Greenspiration News & Events: Mother Earth Day

Mon Apr 22 11:48:32 EDT 2024

20 Earth Day Facts You Should Know

https://www.rd.com/list/earth-day-statistics/

California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days

This is the new reality! #WindWaterSolar combined with storage are meeting our electricity needs now! This is how we #PhaseOutGasPower and nuclear

https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/ 

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carbon budget, undermining the world's efforts to control the climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/18/plastic-production-emission-climate-crisis

Ask Canada to limit global plastic production with new environment treaty

https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-plastic-pollution/

The true cost of meat

>From billions in subsidies to millions of lives lost, here are six ways people and the planet pay a price for the livestock industry

https://www.corporateknights.com/category-food/knight-bites-the-true-cost-of-meat/

It's Electric - The Walrus Talks

Fantastic presentations by 7 experts talking all things electric - energy storage, #EVs, just transition, energy democracy, renewables.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlMBA9DyAbU

Sustainable Jobs Act finally passes House of Commons, now moves onto the Senate

Labour, civil society, and our decision-makers still have a lot of work ahead to ensure that the energy transition is fair and equitable for all members of our society, and for the planet.  

https://canadians.org/analysis/sustainable-jobs-act-finally-passes/

It’s 2024! Why Are We Still Funding Fossil Fuels?

Tell the federal government to stop funding fossil fuels.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/147607/petition/1

Polluting gas will provide 25% of Ontario’s electricity in 2030 – up from 4% in 2017 

In the midst of a climate crisis, the Ford government is literally throwing fuel on the fire by ramping up gas power - when renewables are less than half the cost!

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/polluting-gas-25/

Canada - stop the genocide in Gaza! - petition

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/canada-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza

Tell Toronto Public Health Your Noise Story!

Noise is the New Second Hand Smoke. Protection of public health banned smoking - let's do that for noise.

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-more-noise-toronto/tell-toronto-public-health-your-noise-story

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NUCLEAR

Nuclear expert fears flooded radioactive dump sites in Siberia can threaten Arctic Ocean

In Putin’s Russia, critical voices are gone. Environmental groups like Greenpeace, World Wide Fund for Nature, and Bellona are all listed as undesirable by law.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/nuclear-safety/2024/04/expert-fears-flooded-radioactive-dump-sites-could-leak-river-system-flow

Investigation inside the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone - Brilliant Story Map

Greenpeace Germany radiation survey of the Russian military impact in Chornobyl

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/89f769079c4a40c98a4b158e9e87d17c?item=1

Small reactors don’t add up as a viable energy source

Nuclear energy has been declining in importance as a source of power and SMRs will not reverse that.

https://360info.org/small-reactors-dont-add-up-as-a-viable-energy-source/

Tripling the World’s Nuclear Energy Capacity Is a Fantasy

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/nuclear-power-fantasy-climate.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.lU0.OwES.ZgWr6FkhNtxm&smid=url-share

Nuclear exploitation: how uranium mining harms communities

Watch this 60 min. CND and Beyond Nuclear webinar discussing how uranium mining for nuclear power production affects communities far away from where the power is consumed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw7lYbqYykQ&list=PL4x2EPhE7wDCAnLcpJSdM_-4R45uKG7Rk 

Nuclear Waste Petition 

This petition calls upon the Government of Canada to require the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to demonstrate that it has the consent of residents and communities, including First Nations and Treaty Organizations, along the transportation route and in the region of and downstream of the candidate repository site(s) before selecting a site for their proposed deep geological repository for the burial of all of Canada's high-level nuclear waste.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4852

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EVENTS

International Mother Earth Day - Global Theme: Planet vs. Plastics

Mon. April 22

Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, have affected millions of people. Even these days, we are still trying to get back on track from COVID-19, a worldwide health pandemic linked to the health of our ecosystem. For this International Mother Earth Day, let's remimd ourselves - more than ever - that we need a shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. Let’s promote harmony with nature and the Earth.

https://www.earthday.org/press-release/planet-vs-plasticsglobal-theme-for-earth-day-2024/ 

http://www.harmonywithnatureun.org/ 

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Earth Day Panel : Workers, Extreme Heat, and Community-Driven Resilience

Mon. Apr. 22, 3 p.m. ET

This Earth Day, join us in engaging conversations between our panelists surrounding the impacts of rising temperatures faced by communities in British Columbia.

https://actionnetwork.org/events/earth-day-panel-workers-extreme-heat-and-community-driven-resilience/ 

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Neighbours of a Nuclear Plant – An Information Session for Durham Residents

Tues. April 23, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Durham Region is host to two large nuclear generating stations, Pickering and Darlington. If you’re one of the over 645,000 people who call Durham Region home, you might wonder… What are the risks of living near a nuclear power plant? What are you supposed to do in the event of an accident? What opportunities are there to weigh in on the decisions that affect your community? Join this one-hour information webinar to learn more about living in a nuclear host community, and how you can get more engaged in the issues that impact you, your family and your community.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oi82x8WVQbylF5U4HDJ2Aw#/registration

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The Incel Movement in Canada: Context and Practices of Intervention 

Tues. April 23, 1 - 2:30 pm ET

Largely operating online, incels identify as involuntarily celibate individuals–often men–who are frustrated by their inability to engage with a romantic or sexual partner. Their worldview is grounded in a shared and often violent hatred of women, feminism, and mainstream dating norms. This Webinar focuses on the ideological evolution of the incel communities in Canada. By providing an overview of the tenets of incel beliefs in the context of persisting reports of incel-motivated harm, this Webinar situates incels within broader intersections of gender-based violence and ideological extremism. After explaining the incel phenomenon in Canada, this Webinar explores avenues of future action, with a key focus on existing strategies of deradicalization, rehabilitation, and disengagement from extremist misogynistic ideologies. 

https://gbvlearningnetwork.ca/webinars/upcoming-webinars/index.html#apr2024 

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What are we not getting in the way we design transit-oriented communities?

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11 a.m. EST

The GO Expansion project is changing our region. But unfortunately, we are using the same old ‘toolbox’ to design the new urban neighbourhoods by the stations and create yet again car-centric, people-last environments. Could there be another way?

https://smartdensity.com/our-webinars/ 

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Heat Pumps and Home Retrofits: How to Save Money and Energy in Your Home

Tues. April 23, 6:30 - 8:30 pm ET   

Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia Ave., Toronto

Green 13 and PHP 4 Climate Action invite you to a discussion on heat pumps and more, including selection and installation considerations.

https://green13toronto.org/blog/heat-pumps-and-home-retrofits-how-save-money-and-energy-your-home

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Policy Change to Stem the Loss of Canada’s Grasslands

Wed. Apr. 24, 1 p.m. ET

A panel of experts will offer valuable insights on how we can drive lasting and positive change to save Canada’s grasslands.

https://birdscanada-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7G2BJbnhRjKz5-jaD2JXVA#/registration

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How to Talk with Neighbours, Friends, and Family on Climate Issues

Thur. Apr. 25, 7 p.m. ET

The best way to fight climate misinformation is to have conversations with those we know, and we know many of you are having those chats. Sierra Club Canada is here to help with a new special series of All Hands on Deck webinars specifically on how to win hearts and minds on the toughest climate issues through conversations.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z3wceKGxTXamXGoq9sQqvg#/registration

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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival

Apr. 25 - May 5

Theatres: Hot Docs on Bloor, TIFF, Scotia Theatre

Free for students and 60+ for films that start before 5 p.m.

https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival 

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Methane Matters: Strategic Communications For Climate Action

Fri. Apr. 26, noon ET

Cutting methane pollution is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming. The climate movement needs smart, strategic communications and grassroots organizing campaigns to win the policies to phase out dirty, expensive gas and boost cleaner, all electric alternatives. Please join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication and panelists.

https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/6417128538164/WN_Tha_LRSXRoqNwnBHiHKYBQ#/registration

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Film screening - Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island

Mon. April 29, 6:30 p.m. ET

Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St, Ottawa

This stunning award-winning film asks the important question: what does it mean to live with nuclear energy? First-time filmmaker Heidi Hutner answers this question with solid research and interviews with scientists, engineers, whistleblowers, physicians, and most importantly with the victims themselves. Pay what you can.

https://stop-smrs.weebly.com/not-nuclear.html

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Staged reading of The Children

Tuesday, April 30 - 7 p.m. ET

Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington St. W, Ottawa

There has been an accident at a nearby nuclear plant. In the recovery, three retired nuclear physicists – long-time friends – confront an impossible question: What is the cost of love?  Winner of the U.K. Writers' Guild Award for Best Play (2018). A staged reading by outstanding actors from Ottawa’s Bear & Co., followed by an audience discussion and reception. 

https://nnlw.wufoo.com/forms/rsvp-the-children-reading-at-gctc-april-30/

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Canada’s Nuclear Future – Renaissance or Relic?

Wed. May 1, 6 p.m. reception, 7 - 9 p.m. ET forum

A hybrid event - online and in person at St. James United Church, 650 Lyon Street South, in the Glebe, Ottawa

Over the last four years, federal and provincial governments across the country have given more than a billion dollars to new small (and large) nuclear reactor projects. Is this a wise use of tax dollars? How do renewables compare in price, safety and security, and are they up to the task of meeting all of Canada’s future electricity needs? Hosted by Seniors for Climate Action Now!

Register here for the in-person event: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadas-nuclear-future-renaissance-or-relic-tickets-867637084877 

Register for the online event: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/online-canadas-nuclear-future-renaissance-or-relic-tickets-867682109547 

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