Greenspiration News & Events: If we lose hope, we’re doomed

Mon Oct 6 20:59:52 UTC 2025

Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution – podcast with author Bill McKibbon

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/oct/02/the-clean-energy-revolution-a-reason-to-be-hopeful-podcast

How wind power cuts UK wholesale electricity prices by a quarter

https://davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-wind-power-cuts-uk-wholesale

It's hard to drone a solar panel

The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of solar energy's virtues

https://substack.com/@billmckibben/p-175257636

Putin’s UnPeaceful Atom

Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin last week eagerly confirmed that all “Peaceful Atom” nuclear power plants are fair game for military destruction and that the ensuing apocalyptic fall-out is not really his concern.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/06/putins-unpeaceful-atom/

Peril returns to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in war-torn Ukraine

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/10/01/danger-deja-vu/

Assessing the Attack on the Environment by Trump and his team

Parts 1 and 2:

https://alleghenymatters.substack.com/p/assessing-the-attack-on-the-environment

https://alleghenymatters.substack.com/p/assessing-the-attack-on-the-environment-8a1

Remembering Dr. Jane Goodall 1934-2025

“If we lose hope, we’re doomed.” Dr. Jane was known around the world for her 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania. In the latter part of her life she became a global advocate for human rights, animal welfare, species and environmental protection, and many other crucial issues.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/jane-goodall-1934-2025-primatologist-conservationist-and-messenger-of-hope/

ONTARIO

Ontario’s Special Economic Zones: A blank cheque for environmental harm

https://ecojustice.ca/news/ontarios-special-economic-zones-a-blank-cheque-for-environmental-harm/

Ontario's fossil fuel growth puts climate goals out of reach, auditor general finds

The Ford government's embrace of fossil fuels and car-friendly policies is driving Ontario away from its 2030 climate target, the province's auditor general warns.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/news/ontario-climate-targets-auditor-general

TORONTO

Ford, set to ban speed cameras

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/politics-government/ford-ban-speed-cameras-muses-cameras-fight-crime-11279810

Toronto parents form 'stroller circle' in support of speed cameras

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/family/toronto-parents-form-stroller-circle-support-of-speed-cameras-11306206 

PERSONAL

Tooker Tapes

If you were ever lucky enough to cross paths with Tooker Gomberg, you’d remember. One of Canada’s most daring and courageous political figures, Tooker was a friend, co-conspirator and guiding light to so many of us. He was also a prolific videographer and shot more than 600 hours of tape chronicling the enviro movement through the 90’s and early 2000’s. Sadly he passed in 2004, but we have his video archive, and we’re starting to log and digitize it for archival purposes, and maybe we’ll produce a documentary. Watch short clips as they unfold in the Tooker Tapes Playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/@personalkelly11/playlists

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EVENTS

Chemical Contaminants in Lake Superior

Tues. Oct 7, 2 p.m. ET 

Learn the status and trends of toxic chemicals in Lake Superior and how Canada and the U.S. use key indicators to help assess the lake’s health. We will also explore how PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are transported through the atmosphere and deposited into the water. Also learn how herring gull eggs have helped our understanding of chemical pollutants in the Lake Superior ecosystem.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LlrgTBFMRjCfNWnncl1mJw#/registration  

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The Promise of Music

Tues. - Fri. Oct. 7 - 10

Multiple venues across Toronto

Orchestras, artists, dreamers, heroes and trailblazers from across the globe are gathering in Toronto to proclaim a simple truth: Music changes everything. With music education, children grow up to achieve significantly more academically, socially and interpersonally. They connect better with others, and create better careers for themselves. The Promise of Music is a spectacular week of joy and inspiration that celebrates how music making transforms and saves lives across the world.

https://promiseofmusic.com/events/  

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The Recycled Orchestra – From Landfill to Legends

Tues. Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. ET

It’s an evening of pure joy, and a story that has caught the world’s imagination. The Recycled Orchestra features gifted young musicians performing timeless music on instruments made entirely of recycled trash. Formed in the impoverished Paraguayan town of Cateura in 2007, the Recycled Orchestra is the fruit of a program designed to provide young people orchestral training, and the rich life skills that come with it, all fueled by the joy of music. Dubbed “the Landfill Harmonic,” the ensemble’s instruments are amazing re-inventions, created using materials salvaged from their town’s one industry, an enormous landfill. Cellos are fashioned from oil drums, saxophones made from drainpipes, drumheads from old X-films. The Recycled Orchestra is transformation incarnate, both turning garbage into an orchestra and lives of hopelessness into ones of inspiration and purpose. The ensemble has toured the world, even performing with Metallica and Stevie Wonder, and the subject of a new musical debuting next year, Basura, by Gloria Estefan.

https://promiseofmusic.com/event/the-recycled-orchestra-from-landfill-to-legends/  

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Kebaowek First Nation continues fight against nuclear waste dumping on the Kichi Sibi/Ottawa River

Wed. Oct. 8, noon - 2 p.m. ET

90 Sparks St, Ottawa

Show your support for Kebaowek First Nation and the court cases opposing the massive radioactive waste dump proposed near the Ottawa River. First Nations, the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area and other allies are continuing to push against this costly and ill-conceived project at Chalk River Laboratories.

https://www.facebook.com/events/773091442207933/

Make a donation to help cover Kebaowek's legal costs. Contribute via GoFundMe or RavenTrust. Note that you will get a charitable receipt if you donate through Raven but Kebaowek will get more of the money you contribute via GoFundMe.

https://raventrust.com/campaigns/kebaowek/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/algonquins-first-nations-against-the-nsdf-project

Watch the hearing live - register here: 

https://cas-satj.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qqGtVok0S8aVtow1MxjFyg#/registration

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ReMarket ReCycle and Re-use - also Repair Café and Bike Hub

Wed. and Thur, October 8 and 9

St. Lawrence Market (south market tent), 125 The Esplanade @Market St, Toronto

Donation collection, recycling services and household hazardous waste drop-off. If you have anything you want to recycle, the drop off process is easy. Simply drive to the St. Lawrence Market, South Market (tent), and volunteers will come to your car to help you unload. 

https://www.slna.ca/remarket-guidelines.htmln  

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Stronger Together Against Wildfires: Canada and the EU

Thur. Oct. 9, 2:15 - 4:15 p.m. ET

In partnership with Canada’s National Observer, the Delegation of the European Union to Canada will host a panel discussion on cooperation against wildfires. The event aims to highlight EU-Canada alignment on wildfire prevention, crisis response, as well as on climate change adaptation and mitigation. Thanks to this multi-pronged approach, the event ties into both the G7 Kananaskis Wildfire Charter and the EU-Canada Green Alliance.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J838-1-fQ6mUYmHjuL2sSw#/registration

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Climate at a Crossroads

Thur. Oct. 9, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET

Online and in person in Ottawa

At a time of mounting climate urgency, the integrity of our public discourse is under siege. Coordinated disinformation campaigns are not only sowing doubt about solutions to mitigate climate change—they are undermining the very policy tools they require. Climate disinformation is no longer just an environmental issue—it’s a structural barrier to democratic governance.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-at-a-crossroads-tickets-1393083944579

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

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