TO. events: gardening, tax shift, docs, spirit, health, vaccines, poverty
angela bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Apr 6 22:42:11 EDT 2008
WORKSHOP: Gardening -- Seasonal Extensions and Cold Frames In Action
WHEN: Wednesday, April 9 6:30 - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Pape Public Library ˆ Meeting Room upstairs
701 Pape Ave., Toronto (Pape & Danforth; Pape Subway)
WHAT: Join us as Kyla Dixon-Muir shares how to easily extend the growing
season, starting as much as two months earlier and ending later, and even
continuing all year round. Kyla grows foods in a wide range of low-cost
and no-cost Cold Frames, some of which require construction skills, many
of which do not.
COST COG members free; non-COG members $5 (Canadian Organic Growers)
MORE INFO: Elizabeth, echrumka at sympatico.ca or 416-960-9011
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Tax Shifting for a Greener Future
Wed. April 9, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
27 Front St. East
2 blocks East of Union Station
<http://forum.stlc.com>Please visit our website
Why tax shifting?
The idea is to encourage sustainable development, better economic
performance, social well-being and more jobs.
How might it work?
Taxes could be levied on resource and energy intensive,
environmentally-damaging activity and lowered on employment, incomes and
investments.
The forum will hear from 4 experts: 2 in favour and 2 opposed to tax
shifting.
Opposed:
Finn Poschmann, Research Director of the <http://www.cdhowe.org/>C.D. Howe
Institute
Hugh McKenzie, Research Associate with the
<http://www.policyalternatives.ca/>Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives.
In Favour:
Kate Holloway, CEO of <http://www.carbonzero.ca/>Carbonzero
Toby Heaps, founding editor of
<http:///www.corporateknights.ca/index.asp>Corporate Knights
Moderator: Bernadette Hardaker is a freelance writer and former
writer/broadcaster for CBC Radio One.
Programmed by the St. Lawrence Centre Forum, Toronto's longest running
town hall.
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Global Dimming - a BBC documentary
is being shown Thursday, April 10, 8 pm Fellowship room.
Howard Park United Church, 240 Roncesvalles Ave, at the corner of Wright
and Roncesvalles, enter through the parking lot.
<http://www.projecthealing.com>For more on global dimming see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming
Organized by http://www.projecthealing.com/
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Wal Town, The Film (66 minutes, 2006)
Friday, April 11 @ 7 pm
OISE, 252 Bloor St.W., Rm. 2-212 (St. George Subway)
INFO: 416.535.8779; web: www.socialistaction.org/ca.htm
$2 donation requested
A group of six university students, calling themselves Wal-Town, take to
the highway over two summers. Armed with thousands of pamphlets and
fliers, they visit 36 of Canada's more than 200 Wal-Mart stores with one
formidable goal: to raise public awareness about Wal-Mart's business
practices and the effects of the company's policies on cities and towns
across Canada.
After the screening, Derek Johnstone, an organizer with the United Food
and Commercial Workers’ Union (UFCW) will speak and answer questions about
the campaign to organize Wal-Mart workers in Canada.
The film will be preceded by a brief introduction, and will be followed by
a commentary, and an open floor discussion period.
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EarthCry with His Holiness Devamrita Swami
A Sacred and Spiritual Vision for a Sacred World Revealed
Join us to hear Revolutionary insights into the Environmental crisis
facing the citizens of Earth by His Holiness Devamrita Swami. He is
traversing the globe talking about this very real environmental crisis and
inspiring people to make life changes to sustain the ecosystem. Explore
holistic ecology and reveal the most crucial ingredient in the ecosystem
and environment.
Join us for an exotic Vegetarian Feast, Insightful Discussion and some
Spiritual Metamorphosis.
All for $ 10 (Payment accepted via Pay Pal)
Venue: 569 Spadina, Multi-faith Centre
Date: 11 April 2008
Time: 6.30 to 9.00 p.m.
Please RSVP at urbanedgeyoga at gmail.com to reserve a spot.
About His Holiness Devamrita Swami
Devamrita Swami is a Yale graduate, an author of several books on Vedic
knowledge and has been practicing spirituality for over 4 decades. A
contemporary thinker and a Global spiritual teacher, he is visiting
Toronto from the 10th to the 20th of April and will be presenting at
various forums. He is known for his in-depth understanding of Vedic
Sciences and his presentations on raising Environmental consciousness. He
has recently presented three seminars in Australia and New Zealand.
He has authored several books, including The Perfect Escape, Searching for
Vedic India and Fast Forward - Beyond the Barriers of Limited Science. He
is a regular speaker at Universities such as Yale, Melbourne University,
RMIT, UCLA and Indian Institute of Technology to name a few. Last year he
presented on the topic of 'Spiritual Economics' at Rotman School of
Business, University of Toronto and it was a huge success.
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Greening Sacred Spaces Forum 2008
A day-long event on how faith communities
can contribute to creating a more peaceful,
healthy, and eco-sustainable world
Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Northrop Frye Hall - Victoria University, University of Toronto
73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto
Find out more, register online, and download the flyer
There will be two inspiring keynote speakers: Father Giorgio Di Cicco,
Poet Laureate of Toronto, will open the day with a talk on The Ecology of
Heart. Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, will close the
day's events with a keynote on Leadership, Politics and Faith: Inspiring
values that lead towards peace and sustainability. In between are many
useful workshops and a vegetarian lunch.
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Check out the 15th Canadian International Documentary Festival
All venues downtown Toronto
April 17-27
Hot Docs
http://www.hotdocs.ca/
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Total Health '08
Slow: Beyond Organic
April 18, 19, 20, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
www.totalhealthshow.com
Panel Presentation: Slow Food Revolution
Saturday, 12:00 ˆ 2:00, Room 206
Vaccines: Successes and Failures
Saturday, 2:00 ˆ 3:00, Room 205 - Dr. Shiv Chopra
Smallpox was eradicated throughout the world in 1978, and since then, all
further vaccinations against this disease were discontinued. However,
except perhaps for polio, the same has not been true of various other
infectious diseases, such as rubella and mumps. Over the last 40 years,
millions of infants and school children are still being vaccinated with no
known endpoint in sight. Actually, the list of vaccines which are being
administered to young children and adults has been enlarged to include
many more viral and bacterial infections with little or no scientific
rationale. It is time to reassess public health value of the current
vaccination programs.
Fighting for Food Safety - Dr. Shiv Chopra
Sunday, 1:00 ˆ 2:00, Room 205
As a senior scientific advisor at Health Canada, Dr. Chopra opposed the
agricultural applications of hormones, antibiotics, slaughter refuse,
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides/herbicides in
Canadian food production. The Canadian government continues to allow heavy
applications of these products. Their uses cause both economic loss to the
farmers and serious health impacts. Since they are not permitted in
food-producing animals in EU countries, countries like Canada, the US and
Mexico are not allowed to export these foods to the EU. Dr. Chopra
believes that the solution to all these problems is easy! Organically
raised food! Canada could be a lead country in the production of purely
organic food.
Dr. Chopra will describe how government corruption endangers the public
food supply and how the elected representatives in both Canada and USA are
more interested in protecting industrial profits and trade, instead of the
public‚s health. He will discuss products like Revalor-H, Baytril, Bovine
Growth Hormone, Silicon Breast Implants, and slaughterhouse waste, which
continues to cause the biggest problem to health safety ˆ Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or „mad-cow disease‰. Everybody who eats
should hear this lecture!
Booth 305
The Impact of Antidepressants and Anti-psychotics upon Our Society - with
Ann Blake Tracy, PhD
Friday, 7:00 ˆ 10:00 pm, Room 206. Workshop (included in main ticket price)
and Saturday, 4:00 ˆ 5:00, Room 206
Dr. Tracy will discuss the devastating impact of these drugs on youth and
the elderly; how antidepressants impact emotions and spirituality; their
effect on sleep patterns ˆ Rem Sleep Disorder; the relationship between
these drugs and the huge increases in autism, diabetes, bipolar disorder
and miscarriage; effects of these medications ending up in streams and
rivers; their relation to the current epidemic of murder/suicide and road
rage; and how to get off these antidepressants NOW while you can.
<http://www.drugawareness.org/>www.drugawareness.org Booth 307
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Vaccine Documentary
I'm a documentary film maker producing a documentary on childhood
vaccines. I am inviting parents to be part of my film.
I am conducting filmed discussions on April 21 & April 22 , 7 PM-9 PM, at
the Merchandising Building in Toronto, with parents sharing their diverse
journeys regarding their decision on childhood vaccines. These discussions
will be included in the documentary to represent all the different
opinions and concerns parents have on childhood vaccines.
The forum on Monday April 21st is for parents who decided to vaccinate &
the forum on Tuesday April 22nd is for parents who decided not to
vaccinate. I am also hoping to include expecting parents in these evenings.
If you are interested in joining one of these discussion please contact me
for more details.
-Andrea Menzies (director/producer) amen at sympatico.ca
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PROJECT REVIVAL: POOR PEOPLE SWEPT INTO JAIL AS CITY CUTS SERVICES
STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR!
April 2, 2008
Yesterday, the Metro Toronto police announced almost 300
arrests in a sweep of one of this city's poorest neighbourhoods. The
arrests took place in the area bounded by Gerrard St. E., Queen St. E.,
Church St. and Parliament St. Developed through the 51 Division
"Community Police Liaison Committee", the sweep involved undercover
officers in a 6 week operation, code named "Project Roundup" and
"Project Revival".
The priorities of cops, city officials, and the gentrifying forces of this
neighbourhood are clear. The downtown East End is being remade and
'revived' through crackdowns on the poor people who call it home. It is
our friends, our neighbours, the people who use the rapidly disappearing
services in the East End, who are being swept into jail through operations
like this one.
According to Detective Sgt. Howie Page of 51 Division, "When the community
came to 51 Division ... it was a project aimed at improving the quality of
life of people in this area." And we must ask: Which community? Whose
quality of life? We must also ask: When demands are made for affordable
housing, detox or harm reduction programs, shelter beds, and better
welfare rates, the basic right for people to live in dignity and safety,
what kind of response do we get?
The City officials who pay and oversee this police force are the same ones
who, over the past year, allowed three large rooming houses in the
neighborhood to be shut down, and five major shelters to be closed. $2
million dollars worth of CCTV cameras have been installed in the downtown
core, two of them outside the biggest men‚s shelters in the east end.
Homeless people are being targeted, fined thousands of dollars in
Provincial Offense tickets for minor infractions like encumbering the
sidewalk, or camping in a park without a permit. Poor and homeless people
are being dispossessed, displaced, and destroyed.
We condemn this latest, blatant attack on the people of the downtown East
End. We condemn the police for sweeping the streets, criminalizing people
who are fighting to survive. We need housing, shelter, food and income
to address the issues in the neighborhood, not more police harassment and
intimidation.
For more information contact OCAP at 416-925-6939
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