Greenspiration News & Events: Hunger striking students

Mon Mar 27 12:33:36 EDT 2023

McMaster Fails the Climate Test - Students Turn to Hunger Strike - 1 weeks already

Master U is building a new 4-turbine gas peaker plant right on campus, despite lower cost, cleaner, smarter options. Hamilton students from MacDivest are hunger striking in protest. 

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-fails-the-climate-test/ 

MacDivest twitter feed: https://twitter.com/macdivest 

MacDivest petition: https://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/mcmaster-university-divest-from-fossil-fuels  

Send a letter to the President and Board of Directors here: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mcmaster-earns-a-failing-grade-with-gas-plan/  

‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now

The world is up the proverbial creek - but we still have a paddle. Climate change is worsening, but we have the means to act.

https://theconversation.com/it-can-be-done-it-must-be-done-ipcc-delivers-definitive-report-on-climate-change-and-where-to-now-201763  

Climate change fear can be paralyzing. But you can spur action through hope

UN warning is dire, but 'solutions are at hand': Katharine Hayhoe

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/climate-report-katharine-hayhoe-1.6785778  

Groups oppose funding for small modular nuclear reactors in federal budget

The federal government needs to invest urgently in renewables, energy conservation and climate action, not slow, expensive, speculative nuclear technologies.

www.ccnr.org/Release_March_27_2023.pdf 

The Climate Crisis and Why Nuclear Power is not the Solution - with Elizabeth May

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koeb5gSAjiE  

Alberta Tarsands

Massive tailings leak highlights another vexing tarsands problem

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/20/news/massive-tailings-leak-highlights-another-vexing-oilsands-problem  

Demand a just cleanup of the tar sands and tailings ponds

https://canadians.org/action/waterways-not-waste-just-transition/  

Tell the federal government to stop toxic tailings pollution

For over ten months, Imperial Oil’s tailing ponds have been leaking millions of litres of toxic sludge into the surrounding area in Northern Alberta – polluting the lands and poisoning the drinking water of local Indigenous communities.

https://act.stand.earth/page/49844/petition/ 

Shameless spin can’t excuse the burgeoning boondoggle and ‘global warming machine’ called TMX

The transfer of billions of dollars from ordinary Canadians to wealthy oil companies continues unabated. The cost of the obscenely over-budget Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which started at $7.4 B, has increased to $30.9 billion.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/Trudeau-Pipeline-Scandal/  

Greenlighting fracking while protecting treaty rights?

https://www.policynote.ca/greenlighting-fracking/  

Email Chrystia Freeland for a windfall tax on big oil

https://act.leadnow.ca/email-Chrystia-Freeland-windfall-tax-big-oil/  

Community Energy Democracy Webinar - Recording, Slides, Links

https://beyondclimatepromises.ca/community-energy-democracy/  

NDP Disability Rights Activist wins seat in Legislature

https://breachmedia.ca/sarah-jama-peter-wiesner-hamilton-byelection-police/  

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  

Free Office Furniture - Toronto

The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace is closing its office and has on offer: desk, 2 filing cabinets, large comfy swivel chair, bookshelf, safe, office doodads etc. Email lyn.adamson9 at gmail.com for photos or (416-731-6605)

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UKRAINE

Since the Russian invasion last year, 37% of Ukrainians have a family member who was killed or wounded in the war and occupation.

🎹🎶 Music through the Ukraine ruins

https://twitter.com/ukraine_ua/status/1639208192813985794 

Child abductions reveal the genocidal intent behind Putin’s Ukraine invasion

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/child-abductions-reveal-the-genocidal-intent-behind-putins-ukraine-invasion/ 

Russia’s Black Sea blockade is part of Putin’s war on international law

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-black-sea-blockade-is-part-of-putins-war-on-international-law/ 

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's situation 'perilous,' says UN agency head

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-united-nations-1.6788089 

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EVENTS

Stop Toronto Transit Service Cuts

Mon. March 27 Day of Action

Can you join a team of TTCriders volunteers to hand out flyers at a TTC stop to help transit users to take action? We will bring the flyers, you just need to show up!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10SjStZAfs_A5_IMTtGcwQYYW7J42-8PCmMFcf-5Klqk/viewform 

Tell your elected officials to reverse TTC service cuts and increase TTC service! 

On March 26, transit service across Toronto was cut and riders on 20% of routes will be left waiting longer for the bus, streetcar and subway. See what service cuts are planned, and send a letter to politicians here.

https://www.ttcriders.ca/servicecuts 

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Atomic Accomplice: How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit 

Wed. Mar. 29, 7 p.m. ET

Join author Paul McKay, with Angela Bischoff, Gordon Edwards and Susan O’Donnell for a conversation about the 2023 edition of Atomic Accomplice. This edition, with five new chapters and an expanded roster of expert authors, details how attempts to replace fossil fuel use with atomic energy will fractionally cut carbon emissions – but inevitably magnify by many orders of magnitude the creation of the most coveted nuclear bomb component, plutonium.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mws7pkhoRNufItDZx-SHuA 

Download the book or chapters here: https://atomic-accomplice.weebly.com/ 

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Moving Ontario to a Zero-Carbon Electricity Grid by 2030 and Lower Electric

Wed. March 29, 7:30 p.m. ET

Hear from Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, about Ontario's electricity grid, reaching carbon zero and lowering our bills.

http://ow.ly/6lc950NqMhM 

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Net-Zero Options

Wed. Mar. 29, 12:30 p.m. ET

Last fall the The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) released a study examining options for a net-zero electricity system for Ontario by 2035. The three pathways examined in the TAF report would confine gas-fired generators to a very limited role, and emphasize the need for investments energy efficiency, wind, solar, storage, and transmission. Join us for a discussion with the authors of this important study on Ontario’s electricity future:

https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-yrqj0tG9GAZy9rKzKf3mo75pa7QLc4 

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Canada’s 2030 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target is Unachievable: what should civil society do about it?

Wed. Mar. 29, 7 p.m. ET

This talk will present an update on and an action-oriented breakdown of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions, the Canadian 2030 Climate Action Plan and the prospects for achieving our targets, the global outlook, and what concerned citizens can do about it. Central to the discussion will be the need to avoid actions that make other problems worse and which do not represent sustainable, long-term solutions to the global warming problem. With Dr. Danny Harvey, Professor, Department of Geography, U of Toronto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qima9kFiYLQ 

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Interfaith Ramadan Event & Iftar: Anishinaabe, Jewish and Muslim Perspectives on Human Relationships with Other-Than-Humans

Wed. Mar. 29, 6:30 p.m. ET

An Anishinaabe-Jewish-Muslim conversation on human relationships with other-than-humans – what does it mean to be human? how do we understand/re-conceptualize the human-nonhuman divide from the perspective of our traditions? what are human obligations of justice and love towards other-than-humans?

https://noorculturalcentre.ca/interfaith-ramadan-event-ecology-panel-iftar/ 

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Sustainable Investing 101

Thur. March 30, 1 p.m. ET 

Do you have questions about ethical and green investing? Wondering where to start? We'll cover topics like divestment, environmental social & governance (ESG) analysis, and impact investing.

https://www.forourkids.ca/sustainable_investing_101 

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Deep Dive seminar: Geothermal – an underutilized energy solution

Thursday March 30, 7 pm PT 

Geothermal systems use the earth's thermal to provide unmatched heating and cooling efficiency. Systems are uniquely dependable, with units lasting up to 25 years. Why is this climate-friendly technology not used more widely in commercial and residential developments?

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkcu6grzIvGNcV0vzaI16NcwD6qRgo7sl- 

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Advocating for Palestine in Canada | Free book launch webinar

Thur. March 30, 8 p.m. ET

This webinar will feature contributing authors from the book to share their unique views and wide experiences advocating for Palestine in Canada, revealing a solid civil society movement in the face of strong institutional opposition. Our panelists share how they came to Palestine activism, why they continue and where they see the movement going.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cv_kfC2FQ26Bly-UMKbnig 

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Butt Blitz Toronto

Sat. April 1, 10 am - 2 pm ET

Are you ready to take part in the world’s largest cigarette butt cleanup? Every single day approximately 1 million cigarette butts are dropped on the ground in the City of Toronto. They contaminate our drinking water, dirty up our parks, and can harm wildlife. They don’t belong in the environment. As the snow melts away and all the butts are released from their snowbanks, we would love to have you join us for a world record-breaking event. The Goal = 1 Million Butts

https://www.agreenerfuture.ca/butt-blitz-2023-toronto  

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Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Rally - a morning of community performances

Sat. Apr 1, 11 am ET

200 Bay St (Bay and Wellington), Toronto

Join the day of action against RBC's investments in climate-destroying fossil fuels and the ongoing violation of Indigenous sovereignty. As part of a massive wave of actions across the country, we will help shine a light on RBC's toxic investments and ensure their customers know where the money is going. Through funding pipelines that go through Wet’suwet’en land without free, prior, and informed consent, RBC has shown a complete disregard for the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

https://act.leadnow.ca/FossilFoolsDay/toronto/ 

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Winning 100% Renewable Power for All

Mon. April 3, 7 pm. ET

“Our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once.” These are the words of UN secretary general António Guterres on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which makes abundantly clear that wealthy countries like Canada have a responsibility to fast-track climate solutions. We couldn’t agree more. That’s why we’re hosting a virtual rally.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9116795231017/WN_kjK7hyxLRUqwofXPVZv9xA 

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Training and Prep for Beyond Gas Power Advocacy Days

Wed. April 5, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

The Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, and Citizens' Climate Lobby Ontario invite you to be part of a non-partisan advocacy effort aimed at stopping construction of new gas plants and expansion of existing gas plants in Ontario. All climate-concerned citizens from across the province are invited to join this lobby effort.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/training-and-prep-for-beyond-gas-power-advocacy-days-tickets-598029631727 

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