Greenspiration News & Events: Myth busting

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]



 

Carbon tax ruckus drowns out the truth

Last year as the hottest on record by a freakishly wide margin. This planetary context is mostly absent from the Canadian carbon pricing debate.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/25/opinion/carbon-ruckus-drowns-out-truth

 

Canada Carbon Rebate - Myth vs. Fact

https://www.instagram.com/p/C45fuK3uU3-/

 

100% Renewable Energy for the World: Possible and It's Happening

More countries joining the 100% renewable energy club

https://leahy.substack.com/p/100-renewable-energy-for-the-world

 

Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure

Blockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in Scotland and action expected in Denmark

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/16/climate-activists-across-europe-block-access-to-north-sea-oil-infrastructure

 

Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps

https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-misleading-myths-about-heat-pumps/

 

Safe, affordable and climate-friendly energy for all – without nuclear

More than 600 organizations worldwide - including 130 Canadian - signed this declaration to go 100% renewable

https://dont-nuke-the-climate.org/blog/iaea-nuclear-fairy-tales

 

Myth buster: Nuclear energy is a dangerous distraction

https://caneurope.org/myth-buster-nuclear-energy/

- Fact #1: Nuclear advocates have attempted to lower renewable energy ambition

- Fact #2: New nuclear construction is too slow

- Fact #3: Small Modular Reactors are not coming to save us

- Fact #4: Studies demonstrate that 100% renewable by 2040 is feasible and favourable

- Fact #5: Nuclear power means continued reliance on Russia and imports

- Fact #6: Severe nuclear accidents remain possible, and climate change is adding new risks

 

Filling Nuclear Power's $5 Trillion Hole Is Beyond the Banks

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/filling-nuclear-powers-5-trillion-hole-is-beyond-the-banks/wcm/0d2062d5-7120-4480-b53a-a52e70ef2b45/amp/

 

Nuke Waste Dump Petition to 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.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-4852

 

‘Canada should not dump radioactive garbage where you draw your water’: chief

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/22/news/first-nation-brings-fight-over-nuclear-waste-site-house-committee 

 

Talking Targets: Canada’s Climate Future 

Environment and Climate Change Canada is inviting Canadians to engage in plans to meet our 2035 emissions reduction target. Completing this questionnaire will take you between 15 and 25 minutes. This engagement will be open until March 28, 2024

https://canada-2035-target.ethelo.net/page/how-to-participate

 

Save dogs, eat pigs?

People in South Korea have faced international criticism over dog meat for decades. Now the government has finally moved to prohibit the practice - to the jubilation of the Western media. But it’s hard to place much moral distance between dog and pig meat.

https://theecologist.org/2024/mar/18/save-dogs-eat-pigs

 

Ukraine’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Talks Solidarity With Palestine, Africa 

30 min. video interview. Terrell Jermaine Starr speaks with Ukraine’s first Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oleksandra Matviichuk about her work as a war crimes documentor, the broken United Nations system, why it’s not possible to have peace with Russia, and building solidarity with Africans and Palestinians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boe_LkuvKEI&t=1s

 

Gas Power UP 26% in Ontario in 2023

Send a message to Opposition Party leaders Marit Stiles (NDP), Bonnie Crombie (Liberals), and Mike Schreiner (Greens) asking them to commit to tripling wind and solar to clear the way for phasing out polluting gas. #TripleWindAndSolar #PhaseOutGas

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/gas-free/ 

 

Say No to the Caledon Mega-Quarry

https://www.fcpreservation.ca/email-rep

 

TreeMobile - Plant Fruit Trees or Bushes - Toronto and Southern Ontario

TREEMOBILE, a great source of fruit bearing plants, has their 2024 trees and bushes ready to go! But order soon. TreeMobile is is a volunteer driven not-for-profit local group that encourages foodscaping as a way to build more sustainability in our communities. They supply affordable climate appropriate food-bearing trees and plants including apples, pears, plums cherries, apricots berries and more. Select from their catalogue online and they will set up delivery or pickup times. And they have grants!

https://www.transitiontreemobile.org/woo-commerce/order-here/

 

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EVENTS

 

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Mar. 21 - 28

Online viewings AND in person at Hot Docs, Bloor and Bathurst, Toronto

Films on immigration, ISIS captivity, LGBTQ+ youth, and Indigenous Brazilian forest guardians. Free films + talks. Available online across Canada and in-person in Toronto. Co-hosted by Human Rights Watch and Hot Docs. 

https://ff.hrw.org/toronto 

 

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Sustainability 101 - Panel discussion + clothing drop/swap

Mon. Mar. 25, 2:30 - 3:45 panel, 3:45 - 5 p.m clothing drop/swap 

40 Willcocks St, Rm WI 2007D, University of Toronto

Ever wondered what people mean by “sustainability”? Join in the discussion and then stick around for the clothing drop/swap. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qfP3CO2j9/

 

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Calling In vs. Calling Out

Mon. Mar. 25, 8 p.m. ET

As we learn and grow in our capacity to understand the intersectionality between colonialism, racism, capitalism and climate change, we seek to make our communities more inclusive and accountable. When someone’s behaviour does not uphold these values, we often react in ways that are intended to shame or punish. In this session, we will learn how to disrupt our impulse to shame and blame and shift from strategies that punish to strategies that invite accountability.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calling-in-vs-calling-out-tickets-848758127407 

 

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Advocating for Positive Change by Crafting Compelling Deputations

Mon. Mar. 25, 5:30 p.m. ET

Join Cycle Toronto for this interactive workshop and learn everything you need to know about what a deputation is, how to do it effectively and confidently, as well as the process of registering to depute on items that you care about.

https://www.cycleto.ca/deputation_training_with_cycle_toronto

 

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The Future of Climate Action

Tues. March 26, 5 - 6:30 pm ET

Earth Sciences Centre, Room ES1042, U of T

With Speakers: Angela Bischoff, Jessica Murray, Danny Harvey, Jessica Murray and Moderator: Amanda Meng

Hosted by Climate Justice U of T and U of T Environmental Resource Network.

 

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Politicizing Islam in Austria. On Far-Right Success in the Twenty-First Century

Tues. March 26, noon - 1:30 pm ET

This talk discusses how the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) adapted anti-Muslim discourse to their political purposes and how that discourse was then appropriated by the conservative center-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) to explain the anti-Muslim swerve in Austrian politics, preparing the way for a right-wing coalition government between conservatives and far-right actors that would subsequently institutionalize anti-Muslim political demands and change the shape of the civic conditions and public perceptions of Islam and the Muslim community in a country that had has stood out for its longstanding state recognition of the Muslim community as early as 1912.

https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-events/spring-2024/240326-faridhafez.html 

 

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Climate Trivia Night

Tues. Mar. 26, 7 p.m. ET

Test your climate knowledge for a special one-night-only interactive virtual trivia night! From local and global climate issues to pop culture, you never know what tidbits from your memory bank will come in handy during this trivia night hosted by professional trivia hosts. We promise an evening filled with fun and interesting facts.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/144549/event/1 

 

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Arabs and Jews Choosing a Shared Future

Tues. March 26, 7 - 9 pm ET

Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street), Appel Salon

Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. Since October 7th, their message of mutual solidarity between both peoples – and for peace – stands in stark contrast to deepening polarization and rising hatred. Join the New Israel Fund of Canada for an important conversation with Rula Daood and Itamar Avneri—leaders of Standing Together—about achieving a shared future with safety, freedom, and equality for all.

https://nifcan.org/event/arabs-and-jews-choosing-a-shared-future/ 

 

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What Do Canadians Really Think About Climate Change?

Tues. Mar. 26, noon ET

Join Re.Climate's panel of leading climate change communications experts in peeling back the layers of Canadian public opinion on climate and energy. Get practical answers about whether Canadians’ longstanding concern about climate change has led to support for climate action and why there is pushback against climate policies even in the face of record-breaking temperatures.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ykeQTCxSR8SjIjs36LToYQ#/registration 

 

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What is a Land Sharing Network?

Tues. Mar. 26, 6:30 p.m. PT

Land Sharing is an organized way for settler land-holders to uphold their treaty obligations, or make right in territory without treaty, by supporting Indigenous people to have access to the land the settlers hold as colonial private property. Land Sharing Activities include hunting, fishing, food and medicine gathering, ceremony, cultural practices and culture camps. Land Holders sharing land include farmers, ranchers and faith groups (eg. that own camps), and more. In BC, beach front landholders could be added so that Indigenous people could have land access through “private property” to beaches for shellfish harvesting and land holders with cedar trees could provide access for cedar stripping.

https://www.earthliteracies.org/bob-montgomery-emily-eaton-what-is-a-land-sharing-network 

 

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3 Small Actions to Fight Fossil Finance

Tues. Mar. 26, 7 p.m. ET

Join our 1-hour session to learn about 3 quick, easy actions you can take to pressure the big banks and tell our government to regulate banks and pensions now. Many banks hold their annual general meetings in April, which means they’ll be facing pressure from the public and shareholders to stop greenwashing and start funding climate solutions. Meanwhile, parliamentarians are considering financial regulation legislation that would bring our banks in line with climate targets. This is a great moment to make an impact, and we want to help parents get involved! We'll also provide an update about Fossil Fools Day on April 6 and upcoming events where parents can show up in solidarity! Hosted by For Our Kids. 

https://www.forourkids.ca/bank_action_session

 

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Breaking Chains, Banishing Bombs: The Legacy of the Intersectional Struggle for Nuclear Abolition and Black Liberation

Wed. Mar. 27, noon et

A discussion on how the Black freedom movement started the work to create an intersectional, global, antinuclear movement rooted in racial justice, and ways we can continue the fight against white supremacy and nuclear weapons.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7iH3caj3RcGuGHniAGjmuQ#/registration

 

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Mental Health and Well-being 

Wed. March 27, 4 - 5:30 pm ET

In this session, the audience will have an opportunity to learn from the latest findings on the impacts of climate change to mental health in Canada. Dr. Katie Hayes will present research published in the 2022 Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate Report.

https://www.environment.utoronto.ca/events/environment-and-health-seminar-series-impacts-climate-change-mental-health-and-well-being  

 

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Renewable Runway: Unveiling Tomorrow's Sustainable Fashion Trends with Style

Wed. Mar. 27, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. ET

66 Wellington St. W. Suite 5300, Toronto

Climate North's event on Sustainable Fashion will showcase the latest strides and future pathways towards sustainability within the fashion industry. The fashion industry is responsible for about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, underscoring the urgent need for change. This event promises to shed light on innovative solutions and practices that are paving the way for a greener, more ethical fashion landscape. Join us and learn from local experts about cool new alternative materials, the actions you can take to own a greener closet, and why it matters.

https://lu.ma/CLIMATENORTH_MAR2024

 

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RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island, Gender, Environmental Justice, and the Future of Nuclear Power

Thur. Mar. 28, 8 p.m. ET

On the Evening of the 45th Anniversary of the Worst Nuclear Accident in US History, join us at this historical webinar.

Hosted by Sierra Club and Beyond Nuclear. 

Speakers include: Director Heidi Hutner and team; Mary Olson (Gender and Radiation Impact Project); Navajo guests Anna Rondon, Krystal Curley; Professor Mark Jacobson (Stanford University). Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear) will moderate.

https://sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9AIUzXbFQP6-MRQfrui3yA#/registration 

 

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RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island 

March 28, 7 p.m. ET

Cinema du Parc Montreal

RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island tells the story of the first four "concerned" mothers, a legal team of two women and a journalist, all today much older, wiser and bolder. The film also reveals the story of a radical new health study that could finally reveal the truth about fusion. For more than forty years, the nuclear industry has done everything in its power to conceal its criminal acts, claiming, as it always does, that "no one has been injured and that nothing important has happened. The film will be screening in Montreal for one day only! There will be a Q&A discussion after the film, at 8:30, with Gordon Edwards of CCNR, Cym Gomery of World BEYOND War and Robert Del Tredici, photographer and author of The People of Three Mile Island.

https://www.cinemaduparc.com/film/radioactive 

https://actionnetwork.org/events/radioactive-the-women-of-three-mile-island-film-screening-and-discussion/ 

 

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Richland: Film screening and Q and A

Thur. Mar. 28, 1:30 p.m.

Northrop Frye Hall Rm. NF003, 73 Queen's Park Crescent East #Building 515, University of Toronto

Built by the US gov't to house the Hanford nuclear site workers who manufactured weapons-grade plutonium for the Manhattan Project, Richland, Washington is proud of its heritage as a nuclear company town and proud of the atomic bomb it helped create. RICHLAND offers a prismatic, placemaking portrait of a community staking its identity and future on its nuclear origin story, presenting a timely examination of the habits of thought that normalize the extraordinary violence of the past. Moving between archival past and observational present, and across encounters with nuclear workers, community members, archeologists, local tribes, and a Japanese granddaughter of atomic bomb survivors, the film blooms into an expansive and lyrical meditation on home, safety, whiteness, land, and deep time.

https://ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/film-screening-and-qa-richland 

Trailor: https://richlandfilm.com/  

 

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Pathways to Sustainability for Buildings: Thermal Networks

Thur. Mar. 28, 7:30 p.m. ET

Thermal energy networks, often called district energy, can be an efficient means of delivering climate-friendly heating and cooling. These networks use safe and stable renewable energy that can be derived from sources as diverse as geothermal, wastewater systems, bodies of water, and energy-intensive buildings. 

Topics will include:    

- District energy versus air source heat pumps 

- Demands on the electrical grid and their financial implications  

- Ideas to improve regulatory and financial frameworks

Our guests are Peter Tabuns, MPP for Toronto-Danforth and opposition critic for Energy and Climate Action, and John Stephenson, co-founder of the Boltzmann Institute.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/pathways-to-sustainability-for-buildings-thermal-networks-tickets-860408834987

 

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