T.O. Greenspiration Events: We are the Green Majority
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Aug 11 17:31:44 EDT 2013
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Please vote for us!
If you think the work of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance is super exceptional – we're behind ON's coal phase-out after all, and now we're taking on the nuclear industry in Ontario – please vote for us as Best Enviro Group in NOW Mag here: http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1515
And I've been nominated in the Best Activist category alongside other kick-ass enviros. What an honour! Though I'd rather it not be a competition, you can vote here: http://nowtoronto.com/fbApps/bestof/nominees.cfm?category=159&subcategory=1509
Thank you!
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The Green Majority
Weekly enviro radio program
Listen live Fridays 11 a.m. CIUT-FM 89.5 (U of T campus station)
Or catch the podcasts online http://greenmajoritymedia.wordpress.com/
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Join the Liberal Party’s call for an end to marijuana prohibition
The status quo isn’t working. It’s time to regulate and legalize marijuana. Sign the petition if you agree.
http://petition.liberal.ca/end-prohibition/?utm_source=liberal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=jb&utm_campaign=marijuana-petition
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No Jets T.O.
Sign the petition . Speak up for your city's waterfront - stop the mini-Pearson by the lake
http://togethertoronto.ca/campaigns/no-jets?utm_source=13aug8-nojets-1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NoJets-TO
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Our Last Best Hope
Nightly through till Aug. 18, 7 p.m.
Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin, south of Bloor)
$10 donation or pwyc
Clay & Paper Theatre invites you to join us for our 17th summer season, a bold new play inspired in part by the Idle No More movement, written by David Anderson (C&P Founder and Artistic Director) and Angela Loft (C&P Alumnus). OUR LAST BEST HOPE is an adult show disguised as a children’s show for reticent grown-ups. In it, we tackle some large foes - from the oil industry, to our ability to passively watch our demise - using Clay & Paper Theatre’s trademarksatire and wit, large puppets, mask, song, and dance. OUR LAST BEST HOPE is an ode to the perseverance, protection, and positivism of the Human Race, and plotting a better path for our future. So please join us when we sing “It’s time to change direction, it’s time to change our tune, it’s not an insurrection, it’s the changing of the moon.”
https://www.facebook.com/events/183726598467579/
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Room for rent Sept. 1st
Ossington and Dupont
Community, arts and eco-oriented. Ideal for a student.
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/3987202162.html
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Save Ontario's bees: ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Sign the petition.
http://www.change.org/SaveOntariosBees
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Canadian Electoral Alliance has been focusing the talk on cooperation/alliance among Liberal, NDP and Green Party for the next federal election, leading to an electoral reform to Proportional Representation (PR).
Sign our declaration at http://www.electoralalliance.ca/content/electoral-alliance-declaration
Sign the Community Resolution http://www.electoralalliance.ca/webform/community-resolution
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Cyclometer
Subscribe to this monthly e-newsletter produced by the City of Toronto - Transportation Services, which reports on cycling infrastructure projects and associated programs.
Back issues here: http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/cyclometer/index.htm
Subscribe here: www.toronto.ca/e-updates
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Harvest Noon Café + Co-Op is Hiring for the Fall
Love vegan & vegetarian Food? Care about food justice? Harvest Noon Café + Co-Op at the University of Toronto is hiring two Café Staff for the Fall term to assist with day to day operations of the café, including food preparation, cooking, serving and other tasks. Experience with vegan and vegetarian food, food safety certification (or willingness to become certified) and great collaborative communication skills are required. Applicants should also have availability to work Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm. This is a contract position for the Fall term starting August 26th for approximately 10 to 15 hours per week at a rate of $12 per hour. Potential option for renewal in spring. You do not need to be a current student to apply.
To apply please submit your resume and cover letter in person to Harvest Noon Café (16 Bancroft Ave., upstairs) during service hours (Wednesday and Thursday 11am to 8pm), to our mailbox in the UTGSU office (16 Bancroft Ave., lower floor) or via email (pdf format) to hiring at harvestnoon.com by August 16th at 5pm. Applicants must be available for interview the week of August 19th. Please see our website - www.harvestnoon.com or this Facebook event for a more detailed job posting.
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Laugh Therapy Improv, summer drop-ins
Mondays Aug 5, 12, 19, 26 @ 6 pm – 8:30 pm
The Centre for Social Innovation - Annex, Fringe Creation Lab [4th floor], 720 Bathurst
$20
A class that focuses less on ‘games’ and more on professional & personal growth. The results are no less hilarious; you will mos def LYAO. The main idea behind these exercises is to re-learn how to ‘play’. We all knew how to do this quite naturally as children, but as adults most of us have learned to not ‘goof around’. Allowing ourselves to play is essential to good theatre and to our sanity as humans. This can be immeasurably helpful when it comes to thinking on your feet at work, speaking in front of others, and generally enjoying life more.
For More Information: brian at youandmedia.com
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Revolutionary Frontlines: Reports from the revolutions in Venezuela, India and the Philippines
Monday August 12, 7 p.m.
OISE, room 5160, 252 Bloor Street West (closest subway station: St. George)
Join to learn more about the ongoing revolutionary processes in Venezuela, India and the Philippines. A comrade will report back from his recent experience doing research in Venezuela in a community organized by an autonomous revolutionary organizations, while two comrades from Toronto will give us insight on the struggles led by Maoist rebel movements in India and the Philippines. The presentation will be followed by a discussion period.
This event is part of a Quebec-Ontario speaking tour organized by the Revolutionary Student Movement and its counterpart in Québec, the Mouvement Étudiant Révolutionnaire (MER-RSM). http://www.mer-rsm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/416921235090908/
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Justice for Sammy. Killer Cops off our Streets
Tues. Aug. 13, 1 – 5 p.m.
Toronto Police Headquarters, 40 College
The Toronto Police Services Board is meeting Tuesday August 13th at 1:30pm. Join us as we mourn the death of Sammy Yatim, Toronto's latest victim of police brutality, and fight for justice for all victims of police violence and murder. The "special Investigations Unit" has shown a clear inability to police the police, leaving cops in Toronto with a sense that they can get away with murder, and leaving us with no hope for accountability from the authorities. Our communities are stronger, and more resilient than racist, classist police, and together we can ensure justice and build a world without police violence
Compilation of everyone murdered by Toronto Police: http://bit.ly/KilledbyTorontoPolice and Factsheet on Police violence against the African community in Canada: http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/blog/ajamu-nangwaya/18378
https://www.facebook.com/events/551969194868293/
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From social movements to revolution: what's radical?
Tuesday, August 13, 6 pm
OISE, room TBA, 252 Bloor Street West
Suggested readings:
The working class: the gravediggers of capitalism
What would it take to stop austerity?
Occupy everything
Organized by the International Socialists.
Info: reports at socialist.ca
www.socialist.ca
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Creative Transitions for Older Adults
Wed. August 14, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Centre for Social Innovation - Annex, Room 6, 720 Bathurst Avenue
Getting older is part of a life long journey of self-discovery
· How do I make a smooth transition to becoming an older adult?
· How do I keep my brain active and remain positive?
Facilitators Ava Goodman and Donald Officer dispel some nagging myths about aging well and making a smooth transition to a happier life as a senior. This workshop is targeted for the 60 plus generation. $20
Register: http://creativetransitions.eventbrite.ca
Info: avagaia at yahoo.ca
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Peach Canning Workshop
Wed. Aug. 14
West End Food Coop, 1229 Queen Street West (Queen & Dufferin)
James Partanen, expert canner with many years of experience, will be leading you through a tested recipe and an in-depth discussion about local food, food security, and preserving. We will be canning peaches, using sweet, Certified Local Sustainable (certified by Local Food Plus) peaches from Bijzak Farms in the Niagara Region.You will learn about the theory and practice of preserving, gain hands-on experience working with canning equipment, and leave with some jars of homemade (by you!) cannd peaches ready to be enjoyed when fresh peaches aren't!
http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=242
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Schützen
Aug. 14, 15, 16 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 17 at 2 p.m.
Scotiabank Studio Theatre, 6 Noble Street (Queen and Dufferin)
A performance trilogy on bodies shaped by weapons. A North American premiere from Berlin. After the performance on the 15th will be some speakers.
http://tickets.ticketwise.ca/event/3767450
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Africa Umoja
Wed. - Sun. Aug. 14 - 18
Elgin Theatre (Yonge and Queen)
This is a fantastic performance that shows the history of music and dance in South Africa. I have some free tickets for Wed. Aug. 14. If you'd like one, email me at angela at cleanairalliance.org and I'll put one or two aside for you.
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Spiritual Teaching with Mayan Elder Nana Maria & Mayan Night Market
Friday August 16, 6 - 10 p.m.
ChocoSol, 225 Geary
– Chocolate – Spices – Pottery
– Nawales/nahuales consultation with Mayan Elder Nana Maria Ramirez (preparation for the first Mayan new moon ceremony of the new baktun: August 28-29)
– Complimentary chocolate drinks (bring your own mug)
https://www.facebook.com/events/162864863905882/
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Brenda Sayers - FIPA Speaking Tour
Friday, August 16, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil St (near Spadina and College)
Brenda Sayers from the Hupacasath First Nation in Vancouver Island is undertaking a cross Canada speaking tour to share information about the Hupacasath's challenge to the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA). FIPA would expose Canada to lawsuits from Chinese companies who claim their profits have been lowered by a government decision, including environmental legislation, resource conservation measures, or actions that fulfilled constitutional responsibilities with respect to First Nations. These lawsuits would be decided by paid arbitrators, not judges, in closed-door tribunals outside Canada’s legal system. As an example of what this means, a U.S. oil and gas firm, Lone Pine Resources, is using a similar measure in NAFTA to sue Canada for $250 million dollars because of a temporary moratorium on shale gas extraction in Quebec. Brenda Sayers will explain how the FIPA will affect you and future generations and share details of their court challenge.
Common Frontiers along with the Council of Canadians is hosting the Toronto leg of the tour
https://www.facebook.com/events/470995109662460/Events
http://bit.ly/17Rv3Ro
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FIGMENT Toronto
Sat/Sun. Aug. 17-18, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Olympic Island (off the Centre Island ferry)
FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one weekend each summer, it transforms Olympic Island into a large-scale collaborative artwork – and then it’s gone.
https://www.facebook.com/events/394916580613675/
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Black August: Organize against Police Violence
Saturday August 17, 5 - 8 p.m.
OISE, room 2-211, 252 Bloor Street West (closest subway station: St. George)
The police serve and protect systems of privilege and injustice. The most oppressed members of society are also the ones in courts, jails, and prisons. Those who fight exploitation are targeted by police. We need to organize our communities to challenge police violence and racial and class profiling. Featuring Presentations by:
- Kabir Joshi-Vijayan, organizer, International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement "Organizing the Hood"
- Chris Williams, researcher and writer on policing & doctoral candidate "Organizing against racialized police violence"
- Mandy Hiscocks (former G20 Political Prisoner) "Policing & criminalizing political dissent: Where do we go from here?"
...and others.
Free public event; donations will be appreciated. Food and juice will be on sale! Join us in the fight to make Toronto a city free of police violence.
For information: eliminatepoliceviolence at gmail.com
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Blue Flag Beach Bonanza
Sunday, August 18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Woodbine Beach
The event is hosted by Environmental Defence to celebrate Blue Flag, an international beach & marina eco-certification program. Woodbine Beach is a Blue Flag beach, so come on down and join us for some fun in the sun! Enjoy the: Yoga classes, Sand castle competitions, Scavenger hunts, Kite flying and much, much more!
http://on.fb.me/172opqb
http://environmentaldefence.ca/issues/blue-flag-canada/2013-blue-flag-beach-bonanza
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Peace Leadership Summer Camp
Aug. 27 - 30, Georgian Bay
For young women ages 15 - 35
Cost is on a sliding scale of $100 to $200, subsidies available
Organized by Voice Of Women for Peace
http://vowpeace.org/events/
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I Want to Teach The World To DIY, and I want to start with you in September
An Eight Day Series With New Workshops for Body & Energy Workers
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1298
And Introductory Workshops By Request
DIY Is A Slippery Slope... Two-Hour Workshops, Workshop Notes and Labs
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/874
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Dance Our Way Home
Drop In with Tracey Tief
Mondays 7:30 – 9 p.m. starting Sept. 9th
80 Gladstone Studio (Gladstone and Queen)
A new DOWH series especially to welcome new women to our dance practice - no experience necessary. DOWH is a relaxing moving meditation and ecstatic dance practice for women of all ages, sizes, abilities and spiritualities. These seven sessions will take you into your body, spiralling into yourself. From the Divine Feminine through to your divine innards, find yourself by losing yourself in this 90 minute women's movement practice.
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1813
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