T.O. Greenspiration Events: Cycle and Recycle
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Dec 9 22:15:59 EST 2012
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Cycle and Recycle Calendar – 2002 – 2013 – 2019
This bicycle wall calendar, published cooperatively by 13 NGOs in 3 countries, features 30 remarkable color photos, provocative quotes, illustrations and more. The images covey a bicycle culture without borders. Every donation to Greenspiration will receive a calendar! (min. $12 - includes calendar and postage) Please send cheque or money order to: Greenspiration, c/o #809, 100 Lower Ossington Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1A7. Multiple orders welcome. Questions? <greenspi at web.ca>. Thanks in advance!
-angela
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Join Karma Co-op in 2013 - Karma Coop won't close if you and your friends join - Membership drive!
Founded in 1972, Karma is a member-owned, democratically run co-operative. It specializes in organic, local, and fair trade products. It carries over 200 bulk items; organic produce fresh from dozens of local Ontario organic farms; health supplements hand-picked by its on-staff registered nutritionist; and the highest quality, eco-friendly, packaged goods, making Karma a “one-stop” shop for the conscious consumer. KARMA CO-OP IS AT RISK OF CLOSING. Join NOW and help support a well-established well loved fun co-op that supports local organic food producers.
http://www.karmacoop.org/
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The Permaculture Project GTA is an ever-evolving tribe that is dedicated to the development of leaders and volunteers on the community level and with ecological sustainability and justice in mind. For local events and more info: atwww.tppgta.com
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A new Organic Deli & Cafe, Raspberry Org, is opening on the Danforth. All grain-free, organic food from local sources; kids’ lunches, crepes, pancakes, home-made dairy products, vegetable “burgers,” etc. We are planning to operate as a neighbourhood collective on a profit- sharing basis.
1. Clerk: we are seeking to hire part time a person who is familiar with the sources of organic food in Ontario to help find the best local produce suppliers.
2. Chef: we would like to give an opportunity to a stay-at-home and part time creative cooks who would like to work either form their home or our kitchen and sell their organic creations at our Deli.
Email Helen: moondew at pathcom.com
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If you missed it, here is the full archive of the GE-Hitachi meeting held in Toronto, Dec. 8, 2012. The very feisty crowd did not accept the smarmy PR assurances offered by the plant's communications and CNSC staff. http://www.livestream.com/occupytoronto/video?clipId=pla_f6f192de-62f7-4f02-ae8f-69ac67f6d36d
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Idle No More - Confront CAPP, March to Queen's Park
Mon. Dec. 10, 11:30 a.m.
Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen St. W
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) are in Toronto December 10 – 12. CAPP and the oil companies they represent have been responsible for intense lobbying pressure in Ottawa for decades to remove legislation that protects First Nations, environmental and water rights in Canada in the name of the economy. December 10th marks the international day for Human Rights. Idle No More is requesting that all our relations take part in a peaceful demonstration of solidarity. Please join us in this act of solidarity and be part of a great grassroots movement.
https://www.facebook.com/events/434396769947386/
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Support Residents of Pinehouse fighting the Cameco/Areva "Collaboration" Agreement
Urgent Call and Email Action
Mon. – Wed. Dec. 10 – 12
From your phone or computer
Revelations last week that the northern Saskatchewan community of Pinehouse is set to sign a so-called “Collaboration Agreement” with uranium giants Cameco and Areva have sparked outrage in the community due to terms of the agreement that residents say is a blatant attempt to silence opposition to the expansion of uranium mining in the area. Please take a few minutes to support this community-driven appeal!
Find our more here: http://committeeforfuturegenerations.wordpress.com/take-action/ including: Info, email addresses, phone numbers etc.
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Mother Earth Day and Human Rights Day Celebration
Mon. Dec. 10, 7 p.m.
160 Bartley Dr #204
Launched by Slow Food in 2004, this global project unites food communities from 160 countries who share a vision for food production rooted in local economies and with respect for the environment, traditional knowledge, biological diversity and taste. We will be hosting an Eat in Community Dinner at the Head Quarters. This means make a dinner and carry it to the HQ to Eat In!
For those of us who can not bring our own meal we will have food made to share with you ready to eat with the community!
RSVP for the Terra Madre Day by email at tppgtalink at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/170156136463798/
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-community-events-FREE-DINNER-IN-CELEBRATION-OF-MOTHER-EARTH-AND-HUMAN-RIGHTS-DAY-W0QQAdIdZ438550305
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Eco-art-worx Open House
Earth-Friendly & Ethical, Eco-Fashion Accessories and Jewelry
Need green ideas for your holiday gifts? Come and see our one-of-a-kind designs and meet our Artisans at our open house.
December 10, 5:30 p.m- 8:00 p.m
December 19, 6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m
Working Women Community Centre 533C Gladstone Ave, Bloor and Dufferin
https://www.facebook.com/events/254504951342695/
www.ecoartworx.ca
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NOW Talks presents:
Occupy the Mic - David Miller featuring Sarah Harmer and more
Tuesday, December 11, Doors open at 8:45 pm, event starts at 9:30 pm.
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)
$15
An evening of song, comedy and saving the world, this edition of the Live Talk Show looks at the problems/issues facing both urban and rural communities and how in many cases, they're the same thing. Miller's excellent guests include: singer / songwriter Sarah Harmer, comedian Graham Chittenden, photographer/filmaker Jason van Bruggen, Soupstock 2012 organizer Blaine van Bruggen and NOW editor/publisher Michael Hollett. They'll be probing the issues, looking for solutions and entertaining along the way. Not your typical town hall.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/mobile/story.cfm?c=189839
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Tower Renewal Updates from Toronto & Melbourne
Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, U of T
Join us as we share updates on the recent work of the City's Tower Renewal Office, fill you in on new research in the field, and engage with our special guest from Melbourne, Dr. Rebecca Leshinsky.
Our expert panel will add to the discussion about Tower Renewal.
Register at http://www.citiescentre.utoronto.ca/about/Events/Tower_Renewal_Updates_from_Toronto___Melbourne/TRDec11.htm
If you have any questions, please contact Aviva Levy at alevy at toronto.ca
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Raw Vegan Nut-Free Dessert Workshop
Tues. Dec 11, 7 – 9 p.m.
Chocosol's cacao loft at 225 Geary Ave.
An evening with Doug McNish. Vanilla coconut frosting, chocolate fondue, macaroons, chocolate chia seed pudding, and more.
For tickets and more info contact info at chocosoltraders.com.
http://chocosol.posterous.com/raw-vegan-nut-free-dessert-workshop-with-chef
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Candlelight Walk and Vigil in memory of the children who will never again be coming home for Christmas
Thurs. Dec 13, 6 pm
NW corner of Dundas Square (near the holiday tree)
We will walk en masse to the headquarters of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario at 80 College St.
Please bring a (battery-powered) candle, a flashlight or a lantern. Some of us will carry signs.
We feel our children died because of medical negligence involving toxic/lethal pharmaceutical effects. We complained to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Our complaints were challenged. We feel the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario did not take adequate disciplinary action. We feel the CPSO protected their own. The CPSO is the self-regulating body for the medical profession. Yet its mandate is to "serve and protect the public interest." We feel the CPSO is no longer committed to patient safety and is no longer capable of serving the public interest. We want the CPSO investigated and replaced by an independent organization not controlled by physician members.
We are the Coalition for Physician and Surgeon Oversight. Read our horror stories at www.cpso.co. Share your own story. Take action. This vigil is our first public event. If you want to help change the way the College of Physicians and Surgeons conducts itself, join our walk and vigil.
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A People's History of the War of 1812
with humourist and storyteller John Bell
Thursday, December 13, 7 pm - 9 pm
Room CL3, Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, Mississauga
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has spent at least $28 million glorifying the War of 1812, as part of his ongoing campaign to rebrand Canada as a warrior nation. There is a lot to remember and celebrate from this history, but it isn't in the official Harper story: rampant corruption, incompetence, and greed among the rulers on both sides of the border, and a powerful urge to resist war by working people in the Canadas and in the battleground states.
Sponsored by the Mississauga chapter of the International Socialists and Mississauga Coalition for Peace & Justice
https://www.facebook.com/events/506991479325478/
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Toronto Coalition to End Fluoridation
Thursday, December 13, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Centre for Social Innovation - Annex Location, 720 Bathurst St, meeting room #2 (Bathurst and Bloor)
Join us for a strategic planning session as we plot our next moves in lieu of the potential upcoming mayoral by-election. If you are new, you are especially encouraged to attend. We are looking for new people interested in contributing to the fight.
https://www.facebook.com/events/109545762546636/
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Sleep Out at Glen Murray's Office: Stop the cut to Community Start Up
Thursday, December 13, 6pm: Meal and Rally; 7pm – 8am: SLEEP OUT
514 Parliament St (at Winchester)
*Bring your sleeping bags and mats *Prepare to sleep-out all night or come stop-by for as long as you can *Breakfast and Coffee the next morning at 8am
The Provincial Liberal Government is set to cut the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) January 1st, 2013. The CSUMB is a housing benefit for people on social assistance (OW and ODSP). For thousands of people across the Province every month, it is literally the difference between being homeless on the streets or being able to get a place to live. The cut to this benefit will mean that many more people will be made homeless and a time in Toronto when so many shelter beds have been lost and the shelter system itself is in crisis. We must STOP THIS CUT!
Glen Murray is MPP for Toronto Centre which includes the 'Downtown East', one of the poorest neighborhoods in all of Canada with a high concentration of homelessness. Welfare and disability rates are already impossible to survive on as this government cuts away at more and more benefits and the rates of income keep falling. Today welfare rates are almost 60% below where they should be, meaning a measly $606/month for a single person. Murray is campaigning to take over running the Province from McGuinty. We challenge Murray that this is the despicable legacy he
is a part of and we demand he take action to stop the cut to Community Start-Up.
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty 416-925-6939 / ocap at tao.ca / www.ocap.ca
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Alternatives to Capitalism Workshop
with Manuel Larrabure and Thomas Ponniah
Thursday, December 13, 6:30pm
CSI Annex, Second Floor, Meeting Room #1, 720 Bathurst Street (S. of Bloor)
One of the central tasks of remaking socialism for the 21st century is insisting upon and exploring alternatives to capitalism. This has been the importance of the Venezuelan Revolution, and the politics emerging in the Bolivarian bloc of states. The recent re-election of Hugo Chavez has led to further radical proposals for socialization. But these require careful study and debate given the experience of Venezuela and the balance of class forces inside the country and the region. One of the central theorists of the new theory of the transition to socialism has been Michael Lebowitz, who draws extensively on the developments in Venezuela in his thinking on ‘real human development’. This meeting will for discussion of these issues in light of the new Venezuela programme.
https://www.facebook.com/events/429623747105561/
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The Peace Maker - A Play Reading with Music
Friday, Dec 14, 7:30 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
A rehearsal presentation of a portion of the play The Peace Maker written by Natasha Greenblatt and directed by Jennifer Brewin. To be followed by a discussion moderated by playwright Arthur Milner. Sophie is a young Jewish idealist from Canada who travels to Israel on a "Birthright" trip to make sense of the conflict. After the trip she volunteers at a music school in Palestine, and soon finds herself inspired to make a difference by bringing together people from both sides of the wall. Accompanied by a live band that plays Klezmer, traditional Arabic music and high school band classics, The Peace Maker explores the difference between peace and justice and the complex notion of identity in the Middle East. The Peace Maker premieres at the Next Stage Festival in January 2013.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-12-14/Play_The_Peace_Maker.aspx
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Free Food Initiatives Unite!
Film and discussion with Occupy Gardens, Dig In U of T, and Food Not Bombs
Fri. Dec. 14, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- 6:30 p.m. sharp ~ Film screening: Nourish Peterborough http://nourishpeterborough.ca/trailer-nourish-peterborough/ The Director of this documentary, Toby Wiggins, will be present right at the beginning to introduce the film!**
- 7:45 p.m. ~ Discussion of Free Food Initiatives in the GTA. Next steps- How can we unite these efforts?!
The Debates Room @ Hart House (7 Hart House Circle, U of T)
We can only realize food sovereignty and genuine security by growing together; sharing ideas and collaborating on projects and events in the coming months and building towards seriously seedy and radish actions come springtime! Peas invite your friends and fellow feed’em fighters/lovers!
https://www.facebook.com/events/312787585501311/permalink/314372782009458/
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Justice Not Poverty for Injured Workers
Friday Dec 14, 11 am
Ministry of Labour, 400 University Ave.
This is the 21st Annual Christmas Demonstration. It's time to speak up now, workers' compensation benefits are under attack.
Sponsored by: Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups, Toronto Injured Workers Advocacy Group
http://www.injuredworkersonline.org/Documents/ChristmasDemo12.pdf
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Spiritfest in the City!
A one-night celebration of community and the arts
Saturday, December 15, 5 - 11 pm
LucSculpture School & Studios, 663 Greenwood Ave., at Danforth (Greenwood subway)
Bring your family & friends to enjoy a wintery evening of creativity, feasting, meditation & celebration!
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1627
https://www.facebook.com/events/224778174319075/
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Regenesis New Member/Volunteer Orientation
Sat. Dec 15, 5 pm
Don Heights Unitarian Congregation at 18 Wynford Drive (near Don Mills & Eglinton).
Regenesis is a radical grassroots environmental/social justice organization. We are looking for some new energy! Are you a committed and skilled activist (or could like to become one)? Can you spare 4 or more hours per month? Do you want to become friends with some amazing people while working on some great projects? For an idea about some of the projects we are working on, visit our website. Projects include a campaign on converting abandoned buildings into affordable housing and re-establishing squatters rights in Ontario, the creation of an activist art gallery and the creation of a on-campus free store at York University
http://www.theregenesisproject.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/561208993896593/
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Vegan/Vegetarian Potluck
Sat Dec 15, 6 pm
Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, 18 Wynford Drive, Unit 102 (at the intersection of Gervais and Wynford, just behind the Superstore at Don Mills & Eglinton)
V. A. S. T. -- Veg*n Adventures and Socials in Toronto is hosting a free vegan/vegetarian potluck. Please bring a dish that can feed 10-15 people and an ingredients list for your dish. All welcome!
https://www.facebook.com/events/533716766656050/
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Winter Craft Fair
Sun. Dec. 16, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Dufferin Grove Park, on Dufferin south of Bloor
Local, non-professional crafters bringing great deals to you for the holiday season! We will have wonderful hand-made goods like teddy bears, jewelry, legwarmers, knitwear, T-shirts with unique design, ceramic bowls and tiles, print work, glass ornaments, hemp shopping bags, bath and body products as well as life music, story-telling and much more. The Zamboni Café will offer great, healthy food and hot drinks.
https://www.facebook.com/events/286430391478735/
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