T.O. Greenspiration Events: Active Hope!
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Jun 17 21:18:11 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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June is Bike Month in Toronto!
Check out the bike calendar for an event that turns your crank - workshops, ravine rides, food tours, bike movies and more.
http://bikeunion.to/bikemonth/calendar
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Communication in Action
July 14-19 – Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 weeks, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
at Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.
Explore your conflict style, become a better listener, learn how to raise concerns – without raising hackles, learn the principles of conflict resolution, practice conflict intervention and facilitation basics. Register by Thursday June 27th. Sliding scale $100 - $150 and subsidies available if cost is a barrier. peaceworks at primus.ca. Questions? Call Lyn Adamson, 416-731-6605.
PEACEWORKS offers a training program for social activists. Communication in Action, Nonviolence in Action, and Activism in Action. Each series is six sessions www.peaceworkstmm.org.
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Volunteer with Toronto Environmental Alliance!
Join our team and be part of making Toronto a greener, healthier place to live.
http://torontoenvironment.org/actioncentre/volunteer
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CleanAirCommute
June 18-24. Bike. Walk. Carpool. Take Transit. Telecommute. Register your workplace.
http://www.cleanaircommute.ca/
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Kivalina Vs. Exxon
Till Tues. June 19
Bloor Cinema (at Bathurst)
Faced with the disastrous consequences of climate warming due to irresponsible corporate practices, Kivalina, situated on a peninsula in northwest Alaska, is in danger of vanishing in rising water levels. In 2008, the Inupiat village shook the industrial giants of the world by suing some of the largest oil and mining companies including ExxonMobil Corp. Ben Addelman filmed daily life on the peninsula, learned about Kivalina’s traditions and listened to people’s hopes and fears. Shouldered by the incredible cinematography of Steve Cosens, Addelman captured gripping witness accounts of a community willing to take action in order to prevent their lives and a landscape of unparalleled beauty from disappearing.
http://bloorcinema.com/movies/Kivalina-Vs-Exxon/
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The Island President
Till June 28
Bloor Cinema (at Bathurst)
Winner of the People’s Choice Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, The Island President chronicles the efforts of then-President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, in his quest for the literal survival of his country. After bringing democracy to the Maldives for the first time in 30 years, Nasheed tackles global warming that threatens his country of 1,200 islands. As the lowest-lying country in the world, any significant rise in global water levels could completely wipe out the Maldives. Having unprecedented access, director Jon Shenk follows Nasheed as he leads a crusade with global leaders and top-level corporations. The film follows Nasheed in his first year in office and to the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit where he facilitates the first agreement by the United States, China and India to reduce carbon emissions. An informative, provocative and inspiring story
http://bloorcinema.com/movies/The-Island-President/
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PeaceMeal Live in Toronto
Mon. June 18 - Thurs. June 22 (10 am - 3 pm daily)
This 4 day workshop, hosted by Hannah Renglich and Stephanie Knox Cubbon examines the relationship between food and peace on a personal and global scale, via interactive participation, dialogue, and self-reflection activities. This workshop will help participants develop skills in mindful eating, critical thinking, and analysis using a food security, food sovereignty, and culture of peace frameworks.
Find out more and register here: http://peacemealproject.com/2012/05/18/peacemeal-live-in-toronto/
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Commoditization of Water - Is it a right?
Why Should I Care
Mon. June 18, 7 - 9 p.m.
Duke of York, 39 Prince Arthur Avenue
With Tara Seucharan and Michael Brothers from the Toronto Chapter of the Council of Canadians to discuss water rights affecting Canada and rest of the world. Of all the water on Earth, only 2.75 per cent is fresh, including slightly more than 2 per cent frozen in glaciers. Canada is blessed with seemingly vast reserves of it, as well as one of the lowest municipal prices for water among industrialized countries – and our per capita usage is among the highest.
Debate around our water resources is set to intensify as society’s thirst for power encroaches on our water supplies. Without this precious resource, there would be no life. Should water be a human right? What does that imply? Should it be free for all to use and inevitably waste? Commercialization of water is big business with companies selling water shipped from the other side of the world for $6/litre while safe and clean water is being wasted here at home at a cost of about $2/1000 litres. What are ethics around permanently contaminating our drinking water supplies through energy extraction and what does it mean for the future?
More info: www.whyshouldicare.ca
Please be sure to RSVP on Eventbrite to let us know you are coming! http://wsicjun2012.eventbrite.com/
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National Day of Action for Refugee Health Care
Mon. June 18th, 1pm
The Citizenship & Immigration Canada building, 25 St. Clair St. East
On June 30th, 2012 Refugees will face drastic cuts to their health insurance. Children will no longer be able to get their asthma medications. Diabetics will no longer be able to take their insulin. Many refugees will no longer have access to health care.
Join your colleagues in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ottawa, Montreal and other cities at a National Day of Action. Risking the lives of Canada’s most vulnerable is unacceptable to us. Although the perspective of front-line health care workers will be highlighted in this action, all are welcome to come and show their opposition to the cuts.
All health care workers should wear a lab coat or greens. Please RSVP : Docs4refugeeHC at gmail.com
Sponsored by: College of Family Physicians of Canada, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Canadian Association of Optometrists, Canadian Association of Social Workers, Canadian Dental Association, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Pharmacists Association, Canadian Association of Community Health Centres
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Organizing Inclusive Movements in the Face of Austerity
Panel Discussion and Book Launch
Tuesday June 19th, 7 p.m.
OISE room 5260, 252 Bloor Street West (St.George subway)
Free. Childcare available. Wheelchair accessible venue. ASL interpretation provided. Attendant care available. Please refrain from wearing scented perfumes or products
How do we build movements across identities & tactics? How do we harness the current political unrest and demands for change within the borders of Canada and across the globe to ensure lasting victories for marginalized communities? This event will bring long time community organizers into conversation about building resistance against cuts, about creating social justice. From the Quebec student strike to organizing against austerity in Toronto, this discussion will focus on why building inclusive movements makes struggles for social justice more meaningful and effective.
Featuring: Lesley Wood, A.J. Withers, Mostafa Henaway
Presented by OPIRG Toronto. still.my.revolution.tao.ca
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Occupy Gardens: People's Peas Garden Gathering
Tuesday June 19, 5-7pm
People's Peas Garden, northwest section Queens Park
Please bring your own watering can: Water hose attached in the wall on the left side of the Hart House loading dock (right across the street from the garden). Please also leave the garden mulch and sticks in a neat pile so we get some good street cred for our pretty looking garden :)
https://www.facebook.com/events/457969500882276/
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West End Food Coop presents:
Strawberry Jam Canning workshop
Tues. June 19, 6 - 9 p.m.
FoodShare's training kitchen at 90 Croatioa Street (steps south of Bloor Street and Brock Avenue)
Signing up for this workshop can be done online, so Register Now!.
http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=163
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My bad! Learning from failure in good food work
Foodie Drinks East-end Edition!
Tues. June 19, 7 - 10 p.m.
Naval Club, 1910 Gerrard E (near Woodbine)
Working, volunteering or interested in local, sustainable, healthy, ethical food initiatives & businesses in the City? Come learn from our panel of Toronto food innovators. We all make mistakes, but do we learn from them? How can business and non-profit programs grow facing after strumbling blocks? What challenges face our sector? Come join the discussion with folks who've had plenty of success:
- Tony Sabherwal, Owner of Magic Oven
- Grace Yogaretnam, Co-Chair of the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council
- Laura Reinsborough, Founder & Director of Not Far From The Tree
http://mybad.eventbrite.com/
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The Challenges of the Greek Left After the Election
An Assessment and Report-Back with Leo Panitch, Editor, Socialist Register, Prof of Political Economy, York U
Tuesday, June 19, 7 p.m.
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street (near Bloor and Bathurst)
After two years of anti-austerity street battles, Greece is in the midst of a highly polarized electoral battle, with voting set for Sunday June 17th. There is a good possibility that Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, will emerge as the strongest party, and be posed to form an anti-austerity government of the left, the first radical government elected in Europe in decades. But the direction and programme of Syriza is far from settled, and containing many contradiction and tensions. Whatever the electoral outcome, the crisis in Greece and Europe is far from settled, and will enter a new phase. Leo Panitch is just returning from a week in Greece where he met many senior officials in Syriza, and also of the radical left coalition Antarysya, speaking at one of their congresses.
Sponsored by: Centre for Social Justice, Internal Education Committee of the GTWA, Socialist Project.
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Orthomolecular Health Lecture:
Understanding the Complexity of Chronic Pain
with Leigh Arseneau, ND and Abhimanyu Sud, MD
Wed. June 20, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor, Rm. 5280 (St. George subway)
$10
What is chronic pain? Pain as a complex illness, not a disease. Overview of the various types of pain and the multifactorial aspects involved in pain perception. Assessment and integrative medical solutions including pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, lifestyle, intravenous, injection, hormonal, environmental, etc.
http://www.orthomed.org/isf/pubinfosessions.html
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Building Raised Beds in Riverdale – with Cultivate Toronto
Wednesday, June 20, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
43 Myrtle Ave
Cost: PWYC
While our two Cultivate Toronto founders, Chris and Elaine, were on an urban agriculture exchange in Nairobi, Africa, they learned a few new techniques for building raised beds, which they're excited to share with you at our next workshop. If you'd like to participate, or are interested in some more information, please contact Diana at diana at cultivatetoronto.com. Sign up now to secure a spot!
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Webinar: Initiatives, Standards and Certifications in Sustainable Fashion
Wednesday, June 20, 1 pm EST
The Nordic Initiative, Clean and Ethical (NICE) has been in the news recently as the first sector-specific UN Global Compact Code of Conduct (way to go Nordic fashion industry!). But what is a Code of Conduct anyway? And how is it different from a Certification? Or a Reporting Initiative? Most importantly, what do these all mean for fashion designers and conscious consumers?
Here's an overview of what you will learn:
• Fit these initiatives, codes and certifications into The Big Picture
• Translate language of accountability and transparency
• Create a strategy that's right for you
• Engage customers in your story
• Where to get HELP!
http://www.fashiontakesaction.com/event/webinar-initiatives-standards-and-certifications-in-sustainable-fashion
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Beekeeping
Wed. June 20, 9 a.m - noon
Everdale Organic Farm, Hillsburgh
Cost: $45
Discover the fascinating world of bees and apiculture. Take a tour of Everdale’s hives and see the colonies firsthand. Learn the roles and responsibilities of the queen, drones, house bees and foragers. We’ll also discuss the parts of the hive and the environmental issues that we are facing as a society today.
Info and registration: http://workshops.everdale.org/at-the-farm/beekeeping/
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Queers for Social Justice - Marshal Training - Night March
Wednesday, 20 June, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
@ the 519 (Room 304) (Church and Wellesley)
Queers for Social Justice is a coalition of queer community groups, organizations and causes. We have come together to bring a unified message of social justice and politics to Pride 2012. Queers for Social Justice aims to draw attention to the struggles that affect queers both in Canada and abroad: homophobia, transphobia, bullying, the criminalization of HIV, refugee Bill C-31 and the cuts at all levels of government. The group would like to reintroduce a space for politics in Pride and to have our voices heard. Our goal is to celebrate, demonstrate and agitate!
You can join by following us on twitter and facebook, or contact:
Jordan Bond-Gorr: jordanbg1980 at gmail.com and/or Tony Souza: torontosouza at gmail.ca
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Pinkwashing Panel Discussion:
What do breast cancer, the tar sands, and Israeli apartheid have in common?
Wednesday, June 20, 7pm
519 Church Street Community Centre
Pinkwashing: n. (piNGk ˈwôSHiNG)
Join this panel discussion about the use of gay rights and breast cancer awareness to draw attention away from: toxic chemicals in cosmetics // environmental damage // racial segregation // violation of human rights // rising cancer rates // and more…
Speakers: jesse crass (writer, the Dominion) // Samantha King (author, Pink Ribbons, Inc)
Sponsored by Queers Against Israeli Apartheid www.quaia.org
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Catalyst Café with the Métis Fiddler Quartet
Wednesday, June 20, 6:30pm until 8:30pm
Supermarket , 269 Agusta (Kensington Market)
Pay what you can at the door.
Please join us for an evening of music & conversation with the Métis Fiddler Quartet! This musical group draws on their diverse backgrounds in classical music, jazz, and beyond, siblings Alyssa, Conlin, Nicholas, and Danton perform Métis fiddle music passed down by elders.The group strives to share their passion for Métis fiddle music with new audiences through their performances, educational presentations and interactive workshops across Canada and the world. Born with proud Métis roots in Winnipeg, the Métis Fiddler Quartet now explore the musical roots of their Métis culture through unique arrangements that honor their heritage.
For more info: 416.598.4078 or info at nativewomeninthearts.com
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Leslieville Pots and Pans: Solidarity with Quebec
Wed. June 20, 8 p.m.
Leslie Grove Park (Queen, west of Leslie). Meet at the baseball diamond - North end of the park.
Join us for an evening stroll with light musical accompaniment. Bring your own Musical Instruments (pots and pans are popular) & invite *ALL* your friends.
https://www.facebook.com/events/222955611155104/
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Organic Magic with Worms
Thur. June 21, 7 - 9 pm
The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth Ave., Room 212
A fun and entertaining evening featuring Cathy of Cathy's Crawly Composters. Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution to your organic waste.
http://www.cathyscomposters.com/
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Active Hope - With Joanna Macy
Thur. June 21, Summer Solstice @ 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30)
OISE Auditorium @ UofT, 252 Bloor St W. (St. George subway)
tickets: $20 advance / $25 @ the door
Students: FREE (under 21 years old)
Special for Greenspiration readers: email peaceworks at primus.ca for your ticket at $15 (need to hear from people by June 20th).
Drawing from her latest book, Active Hope, co-authored with Chris Johnstone of the UK, Joanna will share stories and practices that make us glad to be alive right now in this amazing and perilous world. Active Hope is about finding, and offering, our best response to the crisis of sustainability unfolding in our world. It offers tools that help us face the mess we’re in, as well as find and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.
About Joanna: Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy PhD, is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism.
http://www.theinnergarden.ca/joanna-macy http://www.joannamacy.net
about active hope: http://activehope.info/
presented in part by: the Inner Garden, Zeitgeist Toronto, Snowlion Bookstore
a unified network for a life-sustaining society: http://www.theinnergarden.ca/active-hope#!__active-hope/summer-solstice-2012
advance tickets: http://www.theinnergarden.ca/active-hope
also available @ Snowlion Bookstore http://www.snowlioncanada.com/ & Wonderworks http://www.gowonderworks.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/176354959159165/
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To Make a Farm - Film Premiere and Panel
Thurs June 21, 6:30pm
Royal Theatre, 608 College
Named one of the ten most popular Canadian films at the Vancouver International Film Festival, To Make a Farm looks at the challenges facing the farming community, and what the future of local food and farming might look like. Tarrah Young, one of five new farmers featured in the film, will be in attendance for a post-film panel discussion.
Tickets can be purchased online here for $12, or for $13 at the door.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/3449231745?ref=elink
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SolarShare 1st Annual General Meeting
Thursday, June 21 @ 7pm-9pm
YWCA Toronto, 87 Elm St. (near Dundas and Yonge)
The SolarShare Board of Directors will update you on all aspects of the business, your investment, the projects and new opportunities. Participate in the board election or run as a candidate yourself. After the meeting, we will cycle or walk to Kensignton Market for the summer solstice lantern festival. The meeting is a members only event, but the celebration starting 9pm is open to the public. If you would like to join the co-op and invest in a Community Solar Bond, visitwww.solarbonds.ca
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Holistic Mental Health Conference
Emotional, Spiritual, Physical and Social Integration and Well-being
June 21 and 22, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1255 Sheppard Ave. East (Sheppard/Leslie subway)
http://www.toronto.cmha.ca/ct_PDFs/HolisticMentalHealthConfPoster.pdf
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2 Revolución: Free Trade, Mexico and North America
Thursday, June 21 @ 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
A world premier of a new documentary film, 2 Revolución. The standard story about NAFTA is that it took jobs from Canadian and American workers and sent them to Mexico. But free trade's impact on Mexico has proved to be even worse for Mexican workers, families, and communities. In 2 Revolución we meet community leaders, factory workers, educators, union activists, and advocates for migrant justice to see how Mexico has been affected by neoliberal policies and economics, and to examine the grassroots social movements that seek to promote social justice across borders. 2 Revolución is directed and produced by Paul Bocking, a secondary school teacher in Toronto. This is his first film. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director and participants from the film.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-06-21/Film_2_Revolución.aspx
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ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Information Session
Thursday, June 21, 7 p.m.
Metro Hall, 55 John St (at King), Rm 302
Come out to learn more about ZooShare and the biogas plant it's developing at the Toronto Zoo. We'll be available to answer questions about everything from what biogas is and which animal has the best poo to what a co-op is and how to become a member or investor of ZooShare.
info at zooshare.ca | zooshare.ca | @zooshare | facebook.com/zooshare
ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a non-profit renewable energy co-operative that is developing a 500 kW biogas plant on the grounds of the Toronto Zoo. The plant will turn manure and food waste from local grocery stores into electricity, heat, fertilizer and cash for the Zoo – and our primary investors, individual Ontarians.
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Inspire the Shift: a workshop on empowered change
Fri. June 22, 5 - 9 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W. (St. George subway)
The power to make personal and global change already exists within each of us! Learning to bring this empowerment into the day-to-day reality is a constant process of creation and discovery. In this workshop, practical tools to dissolve limitations and activate capacities in body, mind and spirit are provided and practiced. Become an active participant in the co-creation of life’s opportunities!
tlc.oise.utoronto.ca
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Masquerade Solidarité: Ontario Students United Against Tuition Fees!
Fri. June 22, 7 p.m.
Bloor & St. George streets
Charivari, a form of political protest dating back to the 16th century, is a peaceful method of bringing attention to socially unacceptable behaviour, especially that of government. Quebec has again brought the charivari back to life through casseroles and masquerades; and, on June 22nd, we bring this protest in the form of masquerade to the streets of Toronto. Our targets are the federal and provincial governments, our reason: the continued exploitation of students and perversion of the education system through privatization, cuts to funding, and mounting debt.
The streets of Toronto: filled with the most beautiful masks and costumes – a party. A party with a purpose: to heckle our governments for their dehumanizing policies, and their unwillingness to respect, protect, and fulfill those most fundamental rights which they already agreed to decades ago. Demand your right to education be upheld, and tuition fees eradicated.
June 22nd will be the 5-month anniversary of when Quebec students first stood in the streets with these same demands. When called upon to fulfill its responsibility on education, the Quebec government responded by violating more human rights through Bill-78, the bylaw prohibiting masks or bandanas at protests, and have since engaged in extreme political profiling – based only on the colour of your square. With Harper’s Bill C-309 set to do the same nationwide, it is more important than ever that Canadians band together to protest these egregious violations of our rights.
Our governments are violating national, and international law. If you are fed up with having your right to expression trampled, if you are looking to make noise, if you just want to have a good time: put on a beautiful mask, grab your pots, pans, and drums, and come celebrate!
Hosted by the Ontario Students Mobilisation Coalition. osmc.ca and www.facebook.com/events/399285933447185
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4 Cellos for Alexandra Park - Benefit Concert
Friday, June 22 - refreshments at 7 pm; concert at 7:30 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
Performed by the renown cello group LUSH, the concert is to benefit the outreach program for at-risk children and youth in Alexandra Park. Also called Atkinson Co-op, Alexandra Park is a low-income housing area in downtown, bordered by Spadina, Dundas, Bathurst and Queen. Whiling showing improvement in recent years, it is still dealing with many challenges, including poverty, family problems, low education levels, illiteracy, drugs, crime, gangs, and shootings. Join the four diva cellist from LUSH performing traditional and modern favorites in a benefit concert. No admission charge - donations gratefully accepted. General seating. To learn more.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-06-22/The_Music_of_4_Cellos.aspx
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Cultivating Ecological Wisdom
with Mark Hathaway
Friday June 22 to Sunday June 24
OISE, 252 Bloor W. (St. George station)
Deep ecologist Arne Naess once described his deep ecology as an ecosophia, or ecological wisdom. Naess likens ecological wisdom to a worldview, but one that is embodied in behaviours and action: "All 'sophical' insight should be directly relevant for action" and involve a "conscious change of attitude towards the conditions of life in the ecosphere" (Naess & Rothenberg, 1989, pp. 37-38). We could therefore understand ecological wisdom as consisting of the diverse modes of consciousness and perception - along with the knowledge, skills, and emotional intelligence - needed to bring forth an ecologically sustainable, spirituality fulfilling, and socially just human prescence on Earth.
Over the course of this workshop, a variety of experiential exercises and practices will be employed to help participants to reflect on and deepen their own experience of ecological wisdom. As well, the facilitator will present a number of key ideas from his research drawing on scientific, spiritual, and psychological perspectives to enrich the group's reflections. In the process, we will attempt to more clearly describe the experience of ecological wisdom, the way it affects both our consciousness and actions, and the transformative learning that has been most helpful in educing, cultivating, and nourishing it in our own lives.
http://tlc.oise.utoronto.ca/Summer_Institute/Workshops_and_Courses.html
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Toronto Anarchist Bookfair 2012!
We are planning a jam-packed weekend of workshops, speakers, debates, discussions, distros, good fun, good friends, good food, and of course good reads.
On Thursday evening, June 21, come out to the launch of the second volume of Subversions, anarchist short fiction by the Anarchist Writers Bloc. The book launch will take place at 7pm at Detour Bar, in Kensington Market, 193 Baldwin Street. For more information see the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/231233450328695/
On Friday evening, weather permitting, join us for board games and baseball at a park, specific location details to come. See the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/347919565276913/
On Saturday and Sunday from 10am-5pm, join us at the Bahen Centre, 40 St. George Street at the University of Toronto. This year, we have over 20 amazing workshops, 40 tablers, as well as a Kid Zone with great kids' programming, an Anti-Authoritarian Indigenous/People of Colour space, a DIY space with flexible workshops, a space to relax if you need a nap, and an opportunity to connect with and hear about different projects that our fellow anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and radicals are involved in at a giant go-around. We have also identified that talking about and addressing racism in radical spaces must be a priority in our community and is a priority of the Bookfair program. As a result, “Racism in Radical Communities,” will be the topic of the closing panel discussion on Sunday. Tea and coffee will be available throughout the weekend and lunch will also be served on both days. Food and drinks will be offered for whatever you can pay.
On Saturday evening, there is a book launch for Beautiful Trouble: Toolbox for Revolution at 7pm at Tranzac. 292 Brunswick Avenue. Please see the Facebook event for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/375859059129847/
Share our facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/376709855699088/
Check out our website for the full schedule: http://torontoanarchistbookfair.wordpress.com/
Provisional Workshops: Anarchism 101, Feminist Anarchism, Parent and Child Inclusivity in the Activist Community, Introduction to Radical Sexual Health, Organizational Issues during the Spanish Civil War, Anarchist Visions of Life After Capitalism, Struggling and Strategy, Anarchism and Community Organizing, No One Is Illegal, Empathy and Transparency in Alternative Relationships, IWW Direct Action and Solidarity Unionism, Mapuche and Anarchist Struggle, Plan Nord = Plan Mort, Reflecting on the G20, Trans and Genderqueer Issues, Drugs and Community Mobilizing, Anti-Ableism, The General Student Strike in Quebec, Know Your Rights, Settler Colonialism, Anarchists in Post-Revolutionary Egypt, Anti-State Communism, Wallet-Making, Cartoon Drawing, Screen-printing, Bike Repair, etc.
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The GTWA at 3! What Next?
Fri. June 22, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W. room 5250 (St. George and Bloor)
This fall, the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly will be celebrating its third anniversary as a multi-tendency political organization. In this time, we've had some great steps forward, and also made some mistakes. Along the way, we've attracted attention far and wide. The GTWA Internal Education and Political Development Committee is putting together a series of forums to mark our third anniversary, at which we can have sober but comradely debate and discussion as to where we go from here? Is the GTWA a success story? Is it stagnating? Or is it a little bit of both? We have put together a series of questions that will be posed to our panelists, and will be sent out to members before each forum.
With: Sam Gindin, Adrie Naylor, Alan Sears
https://www.facebook.com/events/301744029916157/
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Beautiful Trouble: Toolbox for Revolution – book launch
Saturday, June 23, 7 pm - 9 pm in
Tranzac, 292 Brunswick Ave. (near Bloor and Spadina)
Beautiful Trouble is a book and web toolbox that puts the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest into the hands of the next generation of change-makers. Stay afterward for more libations and good-hearted plotting with your fellow troublemakers. Copies of the book will be available for purchase for $25.
This event is sponsored by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canadian Labour Congress, Public Service Alliance of Canada-National Capital Region and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with media sponsorship from rabble.ca.
http://beautifultrouble.org/
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Farm and Garden Trip
Saturday, June 23
Grafton, ON
Directions and details will be forwarded when you when you RSVP to Elizabeth at echrumka at sympatico.ca.
A trip to the country and a chance to learn about organic and permaculture gardening. Council of Canadian friend, Bob Garthson, is opening his doors at Valley Pines Organic Farm to anyone who would like to spend the day to help with his crops. Bob is a wealth of information about permaculture, organic and the current state of farming in Ontario and abroad, especially Cuba. This is an opportunity to spend some time with him and to gain some hands-on experience assisting him on the ground.
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MEC Bike Fest
Sat. June 23, 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Distillery District
Free
MEC Bikefest is a daylong community celebration of all things bicycle related. Our goal is to bring together Toronto’s bicycle community and those new to bikes, to celebrate the wonders of cycling. Come join us and make it the best bicycle bash in Toronto.
• Dozens of bike clinics and seminars (presented by MEC, Urbane Cyclist and Hardwood Ski & Bike)
• Bike demos
• Free bicycle safety checks
• Bike valet parking (provided by Cycle Toronto, formerly the Toronto Cyclists Union)
• Free basic repairs and tune-ups (provided by Bike Chain, Bike Pirates, Bike Sauce, Community Bicycle Network and Evergreen Bike Works)
• MEC Bikefest Bike and Gear Swap
• MEC Marketplace
• Local bicycle retailers and exhibitor booths
• Community and cycling advocacy information
• Free drop-in activities for kids
http://blog.mec.ca/events/mec-bikefest/mec-bikefest-toronto/?utm_source=mec.ca&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bikefest_2012&utm_content=english
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Bringing the Peace Teachings Home
a concert and conversation with Diem Lafortune (Mama D) and Rebecca Johnson of CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams)
Sun. June 24, 1:30 pm
Toronto Mennonite United Church (TUMC), 1774 Queen Street East (East of Coxwell & Queen)
Suggested donation: $10.00
This concert in its own way continues the conversations begun across the country in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “Building a movement of allies and not just coming together over issues requires the personal work of decolonizing one’s own heart.” Through the telling of stories with music, Diem helps us to face some of the challenges and moments of truth that we all experience in our colonized states. From there we can do the work of decolonizing our hearts.
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The Inequality Crisis and Tax Fairness
Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m.
Auditorium, Albert Campbell Library, 496 Birchmount Rd. (TTC and parking available), Scarborough
With Rob Howarth of Canadians for Tax Fairness and Dr. Susan Woolhouse of Doctors for Fair Taxation.
Wealthy Canadians are paying low rates of tax and our public services are being starved of funding. Learn the connection between declining rates of tax on high incomes and rising inequality in Canada.
For more info: Coline Gardhouse at gracy.gardhouse at sympatico.ca or Diana McLaren atdmclaren at tcn.net.
This community meeting is sponsored by Canadians for Tax Fairness http://www.taxfairness.ca/
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Summer Solstice World Peace Festival
Sunday, June 24, 12:00 – 5:00 pm,
Kew Gardens Bandshell, Toronto, 2161 Queen Street East, 4 blocks East of Woodbine
We invite you, your family and friends to beautiful Kew Gardens at the Bandshell in the Beaches. You will enjoy a young people's presentation of peace messages, music sung with guitar; sublime poetry; yoga and the art of breathing; flag ceremony and sound of peace in many languages; drumming and singing; giggling Laughter Yoga, the soulful Shout Sisters choir, amazing Sound Healing, Rumi’s poetry and songs with Garo and Friends musicians and Leslie Gabriel Mezei, Dances of Universal Peace, and much more - all in the joyful energy of Mother Nature. Bring a picnic, a hat and a blanket if you wish!
http://www.peacedances.org/2012/06/summer-solstice-world-peace-festival-toronto-on-june-24-2012
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Kitchen Herbs for Food and Healing with Danette Steele
Sun. June 24 - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Ben Nobleman Park, across from Eglinton West subway station
Take a tour of Ben Nobleman Park's Pollinator Garden with Danette Steele, a registered clinical herbalist, and learn how to grow, dry and prepare herbs for eating and medicinal purposes. Workshop participants will enjoy a sampling of various herbal teas.
$45 regular $35 early bird (you must register two weeks prior to event) $25 students/seniors (ID required)
To register visit www.communityorchard.ca or email growingforgreen at gmail.com.
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The Nature Principal
webinar with the David Suzuki Foundation
Teleconference: June 24, 5 – 6pm EST - across Canada
Can being in nature make you smarter? Why are doctors "prescribing" nature? Should national parks be considered part of our health care system? Sign up for the teleconference here: http://bit.ly/L1E03i
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Cultivating Ecological Wisdom: Perceiving, Thinking and Acting with Earth in Mind, Heart and Soul
with Mark Hathaway, co-author of The Tao of Liberation
June 24-26
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W.
This course will build on some of the ideas explored in The Tao of Liberation, but attempts to move from the theme of "seeking wisdom in a time of crisis" to the question of how, concretely, we may cultivate ecological wisdom
http://www.taoofliberation.com/Events.aspx#cew
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2 Rooms available July 1st...
Great furnished (or bring your own) living or work spaces suitable for university or ELS students, short or long term. Perfect if you're here on contract work (theatre/teaching/job etc). Lots of privacy AND community orientated.
Near transit, all amenities, all inclusive, wireless, great professional gourmet kitchen, laundry in building, free parking (bike & car).
Day / week / month rate with or without meal plan-option. Perfect for conscientious, respectful, independent, environmentally & sustainably motivated creative spirit!
PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH OTHERS!
Please inquire 416.732.8965
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Deep Leadership! Democracy, Environment, Education and Peace!
Transformative Learning Centre Summer Institute presents Various workshops and course throughout Jun 18-June 30
at OISE/University of Toronto. The Transformative Learning Centre Summer Institute is a participatory learning event that brings together Canadian and international activists, academics, practitioners and community members to share ideas and facilitate learning.
For a complete listing of our workshops, courses and dates:
http://tlc.oise.utoronto.ca/Summer_Institute/Workshops_and_Courses.html
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