T.O. Greenspiration Events: Water Week
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Mar 18 22:44:51 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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Ontario needs jobs and green energy. Tim Hudak disagrees. His Bill 42 will kill green energy in Ontario. This bill will come to a vote in the legislature next week, on Thur. March 22. MPPs need to hear your voice. Please send them an email in support of green energy.
Let them know that you want a future for Ontario. Below you will find a support letter you may use as your own or personalize if you wish
Find your MPP's address here: www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_current.do
Read the bill here: www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=2587
Learn more about green energy in the report "Behind the switch: Pricing Ontario electricity options" at www.pembina.org/re
Don't be silent about our future. Please write your MPP now and ask them defeat Bill 42.
Sample Letter:
Re: Oppose Bill 42: An Act to amend the Electricity Act, 1998 and the Environmental Protection Act with respect to renewable energy.
Dear: ______ (MPP)
As my elected official I urge you to stand up for Ontario’s green energy sector and vote against Bill 42, proposed by Tim Hudak of the Conservative Party.
As an involved Ontario citizen and stakeholder in our green economy, I can attest to the significant advances in the sector in recent years. We need to stay the course on the transition towards a green energy future. This transition is essential for meeting many social and environmental objectives, while having significant economic benefits too.
Fortunately, most Ontario citizens understand the need for and support green energy – for their homes, for their businesses, and in their communities. They believe in the impact that renewable energy is having on the province’s job sector, and recognize the role that it is playing for a cleaner, greener Ontario.
I ask you, as my representative in parliament, to show your support for green energy so that the province may continue to move forward into the future with viable sources of clean electricity and progressive legislation.
Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
xxx
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Out The Window
March 17-20 and 25, 7pm
The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen St West, at Dovercourt
$25. To book: 416-538-0988 or via T.O.TIX
Out The Window is a powerful piece of theatre that charts playwright Liza Balkan‘s multi-year journey through the justice system and beyond after coming forward as a witness to an event involving the death of a man during an altercation with the police. The man’s name was Otto Vass, and Liza witnessed his final moments from her apartment window in August 2000.
Through the use of compelling court transcripts and interviews, and a creative team that includes acclaimed actors RH Thomson, David Ferry and Julie Tepperman, Dora Award winning designers Trevor Schwellnus, Michelle Ramsay and Thomas Ryder Payne, BRAIN creator Aislinn Rose, associate director Shari Hollett and Liza herself… Out The Window explores complex issues surrounding policing, accountability, memory, truth, perspective, mental health, law and theatre.
Selected Out The Window performances will be followed by post-show discussions featuring community activist Anna Willats, renowned human rights lawyer Paul Copeland, Former Mayor of Toronto & co-ordinator of the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition John Sewell, Deputy Chief of Police Mike Federico, Dr. Sandy Simpson, Head of Law and Mental Health Program at the Department of Psychiatry at UofT, Jennifer Chambers of The Empowerment Council, Dr. David Goldbloom, Senior Medical Advisor, Education and Public Affairs at CAMH, and Activist/Lawyer/Mathematician Peter Rosenthal.
http://www.outthewindowcollective.com/
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Rally to Oppose Bill 37! Save OSPCA's investigative powers!
Mon. March 19, noon
Queens Park
Join us in a rally to oppose the new Bill 37 to be introduced on Monday by MPP Jack (COWARD) McLaren (photo attached). This bill invites corruption, creates situations of conflict of interest, and, if passed, would fundamentally weaken the investigative and enforcement powers of the OSPCA. Incredibly, abused animals would be at the mercy of the abuser and would be 'cared' for by veterinarian of abuser's choice (a conflict of interest), would not be allowed to be put up for adoption, but would be sent to auction most likely for slaughter, and the proceeds would go to the abuser -- sounds like the era of human slavery from centuries ago. Stop this cowardly bill and its cowardly proponent: MPP Jack McLaren (PC party). Ontario and its animals deserve better.
https://www.facebook.com/events/256701237751312/
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Meet Paul Connett, co-author of “The Case Against Fluoride”
Monday, March 19, 7 p.m.
Metro Hall, 55 John Street, room 310
RSVP: Karen Buck, karenbuck at rogers.com 416-690-7593 or Gerry Cooper, gwgcooper at gmail.com 416-444-6444
Aim: to Update Fluoridation Issues to 2012 and Discuss Next Steps
Much has happened since the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) issued its September, 2008 statement opposing fluoridation. Gains have been made and momentum is growing in Canada and the USA. Join us to explore how we can do this together.
Brought to you by the Toronto Coalition Against Fluoridation and CAPE.
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New Research in Sustainable Energy
Mon. March 19, 3 – 5 p.m.
Osgoode Professional Development Centre, 1 Dundas W, #2602
With Anton Tabuns, Sarah Martin, Ian Rice, and Mark Winfield
http://bit.ly/ynaHP3
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War Made Easy - fundraising movie & dinner
Monday, March 19, 6 pm Dinner, 7 pm Campaign Update and Film Screening
Location: Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto
$20 suggested donation
As the campaign to win asylum for US Iraq War resisters enters its 8th year, join us for dinner, a campaign update and a screening of the film WAR MADE EASY: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death,
narrated by Sean Penn. Watch the film trailer: http://youtu.be/H5CF5pfVzLI
Organized by the War Resisters Support Campaign • www.resisters.ca
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Human Rights Framework for Activists
Mon. March 19, 6:30 PM
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway)
$15 - $25 or pwyc. Register: peaceworks at primus.ca
Come and learn about our human rights covenants and how to use the rights in these for our social action campaigns. Josephine Grey has been a human rights activist for over 25 years, using economic social and cultural rights to empower low income communties and connect diverse social movements locally and internationally. Jo co-founded LIFT (Low Income Families Together), was the chair of Foodshare for many years and helped to build permanent social housing for mothers to escape domestic violence. Josephine has used international human rights laws to hold Canada to account by exposing the grave issues of poverty created by years of cuts and corporatization. Jo is a widowed single parent, grandmother, and social housing tenant who has launched a class action lawsuit against TCHC for poor housing conditions
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The Water Brothers
Starting Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. on TVO
Two eco-adventurer brothers, Alex and Tyler Mifflin, travel the world to explore our relationship with water—from tropical reefs to freezing seas, The Water Brothers examine water issues in South East Asia, the North Pole, California, the coasts of Central America, the Mississippi River, and the barricades of the plastic bottle battle in Canada.
http://ww3.tvo.org/special/tvo-marks-canada-water-week
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(de)Occupy Talks: Big Oil, Tar Sands and 'Ethics'
Tuesday, March 20, 7 p.m.
Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St. W
Tar sands extraction is one of the largest civil and environmental rights issues of this generation. The Harper regime, in alliance with the Alberta government and the largest oil companies in the world, have ignored First Nations rights, broken global agreements and decimated hundreds of kilometers of land in Northern Alberta. Pipelines are expanding the impact to Southern Ontario, where tar sands refining is already happening in Sarnia, aka Chemical Valley. As well, Canada has supported companies and governments employing brutal military regimes to facilitate mining and oil & gas projects abroad. We ask the question, how is this ‘ethical’?
Please join us to discuss the frontlines of struggle with esteemed community organizers and intellectuals Eriel Deranger, Ron Plain, Isaac Asume Osuoka and Syed Hussan. The panel will be moderated by Anna Zalik.
Media Sponsor: rabble.ca Endorsements: Indigenous Environmental Network, Greenpeace Canada, Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity, Environmental Justice Toronto, Indigenous Sovereignty and Solidarity Network, Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity Network, Ecosanity. Rabble listing Facebook listing
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The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy and Environment
Chris Martenson’s course presented by Transition Toronto (TTo) and the Institute for a Resource-Based Economy (IRBE)
Tues. March 20, 6 - 9 p.m. – Economy
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor St. W., Room 2-212 (near St. George subway)
$10 or pwyc
This is a 4-part series, where we will screen a Chris Martenson DVD on each topic, followed by a facilitated discussion. We will also have a Potluck Dinner, so please bring your favourite dish to eat or share!
Registrations and inquiries to: transitiontoronto at gmail.com or Tel. 647-965-5604
Co-hosted by: www.transitiontoronto.ca and www.irbe.org
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Films for Change, an event presented by Amnesty International Toronto, invites you to join us for a screening of:
A Year of Rebellion. A Year of Hope
and The Canadian Film Premiere of Oscar nominated documentary film
Saving Face
Tues. Mar. 20, 7 pm
NFB Cinema, 150 John Street (Richmond and John)
Films followed by panel discussion
PWYC at the door (suggested donation $5)
Advance Tickets: Please email filmsforchange at aito.ca
https://www.facebook.com/events/378861482142553/
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Waterlife
Free screening and discussion. Narrated by Gord Downie, Waterlife is the epic journey of our water. Great Lakes water.
Tuesday, March 20, 6 pm
Annette Branch Library, 145 Annette St. (Keele subway stop; either walk N on Keele, or take the Keele bus N to Annette; then walk west 2 blocks )
Water's journey from streams entering Lake Superior to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence Seaway takes 350 years. The narration establishes the importance of the Great Lakes for the U.S. and Canada's fresh water. Then, for each of the Great Lakes, plus Lake St. Clair, the film focuses on specific environmental problems: lamprey eels in Lake Superior, heavy metals in Lake Michigan, zebra mussels in Lake Huron, petrochemical waste in Lake Erie, and toxic waste dumps near Lake Ontario all degrade human and animal health. What about tritium leakage from nuclear facilities into our Great Lakes? What are the effects of climate change? The film argues that governments and industry turn a blind eye to needed clean up and regulation, putting plants, fish, birds, and humans at risk.
www.green13toronto.org
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Toronto Town Hall Subway Debate
Tues. March 20, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson Avenue
Join Women's Post publisher, Sarah Thomson and co-moderator John Moore from NewsTalk1010, with expert panelists, Councillor Shelley Carroll, Councillor Norm Kelly, and Enzo DiMatteo from NOW Magazine, for a debate between underground vs. above ground transit in Toronto.
Tickets $10 in advance are selling fast so please reserve your seat asap here:http://www.womenspost.ca/events
Tickets at the door $20
*Proceeds from ticket sales go to Rabit, Food Forward and Eva's Initiatives.
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The Refugees of the Blue Planet
Tuesday, March 20 at 9:00 p.m. on TVO
Climate change appears to be the culprit in the displacement of millions of people every year. They are the world's environmental refugees: forced from local environments that can no longer sustain their food and water needs.
http://ww3.tvo.org/special/tvo-marks-canada-water-week
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Quebec workers resist austerity - Eyewitness report from the Rio Tinto picket line
Tuesday, March 20, 7:00pm
Bahen Centre, 40 St George St.
Rio Tinto Alcan locked out nearly 800 workers on New Year's Day, demanding steep concessions. Come here Michelle Robidoux, Steelworker and member of the International Socialists, report back on the situation there and the solidarity trip of Steelworkers in English Canada to the workers in Alma, Quebec.
Organized by the International Socialists
416-972-6391 | torontosocialists at gmail.com | socialistworkercanada.com
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NFB's Free Favourites at 4 presents:
Shameless: The Art of Disability
Wed. March 21, 4 p.m.
NFB, 150 John St. (south of Queen)
Free
Art, activism and disability are the starting point for a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals. Bonnie Sherr Klein (Not a Love Story and Speaking Our Peace) has been a pioneer of women’s cinema and an inspiration to a generation of filmmakers around the world. SHAMELESS: the ART of Disability marks her return to a career interrupted by a catastrophic stroke in 1987. Always the activist, she now turns the lens on the world of disability culture and the transformative power of art.
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2833
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evidence-Based Nutritional Approach
On Wednesday, March 21, Josh Gitalis, Ba(H), CNP, RNCP/ROHP will present an evidence-based lecture on the nutritional intervention of inflammatory bowel disease.
Josh will outline known factors contributing to IBD, commonly diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's and ulcerative colitis.
This lecture will provide an understanding of the diets currently used in the management and treatment of IBD and why the gut is considered the 'second' brain. Learn about the key nutrients indicated for reducing inflammation, healing the intestinal tract and promoting disease remission.
Link to registration and additional details
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Water on the Table
Wednesday, March 21 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, March 25 at 11 p.m.
On television, channel TVO
Water On The Table is a character-driven, social-issue documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada's relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
The main subject of the documentary is environmental and water-rights activist Maude Barlow. The film captures life on the road with Barlow in Canada and the United States over the course of a year. She leads an unrelenting schedule of speaking engagements and frontline community actions. From 2008 - 2009 Barlow served as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations.
More info
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Regis College Social Justice Film Series presents:
Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth
Wed. March 21, 7pm
Regis College, 100 Wellesley St. W.
Millions of Congolese have lost their lives in a conflict that the United Nations describes as the deadliest in the world since World War Two. United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, invaded in 1996 the Congo (then Zaire) and again in 1998, which triggered the enormous loss of lives, systemic sexual violence and rape, and widespread looting of Congo’s spectacular natural wealth. Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century.
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Engaging Municipalities to Conserve Wetlands - Lessons Learned Workshop
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:00-4:30 (lunch included)
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Victoria Room, 1000 Murray Ross Parkway, Toronto, Ontario
Workshop Goals:
To share experiences and lessons learned from municipal extension/engagement activities aimed at advancing wetland conservation.
To help your organization engage and support municipalities more effectively
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Chocolatada: A Convivial Celebreation of Food, Music and Community - Equinox with ChodoSol
Wed. March 21st, Starting at 7pm
225 Geary Avenue, 2nd Floor
Join us to celebrate the arrival of Spring with friends, food and Music @ChocoSolTraders new Eco Food Hub.
We are all geared up and happy to welcome the community into our space for a night of convivial fun and sharing.
$10 Suggested donation Proceeds will be going towards a high efficiency dish washer for the ChocoSol Crew
Bring something to share like a song, an instrument or a dish!
For more info: Mathieu at chocoSolTraders.com
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IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training Program for Emerging Leaders
March 22-23
Aimed at passionate youth aged 19-25, this innovative program will provide tools, coaching, and support to participants as they lead change toward sustainability in their networks and communities. Participants are provided with a 2-day in-person workshop, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring as they lead a sustainability project in their community and become sustainability champions... all for only $50!
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Planet in Focus and MINT film festival presents:
Spoil
Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m.
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park
Cost: $15, $13 seniors/students (advance)
To mobilize against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the International League of Conservation Photographers and members of the Gitga' at First Nation capture breathtaking images of the wildlife inhabiting BC's Great Bear Rainforest, home of the elusive spirit bear. The rain forest's channels are the last stretch of the oil tanker route from Alberta's tar sands to the coastline.
Also screening: Dead Wrong - Stories of Fish, Clean Water & Poison and The Moraine Can't Wait: Save the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Keynote Speaker: Tony Clarke, co-author of “Blue Gold”
Pre-film lineup: Derek Forgie, Steve Houston, Dylan Bell, Suba Sankaran, Glen Alan, Jackie Richardson, Sterling Jarvis, Steve Hunter, Ted Joblin, Pete Jarvis
To reserve tickets email info at mintff.org or call 416.707.1077 More info
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Let's get too connected to fail: Networking, Training and Strategy Sessions
Thursday, March 22, 5 – 9 p.m.
Metro Hall, 55 John St. or via Skype
RSVP: ccl.sudbury at citizensclimatelobby.org (March 19 deadline)
Purposes: - to network with others - to train people how to lobby CCL style
- to strategize how to get Canada to adopt a transparent and predictable price on carbon pollution - to fundraise
More info from Citzens Climate Lobby Facebook listing
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Water on the Table
Thur. March 22, 7 p.m.
Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 2nd floor, 765 Queen St. East
Free!
Water On The Table (79 minutes): This character-driven, social-issue documentary explores Canada’s relationship to its fresh water, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
Water On The Table features Maude Barlow, who is considered an “international water-warrior” for her crusade to have water declared a human right. The film intimately captures the public face of Maude Barlow as well as the unscripted woman behind the scenes. The camera shadows her life on the road in Canada and the United States over the course of a year as she leads an unrelenting schedule. From 2008 to 2009 Barlow served as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations.
http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-program-details2012/#march-22
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The Geopolitics of War in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Kosovo
with Valerie Zawilski, Associate Professor of Sociology, Kings University College, U. of Western Ontario
Thur. Mar. 22, 4 - 6 p.m.
Rm. 87, University College, U of T (15 Kings College Circle)
Free. All welcome
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace
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Centre for Environment, University of Toronto presents:
Obesogens and Child Health
with Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Thur. Mar. 22, 4:10 p.m.
Room 1170, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street.
No registration or fee required; all are welcome.
Visit www.environment.utoronto.ca for schedule updates, abstracts and speakers' bios.
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Opening the Doors to Leaders - Community Engagement 101 with Deena Ladd
Thur. March 22, noon - 2 p.m.
St. Michael's College - Charbonnel Lounge, 81 St. Mary Street
More and more non-profit organizations are recognizing the importance of engaging the communities they serve in a meaningful way. But what exactly is meaningful community engagement? What are some of the ways in which your organization can do this? This session will address these and other questions as Deena Ladd shares her experience and ideas on building community participation in your organizations… read more
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Toxic Trespass
Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. on TVO
An investigation of the effects of chemicals in the water at toxic hotspots Windsor and Sarnia, Ontario.
http://ww3.tvo.org/special/tvo-marks-canada-water-week
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How the Earth Changed History: Water
Thursday, March 22 at 9:00 p.m. on TVO
Control over water has been central to human existence and Professor Iain Stewart presents proof from Iceland to India.
http://ww3.tvo.org/special/tvo-marks-canada-water-week
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ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Information Session
Thur. March 22, 7 pm - 9 pm
CSI Spadina, Innovation Lab, 215 Spadina Ave
ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a non-profit renewable energy cooperative that is developing a 500 kW community-owned biogas plant on the grounds of the Toronto Zoo, turning the Zoo's annual manure output and food waste from GTA-based grocery stores into electricity, heat, fertilizer and cash for the Zoo - and our primary funders, individual Ontarians… read more
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Jane’s Journey: An Evening with Dr. Jane Goodall
Thursday March 22, 7 pm
Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)
In partnership with the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada proudly presents the inaugural Toronto screening of the acclaimed documentary JANE'S JOURNEY (PG), followed by an exclusive Q & A with Dr. Goodall.
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White Water, Black Gold
Canadian Premiere on UN World Water Day - In the Columbia Icefields, mountaineer and hiking guide David Lavallee has documented profound environmental changes he says are caused by development of the world's second largest oil deposit, the Alberta Tarsands.
Thursday, March 22 at 10:00 p.m. on TVO
http://ww3.tvo.org/special/tvo-marks-canada-water-week
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Authentic Management II: Constructively Dealing with Difficult People and Conflict Situations
Fri. March 23, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
CSI Spadina, 215 Spadina Avenue
Difficult people within organizations can result in co-workers shutting down, endless cycles of conflict, lost productivity as well as significant emotional drain for all involved. Managers within organizations are responsible for setting the tone for dealing effectively with conflict. If harnessed properly, there is a power in conflict situations to transform and deepen relationships, increasing feelings of team, trust and inclusion… read more
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Future Models of Urban Mobility. A Discussion
Fri. March 23, 4 pm - 6 pm
German Consulate Toronto, 2 Bloor Street East, 25th Floor
How do we design smarter urban transport that is accessible and sustainable? How can we enhance mobility while reducing congestion and pollution? How can the city of Toronto learn from best practices in other comparable regions? Join our panelists for an interactive discussion on key issues facing cities of the future… read more
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Water Forum 2012 - Shared Water Shared Legacy
Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
$10 or PWYC (lunch & beverages included)
RSVP: torontochapter at gmail.com
You're invited to our 2012 Water Forum on Saturday, March 24 to celebrate World Water Day.
"Shared Water, Shared Legacy" reminds us that Toronto is part of the Great Lakes community and there's an increasing need to protect our shared Water Commons from pollution, exploitation and privatization. As bioregional citizens we must also not lose sight of the other groups and communities trying to protect the watersheds and aquifers that bring life to the region.
This annual, all-day event features presentations including,
- Attack on our Aquifers: Melancthon Megaquarry, Oakridges Moraine - Our Great Lakes Commons
- Water as a Human Right - Women's Roles and Responsibilities to Life and Water: A First Nations Perspective
- UnFluoridate It! - Toronto City Water - CETA & Water Privatization
Facebook listing Rabble listing
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Seedy Saturday – Parkdale
Sat. Mar. 24, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Masaryk-Cowan Community Rec Centre, Cowan and Queen
A community seed exchange
Workshops for both novice and experienced gardeners
Local seed and food vendors
Sharing knowledge and connecting with your gardening community
For more info: emma at greenestcity.ca
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A Celebration of Women, sponsored by the OISE CWSE, presents a one day conference:
Woman of Action: Key to Equity, Justice & Peace
Saturday, March 24, 9:30am — 5pm
OISE Auditorium, main floor, 252 Bloor St W (above the St George subway station), Toronto
www.acelebrationofwomen.org
http://www.facebook.com/events/357297084293372/
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R3's Spring Equinox
Sat. March 24, 9 pm - 2 am
Unit 2, 163 Sterling Rd.
Sometimes a party is needed! R3 Collective (a collective of queer artists/activists and really fun folks) is celebrating the Spring Equinox. Moon songs, performances and some Whitney Houston too… read more
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Rally Organizing
Sunday March 25th, 1pm – 5pm.
How do we design rallies that are entertaining, empowering, and effective? This workshop will cover the basic steps to organizing a rally, show examples of creative innovation in rally design, and explore setting tone and encouraging responsible participation without unduly imposing on personal autonomy. It will also offer tips on chanting on a bullhorn, planning routes, and dealing with the police, escalation and de-escalation, promotion, and visuals.
Trainers: Faria Kamal and Hussan, S. K. are organizers with No One Is Illegal Toronto.
Register: http://www.toolsforchange.net/2011/12/07/rally-organizing/
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Green Choices for Faith Communities!
Green Awakening Network/Greening Sacred Spaces 4th Annual Forum.
Sun. Mar. 25, noon - 5:30 pm
Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Dr.
Keynote address by Elizabeth May; thought-provoking workshops on Eco-Justice, Eco-Spirituality, and Eco-Practice.
Visit our registration page to reserve your space; fee $35.
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Water on the Table
Sunday, March 25, 11 p.m.
On television, channel TVO
Water On The Table is a character-driven, social-issue documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada's relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
The main subject of the documentary is environmental and water-rights activist Maude Barlow. The film captures life on the road with Barlow in Canada and the United States over the course of a year. She leads an unrelenting schedule of speaking engagements and frontline community actions. From 2008 - 2009 Barlow served as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations.
More info
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freelancecampTO
Sun. March 25, 8:30 am - 5 pm
TorontoCity Hall, Queen and Bay
freelancecampTO is a one-day professional development conference for freelancers from any industry, or even for those who want to venture into freelancing. Camp-style events are user-generated conferences that are open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. freelancecampTO will focus on how to be a better freelancer and offer both introductory and advanced level sessions… read more
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Permaculture Design Course - Co-Creating Regenerative Futures for the City and Beyond
April 27th - May 12th
100 Hours of Teaching and Learning
Various Locations in Toronto and Surroundings
Read more and register here: http://gardenjane.com/workshopsandevents/permaculturecourse.html
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