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/hrw-freedom-on-fire

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Tips for Engaging People in Climate Conversations

Mon. Mar. 13, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Do you avoid conversations about climate change with friends, family, or co-workers for fear it will become confrontational, or grind to an awkward silence?  Guy Hanchet, president of For Our Grandchildren, will help us to practice the skills of listening, acknowledging, and effective engagement, in order to encourage more productive conversations about this important topic.

https://forourgrandchildren.ca/blog/2023/02/22/tips-for-engaging-people-in-climate-conversations-guy-hanchet-mar-13-2023/

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What Can We Do When Laws Harm Public Health?

Tues. Mar. 14, 1:30 p.m. ET

Dr. Tim Takaro is a Professor Emeritus and Physician-Scientist in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His career has focused on environmental and occupational health and, in recent years, on the health impacts of climate change. This led him, as a citizen, to become a volunteer with Protect the Planet Stop TMX (the Trans-Mountain Pipeline Expansion). In November 2021 he was arrested for tree-sitting in an attempt to block further construction of TMX and in June 2022 he was sentenced for contempt of Court and jailed for three weeks. Tim will share some of his experience and deep consideration of the ethics of climate change and health action, including exploring an ethics framework for climate action in public health and the need to prepare some foundation for potential public health legal action on climate change. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-can-we-do-when-laws-harm-public-health-tickets-558992440437

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Defunding Environmental Racism in the Gulf South

Wed. Mar. 15, 8 p.m. ET

Black and Indigenous people in the Gulf South have historically and continue to bear the brunt of the fossil fuel industry’s insatiable appetite for profits. As Stop the Money Pipeline continues our years-long fight on Wall Street to end the flow of financing to the fossil fuel industry, we invite you to hear directly from leaders of the Gulf frontlines about their experiences of environmental racism and take digital action in solidarity with them. We will hear from Texas, Louisiana and Texas.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DaqPpuJFRoq_tUM-YRWVkw

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TYC Youth Talks - Enrichment in the Environment: City Climate

Wed. March 15, 6 - 8 p.m. ET

Toronto City Hall (Queen and Bay)

Youth individuals and youth organizations alike will come together to discuss the successes, failures, and opportunities from the previous five years of Toronto and its environment along with climate regarding the lives of youth. We are currently seeking youth participants (ages 13 - 24) who live, work, and/or attend school in Toronto to join the Youth Talks meeting. If you are, or someone you know is, a Toronto youth who has an interest in the environment and climate, sign up!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7UZ1F-rxNq-3edTeQShO73lJuQhqP764qQ7E803IY8WI2xA/viewform  

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PR 101

Wed. Mar. 15, 8 p.m. ET

Proportional representation (PR) makes every vote count - 10 % of the votes means 10% of the seats. It offers: a level of protection by making it harder for foreign (and domestic) actors to target their efforts effectively; PR can drastically reduce the number of safe seats and swing ridings; It offers voters a real choice between candidates of the same party. In every region, it makes more seats competitive for all major parties; PR ensures that no single party can win a majority government with 39% of the vote, including a party whose candidates were supported by foreign actors; It strengthens our democracy. Hosted by Fair Vote Canada.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-2vrjMiH9NCrU42uhkIf1gciQ1fuiqY

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Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy - Add your voice

Thur. Mar 16, 7 ET

Hosted by Sierra Club, this interactive webinar will help those interested get engaged in contributing to the Ontario Biodiversity Strategy. Panelists will focus on striving to amplify underrepresented voices. The deadline for comments is March 27. We need to act now.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QiC9uEJZQbWkOwxds06NPA

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Rally & March: #UniteAgainstRacism #RefugeesWelcome #StatusForAll

Sun. March 19,  2 p.m. ET

Christie Pits Park, Bloor and Christie, Toronto

Mark the International Day for Elimination of Racism and the return of spring to take to the streets with thousands of migrants and supporters to demand equal rights and permanent resident status for all undocumented people, migrant workers, students, families and refugees.

https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-march-we-wont-back-down-on-status-for-all 

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Learning about Wet'suwet'en Yintah and Culture

Sun. Mar. 19, 7 p.m. ET

Join Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders to learn directly from them about their home and culture, and what we're all fighting to defend. Then discover more about how you can help draw attention to the issue at the upcoming RBC AGM.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uAdlpC-aROq-PbvMdCpHmQ  

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The Paris Commune: Its Revolutionary Significance Today

Sun. Mar. 19, 9 a.m. ET

On the anniversary of the Paris Commune of 1871, we invite Professor Ken Hammond to reflect on its significance to the history of the workers' movement, how it changed Marx and Engels’s thinking, what legacy it has left for struggles for socialism, what it tells us about the nature of the state and the potential for revolutionising it and what its relevance is for the left and revolutionary movements today the world over. 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-paris-commune-its-revolutionary-significance-today-tickets-574729249657

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