Greenspiration News & Events: Fully recharged

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]

Happy 2024! May this be the year renewables surge in Canada.

 

CLIMATE

 

No miracles needed: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world

Renewables alone can halt climate crisis, with technologies such as carbon capture and nuclear expensive wastes of time

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/23/no-miracles-needed-prof-mark-jacobson-on-how-wind-sun-and-water-can-power-the-world   

 

>From wind-powered islands to urban forests: Positive environmental stories from 2023

Climate anxiety is very real, but these good news stories from throughout 2023 prove there is hope for our planet.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/12/29/here-are-all-the-positive-environmental-stories-from-2023-so-far  

 

The Renewable Revolution Continues

The renewable revolution is coming fast, but it can’t come fast enough.

https://rmi.org/the-renewable-revolution-continues/

 

Germany’s carbon emissions hit 70-year low

Researchers say Germany’s carbon emissions fell 56% from 1996 and are at their lowest since the 1950s - renewables are their climate solution, replacing nuclear and gas

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/germany-carbon-emissions-record-coal-b2473532.html

 

Fully Recharged - All About Batteries

By Bill McKibben

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/fully-recharged

 

Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

Rather than turning to nuclear, Uruguay turned to wind power, which now produces up to 98% of its electricity - backed up by water power - & created 50,000 jobs in the process.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/27/uruguays-green-power-revolution-rapid-shift-to-wind-shows-the-world-how-its-done  

 

Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’

Study after study showed the breakdown of climate systems taking place much earlier than foreseen, with potentially catastrophic results

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/red-alert-in-antarctica-the-year-rapid-dramatic-change-hit-climate-scientists-like-a-punch-in-the-guts  

 

Why people still fall for fake climate news

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/22/news/why-people-still-fall-fake-climate-news

 

Earthquake rattles Japan’s nuclear revival

https://beyondnuclear.org/japan-first-2024-quake-renews-nuke-opposition/

 

Petition to the Government of Canada re: proposed nuclear waste dump on the shores of the Ottawa River on unceded Algonquin territory

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4676&link_id=5&can_id=e60f7c371285e8 95f5859dfff5bfd2f4 

 

Streets where people triumph over traffic

Car-free roads where residents and tourists are free to roam, shop, sip on outdoor patios and easily avoid traffic are steadily gaining popularity across Canada.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/12/21/news/streets-where-people-triumph-over-traffic

 

Your questions about Canada's plan to embrace electric vehicles, answered

The federal government has unveiled plans to mandate 100% of new vehicles sold by 2035 would have to be electric.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/electric-vehicles-your-questions-answered-1.7064944

 

PEACE/WAR

 

Russification in Occupied Ukraine

An investigation by the EBU Investigative Journalism Network

https://investigations.news-exchange.ebu.ch/russification-in-occupied-ukraine/index.html    

 

Feminist Anti-War Resistance in Russia

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ky8ArnxDl9zItQoKq4-LBs6SwJOCOP5j

 

European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine

Articles, campaigns, news in English

https://ukraine-solidarity.eu/

 

Replacing a Disastrous War With a Just Peace in Ukraine

https://portside.org/2024-01-02/replacing-disastrous-war-just-peace-ukraine  

 

Why Israel Was Attacked From Gaza

1-hour video documentary about the history of Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jyc-LzXqk0  

 

How the US & Iran Are Preparing to Fight Over Israel

55-min. video doc about the current geopolitics of the region

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzSRMzb_2jE  

 

TORONTO

 

Toronto's Noise Bylaw is Under Review

Share your lived experience with noise in your community in two ways, you can do one or the other, or both! Send an email before Jan. 10, and/or make a deputation before Toronto City Council on Jan. 11. Find out more here.

https://mailchi.mp/nomorenoisetoronto.com/emailsforecdc?mc_cid=0bf88cbcf5&mc_eid=3ae454443d

 

More gas burning in Toronto? Say No Thanks

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/no-more-gas-toronto/

 

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EVENTS

 

Understanding the Horror in Israel-Palestine

Mon. January 8, 7 - 8 p.m. ET

Why did Hamas commit such atrocities on October 7? Why has Israel responded with this disproportional assault on Gaza? What will it take to envision a future beyond war, in which both Palestinians and Jews are safe and free? Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is also Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.

https://secure.everyaction.com/wu88oqaGT06j4LymbZLpig2 

 

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The High Cost of Free Parking 

Ten Parking Reforms for Healthier Cities and a Cooler Planet 

Tues. Jan. 9. 11 a.m. ET

Parking reforms are the easiest, cheapest, and fastest way to start undoing the damage caused by a century of car-centered city planning. Prof. of Urban Planning and author Donald Shoup will discuss parking reforms that can improve cities and the planet at almost no cost.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1XBYweiPQk2y5JcfN_ghgg#/registration 

 

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Installing Rooftop Solar 

Wed. Jan. 10, 7 - 8:30 pm ET

Speakers will outline the steps involved in installing a rooftop system and connecting it to the grid. Attendees will learn what to expect, and how to speed up the process. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/installation-steps-for-rooftop-solar-tickets-753349036247 

 

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Engaging Marginalized Communities in Municipal Climate Planning

Wed. Jan. 10, 2 - 3 p.m. ET

A panel of individuals with lived experience discussing the moral imperative of engaging marginalized communities in municipal work.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/engaging-marginalized-communities-in-municipal-climate-planning-tickets-773335255567 

 

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The climate-nuclear nexus: What climate change means for nuclear weapons security

Thur. Jan. 11, 1 p.m. ET

Experts discuss how climate change is affecting nuclear weapons policy. We will cover topics like how climate change acts as a “threat multiplier,” what policymakers think of this issue, and what we can do to mitigate impacts from new threats in a world of increasingly complicated climate reality.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Ex55f-sQ2yhoVD7dSWgBw#/registration 

 

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Inside Story: Sixties Scoop Network

Thur. Jan. 11, 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET

The 60's Scoop refers to the late 1950s until the 1980s when over 20,000 Indigenous children were removed from their homes without the consent of their families. It took place behind the closed doors of Canadian child welfare agencies and followed on from the residential schools Indigenous child removal policies. Come hear the inside story as Colleen Hele Cardinal tells the truth about the 60s scoop, the resilience of the survivors and the road to justice and reconciliation that the Sixties Scoop Network is building.

https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?id=359&reset=1

 

In our own words - Sharing the stories of 60's scoop survivors

The Sixties Scoop Network released 12 groundbreaking in-depth video interviews with Sixties Scoop survivors on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2023.

https://sixtiesscoop.geoforms.ca/

 

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Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign: The history of Zionism & the struggle against it, 1916-1967

Sun. Jan. 14, 11:30 am ET

Presentations by Rick Sklader and John Reimann followed by open discussion

John Reimann is a former officer of the Carpenters Union Local 713 and the co-chair of the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign. He blogs at oaklandsocialist.com. Rick Sklader initiated one of the first Palestinian Solidarity groups in the United States in 1965 in Minnesota. He’s a lifelong revolutionary socialist and member of the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign 

bit.ly/4aWCKMf   

 

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http://theenergymix.com/ 

 

Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news

https://www.democracynow.org/ 

 

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