Greenspiration Events: Let Kindness Reign

Mon Apr 21 20:15:01 UTC 2025

Let kindness reign/rain o'er us all - Bruce Cockburn - Us All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUUX3JzG2I&list=PLuDCBN4mO8msiErWtTFnI7phtX1f3C-2P

INTERNATIONAL

Pope Francis and the Sun - by Bill McKibben

Perhaps the world's greatest environmental champion is dead

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/pope-francis-and-the-sun

The rise of end times fascism - by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk

Awash in AI propaganda

The hype about massive data centers delivered by nuclear companies eager to power them, is probably just that, writes M.V. Ramana

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/04/21/awash-in-ai-propaganda/

Putin's Endgame 

26 min. documentary. Three years into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the conflict matters, not only for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe and the wider world.

https://www.youtube.com/live/IUO1U73YyKU

How 'freedom' has been distorted: American historian Timothy Snyder

CBC Ideas program with historian Timothy Snyder

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/on-freedom-timothy-snyder-1.7509105

CANADA

Nuclear Energy Means Climate Action Delay

While renewables development continues to accelerate globally, Canadian utilities, detoured by nuclear and CCS ambitions, double down on fossil gas and drift further and further behind in the global energy revolution.

https://www.theenergymix.com/nuclear-energy-means-climate-action-delay-odonnell-and-winfield/

65% of Canadians Want Renewables INSTEAD of Oil & Gas Development as of March 2025 - 30 min. podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/65-of-canadians-want-renewables-instead-of-oil/id1726272348 

How Transforming Canada’s Electricity Grid Could Drive Decarbonization, Save Billions

It must be a grid based on millions of distributed, renewable generators rather than dozens of central power plants.

https://www.theenergymix.com/how-transforming-canadas-electricity-grid-could-drive-decarbonization-save-billions/

ELECTION

Leadnow has endorsed these 18 candidates across the country

... who aren’t afraid to commit to delivering affordable housing for all, taking action to build the clean energy economy we need, and fighting to ensure corporations are paying their fair share.

https://leadnow.ca/introducing-2025-raise-the-bar-champions/

Helps expose Pierre’s lies on social media

https://dontgetplayed.ca/get-involved/#guide

Why Ask 5+ people you know to vote? 

The climate movement's huge opportunity in the final days of the election is that asking "5 or more" friends and family to vote is proven to increase turnout by an average of 5.09 voters per asker.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DmIEk2GEWM3Qt4_avcTB_qH1pqjgc3iDOUi02nmnfa0/edit 

2025 Federal Election - Parties' environment pledges

Where do parties stand on environmental issues? David Suzuki Foundation asked. Here’s what they told them.

https://davidsuzuki.org/take-action/act-locally/parties-environment-pledges/

Help Stop the CBC Shutdown

https://forwardcanada.ca/protectcbc

Tell party leaders you’re voting for a safe, affordable, sustainable future

https://davidsuzuki.org/action/make-election-2025-count-for-people-and-the-planet/

ONTARIO

Doug Ford takes major first step to end Ontario’s electricity separatism

Now he must move quickly to increase grid capacity with Manitoba and Quebec.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/trade-separatism/

Donald Trump's trade war against Canada versus Ontario's purchase of 4 American SMR reactors

33 min. podcast with Dr. Gordon Edwards. 

https://www.ccnr.org/GE_NH_April_2025.mp3

TORONTO

Judge grills province on whether Toronto bike lane removals are 'arbitrary'

Lawyers for the cyclists noted that all the available expertise shows that bike lanes keep all road users safer and don't meaningfully increase traffic congestion.

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice/judge-grills-province-on-whether-toronto-bike-lane-removals-are-arbitrary-10531533

Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed

A standoff over cycling infrastructure and traffic congestion in Toronto shows why building protected bike lanes on essential corridors draws controversy along with riders.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/toronto-s-bike-lane-battle-pits-riders-against-drivers-on-busy-roads

Tell Toronto City Council: Protect Our Canadian Freedom to Protest

City Council is considering a by-law that could limit our Charter-protected freedom to protest. Protests, strikes, and pickets are signs of a healthy democratic society. Tell your City Councillor and Mayor Olivia Chow to protect our freedoms as laid out by the Charter:

https://www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-protect-our-freedom-to-picket-and-protest

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EVENTS

Land Back: Indigenous Resistance from Coast to Coast

Mon. Apr. 21, 7 p.m. ET

Join this amazing panel discussion led by elders and movement leaders from across the country. These activists, thinkers, land- and water-defenders have been at the front line of the struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty for decades. They are teachers, mentors, and leaders. Their wisdom is crucial anti-racist education for every single person in so-called Canada. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zblKm5nwRDaIeAZ2ibs0eA#/registration 

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Elbows Up T.O. 

Mon. April 21, 7 pm ET

Metropolitan United Church, Queen and Church St, Toronto

John Ralston Saul will be speaking on the slide into lawlessness and authoritarianism in the US.

Doug Saunders will be speaking on immigration and the Safe Third Country Agreement.

Elizabeth Renzetti will be speaking on women in Trump’s America.

Join us for an evening of solidarity, discussing actions we can take to help protect Canada. Non-partisan, all welcome.

https://elbowsuptoronto.ca/ 

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Seniors for Climate Celebrates Earthday

Apr. 21 - 27

Across the country 

OUR POWER — Clean power, senior power, people power. We have all the power we need to protect this amazing Earth. Let’s use it. 

OUR PLANET — There’s no Planet B. We want to be the last generation hooked on oil, gas and coal so that the next generations can thrive in a cleaner world.

https://seniorsforclimate.org/en/earth-day-2025/ 

Interactive map of events across the country:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1lDDmB3JV3PHdU1V0dI4gXTrdl1422mE&ll=46.583151334118405,-90.90185780000002&z=4   

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Happy Earth Day #56

Apr. 22

The first Earth Day more than five decades ago sparked the first flowering of environmental protection in America.

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The Art of Climate Performance in Germany and the US

Tues. Apr. 22, noon ET

As more and more people are beginning to feel the effects of climate change, the arts - and that includes theater and performance arts - have a particular role to play to help us learn to survive and imagine new futures in a climate changed world. Join our webinar to learn more about climate theater and performances in Germany and the US, and the role of (performance) arts in articulating what it means when humans undermine the very foundation of life on planet earth.

https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-events/spring-2025/250422_artofclimateperformance.html 

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Water Drop(In)

Tues. Apr. 22, 10 a.m. - noon ET

Next month marks the 25th anniversary of the drinking water tragedy in Walkerton - in May 2000, seven people died, and over two thousand became severely ill after the municipal water supply became contaminated with E. coli. This session will focus on the anniversary of the Walkerton drinking water crisis, as well as the recent Auditor General's report on gaps in the protection of non-municipal drinking water systems. Co-hosted by Canadian Environmental Law Assoc. and Environmental Defence.

https://cela.ca/water-dropin/ 

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Soil Stories – A Circle of Conversation Around the Fire

Tues. Apr. 22, 5 - 7:30 p.m.

87 Milky Way Garden (near Queen and Dufferin), Toronto

Join us for a night of storytelling & a potluck. Whether you're an environmentalist, a gardener, a curious soul, or simply someone who feels a deep, ancestral pull to the land, your presence and voice are welcomed. Hosted by Greenest City.

Questions? Contact sandrale at westng.org

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Bain Co-op All Candidates Federal Debate 

Wed. April 23, 7 - 9 p.m.

100 Bain Ave, Toronto and Online

Open to all residents of Toronto Danforth riding. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/680547424439542

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Climate Sanctuary

Thur. April 24, 7 - 8:30 pm ET

In extraordinary times we can create a sanctuary with community. FREE peer-to-peer emotional support for people working in service to CLIMATE SAFETY. No prep, no advice, come as you are. Register for link.

https://www.kadycowan.com/climatesanctuary.html

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Advancing Climate Action through Participatory Democracy

Thur. April 24, noon ET

Climate Reality Canada  with Climate Caucus will share findings and discuss case studies on participatory budgeting, citizens’ assemblies and other innovative initiatives with our guests:

👏 Megan Mattes, author of the report, PhD candidate, Simon Fraser University

👏 Robin Prest, SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

👏 Shawn Katz, Centre d'écologie urbaine

 Sign up now: 👉 https://bit.ly/ClimateDemocracy2025 

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Plutonium Skies: The Hidden Health Fallout From Nuclear Power

Thur. Apr. 24, 8 p.m. ET

This presentation by Jill Murphy Long will draw on her personal experience living near Three Mile Island during the 1979 meltdown, and her resulting brain tumor in 2012 and thyroid cancer in 2023. Long will share her extensive research about the hidden health fallout from nuclear power. The atomic industry is sustained by a massive public relations machine which uses semantic tricks, including misusing words, to confuse radiation victims as to the cause of their illnesses. For eight decades, they have repeatedly discounted and denied accurate medical diagnoses for both civilians and military personnel. In cases of low level radiation, like that surrounding nuclear power plants, the latent period for disease can be long, so industry and government intentionally obfuscate the fact that many illnesses originate with radiation. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/le67EG8XRLGmDKpcPPq7mg#/registration 

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Hot Docs Festival 2025

Apr. 24 - May 4

 Showcasing and supporting the work of Canadian and international documentary filmmakers and to promote excellence in documentary production.

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

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Tariffs - with The Walrus

Fri. Apr. 25, noon - 1 p.m.

Experts will discuss what the upending of Canada’s largest trade relationship might mean. With nearly four more years before the next U.S. election, Canada may be in the teeth of a very long trade war. Join us to discuss what “elbows up” means for Canadian consumers and businesses.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-at-home-tariffs-tickets-1301168292389 

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Earth Day in the Park – Hosted by Seniors for Climate Toronto 

Speakers – Music – Street Theatre – Kids Table

Sat. Apr. 26, 1 - 4 p.m.

Allan Gardens – Jarvis at Carlton (North-West section), Toronto

A family friendly and entertaining outdoor event which will link defending our right to choose our own future – a future that eliminates carbon emissions - a better future that provides the necessities of life, (clean air, clean water, good health, affordable housing and a job that pays a living wage) and a future with justice for Indigenous People. 

Contact: mailto:SeniorsForClimateToronto at protonmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/1194642812336980 

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The Conscious Coffee Party

Sat. Apr. 26, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET

Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina, Toronto

Building community around sustainable living one cup at a time... Meet new people, learn a little about low-waste, plant-based living, do some dancing, and enjoy vegan eats from local vendors. Free coffee, tea & plant-based bites. Music & dancing. Connection-making opportunities, $20. Bring-your-own-cup encouraged.

https://lu.ma/gn8lfozb   

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Dana's Neurodiversity Celebration: Autism Social

Sat. Apr. 26, 1 - 4 p.m. ET

We're inviting autistic people and their allies to cap off autism acceptance/affirmation month with a community social in the heart of downtown Toronto. Join us in the party room at 1 Market St. to connect with like-minded community members over snacks, drinks, raffle prizes, autistic vendors, and low-pressure activities. Autistic and run your own business or project? Neurodivergent and lead an autistic-friendly business? Bring a poster or business cards for our community board! Admission is FREE or by donation. All donations will be used to support Blue Sky Learning's free and low-cost neuro-affirming events, like autistic-led peer support groups and community socials!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/danas-neurodiversity-celebration-autism-social-2nd-edition-tickets-1242451508909

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