T.O. Greenspiration Events: Nuclear or Renewable?

Sun May 3 17:43:58 EDT 2015

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Bikeable City
3 min. video showing how to make a biteable city -- slower speed limits, and a network of protected bicycle lanes. Simple. That's how we get people onto their bikes.
https://vimeo.com/117287104

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Tell Toronto city council to vote yes for our right to a healthy environment
On May 5, Toronto city council will vote on a declaration to recognize the right to live in a healthy environment. The declaration asks council to take action through regular assessment and public reporting of the city’s progress on key sustainability objectives. It would commit Toronto to make decisions in a way that protects, fulfills and promotes Torontonians' right to a healthy environment — and urges other levels of government to do the same. Tell your councillor to vote yes!
http://bit.ly/1GSRydv

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TV2 Denmark Documentary on HPV Vaccine 
http://vaccineimpact.com/2015/tv2-denmark-documentary-on-hpv-vaccine-shows-lives-of-young-women-ruined/ 

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Heroine Jane Goodall nails animal agriculture as the largest contributor to climate destabilization
http://bit.ly/1I4wNdr

Just another reason to become a climate vegan
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/vegan-challenge/2015/04/earth-day-and-vegan-challenge-are-you-climate-vegan

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The Tool Library is offering their button maker free to environmental organizations. They’re also offering space & tools for people to make protest signs, etc.  
http://torontotoollibrary.com/

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30th Annual MayWorks Festival of Working People and the Arts
May 1 - 14
Various venues - theatre, ceremonies, workshops, tours, celebrations. 
Aiming to provide a forum where arts-positive unionists and union-positive artists can create and dialogue, Toronto's Mayworks Festival has held its ground as an independent, grassroots, and community-oriented festival for thirty years. Mayworks continues to carve out a space for artists, cultural workers, and trade unionists working in a range of mediums to engage with the common struggles of artists and labourers.
http://mayworks.ca/festival-program/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayworks-Festival-of-Working-People-and-the-Arts/198895462105?fref=ts 

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P3s in Motion Conference
Mon. May 4
DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, downtown Toronto
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) -- also known as Alternative Finance and Procurement -- receive a good deal of attention, both positive and negative, re: financing our transportation systems. For large or complex projects, P3s can provide better value than delivery using traditional procurement methods. But whether we're building, improving or maintaining roads, bridges and transit, not everyone agrees that this is necessarily the best way forward.
http://www.transportfutures.ca/p3

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Intro to wem Meditation
Tues. May 5, 7:30 p.m.
Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Rd (at Bloor)
Learn about a technique that helps calm and concentrate the mind, better understand ourselves, how the mind works and develops an inner strength with creator Warren Reynolds. With more than a 20-years background in Meditation, Warren has traveled extensively at home and globally developing a strong base from which he practices and provides the benefits of the wem Program which includes Focused-Attention, Mindfulness & Compassion methods.
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/event/free-talk-open-house

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Divestment 101 Series for Faith Communities - Building Support for Action
Tues. May 5, 3 - 4 pm 
Webinar series to learn how Canadian faith communities are grappling with the moral, financial and practical questions around divesting from fossil fuels.
http://fossilfreefaith.ca/divestment-101-series-for-canadian-faith-communities/

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Why Should I Care: Ontario’s Booze Business 
Wed. May 6, 7:30 pm. 
The Rose and Crown, 2335 Yonge
Toronto Star columnist Martin Regg Cohn discusses issues surrounding the politics of liquor distribution in the province. Free.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ontarios-booze-business-tickets-16502524495

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Eastern Breeze International Film Festival 
May 6 - 11
Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton (at Yonge)
Documentaries, narrative films and animations promoting the rich historical and cultural diversity of contemporary Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, plus artist talks and workshops. 
http://easternbreeze.ca

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Ontario’s Future – Nuclear or Renewable?
Thur. May 7, 7 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway, behind OISE)
We phased out coal. But now Ontario is moving forward with rebuilding 10 nuclear reactors (4 at Darlington and 6 at Bruce), locking us into nuclear for another 4 decades, endangering our Great Lakes and putting us all into deep debt. Fortunately, there are lower cost and lower emission options to meet all our electricity needs in ON. What are the climate implications of nuclear vs. renewables? What are the dangers of nuclear power? What are other countries doing? Free, all welcome. With:
- Dr. Ian Fairlie, expert on radioactivity in the environment, from the UK, www.ianfairlie.org/
- Jack Gibbons, economist and Chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, www.cleanairalliance.org
- Moderated by Angela Bischoff, Greenspiration and OCAA
Co-sponsored by Durham Nuclear Awareness, Greenpeace, Greenspiration, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, SolarShare, Voice of Women for Peace
For more info: angela at cleanairalliance.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/676263785834355/

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Put Food in the Budget Information Picket of Loblaws AGM
Thursday May 7, 10 - 11:30 am
Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carlton Street (former Maple Leaf Gardens building at Carlton and Church) 
Why does Galen Weston Jr., one of the richest men in Canada, and a member of the second wealthiest family in  Canada, with an annual salary of $4.3 million, ask the public to donate his store’s products to food banks when he lobbies against progressive social policy and  pays minimum wage to many of his own employees? Join us to challenge the myth of Galen Weston Jr.'s charity and also challenge Premier Kathleen Wynne to act now to raise social assistance rates, raise the minimum wage and raise corporate taxes.
http://www.putfoodinthebudget.ca/

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Master of the Universe
A look at the abysses of the financial world
Thur. May 7, 6:30pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St W
This doc examines the global economy in overdrive, the lure of profit and the social impact of corporate appropriation. With English subtitles.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/tor/ver/en13309110v.htm

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Flying Blind: The Right to Know, Gov’t Obstruction and Fixing Access in Canada
Fri. May 8, 8:30 am - 5 pm
Rogers Communications Centre, Ryerson. 80 Gould
Panel discussions on the government's failing to create information, blocking access, limiting availability and what to do about it. $10. 
http://cjfe.org/resources/media_releases/one-day-conference-flying-blind-highlight-canada’s-dwindling-right-know

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Touch the Earth Lightly - Concert by Orpheus Choir
Sat. May 9, 7:30 pm
Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road
Esteemed Canadian composer and conductor Leonard Enns (DaCapo Chamber Choir) challenges musicians and audiences to contemplate their dependence on fossil fuels and their relationship to the environment in his lyric choral work Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil. 
http://www.orpheuschoirtoronto.com/touch-the-earth-lightly/

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Ride for the Rouge
Sat. May 9, 9 am-3 pm.
Rouge Valley Conservation Centre, 1749 Meadowvale
Ride, walk, volunteer or just donate. There's a 25/50K route for cyclists and a 5K hike on foot. $25 registration fee (supports RVCC education and conservation programs).
http://rvcc.ca/Ride_for_the_Rouge.html

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Kids World of Energy Festival
Sat. May 9, 9 am-1 pm. 
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview
Green crafts, wind and solar games, talks by local eco-groups and more. Free.
http://treceducation.ca/our-programs/festival

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Mr. Burns – a Post-Electric Play with the Simpsons
May 9 – 31
Toronto’s Historic Aztec Theatre, 1035 Gerrard St. E.
In a post-apocalyptic world devoid of electricity, a small group of survivors band together in search of food, shelter and the most precious resource of all—classic lines from The Simpsons. Part pop musical, part chilling contemporary allegory, and part Simpsons celebration, MR. BURNS is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era evolves into the mythology of another.
http://www.outsidethemarch.ca/mrburns.php

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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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