TO. Events -- water, carbon, NAFTA, Cuba, 9-11

[angela bischoff]

Toronto Greenspiration Events

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         The Next Generation presents:

        Wading Deeper
         - a free public forum on the future of Deep Lake Water Cooling
and its potential to further reduce Toronto's energy use.

          Tuesday, August 19, 7 pm
          Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen Street East
         (just east of Broadview)
         Free. Refreshments provided.

         - Dennis Fotinos, President and CEO, Enwave Energy Corporation
         - Rob McMonagle, City of Toronto, Energy Efficiency Office
         - Greg Allen, HOK architects, an original architect of the plan

 Did you know that a good part of the downtown core is cooled with cold
water from Lake Ontario? Already, this reduces our demand for electricity
by 61 megawatts in the summer and eliminates 79,000 tonnes of carbon
dioxide annually.

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 Just Earth invites you to a community forum examining the link between
climate change and the cost of fossil fuels.
         What changes do we need to make to fight global warming?
         What role can a carbon tax play?
         How can we take our concerns to the politicians?

        The Price of Carbon

         Wednesday August 20, 7 pm
         Ralph Thornton Centre
         765 Queen St E (east of Broadview)

         Admission is free.

         Featured Speakers:
         Peter Victor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
         Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, Environmentalist
         Peter Tabuns, MPP, Toronto--Danforth

         Moderator: Lynn McDonald, former MP; founder, Just Earth

         For more information, contact
<mailto:info at justearth.net>info at justearth.net

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 Barack Obama and renegotiating NAFTA
         A talk by Gordon Laxer
         Thur. Aug. 21, 6:30 p.m.
         Toronto City Hall, Committee Room 3
         (Queen at Bay)

Post Carbon Toronto presents a talk by Gordon Laxer, Director of the
<http://www.ualberta.ca/parkland>Parkland Institute at the University of
Alberta and a Political Economy professor and author.

Barack Obama's promise to renegotiate NAFTA Presents Opportunity for Canada

Gordon will discuss the opportunity Barack Obama's promise to renegotiate
NAFTA gives Canada. Obama's pledge put NAFTA back on the political table
in Canada, a place it has not been for 15 years. Can Canada take the
opportunity to pull out of NAFTA's proportionality clause, which forces
Canada, and Canada alone, to produce and then export the majority of its
oil and natural gas?

The Parkland Institute has recently published two papers on energy issues
in Canada: "Freezing in the Dark: why Canada Needs Strategic Petroleum
Reserves" and "Over a Barrel: Exiting from NAFTA's Proportionality
Clause".

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Celebrate the 13th Anniversary of:
Toronto-Cuba Friendship Day

Salsa in the City Square
Saturday, August 23
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay)

Three Live Cuban Bands
Cuban Style Food
Display tables

Free
Info: CCFA Toronto/Sharon: 905-951-8499 or info at ccfatoronto.ca

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Free video screening of Who Cares if Bangladesh Drowns? with filmmaker
Afsan Chowdhury

        Sunday, August 24, 2 pm
         Trinity St. Paul's Church
         427 Bloor Street West, west of Spadina

presented by the organizers of the Sunshine Walk for Climate Justice, to
be held Oct 4-20, from Toronto to Ottawa

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The New Pearl Harbor Revisited
Was America Attacked by Muslims on 9/11?

Toronto 9/11 Truth and WeAreChange Toronto are Proud to Present:

David Ray Griffin in Toronto

8-10 PM, Sunday August 31, 2008
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West, Room G162

David Ray Griffin is emeritus professor of philosophy of religion at
Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. He has
published 34 books, including seven about 9/11, the most recent of which
is The New Pearl Harbor Revisited: 9/11, the Cover-Up, and the Exposé. His
lecture will summarize the evidence in this book for its most important
conclusion: Muslims did not attack America on 9/11.

Ticket sales (night of) start at 7:00pm
Seating at 7:30pm
Lecture from 8:00 to 9:15pm
Followed by questions and book signing until 10pm.

GET TICKETS
$10 advance, $15 at the door

ONLINE:
<http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=382>http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=382

IN PERSON:
University of Toronto
Arbor Room hallway (lower level) of Hart House
University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle
(416) 978-8849, Open Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm

Conspiracy Culture
1696 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON. Canada M6R 1B3
P:416.916.1696

Dundas Square
Sat-Sun, noon-5pm

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