T.O. Greenspiration Events: Streets are for people

Tue Aug 12 10:48:01 EDT 2014

T.O. Greenspiration Events

Hi T.O. friends. This week's events is a skeleton because I've been away cycling in Quebec. The province has built over 5000 kms of car-free bike trails connecting villages and towns across the province. It's the best cycling on the continent. We cycled the exquisite P'tit Train du Nord, an abandoned railway line in the Laurentians north of Montreal, accessible by public transit. Highly recommended. http://www.routeverte.com/rv/home  http://gobiking.ca/p-tit-train/ 
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Quietly Into Disaster - Free film screening and discussion with guest speaker Angela Bischoff
Tuesday, August 12, 7 p.m.
Swansea Town Hall, 2nd Floor Council Chamber, 91 Lavinia Ave. (near High Park)
Quietly Into Disaster: This documentary deals with facts and topics concerning nuclear power: damages done to health and environment, nuclear waste and politics, renewable energies, reactor safety, the serious implications of a nuclear accident and public resistance. The screening will be followed by a discussion lead by Angela Bischoff, organizer with the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, grounding the film in the Ontario context. Hosted by Green 13.
quietly-into-disaster.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/1441763636095449/ 

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Toronto Homeless Memorial
Tues. August 12 at 12 noon at the Church of the Holy Trinity. 
Event is outdoors, it is accessible and is followed by a light lunch indoors.
http://www.holytrinitytoronto.org/wp/justice-work/homeless-memorial/

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Young Drones: A Graphic Novel Rock Opera
Thursday August 14 - Saturday August 16, 9 pm, Sunday August 17, 4 pm
Lower Ossington Theatre Mainspace (Queen and Ossington), $15
Young Drones is an explosive rock opera featuring live performance animation by Amy Siegel, and an original soundtrack performed by the Bicycles. It tells the story of two UAVs (drones) developed with one purpose in mind: “Protect the Oil.” But the drones in this musical are young; like most teenagers, they defy the human parents who create them, to design their own future. Young Drones reminds us that it’s never too late to rewrite your program, and aim to be better than the myths of your species. Young Drones was originally conceived for the 2013 Music Series and has been invited back as SummerWorks 2014 Artists-in-Residence to further develop the show for a four night engagement and album release.
http://summerworks.ca/2014/portfolio/bicyclesmaggie-macdonald-young-drones/

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Peace Leadership Summer Camp for Young Women
Sat. and Sun. August 16 and August 17
Toronto Island
The camp is for young women ages 15-35. This is not an overnight camp but billeting is available for women living outside the Toronto area.  
Organized by VOW (Canadian Voice of Women for Peace)
http://vowpeace.org/application-form-for-peace-maker-camp/

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Yogapalooza 
Sat. and Sun. August 16 and August 17
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W.
Family-friendly outdoor yoga festival with movement, music and meditation. Free. 
harbourfrontcentre.com

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Open Streets TO
Sunday, August 17 and 31 – 8 am to noon
Bloor/Danforth is closed to car traffic – open to people! - from High Park to Withrow Park
Yonge and Church will be closed to cars, open to people from Bloor to Queen!
Open Streets are opened to people and closed to cars. People traffic replaces car traffic, and the streets become“paved parks” where people of all ages, abilities,and social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds can come out and improve their health. A series of Activity Hubs will complement the recreational through-route and host pop-up, interactive, participatory programming generated by Volunteers wanted: http://tinyurl.com/oqlohz8
http://www.openstreetsto.org/

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Peoples’ Social Forum
Aug. 21 – 24, University of Ottawa
Don’t miss this historic gathering of 10,000 Canadian activists. The Peoples' Social Forum will open on August 21 with a traditional Algonquin ceremony at sunrise and a celebratory peoples' march in the afternoon. August 21 and 22 will see hundreds of participant-led workshops happen simultaneously at the University of Ottawa.  Saturday, August 23 will be a day of movement assemblies.  The last day there will be a final all-movements assembly and closing ceremony.   The Peoples' Social Forum is also a joyous gathering with special exhibitions, work and peoples history tours, film screenings, critical mass rally, a pow-wow, street performances, concerts, games, and building new relationships.
Main website: http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/home/
Info on buses sponsored by PSAC: http://ontario.psac.com/gta/toronto-course-registration-form-2014-0
Watch the video about the planning: http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/about/

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Marketing workshop for hippies - helping conscious, green and local businesses to grow
If you're a holistic practitioner, life coach or permaculture type check out Tad Hargrave's Marketing for Hippies 101 workshops at the end of August. It's a day long, pay-what-you-want (at the very end) workshop. It's focused on how to get more of the kinds of clients you're looking for in a way that feels good to all involved. He's doing one on August 26th and another on August 28th (same workshop, done twice) and it runs from 10am - 5pm. For more info and to get tickets:
http://marketingforhippies.com/events/

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Hot Docs
Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)
http://bloorcinema.com/

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/

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