T.O. Greenspiration Events: Happy Earth Day
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Apr 19 21:38:48 EDT 2015
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.” Arundhati Roy
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How can progressives stop Harper this federal election?
By George Lakoff: If progressives are to win in the future, we must present a clear moral vision to the country -- a moral vision common to all progressives. It must be more than a laundry list of facts, policies, and programs. It must present a moral alternative, one traditionally American, one that lies behind everything Americans are proud of.
http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2015/04/how-can-progressives-stop-harper-this-federal-election
And here’s an interview with Lakoff: http://bit.ly/1G8Gvtr
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Radio-Canada International: Dr. Gordon Edwards on (1) Canada Sells Uranium to India, and (2) the World Uranium Symposium in Quebec City. 14 min.
http://bit.ly/1G8GjKV
Uranium deals with India weaken Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says Greens
http://bit.ly/1G97ZPH
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3 min. video of the Climate march in Quebec City - 25,000 on the streets!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYewLuB6FAI
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What if hundreds of people united, each taking one small action to improve their city, all on the same day?
100In1Day is a global festival of civic engagement returning to Toronto for its second year on June 6, 2015. Join the movement today by submitting your intervention, participating in a workshop or helping to spread the word.
https://toronto.100in1day.ca/
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The biggest story in the world
The Guardian invites you behind the scenes as we embark on a global climate change campaign
http://bit.ly/1E6THkY
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More plastics for Toronto Blue Bins
Starting in June 2015, Toronto residents will be able to recycle a wider range of plastic bags in the Blue Bin. Thanks to better sorting technology, and a growing plastic recycling market, Toronto will collect bags such as those for fruit, bread, milk, dry cleaning and more. This will increase the City’s diversion rate and save money.
http://bit.ly/1DqauZN
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20-Mile Bike Lane Is Also Massive Solar Array
The overhead solar panels not only generate renewable power but also provide shade and cover from rain for the bicyclists.
http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/16/solar-bike-lane
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Exposing the Meat Industry's Major Role in Causing California's Water Crisis
Fantastic interview by Amy Goodman with filmmakers of Cowspiracy 9video and transcript)
http://bit.ly/1Q6w67e
Why Is Media Coverage of California Drought Omitting Biggest Culprit?
Cultivating crops is water intensive, but it uses a fraction of by water consumed in animal agriculture.
http://bit.ly/1D3bRNw
Cowspiracy
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary about the most destructive industry facing the planet today – animal agriculture – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
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Another Unpopular Pipeline: Canadians Prefer Protecting the Climate Over Building Energy East and Expanding the Tar Sands
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jaxelrod/another_unpopular_pipeline_can.html
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Bloor bike lane project Déja vu
http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2015/03/11/the-hamster-and-the-cyclist-bike-lanes-on-bloor-get-studied-again/
Bike lanes on Bloor on the back burner again?
http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2015/03/11/bike-lanes-on-bloor-on-the-back-burner-again/
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Exclusive Police Video of Eyewitness in Death of Darcy Allan Sheppard
https://nowtoronto.com/news/exclusive-police-video-of-eyewitness-in-death-of-darcy-alla/
Allan Sheppard on the death of his son Darcy Allan
http://canadalandshow.com/podcast/michael-bryant-killed-my-son
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Caronto Stickers
http://www.redbubble.com/people/iveno/works/14513611-toronto-caronto?p=sticker
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Tools, Youth Activities and Furniture Drive for Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation
Fundraising to make this drive possible https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tools-and-furniture-drive-for-mishkeegogamang
Donation Pick-Ups in May 2015. www.furnituredrivesolidarity.wordpress.com
Short doc on Colonialism and the Housing Crisis in Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation: https://youtu.be/AK-UHoFfNwQ
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1387947244863517/
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NoJetsTO
Parkdale - High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo got NoJetsTO on the provincial radar yesterday by asking Environment Minister Glen Murray some tough questions, trying to get the provincial government to stand up for our waterfront and demand that the province enforce a Provincial EA rather than the biased study currently underway. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImmKVGRH5aU
Glen Murray responded to her questions by saying he hasn't heard from councillors that their constituents want a provincial EA. You know what to do NoJetsTO supporters! Contact your councillor and demand that they tell Glen Murray to conduct a Provincial EA that is free from bias. http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Corporate%20Directory/Files/PDF/Divisions/council_offices.pdf
Councillors in Glen Murray's riding include Councillor Wong-Tam and McConnell; special attention should be made to contact them.
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Keep the TTC public. NO public-private partnerships
A petition by TCCRiders
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-and-toronto-city-council-keep-the-ttc-public-no-public-private-partnerships
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Climate change & Canada: Causes, consequences and Canada's role in the global effort to address this escalating global phenomenon
Mon. April 20, 7 – 8 p.m.
Annette Street Library, 145 Annette Street
A presentation by the Step Up, Canada! campaign, led by Toronto350.org and the People's Climate Movement, supported by Green 13.
www.stepupcanada.ca
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The First Green Wave: the Origins of the Environmental Movement in T.O.
Tue Apr 21, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium
Ryan O'Connor traces the rise of Toronto's environmental movement through the story of Pollution Probe. One of Canada's pioneering environmental activist organizations, Pollution Probe was founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT187113&R=EVT187113
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Standing With Clyde River Inuit: Rally at the Courthouse
Mon. April 20, noon - 1 p.m.
Federal Court of Appeal in Toronto, 180 Queen Street W.
The Inuit community of Clyde River are trying to use the court system to stop offshore oil and gas exploration in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Their request for an injunction against proposed seismic surveys will be heard on Monday, April 20. The Clyde River Solidarity Network is organizing a rally outside the courthouse at 12 noon to show we are standing behind Clyde River. Supporters are also invited to bear witness to the hearing inside the courtroom Suite 200, which begins at 9:30 am and may last all day.
http://mininginjustice.org/event/allied-event-standing-with-clyde-river-inuit-rally-at-the-courthouse/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1583007718604988/
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East End Against Line 9 meeting
With Helen Vassilakos of Safe Rail Communities speak on Toxic oil transport by rail - A progress report
Tues. April 21, 6:30 p.m.
Community Centre 55, 97 Main St.
Discuss an update on where the railroad safety movement stands now, what it hs achieved, and what to do next. Also, Federal elections and a new East End leaflet, Four recent gains for democratic control over tar sands oil transportation by pipeline and rail. Reports and discussion, and next steps at City Hall. On May 5/6 City Councillor Mike Layton will present a motion to Toronto city council May 5/6 to include environmental rights in Toronto’s civic charter. How should we respond?
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From Cacouna to the End of the Line: Webinar
Tuesday April 21, 8 p.m.
Just two weeks ago, TransCanada cancelled its export port in Cacouna, Quebec, and delayed its massive Energy East project by two years. We know that this victory happened because the people in Quebec got organized. We also know that it was just the beginning. Come hear the stories and strategies of how it happened in Quebec and join the conversation about making dozens of Cacounas happen all theway to the end of the Energy East line, in Saint John, New Brunswick. The short panel will be followed by a Q&A and discussion.
http://act.350.org/signup/cacouna-webinar?akid=6593.1793187.TifpX7&rd=1&t=1
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Public Meeting
Tuesday, April 21, 5:30 pm
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, 439 Dundas Street East
Join the conversation about the impact of Bill C-10 and Bill C-51 on Indigenous people & allies. Bill C-10, the "Tackling 'Contraband' Tobacco Act," criminalizes the First Nations tobacco industry. Bill C-51, the "Anti-'terrorism' Act," raises serious concerns about government surveillance of Indigenous activists and environmentalist allies. Leading the discussion:
- Michael Cheena (Toronto grassroots Native community)
- Michael McClurg (Olthius Kleer Townshend LLP)
- Mike Leitold (Anti-Colonial Committee of the Law Union of Ontario)
Come learn, weigh in, make connections - and eat snacks!
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Romancing the Planet - Dating Stories
Wed. April 22, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Got a dating story to tell? The organizer is looking for people to tell their date story on stage. Storytellers are chosen based on the stories (funny & disasterous date stories are best). You don't need stage experience, but you do need to commit to to practicing telling your story. An Earth Day fundraiser for Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL)
For more details, email: 416dating at gmail.com.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/romancing-the-planet-dating-stories-earth-day-fundraiser-for-ccl-tickets-16355336251
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Earth Day Event: Human Hashtags for Climate
Wed. Apr. 22, 1 – 2 p.m.
Nathan Phillips Square
The goal is to attract media attention for climate action on Earth Day. We are launching the Step Up, Canada! social media campaign (http://www.stepupcanada.ca/spread_the_word) and the release of a joint statement calling on the Government of Canada to step up its international and domestic climate change commitments (http://bit.ly/1HucxlM). While our non-partisan campaign calls for policy change, it also asks Canadians to make a personal commitment by stating what (or who) they are personally stepping up for by taking action on climate. Please contact Emmay at info at stepupcanada.ca to volunteer.
http://www.stepupcanada.ca
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Calling all green professionals - get your Earth Day on
Wed. April 22, 6:30 – 10 p.m.
Rock ’n’ Horse Saloon, 250 Adelaide Street West
Green Drinks Toronto and Earth Day Canada are once again co-hosting our yearly Earth Day Party, a networking event for environmental leaders and professionals. $25
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/earth-day-green-drinks-party-2015-tickets-16322791910
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The Sower
Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 pm
Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst)
In Quebec’s Kamouraska Valley, Patrice Fortier is putting down roots at his seed company, La Société des plantes. Like a copyist in the Middle Ages, he is meticulously preserving rare and forgotten cultivars with the goal of breeding the “heirlooms of the future.” As Patrice gardens, he daydreams and transforms his harvests into art projects. The seasons come and go, his patience and care express his passion and knowledge, and his seed bank grows. His tiny storehouses of life will eventually sprout in thousands of vegetable gardens around the world. At the centre of this paean to plant biodiversity and agricultural heritage is a unique, genetically motivated seed producer.
http://planetinfocus.org/salon-vert-2/
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A New Leaf: Confronting a Food Crisis
Wed. Apr 22, 7 - 9 pm
St. Joan of Arc Hall, 1701 Bloor St. W.
A screening & discussion of a film which examines the food crisis in Niger & efforts to achieve greater food security.
https://bloorwest.snapd.com/#/events/view/830366
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Grow Op Talks
Thur. April 23, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street W
Can landscape architecture be a driving force in the creation of sustainable cities? How can design not only enhance the lived experiences of citizens and communities, but also improve urban infrastructure and functionality? What kinds of meaningful relationships can city dwellers cultivate with the natural world to boost our psychological, aesthetic, economic, and environmental well-being? $20
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grow-op-talks-grow-op-2015-tickets-16111699527
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Fighting Austerity - public forum
Thur. April 23, 7 - 10 p.m.
OISE, Rm. 5-280, 252 Bloor W.
From the York U strike to Quebec mass protests and beyond.
socialistaction.ca
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ChocoSol Chocolate Workshop
Thursday, April 23, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
1131 St. Clair West
Cacao is the “food of the gods,” but somehow chocolate has been turned into “candy of the masses.” Join us for an interactive chocolate workshop where we explore how sugars have been used to dilute chocolate into sugar-filled candy. We will provide chocolate food alternatives through a variety of creative, delicious, and nutritious treats that are free of cane sugar. This 2½ hour chocolate workshop provides interactive bean-to-bar chocolate education (including discussions on the history and cultural teachings of cacao, chocolate making techniques, horizontal trade and forest garden permaculture), a tour of the kitchen, hands-on ingredient preparation, and chocolate tastings. $35 per person
Tickets available from: www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-workshops
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Hot Docs - Get your Tickets now
Canadian International Documentary Festival
April 23 – May 3
Various downtown theatres
Here are some enviro highlights:
Indian Point http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5
How to Change the World http://bit.ly/1GQBh7g
All the Time in the World http://bit.ly/1y4EY7S
The Messenger http://bit.ly/1CXACiR
Daughter of the Lake http://bit.ly/1IVHUEy
Planetary http://bit.ly/1y4GMh9
Fractured Land http://bit.ly/1DxbsJl
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World http://bit.ly/1HoeHRH
Hadwin's Judgement http://bit.ly/1Fnsh7K
For tickets, program etc. http://www.hotdocs.ca/
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Trick or Treaty
Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.
OISE Room 5-240, 252 Bloor W.
2014 / 84 minutes. This feature documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin (Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance) profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice as they seek to establish dialogue with the Canadian government. By tracing the history of their ancestors since the signing of Treaty No. 9, these leaders aim to raise awareness about issues vital to First Nations in Canada: respect for and protection of their lands and their natural resources, and the right to hunt and fish so that their societies can prosper. In recent years, an awareness-raising movement has been surfacing in First Nations communities. In this powerful documentary, those who refuse to surrender are given a chance to speak out.
http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/
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The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
Fri. April 24, 7:30 pm
Eastminister Church, 310 Danforth Ave. (at Jackman, near Chester subway station)
It is estimated that between 100 and 170 billion dollars leaves Canada every year, untaxed. Much of it is siphoned off to Canadian-made offshore tax havens. This film documents the birth of the Canadian Tax Fairness movement and examines the issue of tax avoidance, exposing the sophisticated corporate strategies and tax loopholes commonly used to legally avoid tax.
http://www.cinemapolitica.org/danforth
http://docstudio.tvo.org/story/great-canadian-tax-dodge
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Rage Against the System: Marxism 2015
Fri. Sat. April 24 - 25
Ryerson University, 55 Gould St. (near Dundas and Yonge)
With federal elections only months away, the Harper government is ramping up Islamophobia and attacks on civil liberties as it pushes more war and austerity. No matter what the outcome of the elections, increased racism, war, climate chaos and hardship for ordinary people are challenges the Left must tackle. There is growing resistance to disastrous energy policies and social policies. How do we fan the flames of resistance and build a Left that can provide a real alternative to disaster capitalism? Marxism 2015 will bring together social justice activists, trade unionists, students and many more to discuss ideas and strategies of resistance and revolution.
http://www.rageagainstthesystem.ca
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Unite Against Austerity - Public Forum
Sat. April 25, 2 - 4:30 pm
United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
All around the world - from Quebec to Greece to Chile to South Africa - tens of thousands of people are rising up against austerity. It’s time for the rest of us to rise up too! Governments and corporate media say there is not enough money and belts must be tightened. But we know there is lots of money – it’s just concentrated in a few hands at the top.
www.facebook.com/events/1580909308832451/
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A Day In The Garden
with Green Thumbs Growing Kids
Sat. April 25, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Allan Gardens Children's Conservatory
It’s Spring! Join us for our friend-raiser where we will fill the afternoon with gathering, giving, and growing through live music, local food, a cash bar, kid’s activities, a planting demo and a silent auction! We hope to meet new faces, see old friends, share our passion for gardeing, and rejoice in the new season. Green Thumbs Growing Kids offers food growing and environmental education programs in 4 inner-city schools and 2 park sites.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-day-in-the-garden-tickets-16284583628
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Families Count - Healing Together
Family Outreach & Response Program
Sat. April 25, 9 - 4 p.m.
545 King West (at Spadina)
This is about a supportive, logical approach to helping loved ones, featuring self-care, respecting the autonomy and decision-making of everyone, communication, hope and expectation of recovery, and positive strategies. Subsidies available. Just ask.
http://familymentalhealthrecovery.org/family-conference
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Tasting, Talk, & Tour: An Exploration of Sweeteners - with Chocosol
Saturday, April 25, 12:30 pm, 2 pm, and 3:30 pm
1131 St. Clair West
Tickets and info: www.universe.com/chocosol-chocolate-tastings
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Indian Point - Hot Docs film
Sun. April 26, Tues. 28 and Sat. May 2.
Enter the reactor core of nuclear power plant Indian Point, 30 miles North of NYC, where a battleground of politicians, big business and activists has heated up.
http://bit.ly/1F7nhS5
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Mental Health Regained
Sun. April 26, 2 - 4 pm
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West
Mental Health Regained comprises a panel discussion and question period, focused on the treatment of Mental Health issues with orthomolecular nutrition. Hear from a varied panel of patients and practitioners discussing their approach and first hand experience with treatment. $20
http://bit.ly/1GvSAv8
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Evergreen Rain Barrel Sale
Sun. April 26, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Evergreen Brick Works 550 Bayview
Buy a rain barrel to support Evergreen's programs on water and other green city issues. $60 and up. Order in advance to ensure a barrel (online or by phone).
http://evergreen.ca
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Saved you a seat - MPP day of action
On Monday April 27, join us at bus, street car, and subway stops across Toronto to encourage our provincial elected officials to ride public transit and fairly fund the TTC.
Email your MPP to take the challenge and fairly fund our TTC: https://www.change.org/p/dear-mpp-join-us-riders-and-take-public-transit-for-a-week
Sign up to canvass riders at a stop near you: http://www.ttcriders.ca/canvass-riders-on-april-27-for-fair-ttc-funding/
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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
https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/
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