TO. Greenspiration Events - Happy IWD!
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Mon Mar 8 16:42:31 EST 2010
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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Here's a GREAT way to celebrate International Women's Day!
Come out to the Tranzac Club for a music / art fundraiser to help save
the Toronto Women's Bookstore!
You can also contribute by offering your art to the event.
Monday, March 8th
Doors Open: 7:30 pm Show Starts: 8:00 pm
Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. Toronto
$10 - 20 sliding scale
Advance tickets available at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord
St.
Performer Line-up:
Raging Asian Women - www.ragingasianwomen.ca
Evalyn Parry - www.evalynparry.com
Belladonna - www.myspace.com/belladonna
George Hewison - www.georgehewison.ca/
Sara Marlowe & the Program - www.saramarlowe.com
Roberta Mohler (Nia dance) - www.lifedances.net
Artists: (Raffle Prizes:)
Cathie Redmond - www.studioontheedge.ca
Suanne Gorenflo (Eco Greeting cards)
Archie Alleyne and the E.O.J. Ensemble (The ARCHIE ALLEYNE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND)
Meghan McMaster
Wise Daughters Craft Market -www.wisedaughters.com
Pavla Quinn -www.pavlaquinn-art.smugmug.com
Beverely Couse
Native Earth (opera tickets) - www.nativeearth.ca
Bianca Lakoseljac
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The Toronto Women's Bookstore is in crisis and we need your help!
Independent businesses and bookstores have been closing their doors
this year, and after 36 years it is possible that we will have to do
the same if we are not able to raise enough money to survive. TWB is
one of the only remaining non-profit feminist bookstores in North
America, but despite all of the events, courses, workshops, community
resources and additional services we offer, the fact that we are a
store means that we do not receive any outside funding and rely
entirely on sales and the support of our customers to stay in business.
In the past, when feminist bookstores were closing down all across
North America, the support of the community is what kept TWB alive.
You are the reason that we are still here today, and we believe that
with your help we can once again work together to save this
organization where so many of us as readers, writers, feminists,
artists, and activists have found a home.
www.womensbookstore.com
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WARGASM
A comedy show about the transformation of a soldier.
This event is a fundraiser for the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
(TCSW) and the Defend Free Speech campaign.
Monday, March 8, 7:45 - 9:00 pm
The Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor Street West
Tickets are ten dollars and can be purchased at the door or beforehand
at the CPA office (Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor Street West,
416-588-5555).
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Come Sing With Us!!!
Quaker Meeting House and Voice of Women presents:
International Women's Day Celebration
OPEN STAGE
With hosts Lyn Adamson & The Guerrilla Choir
Monday March 8th
Friend's Meeting House, 60 Lowther Ave [just of Bedford 2 blocks north
of Bloor]
Parking available / wheelchair accessible
Doors open 7:15 / Sign-up 7:15
Mingling until we start at 8
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A weekly Talk and Discussion on Democracy…...
Women and Power: How real citizen participation can bring more women
into power and transform democracy
Speaker: Judy Rebick, Ryerson Univesity
Monday, March 8, 6 pm - 8 pm
Koffler House, 569 Spadina Ave (north of College), Room KP108
Sponsored by: CAPP (Canadians Advocating Political Participation)
http://canadaparticipates.ca/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=260348091419
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Transforming Enemy Images
Mon. Mar 8, 6:30-9:00 pm
Suggested $25 (with a pay what you can option)
LOCATION: contact Henry for location
Information / registration: Henry Wai 416-913-8861 wai_renooy at sympatico.ca
When we demonize our opponents and no longer see them as humans who
also matter, the risk increases that we will seek to dismiss or
dominate them. Transforming enemy images frees up the energy tied up
in that so that we can shift our focus to creating inclusive
strategies which appeal to both sides. Learn and practice a practical
way to translate limiting labels and interpretations about our
opponents into a hopeful understanding.
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The Agenda – TVO
Monday Mar. 8, 8 p.m.
The Interview: Dave Meslin
Toronto activist and organizer Dave Meslin on how his new initiative,
Better Ballots, hopes to help fix municipal electoral politics in
Toronto.
The Interview: Desmond Cole
I Vote Toronto project coordinator Desmond Cole makes the case for non-
citizen voting in municipal elections in Ontario.
The Interview: Greg Essensa
Ontario's Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa on Elections Ontario
and its role in voter turnout, registration and the integrity of
elections in Ontario.
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NEIGHBOURWOODS TREE TRAINING PROJECT INFORMATION SESSION
For COMMUNITY Tree Enthusiasts
Monday, March 8th – 7:00pm
At South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Ground Floor, 955 Queen
St. East (east of Carlaw)
Light refreshments Served
Please RSVP to: Martina Rowley, Community Animator, Live Green
Toronto – South
greencomms at yahoo.ca or telephone 647.208.1810
Introductory meeting to learn about Neighbourwoods, LEAF (Local
Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests), and their neighbourhood tree
training and preservation program. This session is to encourage you
to participate as a Community (at least 5 participants) in FREE tree
training sessions in spring 2010 and conduct a Tree Program in your
own neighbourhood.
Neighbourwoods is an urban tree inventory program developed by Dr.
Andy Kenney, from the Faculty of Forestry at the University of
Toronto. It is a method for collecting information on the health of
trees in order to inform future tree management planning and community
planting initiatives.
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HARPER'S CANADA: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST?
Tuesday, 09 March, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Bahen Centre, U of T, 40 St. George st. (just north of College)
At the recent World Economic Forum, Stephen Harper claimed that he
will "champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and
children." Join a discussion about Harper's record on these issues.
Speakers:
Andrea Calver - Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
Rhonda Roffey - pro-choice activist and executive director of Women's
Habitat
Michelle Robidoux - International Socialists
Organized by the International Socialists
www.socialist.ca
416-972-6391
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Vigil for Community leaders killed due to Canadian Mining Interests
Tues. March 9th2010 @ 4:30 PM
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, south building, 222 Bremner Blvd
(note: not on Front Street)
We invite you to join us in commemorating the lives of community
leaders throughout the world who have losttheir lives due to the
activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. We will gather outside
of the PDAC’smining investment show. PDAC is an organization made up
of more than 7000 mining and explorationcompanies. Among them, are
many mining companies infamously known for their human rights
violations athome and abroad. These include companies such as Hudbay
Minerals Inc., Gold Corp
Inc, Barrick Gold, Pacific Rim, among many others. These companies
have consistently shown that they are not serious about respecting the
human rights and self determination of local communities.
We stand in solidarity with local communities who demand a right to
alternative forms of development, health and self-determination. We
demand environmental justice in the extractive industries.
For more information: check out our website: solidarityresponse.net
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=322846200765
or contact susana.caxaj at gmail.com
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FROM FIELD TO ART: Discussing the Link Between Food, Art and Social
Justice
A multi-disciplinary panel discussion on food issues
Tuesday, March 9, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Debates Room, Hart House, University of Toronto
Free
Please join the Hart House Art, Farm and Social Justice Committees for
a multi-disciplinary discussion on the links between food, art and
social justice.
Artist Ron Benner, Geography Professor Sarah Wakefield, Slow Food co-
chair Arlene Stein and student food activist and Hot Yam! member
Dulcie Vousden will discuss the various perspectives on today’s
important food issues and the valuable contribution of art to social
justice.
Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
Check out more details and RSVP on our Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=331414930605&ref=nf
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Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture: Environment
Transport and Energy Turmoil
with Richard Gilbert - Consultant, Urban Issues focusing on transport,
energy, and urban governance
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:10:00 PM
41 Willcocks Street, The Faculty Club, U of T
http://environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries/EnvironmentSeminarSeries/Transport%20and%20Energy%20Turmoil.aspx
Sponsored by the Centre for Environment, U of T
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Public Forum: 2010 Phyllis Clarke memorial Lecture
Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives
with Bill Fletcher Jr.
Wednesday March 10, 7:00 PM
Cara Commons/Lounge 7th floor, 1-148, Ryerson University, 55 Dundas
Street West, Toronto.
Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and
the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum.
He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of
the Center for Labor Renewal. His lstest book is Solidarity Divided.
Co-sponsored and supported by Ryerson''s CUPE Locals 233, 1281 and
3904 and the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson
University
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No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice: Understanding the Gendered
Effects of Climate Change
Wednesday, March 10, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Lash Miller, Room 159, 80 St. George Street, Toronto.
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=368134835545&ref=ts
No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice: Understanding the Gendered
Effects of Climate Change is a conference to be held by the Women and
Gender Studies Student Union (WGSSU) on March 10, 2010. This event is
intended to educate and raise awareness about the gendered effects of
climate change and how women are disproportionately affected by
climate change. This conference will promote dialogue between
students, faculty, and staff at the university, as well as activists,
grassroots organizations, and the community-at-large about women's
realities, especially those in the global South, as they cope with
climate change. This event is crucial because it adds to the
mainstream debates and discourses about environmental justice and
equity. No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice springs out of the
need to respond to the failures of the Copenhagen Conference to
adequately address how women and children have been most adversely
affected by climate change. After the success of campus events such
as Climate Justice Now!, which saw over 150 people in attendance,
gender and climate justice is a relevant issue that needs to be
discussed on campus and in the community.
Professor Alissa Trotz, grassroots women's organizer Nidhi Tandon, Dr.
Erich Vogt of American University and George Washington University,
and representatives from Oxfam and the Toronto Haiti Action Committee
will be speaking at this conference.
Refreshments will be provided. In order to cater for certain dietary
preferences, vegan, vegetarian, and Halal options will be offered to
those in attendance.
SOCIAL TO FOLLOW AT THE REGAL BEAGLE FROM 8:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.!
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STORY OF STUFF IN TORONTO
Join Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff in conversation with
Heather Reisman, CEO of Indigo Books.
Friday, March 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Indigo Books, Manulife Centre Street: 55 Bloor Street West
We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the worlds
population, were consuming 30 percent of the worlds resources and
creating 30 percent of the worlds waste. If everyone consumed at U.S.
rates, we would need three to five planets!
This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film
sensation The Story of Stuff, http://www.storyofstuff.com/ which has
been viewed over 10 million times by people around the world. In her
sweeping, groundbreaking book of the same name, Leonard tracks the
life of the Stuff we use every daywhere our cotton T-shirts, laptop
computers, and aluminum cans come from, how they are produced,
distributed, and consumed, and where they go when we throw them out.
Like Rachel Carsons Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff is a landmark
book that will change the way people thinkand the way they live.
In a globalized economy, urban dwellers have lost contact with the
source of all the goods they use in everyday life. We forget that
everything we use comes from the biosphere and when we are finished
with it, it goes back into the biosphere as waste. Annie Leonard's
simple video, The Story of Stuff, is a powerful educational tool that
is desperately needed. It is wonderful that she has expanded on that
video in this book. For all who care about the world that we are
leaving for our children, this is a must read.
- David Suzuki
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Total Health Show 2010 - Our Health Our Planet
Mar. 12-14, Metro Convention Centre
http://www.totalhealthshow.com/showInfo/index.cfm?CFID=6572140&CFTOKEN=19853770
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Video, Stills & Staging: Tips to Image YOUR Activism!
with Glenn MacIntosh of ecoSanity
Saturday, March 13, 1 - 4 pm.
International Student Centre (ISC), Cumberland House, Cumberland Room
102, St. George St, U of T (just north of College)
Ever been to an environmental, social justice or other event that you
thought could have been better, more visual, or just plain sucked?
Poor attendance; Crowd sprinkled and distant; unclear messages,
scattered signs and banners or visuals absent altogether? Ever wonder
why some pics just die there while others seem to jump off the page or
screen? Or why some videos, even short ones, are so monotonous, but
others grab, move or inspire you so much that you can't wait to go
viral and watch'm again?
Founder of the environmental/social justice, volunteer activist/
emergency advocacy group, ecoSanity.org, and 15-year veteran of
Toronto's film/TV production industry, Glenn MacIntosh, will share
essential trade secrets to help make the most of YOUR activism with
bold visuals that pack a punch and offer the greatest potential for
'afterlife'.
* eco-S/climate emergency background/overview/observations
* What visuals compel & what don't?
* Message conception & communication tips
* Momentum & structure
* Sign & banner basics
* Tips to plan & stage effective visuals based on common scenarios
* Techniques/tips to snap effective stills
* Techniques/tips to shoot dynamic video
* Techniques/tips to edit/make the most out of your material
* Call to emergency action!
From conception to presentation; the capture of key moments to their
enhancement after the fact, Glenn will guide you through the basics
and impart some seasoned gems that are guaranteed to enrich your next
activity's impact and potential.
Don't miss this fun, informative, interactive session to better image
YOUR activism! REGISTER TO ATTEND:
Fee/donation to ecoSanity: $30 Student discount: $20
Donate in advance online via our secure PayPal account: http://ecosanity.org/donate/todonate/
Or make your donation in cash upon arrival.
Those who can afford to give more are encouraged to be generous. Those
for whom finances are a challenge are encouraged to talk to us --
We're flexible.
Click Here to RSVP or contact us for more info: http://ecosanity.org/contact/
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Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs
On exhibit Mar. 4 - 28
at galleryDK http://www.galleryDK.com 1332 Queen Str W (Parkdale)
To preview see http://www.beautifuldestruction.ca For more photos http://www.louishelbig.com
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Complete Streets Forum Registration Now Open!
The Complete Streets Forum will take place on April 23, 2010 at The
Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. There will also be pre-
conferenceactivities taking place on April 22, 2010 at various
locations.
Learn from leading experts about innovative, creative solutions for
designing and implementing safe and inviting streets for everyone,
including pedestrians, cyclists, public transit users and motorists.
Strategize with other stakeholders about how to effectively address
common opportunities and challenges in balancing the needs of all road
users.
Early Bird Registration starts today.
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