Greenspiration News & Events: Bicycle Bob

Mon Oct 27 12:55:16 UTC 2025

INTERNATIONAL

The Global Tipping Points 

As COP30 approaches, we’ve synthesised the latest research on tipping points – both positive (ie. solar power) and negative (ocean acidification) – into the Global Tipping Points Report 2025. A total of 160 authors, from 23 countries and 87 institutions contributed. We can tip from danger to accelerating out of it.

https://global-tipping-points.org/

Straight from the horses’ mouths: Nuclear is a dead end

https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/10/02/opinion/columns/straight-fromthe-horses-mouths-nuclear-is-a-dead-end/2193114

What Ends the SMR Bubble?

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/What-Ends-the-SMR-Bubble.html

Plug in or get left behind

EV's are taking off around the world -- Europe, Vietnam, Nepal, Ethiopia, China. All going electric. A Chinese EV is advertised to go over 700 km and charge in 10 minutes.

https://mailchi.mp/nationalobserver/dy0o6z5nwh?e=02591b0337

Yes, you weenies: a war on cars

https://www.volts.wtf/p/yes-you-weenies-a-war-on-cars

CANADA

Carney’s Nuclear Detour: Darlington’s SMRs Will Raise Prices, Emissions, & Political Risks

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/carneys-nuclear-detour-darlingtons-smrs-will-raise-prices-emissions-political-risks/

Trump’s Tariff Temper Tantrum Tells Us Which Nation-Building Projects Canada Needs

https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-temper-tantrum-tells

PM Carney: no taxpayer subsidies for American billionaires!

Donald Trump’s billionaire donors are pushing a new gas terminal on the coast of British Columbia. It would be 100% American owned – and built in Korea. BUT THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR IT.

https://www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/carney-no-taxpayer-subsidies-american-billionaires/

Canada is facing a housing crisis. Could it take a page from Europe?

In the Austrian city of Vienna, more than half of its residents live in some form of subsidized housing

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-social-housing-models-1.7565611

Radioactivity and nuclear waste under scrutiny in Peskotomuhkati homeland, New Brunswick

Video with Chief Akagi and Dr. Gordon Edwards

https://nbmediacoop.org/2025/10/20/radioactivity-and-nuclear-waste-under-scrutiny-in-peskotomuhkati-homeland-video/

Dr. Susan O'Donnell and Kerrie Blaise Discuss the Future of Nuclear Energy in New Brunswick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1QYUKy8ONs

SMR - Spending Money Recklessly in Saskatchewan and Beyond - 20 min. video with Dr. Gordon Edwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pld4KVPd_UY

Bicycle Bob Silverman: the impossible hero

13 min. CBC radio clip about Montreal Velorutionary Bicycle Bob

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-15-daybreak-montreal/clip/16176854-bob-silverman-the-impossible-hero

ONTARIO

Say goodbye to rent control, indefinite leases if Ontario passes housing proposal

“Everybody’s panicking. This is not the solution for affordable housing". 48% of Toronto’s population are renters.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/proposal-rent-control-removal-ontario-9.6952992

Sign the petition: Don't end rent control

https://acorncanada.org/take_action/urgent-message-to-doug-ford-dont-end-rent-control/

Nearly 40% Of Doug Ford’s Cabinet Members Invested In Real Estate

https://www.readthemaple.com/nearly-40-of-doug-fords-cabinet-members-invested-in-real-estate/

Find Out If Your Federal MP Is A Landlord Or Invested In Real Estate

https://www.readthemaple.com/mp-landlords/

Since 2021, Ford has been defunding our colleges 

... while cutting multi-million dollar cheques to his corporate friends through the Skills Development Fund (SDF). Send a letter.

https://savetheirfutures.ca/

We are Rallying to Protect the Kichi Sibi from Nuclear Waste Disposal

https://mailchi.mp/6481797a44dd/nsdf-license-approved-without-first-nations-consent-we-will-not-stand-idle-6743891 

TORONTO

How much longer will the Portlands gas plant pollute?

City Council wants it gone, for the Ontario gov't keeps cranking it up. It is Toronto’s #1 source of air polluting NOx emissions and greenhouse gases.

https://www.cleanairalliance.org/how-much-longer/

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EVENTS

Ageless International Film Festival

Mon. - Wed. Oct. 27 - 29, 7 p.m. 

Alliance Francais, 24 Spadina Road, (north of Bloor) Toronto

The Ageless International Film Festival celebrates older adults in all their complexity, shines on a spotlight on intergenerational and intra-family relationships.

https://www.agelessfilmfestival.org/festival/2024-festival-schedule/upcoming-festival-2025

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Rendezvous with Madness

Oct. 23 - Nov. 2

Rendezvous with Madness is the first in the world and largest arts and mental health festival in North America. Using art as the entry point to illuminate and investigate the realities and mythologies surrounding mental illness and addiction, Rendezvous With Madness spotlights the human capacity for endurance in the face of great challenges. Rendezvous With Madness continues to be a platform for artists, whose lived experience expand our understandings of living with mental health and addiction. 

https://workmanarts.com/rendezvous-with-madness/ 

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Toronto – Renewables or Nuclear/Gas?

Tues. Oct. 28, noon – 1 p.m. ET

Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay)

Hey Toronto - what do you want to see for Toronto - more nuclear and gas OR more renewables and conservation? Tell Council and the ON Gov't on Tues. Oct. 28, noon, at Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay)!!  Join us with your signs, your voices, and your love for the future.

Here’s what we really need to do to phase out dirty Portlands gas plant and build an electricity system that will make us competitive in a low carbon future:

☑️ Fully deploy rooftop and parking lot solar;

☑️ Invest deeply in energy efficiency and demand management;

☑️ Develop a Lake Ontario wind farm; and

☑️ Embrace energy storage – including the use of EV batteries to feed power back into the grid when needed.

Find out more: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/how-much-longer/

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Fighting Back Against Wage Theft in Ontario

Tues. Oct. 28 7 - 8:30 p.m. ET

Wage theft is happening across Ontario, when employers don’t pay what they owe, take tips, or refuse to pay overtime and vacation pay. While the Ford government makes it easier for bad employers to get away with it, workers are standing up and fighting back. The Workers’ Action Centre is launching a new Wage Theft Report that exposes how widespread the problem is and what needs to change. The webinar will feature workers who have experienced wage theft and are organizing for justice. Together, we’ll talk about real solutions to stop wage theft, hold employers accountable, and fight poverty in our communities.

https://workersactioncentre.org/event/webinar-fighting-back-against-wage-theft-in-ontario/

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Sovereign Canada

Tues. Oct. 28, 7 - 9 p.m. ET

Online and in person in Toronto

What does sovereignty mean for Canada in a rapidly changing world?  At The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada, seven speakers from seven different disciplines will share expert perspectives on the policies, priorities, and possibilities shaping Canadian independence. From identity and culture to economy, climate, innovation, and security, this timely conversation will explore how sovereignty affects Canadians today and how it could define the path forward.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walrus-talks-sovereign-canada-tickets-1708538748389 

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Urban Life and Sustainable Behavior

Tues. Oct. 28, 11 a.m. ET

With guest: Kristian Villadsen. Leading Cities, Clients & Communities towards Sustainable Behavior / Co-Creative Director & Architect MAA at BRIQ / IBA27 Stuttgart Board of Trustees. Former partner at Gehl Architects. Copenhagen, Denmark

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LKhHCK5uTSWjHiDmbxInfg#/registration 

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Can abundance be the next climate engagement tool?

Wed. Oct. 29, noon ET

The book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson has been generating a lot of buzz among politicians and policymakers in the U.S. and Canada. The book’s main argument is that liberalism’s approach to climate action and other progressive policies has focused too much on limits, over-regulation and what people can’t or shouldn’t do. To regain public support for climate action, Klein and Thompson call for fewer regulations and limits, and more focus on building what people need, such as clean energy and affordable housing, quickly. Join us for what’s sure to be a dynamic and lively discussion with five climate and communications experts about what the “abundance” argument is, why it’s so popular this year and the challenges and opportunities in translating the idea to a Canadian context.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3GNC9nwCRtmjdyr_LMv8lQ#/registration

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Nuclear Issues in Port Hope: Past, Present, and Future

Wed. Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m. ET

Port Hope High School, Dr. Hawkins gym, 130 Highland Drive, Port Hope, Ontario

The Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee (PHCHCC) is sponsoring a Public Meeting with presenters Dr. Gordon Edwards, Ph.D., President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, and Faye More, PHCHCC Chair, to discuss nuclear issues in Port Hope, past, present, and future. 

For more info: mailto:porthopehealthconcerns at pm.me 

Backgrounder by Dr. Gordon Edwards

https://www.ccnr.org/Port_Hope_event_October_29_2025.pdf

https://kawarthanow.com/2025/10/23/port-hope-community-health-concerns-committee-hosting-october-29-public-meeting-on-nuclear-issues/

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Cormorants and Coyotes in Toronto

Wed. Oct. 29, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Brentwood Public Library, 36 Brentwood Road North, Toronto

As Halloween approaches, it's the perfect time to challenge our ideas about which animals we embrace-and which we fear. In this thought-provoking session, we'll turn the spotlight on two creatures often misunderstood and steeped in folklore.

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT574192&R=EVT574192 

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Heat Pump Event Information Session

Thurs. Oct. 30, 7 - 9 p.m. ET

At a home in the Junction, Toronto's west end

If you wish to learn more about heat pumps and other ways to reduce your dependency on fossil fuels, please join us, and Green 13, at our next home retrofit & heat pump party at a fossil fuel free home in the Junction. Space is limited so RSVP to the mailto:infophp4ca at gmail.com

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CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

Thur. Oct. 30, noon ET 

This session will explore how disinformation, misinformation, and greenwashing shape public understanding of climate change. We will examine real data, common examples in media and politics, and the tactics used to mislead or confuse audiences. By unpacking and debunking these practices, participants will gain tools to recognize false or manipulative claims and avoid amplifying them. The session will also cover the problem of “false balance” in journalism and offer strategies to counter disinformation with both audiences and editors, while keeping the focus on fact-based information.

https://coveringclimatenow.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebd6cb7583637c885053eea45&id=5deb95fdc6&e=e362218033

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Happy Halloween!

Exorcising Ghosts - Montreal Oct 24, 1997 - Tooker Tape #41

Activists take the street to commemorate 43 people killed by cars in 1996. Using Theatre to blend with the theme of Halloween, the ghosts assembled both exorcise the evil automobile spirits and pay tribute to those killed.

https://youtu.be/PxnPaFZsUvo?si=yQAtPvSR0nz-ZwnK

Night of Dread, Toronto 2002 - Tooker Tape #44 archive

Wonderfully shot, brilliant costumes and giant puppets, fantastic procession music! Are you in this video?

https://youtu.be/U14n07dtcXE?si=5K_2wZSiHH5P-sR8

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EcoFair Toronto 

Sun. Nov. 2, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St, Toronto

Presented by Green Neighbours Network and Transition Toronto

This is a free, family-friendly, and informative event with over 50 environmentally friendly businesses and organizations to discover how to make greener choices for your life, home, and community. Enjoy family-friendly fun activities, test drive electric cars and e-bikes, delight in eco-friendly and delicious food, recycle your electronics with Free Geek Toronto, and participate in a silent auction. 

https://ecofairtoronto.org/ 

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More Toronto events 

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https://www.democracynow.org/ 

Tooker Tapes Archive Project - Youtube Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3IwhNn-WrINTQz2fBNayDoBWLW0y59le

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