TO. Greenspiration Events: no chance to get bored
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Mon Sep 21 02:38:00 EDT 2009
TO. Greenspiration Events
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Is the recession over? Bailouts and bonuses for the banks.
with Sydney White, Investigative Journalist
Monday September 21st, 6 - 8 p.m.
STUDIES IN PROPAGANDA
Lecture Series
THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – FALL 2009
Mondays at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus,
SandfordFleming Building, Room 1105
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Please join in this informal celebration of the international day of
peace...
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
MONDAY SEPT. 21 – 6: 30 pm
Celebrate Peace Day! Join a potluck dinner with peacebuilder Flora
Terah of Kenya.
Flora courageously ran for office in Kenya, and after suffering much
for her courage, continues her struggle for women's human rights.
She has been in Canada for a training program and returns shortly to
Kenya.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.,
2 bl north of St. George TTC at Bedford. 6:30 pm.
Voice of Women for Peace/Peaceworks
For more info: 416-596-7328 www.vowpeace.org peaceworks at primus.ca
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Flashmob for the Climate
Join the Toronto flashmob demanding a strong climate change
agreement. It’s one of hundreds of rallies taking place on:
Mon. September 21st all across the world, organized through 350.org
and AVAAZ.
Meet at noon at Yonge & Dundas Square on Monday, Sept 21. We will be
setting our cell phone alarms to go off at 12:18 pm (signifying Dec
18 climate talks), and video taping the event for world leaders at
the UN to see. Here's the URL to RSVP:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/sept21_rsvp/?id=133818&cts=BbM9qs9
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Jobless Recovery – Broken E.I.
FORUM
Mon. Sept. 21st
6:30 pm at Ryerson University’s Rogers Communications Centre (Church
and Gould).
Who is going to fix EI (employment insurance)? As election fever
starts to heat up, the Tories are desperate to pretend that they have
dealt with the nagging issue of thousands of laid-off workers who
can’t get EI benefits.
Come here author and activist Judy Rebbick join with voices from the
trenches here and from the powerful unemployed movement in Quebec.
Help turn up the heat on federal politicians about this crucial issue.
http://www.goodjobsforall.ca
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Toronto Car Free Day - 2 events
Tues. September 22nd is International Car-Free Day!
1. The Sierra Club is hosting a Car Free Day celebration on Yonge
Street and Yonge-Dundas Square from 10 am to 3:00 pm.
2. Let's get together and celebrate car-free culture on our sexy bikes!
Meet at Spadina and Bloor, SE corner at 6 p.m.
Departure at 6:30pm, ride around to Trinity Bellwoods Park and join
the Car-Free Day Parade down Queen Street!
SPREAD THE WORD, INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS!
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THE EMERGENCY MONOLOGUES
an evening for War Resisters Support Campaign
Tuesday, September 22nd at 8 p.m.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
The Steelworkers Union Hall
25 Cecil Street (College and Spadina)
Admission: $20 Students: $10.00
From the FRINGE FESTIVAL to the WAR RESISTERS SUPPORT CAMPAIGN
Tales of the bizarre, ridiculous and irksome side of being a
paramedic in an unidentified urban city
A fundraising evening for the War Resisters Support Campaign • http://
www.facebook.com/l/;www.resisters.ca
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A Bryant Competition
Hello everyone I am running a competition. I want to come up with a
definition of what "Pulling a Bryant," is. Please pass the word to
all of the amazing talented people you all know and ask them what
they think "pulling a bryant," should be. This of course is just a
example of what the term could sound like. It could be "Pulling a
Bryant", "Don't get all Bryant on Me", basically to be used as an
adjective, to be "Bryant like." I want to do this is to counteract
the crap Navigator, is pulling on the real victim of this tragedy,
Darcy Allan Sheppard. For those who do not know, Navigator is the
Public Relations firm that Micheal Bryant has hired to make him look
good and to make his victim look bad. So please spread the word to
friends, twitterers, blogs, message boards and anyone else you can
think of. Lets get some good ideas going around and then we can vote
on the best one. Won't you help me, help the world put a name to the
despicable act that Micheal Bryant preformed on September 1st 2009?
Please send all suggestions to pullabryant at gmail.com Please have
them entered by September 21st. The winner will be announced at the
fund raiser for Darcey Allen Sheppard @ Sneaky Dee's on Saturday
September 26th. Oh yes and there will be a prize =)
Thank you.
Derek Chadbourne
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www.thebikejoint.com/blog
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Earthcycle
The University of Toronto Environment Resource Network (UTERN) and
Bikechain are proud to present EarthCycle, a weeklong festival at the
University of Toronto running from September 21st to September 26th.
The university’s most ambitious Environment Week to date, EarthCycle
will feature 28 events over six days of almost constant activity.
From bike races to eco-tours, documentary film screenings and
lectures by world renowned thinkers, EarthCycle has something for
everyone.
For a full schedule of events and details (location, time etc):
http://theearthcycle.wordpress.com/
Check out the Earthcycle climate change lectures and films:
i) Mon. Sep. 21 - "What Prospect for a Decent Future": climate change
and the university
ii) Wed. Sept. 23 - Ontario's Energy Future - Nuclear or Renewable?
iii) Wed. Sept. 23 - Carbon Capture & Storage: False Hope or Climate
Change Salvation?
iv) Thur. Sept. 24 - Climate Change & Psychological Barriers to Change
v) Thur. Sept. 24 - Eco-films - focus on biodiversity
vi) Fri. Sept. 25 - Book Launch: "Life, Money & Illusion: Living on
Earth as if we want to stay"
Full program and details: http://theearthcycle.wordpress.com/
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Students Against Climate Change - Panel
Tues. Sept 22, 7 p.m.
1st Fl Auditorium, Multi-Faith Centre, U of T (NE corner of the
Spadina Circle, just north of College)
Prof Danny Harvey, Emily Rochon, and Matt Bramley explore the latest
issues in our challenge to address climate change.
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A Night on Water Justice: Film and Discussion
Tues. Sept. 22
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Koffler Auditorium, Rm. 108
569 Spadina Ave., just north of College
First Nations peoples in Canada and Palestinians are facing similar
challenges and systematic discrimination in obtaining their basic
water needs. Join us for an evening of film screening and discussion
on the challenges to obtain equity and justice in access to water, on
how different communities are mobilising to obtain this basic right,
and on how we can develop effective solidarity for these causes.
Susan Koppelman is an active member of LifeSource, a Palestinian-led
collective organizing to build a popular movement for Palestinian
water justice. Â She is based in Ramallah. She will be showing "Gaza
is floating", a short film about how the Israeli siege is leading to
a sanitation disaster in Gaza, causing environmental catastrophe and
human tragedy.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Shawn Brant has been repeatedly imprisoned for his
stand against colonial policies and unjust treatment of First Nations
peoples in Canada. He is currently involved in a long-standing battle
to bring clean water to his community, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,
which is one of the 85 First Nations communities that do not have
access to this basic right. Shawn lives on the Territory with his
family.
This event is part of Environment Week (www.earthcycle.ca) at the
University of Toronto, organized by Bike Chain, GSU Social Justice
Committee, Greenpeace, Science for Peace, the Really Free Market,
Trinity College, Streets are for People, UTERN, OCAA, UTSU
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Water Justice
Wednesday, September 23, noon – 1:30 pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of
Toronto,
252 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Room 12-199
Speakers:
*Joe Cressy is the Campaigns Coordinator for the Polaris Institute.
He will discuss the issue of bottled water and the need for public
water infrastructure, both in Canada and internationally.
*Nancy Goucher is the Program Coordinator for the Forum for
Leadership on Water (FLOW). She will discuss efforts to protect our
critical fresh water resources, emphasizing the necessity of having
all levels of government work together as part of a Canada-wide
strategy to effectively address current and emerging threats to fresh
water security.
*Mark Cazavara is the regional organizer (Ontario/Quebec) for The
Council of Canadians, and he will talk about Dumpsite 41 in Toronto
as it relates to water source protection, scarcity and the human
right to clean water.
Bring your lunch and a mug – coffee, tea and water will be provided.
For more information, contact Lisa White at
secspeaker at oise.utoronto.ca or visit our website at http://
socialeconomy.utoronto.ca. This event will also be webcast live on
the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions.
Sponsored by: Social Economy Centre - Lunchbox Speakers' Series
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The Gardiner Museum Presents:
From the Ground Up: Fresh Thoughts on Food Security
CBC's Matt Galloway moderates a panel discussion including Nick Saul
of The Stop Community Food Centre, Anan Lololi (Afri-can Food
Basket), Wayne Roberts (Toronto Food Policy Council) and Dr. Lauren
Baker of Sustain Ontario.
Wednesday September 23, 2009
5:30 to 7 p,m
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West
Tickets $12. Students and Seniors $8.
ONLINE: Gardinermuseum.com BY PHONE: 416-586-8080 OR AT THE DOOR
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Climate Change and Indigenous People
Panel
Wednesday, September 23rd, 7 pm
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., U of T, Toronto
Free.
The impact of climate change generates more devastating effect on the
Indigenous People than the average population. Some of the
initiatives supposed to deal with climate change often result in very
damaging consequence on the Indigenous People in various regions of
the world.
http://www.climatechangeiscomingtotown.net
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Haiti and the Canadian Peacekeeping Myth
Date:
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 9:30pm
Location:
Ryerson Student Campus Centre, Thomas Lounge
Street:
55 Gould Street
City/Town:
Toronto, ON
View Map
Phone:
6479922654
Email:
torontohaitiaction at gmail.c
om
FEATURING PRESENTATION BY JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST YVES ENGLER
COME HEAR ABOUT THE CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING MYTH AND HOW CANADA'S ROLE
IN HAITI HAS BEEN TO DIRECTLY USURP DEMOCRACY, CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL
INSTABILITY AT THE COST OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT HAITIAN LIVES!
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Gallery Spin: A Guided Bike Tour Of Art Galleries In Toronto's West End
Led by Mia Nielsen, curator at the Drake Hotel
Thursday, September 24
Meeting point: Trinity Bellwoods Park @ the Queen St. gate, between
6:30 - 7 pm, Tour starts at 7 pm
First 20 people receive a complimentary drink ticket for Quick Fix at
the Drake Hotel
Art up your bike and receive special prizes!
Contact: Riu Pimenta info at mediancontemporary.com
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Art Action and Eco Fashion Show
Af fundraiser benefiting About Face Collective, Toronto urban eco
village art space
Thursday September 24th
7:30pm to 1am
at the Distillery District (Arta Gallery).
Tickets are $10 at the door.
There will be various musical performances, an eco-conscious fashion
show, a silent art auction, veggie eats, tea martinis, and much more.
For more info: aboutface at aboutfacecollective.com 905 417 8918
Sponsored by: Regenesis, a youth-driven environmental and social
justice group based out of York University
http://www.theregenesisproject.com/
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How and Why to Green Your Small Business
Thur. September 24, 6:30 to 9:30 pm with refreshments - bring your
dinner if you like!
The timing can be shifted to accommodate your schedule!
WHERE: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, 12 Ossington Crescent M6J2A6
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?
ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1061407021959046...
WHO: entrepreneurs with small businesses in Toronto
Why Green Your Business?Once you let your potential customers and
clients know how you have "Greened" your practices, 80% will select
you over your non Green competitors! 20% of consumers, the LOHAS
group, will even pay a premium for your services!
Register now! http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/381 There are only 6
spaces being offered!
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In solidarity with the Inco strikers
A Concert to Celebrate the music of Phil Ochs
featuring Zachary Stevenson
sponsored by: Socialist Action
Friday, September 25 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West @ St. George Subway Station
tickets at door: $20 waged; $10 non-waged.
For more information: 416 – 535-8779
www.zacharystevenson.com
www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com
A representative from the United Steelworkers' Union will speak
during the intermission.
A portion of the concert proceeds will go to the union local whose
3,500 members are on strike against the concessions demanded by
mining giant Vale Inco in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ontario and at
Voisy's Bay, Labrador.
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Critical Mass Ride
Fri. Sept. 25 (and the last Friday of every month) at 6 p.m.
Meet at Spadina and Bloor and ride on in joy and safety with hundreds
of other cyclists
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Book Club - Selling Sickness
The next Council of Canadians Toronto Chapter Book Club is fast
approaching! For the month of September we are focusing on health
care, and as such our book for this month is "Selling Sickness: How
the Worlds Biggest Pharmeceutical Companies are Turning Us All into
Patients" by Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels. There are 42 copies
available at the Toronto Public Library. Everyone is welcome, but
please RSVP if you plan to attend so we can arrange for a large
enough table to comfortably fit everyone. Discussion questions will
be sent out to those who are interested a week prior to the Book Club
night. We hope to see you on the 25th!
Date: Friday, Sept 25
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: The Duke of Richmond, 20 Queen Street West (416-340-7887)
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The Council of Canadians
Ph: (416) 979.5554 | 1.800.208.7156
Visit www.canadians.org for the latest news and action alerts.
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Out of Balance: Exxon Mobil's Impact on Climate Change
Film, Free
Friday, September 25 at 12:00pm
Sid Smith / Student Life Center, Room 1070, St. George St, U of T
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?
event.php&eid=144690488232&mid=11d282eG1ee15286G29f86adG7
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TURNING THINGS AROUND
Actions for a Healthy Environment
Sponsored by: International Institute of Concern for Public Health -
Celebrating 25th Anniversary
Sat. September 26, 8.30 am.- 4.00 pm.
Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd., Toronto
10 a.m. Keynote Address Rosalie Bertell Ph.D. G.N.S.H., Founder and
Immediate Past President introduced by Founder and Prof. Emerita
Ursula Franklin
Other presentations include:
- What about the nuclear renaissance?
- International Perspectives on the Energy Future
Promises to be a dynamic anti-nuclear teach-in! –a
For more info: Int'l Institute of Concern for Public Health,
416-786-6128
www.iicph.org
info at IICPH.ORG
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Sustainability Fair at Evergreen
Saturday, September 26, 10 am – 2 pm
Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Ave).
Come out for a fun day of festivities geared towards sustainability
and conservation. Bust a move at the bike-powered dance party with
Mr. Something Something!
Take part in the community scrabble games, candle making, clay oven
bake-off, bobbing for apples, button making, coffee bean bag races,
water conservation activities and much more. Check out creative
designs for backyard chicken coops, meet the Tamworth pigs and
connect with leading conservation organizations for latest in green
innovation and community initiatives.
Be sure to cruise by the transportation zone where you can decorate
your bike, get a tune up and test out some funky rides! Receive a
complimentary drink when you arrive by Bicycle, foot, the shuttle or
TTC. Feel free to skip, jump, dance, pogo stick, moonwalk or chasse
to get here. Click here for directions.
Walking tours to the site available from Castle Frank station at 10am
and 11am (walk lead by Walk T.O. (hyperlink http://www.walkto.ca/)
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Bombs Away
An evening of anti-nuke comedy and music
Sat. Sept.26th, 7:30 p.m
Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street (south of College, just east
of Spadina), Toronto
Adults $20 or pay what you can, Students $7 or pay what you can
http://www.seriouslytimetostop.com/nonukesnight.htm
Seriously, Time to Stop is committed to spreading the word about
nuclear weapons and finding ways to let governments know what you
think about this issue.
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Get on board the...
HUMAN TRAIN
Sat. Sept. 26
March to send a message to Premier McGuinty:
CLEAN ELECTRIC TRAINS NOW, NOT 450 DIRTY DIESELS!
On Saturday, September 26th, the HUMAN TRAIN will roll through
communities in the west end along the Union Station to Georgetown
tracks to send a message to Premier McGuinty: NO DIRTY DIESEL
TRAINS! GO ELECTRIC NOW!
Join the walk at your closest “whistle stop” (see attached files or
www.cleantrain.ca for details), or join a core group walking the
whole route of the HUMAN TRAIN. If you would like to walk all the way
from Weston to Queen West, or if you’re able to volunteer, please
email info at cleantrain.ca and we’ll be in touch with you.
Everyone from every neighbourhood is urged to come to SORAUREN PARK
for the main event at 1:00 pm. We will all gather together in the
largest park beside the railway tracks to welcome the HUMAN TRAIN and
to demonstrate the strength of our demand that Metrolinx drop its
diesel agenda and move immediately to the use of electric trains.
In Sorauren Park we will refuel the HUMAN TRAIN with beautiful music
and inspiring words from representatives from every community along
the tracks. Finally the HUMAN TRAIN, swelled with the addition of the
crowd gathered in Sorauren Park, will march through the streets to
Queen West.
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Toronto Palestine Film Festival
Non-Stereotypical Cinema from Palestine
September 26-October 2, 2009
www.tpff.ca
The 2nd annual Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is pleased to
present a wide selection of award-winning short, feature,
documentary, experimental and animation films to Toronto audiences.
TPFF celebrates film as an art form and means of expression by
showcasing the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people
living in exile and under occupation.
A panel discussion on environmental issues in Palestine will follow
the screenings. Advance tickets can be purchased online or at the
Toronto Women’s Bookstore (73 Harbord St.)
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Stop URANIUM-Mining in Ontario
DEMAND a LEGISLATED BAN for ONTARIO like the one granted to British
Columbia
B.C., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Labrador are protected. Ontario
is a free-for-all!
RALLY
SUNDAY SEPT. 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO
SPEAKERS: Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada; Bruce
Cox, Executive Director Greenpeace Canada;
Robert Lovelace, Retired Chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
Live Music
Organized by Cottagers against Uranium Mining and Exploration, CUME
- http://www.fighturanium.com/cume.html
For more info: Cottagers.vs.mining at sympatico.ca
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Parkdale Food, Earth and Culture Festival
Sunday, Sept. 27, 12 noon – 4 pm
Masaryk Park, 220 Cowan Ave (just south of Queen, west of Dufferin,
across from the library)
Our list of performers now include: Baro Dununba (African drumming
group), the Voyce, Tibetan Youth Group, Wu Denking (Chinese
musician), Don Kerr (Children’s musician), JRock the Rapping Chef,
and more. Our culturally diverse and local food will be prepared by
Tibet Kitchen, Roti Lady, Ali Baba and Greenest City staff and
volunteers.
We will have a small farmer’s market for you to meet farmers and buy
their locally grown produce. Children’s activities, games, arts +
crafts, Shiatsu massage tent, apple cider press, corn roasts, eco
workshops and more!
All of the activities above are free of charge. We are only asking
for a minimum donation of $2 for a plate of our food to offset some
of our costs.
www.greenestcity.ca
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Pedestrian Sunday
Sun. Sept. 27
Kensington Market street closure
The streets are yours from 12 - 7 pm (10pm on North Augusta)
http://www.pskensington.ca/
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History of Globalization (in minutes)
Monday, September 28, 2009
9:15am – 4:15pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (Spadina/College), Toronto
Registration fee: $40 includes lunch
Unwaged/Low-waged: Pay what you can.
Join us for HOG, a popular education activity about the history and
effects of neoliberal globalization. HOG is a companion activity to
the ever-popular WHORM – World History of Racism in
Minutes. Played by 40 to 100 participants on a large map of the
world, participants are divided into regional groups and prepare
scenarios showing what is happening in their parts of the world
at different times, from 1490 to today.
Register today!
Call (416) 537-6532 x. 2204 or email alarsen at laboureducation.org
For more information and other upcoming courses, visit
www.laboureducation.org
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