T.O. Greenspiration Events: Spark a Movement
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Nov 30 22:11:04 EST 2014
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Energy East Pledge of Resistance
Sign the pledge to oppose the Energy East pipeline and help get 35,000 more to stand with us against TransCanada.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_energy_east_3/
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#grumpyrider selfies
Next time you’re feeling grumpy on the TTC, snap and send a #grumpyrider selfie to us and our elected officials at City Hall and Queen’s Park. But there could be some happiness in sight. On Tuesday December 9, our elected officials can choose to say yes to improving service now!
www.ttcriders.ca
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What the China-US Climate Deal means for Canada
3 min. video by the Green Majority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&a=&v=xQbc3_YmFyU&app=desktop
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Anti-pipeline fervour not the legacy Stephen Harper had in mind
Nearly a decade ago Stephen Harper’s Conservative government set out to aggressively champion Alberta’s energy ambitions. Since activist Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois announced he was giving his Governor General’s prize winnings to a group opposed to the Energy East pipeline, donations to the anti-pipeline cause have been pouring in, writes Chantal Hebert.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/11/24/antipipeline_fervour_not_the_legacy_stephen_harper_had_in_mind_hbert.html
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Rxisk
All prescription drugs have benefits and side effects. Superb anti-drug blogs and zones to explore.
https://www.rxisk.org/
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Militarism degrades, disrupts and destroys democracy
By Matthew Behrens
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2014/11/militarism-degrades-disrupts-and-destroys-democracy
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Introducing Anti-Unionol
A new long-lasting anti-worker suppository. 1 min. video
http://www.anti-unionol.com
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Sustainable Keystone XL
Fantastic 1 min. video cartoon
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/21/1346094/-Cartoon-Sustainable-Keystone-XL?detail=email
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COP 20 Briefer – All Eyes on Lima as critical period for climate negotiations begins
Key points, background, tweets, actions, resources and more
The UN Climate Talks, otherwise referred to as COP 20, run Dec. 1 - 12 in Lima, Peru at a time when climate change has rocketed back to the top of the global political agenda.
http://treealerts.org/type/2014/11/cop-20-briefer-all-eyes-on-lima-as-critical-period-for-climate-negotiations-begins/
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Don't COP out! Protect Earth, Air and Water
Mon Dec 1, 7 pm
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.
Learn about climate talks in Lima, Peru and post Kyoto prospects for climate action.
With Kai Reimer-Watts, Toronto350, Margaret Rao, ClimateFast and Climate Action Network, indigenous and labour speakers.
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Walk in Solidarity with Mexico
Monday, Dec. 1, 6:30 pm
Nathan Phillips Square (Queen and Bay)
Walk from Nathan Square to the Mexican consulate (11 King St.) and to Dundas Sq.
Demand justice for the 43 disappeared Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, protest against violence and impunity and say no to repression. Toronto will stand in solidarity with Mexico!
https://www.facebook.com/events/898923533458936/
And sign the Letter against repression and criminalization of civil protests in Mexico
https://ayotzinapasomostodos.wordpress.com/letter-against-repression/
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Spark a Movement to Defeat Harper
Mon. December 1, 7 - 9pm
Etobicoke
Media pundits are saying that Harper might call a snap election this spring. We need to be ready. Together we can build a huge movement that will vote together on election day to defeat the Harper Conservatives - and move Canada forward with real progress for our democracy, economy and environment. Leadnow community members across the country are stepping up to host interactive Spark launch events to share the plan and build teams to lead the campaign in their communities. Let’s Spark a movement to defeat the Harper Conservatives and move Canada forward.
we.leadnow.ca/etobicoke-spark
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Studies in Propaganda
Mon., December 1, 6 - 8 pm
5 Bancroft Avenue, Room B142 (behind Earth Sciences Building) U of T
Free lecture with Sydney White, Investigative Journalist. Our forbidden history and its technology:
Sumerologists Noah Kramer and Zechariah Sitchin. Why don't Egyptologists pay attention to the Engineers? History of Religions: Spirit vs. Ritual and O. C. D.s
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Day With(out) Art
Mon. Dec. 1, noon - 6 p.m.
401 Richmond, Rm 452 (at Spadina)
World AIDS Day commemorative film screening event. Screening of Untitled (2010). Also screening new short films about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic, focusing on the issues of today. 90 min. program screens every 2 hours.
http://www.vtape.org/
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Rail Trail extension consultation
Mon. Dec. 1, 6 - 8 p.m.
99 Sudbury (near Dufferin and Queen)
Plus point of view from Hamish Wilson
https://bellsonbloor.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/guest-editorial-from-hamish-wilson/
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The African Grandmothers Tribunal Film
Mon. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.
Alliance Française Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd.
In honour of World AIDS Day, the Stephen Lewis Foundation is proud to invite you to a screening of our new film: African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the frontlines of the AIDS crisis. The grandmothers of Africa have watched their own children — an entire generation of young adults — die of AIDS. As a result, grandmothers have become the primary caregivers for millions of orphaned grandchildren. This moving new documentary from the Stephen Lewis Foundation shines a light on the urgent need to provide better protection for the human rights of African grandmothers.
http://bit.ly/1vyQ5ST
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Toronto Spark – With Leadnow
Tues. Dec. 2, 7 - 9 pm
Royal Canadian Legion, 6 Spring Garden Ave, North York
Media pundits are saying that Harper might call a snap election this spring. We need to be ready. Together we can build a huge movement that will vote together on election day to defeat the Harper Conservatives - and move Canada forward with real progress for our democracy, economy and environment. Leadnow community members across the country are stepping up to host interactive Spark launch events to share the plan and build teams to lead the campaign in their communities. Let’s Spark a movement to defeat the Harper Conservatives and move Canada forward.
http://we.leadnow.ca/toronto-spark
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Gulabi Gang
Tuesday, December 2, 6:15 pm
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street W. (at Bathurst)
Documentary screening of Gulabi Gang with director Nishtha Jain in attendance. This impeccably shot film follows a group of fearless women who fight gender violence in India with great ferocity. Suggested $5-10
cinemapolitica.org/bloor
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Eco-Trivia Quiz Night - Holiday Party
Tuesday Dec. 2, 7 - 9 pm
Firken on King, 461 King St. W (west of Spadina)
December 2nd is "Giving Tuesday," it's also the fourth edition of TREC Education's "Eco-Trivia Pub Night!" Join us as a team or an individual.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/eco-trivia-quiz-night-holiday-party-tickets-14147458429
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Democracy Salon
Tue, Dec 2, 6- 8 pm
The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. (at Wellesley)
Free admission, All are welcomed
We will discuss which one of these will be our next town hall and work together to get this going - date/venue/ hosts/co-sponsor groups
1. NDP, Liberal and Green party leaders re electoral alliance idea.
2. An all party leaders town hall re their parties' action on climate change.
3. An all party critics for the environment re their parties' action on climate change
http://www.electoralalliance.ca/content/electoral-alliance-declaration
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Dare Night
Wed. Dec. 3, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Mammalian Diving Reflex kicks off their residency at the AGO with their classic Dare Night - a variation on "truth-or-dare", minus the truth and double the dares. Come take part in a series of unsavoury events where the squeamish squirm their way out of their shells and commit the unthinkable. The Torontonians, conjure and curate a list of dares randomly selected by participants who challenge public etiquette. They invite all tall, short, chubby, lean, young, old, social, anti-social people and everyone else in between to break the ice at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Mammalian is in the house, baby. They dare YOU to come out. Free.
http://www.ago.net/dare-night
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Rosemary Alles on the effort to save elephants from extinction
Thur. Dec. 4, 7 - 9 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W. room 2281
Rosemary spoke earlier in 2014 and it was one of the most moving and inspiring AR academy talks ever, so she is back by popular demand.
http://animalrightsacademy.org/lecture-schedule/
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TTCriders end-of-year celebration fundraiser
Thursday December 4, 5.30 - 7.30pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street (Easy 3 minutes walk from Bathurst St Subway. Take the Markham St exit.)
• Celebrate our 2014 successes with TTCriders members and friends
• Be the first to hear about our exciting 2015 plans
• Enjoy the transit champions and transit trolls awards ceremony
• Enter the raffle to win a January TTC metropass and appreciate a month of free TTC rides.
• Appreciate delicious appetizers and drinks. Cash bar.
http://bit.ly/1vyNaJN
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Meet Cuso International
Thur. Dec. 4, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina
Information session on international volunteering. Free. RSVP.
outreach at cusointernational.org
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Put Food in the Budget - Annual Campaign Meeting
Thur. Dec. 4, 11 a.m.
College Street United Church, 454 College St. (at Bathurst)
The agenda will include discussion of the report we will release; and a follow-up action plan. There will also be workshops on strategy showcasing actions you can take in your community to build the campaign to raise social assistance rates.
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51055/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=79933
Harry Leslie Smith
Thur. Dec. 4, 7:30 pm.
519 Church St. Community Centre
The author of Harry's Last Stand talks about the need for real poverty reduction strategies. $10
http://putfoodinthebudget.ca/
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Extravagant
Fri. December 5, 6 pm
May Robinson Auditorium, 20 West Lodge Ave. (E. of Landsdowne, N. of Queen)
Open Set Performances of members and friends of the Friendly Spike Theatre Band framing the Launch of "The Friendly Spike Theatre Review” a digital story book, telling the history of the Band from the viewpoint of it's members. Wheelchair Accessible. PWYC
RSVP friendlyspike at primus.ca or 647-729-9068
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Jayu: Human Rights Film Festival
Fri - Sun. Dec. 5 - 7
TIFF Bell Lighthouse, 350 King (at John)
Films with a focus on persecution, women & children and change, plus Q&A with filmmakers and speakers. $11-$22, passes available.
http://www.jayu.ca/
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The Green Majority
Toronto's Environmental Radio Show
Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST
CIUT 89.5FM
This weeks radio show will feature an interview with the director of the CBC mini-doc "Myth or Fact: You Are What You Eat” or catch the podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/green-majority-radio/id941159945
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www.greenmajority.ca
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The Art Of Dr Seuss
Dec 6 - 24
Sat. Dec. 6, Reading 1 - 3 pm, Reception 6 - 9 pm
Liss Gallery, 140 Yorkville
Art, Kid-Friendly, Books
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Ending Violence against women and Girls - we are all in this together
National day of remembrance/action on Violence Against Women
Sat. Dec. 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Metro Hall (King and John)
Join us as we celebrate the short lives of the 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal who died in an act of gender-based violence because they were women, and the lives of thousands of more whose lives have ended violently for the same reason.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-tickets-14350016285
Resistance & Remembrance
Sat. Dec. 6, noon
Yonge-Dundas Square
This event is a statement of resistance and remembrance for survivors/victims of gender-based violence.
Women Won't Forget
Join Us in a Day of Remembrance for Women Murdered by Men
25th Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence Against Women
Sat. Dec. 6, 6 p.m.
Philosopher's Walk (South side of Bloor, West of Avenue Road)
Candlelight Vigil. All welcome. Bring a rose and candle.
www.womenwontforget.org
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Light for Lima
Sun. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m.
Friends House,
Trinity St Paul's United, Bathurst United, Toronto Quaker Meeting and ClimateFast will co-host event. Can't join us for the vigil? No problem, you can still take part. Each evening from December 1-7, households and communities around the world will light a candle, or solar lamp, and pray, meditate, or offer an invocation for an ambitious climate agreement. Take a photo of your vigil, post it on Facebook or Twitter with #LightForLIMA along with your hopes for the future. Our digital vigils will tell politicians that people around the world, are watching and praying for action. And the time to act is now.
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Holiday Stocking Stuffer Sale at Karma Coop
Sunday, December 7, 10:30 am - 4 pm
Karma Food Cooperative, 739 Palmerston Blvd. (in the alley)
Child friendly! Open and free to all - Coop Members and the Karma Coop Curious! Stock up on:
~ Hand Crafted Creams and Lotions like our tingling foot cream http://www.anarreshealth.ca/product/cream-foot
~ Transformational Tub Truffles http://www.anarreshealth.ca/product/tub-truffles-various-cocoa-concoctions
~ Bodacious Bath Salts in Luxuriant Lavender, Cedarwood Himalayan, Peaceful Palmarosa, Bracing Basil or
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/catalog/sexual-health-contraception-stuff
~ Mamalicious Body Care for Mothers and Babies! http://www.anarreshealth.ca/catalog/body-head-toe-skin-facial-care?page=7
Healthy locally made treats from $2 to $30 for all the lovely people in your life. See you there!
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What Is Happening With Monarch Butterflies?
Sun. Dec. 7, 2:30 pm.
Northrop Frye Hall 73 Queen's Park, Room 003
Illustrated lecture by citizen scientist Donald Davies. Free.
http://torontofieldnaturalists.org/
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Discussion Group: This Changes Everything
Monday, December 8, 7 - 9 pm
St. Michael & All Angels Church (Southeast corner of St. Clair and Wychwood, enter from Wychwood through wooden gates, Upper Room, 2nd floor).
Join us for the launch of a Discussion Group on Naomi Klein’s new book, This Changes Everything.
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5 Day Workshop - Intensive Interpersonal Mediation
Dec 8 – 12, Toronto
This Conflict Resolution and Training service offered by St. Stephen’s Community House is offering half-price registration ($625 instead of the usual $1250) for their upcoming Intensive. They may even be able to offer deeper subsidies in cases of financial need. Find out more:
http://www.sschto.ca/event/workshop---intensive-interpersonal-mediation
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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://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/
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