T.O. Greenspiration Events: LEAP

Mon Sep 21 12:33:17 EDT 2015

Hi everyone. Hope you had a good summer. I'd like to thank my intern Geneva
from the U of T Enviro Studies department for helping pull together this
newsletter. With her help we'll try to get it out to you regularly. If you
have ideas on how to automate this, or how to get it out more broadly,
please let me know. Happy autumn.

-angela  <greenspi at web.ca>

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It's Election Time!

All hands on deck. Help your favourite candidate get elected. Lots of
volunteers are required to get people elected. I'm working on Linda
McQuaig's campaign. Tell me whose campaign you're working on - I'm curious.

LeadNow's campaign Vote Together is a campaign I recommend. They're
organizing in key ridings around the country to beat the conservative
candidate. In Toronto they're targeting to unseat Joe Oliver with both foot
and phone canvasses.

 <http://www.votetogether.ca> http://www.votetogether.ca

Include Elizabeth May in the election debates

http://bit.ly/1OL6FZ1

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The LEAP Manifesto - A Call for a Canada Based on Caring for the Earth and
One Another 

The time for energy democracy has come. We call for a Canada based on caring
for each other and the planet, moving swiftly to a post-carbon future,
upholding Indigenous rights, and pursuing economic justice for all. 100%
renewable electricity by 2035.

 <https://leapmanifesto.org/en/the-leap-manifesto/#manifesto-content>
https://leapmanifesto.org/en/the-leap-manifesto/#manifesto-content

The Leap Manifesto isn't radical. It's a way out of Canada's
head-in-the-sand politics

http://bit.ly/1Lru68C

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Tell Party Leaders We Want Real Action on Climate 

 <http://bit.ly/1QrZvHo> http://bit.ly/1QrZvHo

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Find out where candidates stand on Electoral Reform 

Support Fair Vote Canada's 2015 Campaign by signing their Declaration of
Voters' Rights 

 <https://secure.fairvote.ca/declaration>
https://secure.fairvote.ca/declaration

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Zero Carbon Ontario Needs Your Help

The need has never been greater to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels; to
decarbonize our economy; and generate energy from renewable sources.

 <http://tcan.ca/zero-carbon-ontario-needs-your-help>
http://tcan.ca/zero-carbon-ontario-needs-your-help

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Why Do Activists Do What They Do?

Activists know that each act, along with millions of others, is part of a
larger social movement that creates change.

 <http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/why-do-activists-do-what-they-do/>
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/why-do-activists-do-what-they-do/

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Climate Change and Rule of Law

In this lecture Senior Fellow Roger Cox, in his first North American
appearance, and a panel of Canadian legal experts discuss the possible role
of Canadian judges in ordering governments to lower carbon emission and live
up to international law commitments. Mr. Cox, lawyer for the Urgenda
Foundation, designed and was the lead attorney for the suit by 900 Dutch
citizens resulting in the Court of The Hague's ground-breaking ruling in
June 2015 that ordered the Netherlands to reduce the country's carbon
emissions 25% by 2020. Citizens in other European countries - party to the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - are commencing suits based on
the Urgenda ruling.

 <https://www.cigionline.org/videos/climate-change-and-rule-of-law>
https://www.cigionline.org/videos/climate-change-and-rule-of-law

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Psychiatry and the Business of Madness

19 min. news conference - with Bonnie Burstow, author, Rev. Cheri DiNovo,
Anita Szigeti and Julie Wood

 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtJvjDG4uM>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtJvjDG4uM

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Faith, Art and Activism Festival 2015

September 7 - October 4

For the third year, the Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields and the Trinity
College Chaplaincy present a series of performances, installations and
discussions exploring the interactions and contradictions between religious
faith, artistic practice, and action for social justice.

http://saintstephens.ca/faith-art-and-activism

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Apartment Oct. 1

Busy, serious cat/earth-friendly worker/student for bright, open-concept
basement, bathroom and laundry in large, west Toronto home/cat rescue shared
with owner/caretaker. Includes utilities, cable TV, wifi, microwave,
hotplate, mini-fridge, furnishings as needed. $800/mo, long or short-term,
barter discounts. Street parking. No new animals please.
<mailto:mirhawk at ca.inter.net> mirhawk at ca.inter.net

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Camera Atomica 

July 8 - Nov. 15, Art Gallery of Ontario (Dundas and McCaul)

Exhibition traces photographic legacy of "the bomb" and nuclear energy. Free
on Wed. nights.

http://bit.ly/1JHKxef

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Disorientation Week - U of T

Mon - Fri. September 21 - 25

Various venues at the University of Toronto

Disorientation is an annual alternative orientation week focused on issues
of social and environmental justice. Workshops, films, panels, and parties.
All events are free, wheelchair accessible and open to everyone. 

 <http://diso-uoft.tumblr.com/schedule> http://diso-uoft.tumblr.com/schedule

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Defend Shelter Space

Monday, September 21, noon

City Hall (Bay & Queen)

Despite many promises to deal with the dreadful overcrowding in Toronto's
homeless shelters, the City policy of keeping occupancy levels at 90% or
below has still not been put into effect. Even in the summer months, the
shelters are overflowing. At the same time, a process of social cleansing is
underway, with plans being developed to drive the homeless out of the
downtown core. The 124 bed Hope Shelter at College and McCaul closed during
April and no replacement facility has yet been found. City Council will now
be asked to approve plans to move hundreds of beds out from George Street as
part of a redevelopment that will mean the end of Seaton House and the
School House Shelter. Nothing has been guaranteed in terms of replacing
these beds. OCAP is demanding that no shelters be closed and the George
Street redevelopment be put on hold until the City has replacement locations
lined up in the same area of the City.

ocap.ca 

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Up for Debate - Women's Issues

Monday, Sept. 21, 7 - 9 pm

Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St W.

Up for Debate has agreement from the New Democratic Party, the Greens, the
Liberals and the Bloc to have leaders participate in one-on-one interviews,
with questions focused exclusively on women.

 <http://upfordebate.ca/node/52> http://upfordebate.ca/node/52 

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Planning For A Climate Day of Action 

Mon. Sept. 21, 6 pm

Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave

Looking for volunteers to join us in one day of fasting, as part of an
international campaign leading up to the Paris Summit (link) and to mark 18
days before we must elect a climate friendly government.

 <http://tcan.ca/event/planning-climate-day-action-october-1>
http://tcan.ca/event/planning-climate-day-action-october-1 

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Bill C-51: You are never alone

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7 pm

Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham

Film shorts screening to be followed by legal analysis by Toronto lawyers
Jack Gemmell and Barbara Jackman.  Open Q&A will follow formal comments. $5

 <http://bit.ly/1gER1jT> http://bit.ly/1gER1jT 

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Risking Toronto and the Environment: The Darlington Nuclear Station

Wed. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

#310 Metro Hall (John and King)

Panel discussion on how plans to rebuild 4 outdated Darlington reactors put
Toronto, the environment and Ontario's renewable energy industry at risk.
Free. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/534747736673049/ 

Or participate online in the preparatory webinar on Sat. Sept. 26, 1 p.m.

 <https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC51DE86884C30>
https://www.anymeeting.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EC51DE86884C30

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The Marshall Islands' Lawsuits: Seeking to 'stop this nuclear madness'

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 7- 9 pm

Rm UC 144, University College, 15 King's College Circle, U of T

Free public lecture with Debbie Grisdale, an independent consultant for
Project Ploughshares and other NGO's.

<http://scienceforpeace.ca/marshall-islands-lawsuits-and-the-nuclear-disarma
ment-framework>
http://scienceforpeace.ca/marshall-islands-lawsuits-and-the-nuclear-disarmam
ent-framework 

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Light the Way - Toronto Vigil for a sustainable future

Thursday, Sept. 24, 6 - 8:30 pm

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, U of T

People around the world are lighting the way to a sustainable future. The
next day the UN's Sustainable Development Goals will be announced, and Pope
Francis will address the UN. 

 <https://www.facebook.com/events/867151026709310/>
https://www.facebook.com/events/867151026709310/ 

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Raising Peacemakers 

Thursday, Sept. 24, 6 - 8 pm

121 Harbord Street

At Downtown Alternative School (DAS), a small public elementary school in
Toronto, child-to-child conflicts were understood as opportunities. This
book tells a tale of one school's brave and optimistic effort to create and
sustain healthy, safe, equitable, and academically relevant condi-tions for
and with people whose lives were and are at stake in public education. 

 <mailto:info at parentbooks.ca> info at parentbooks.ca or (416) 537-8334

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Robert Fisk speaking on ISIS

Thurs. Sept, 24, 7 pm

The Cathedral Church of St James, 65 Church St.

Fisk's lectures will focus on how the Syrian civil war - especially the rise
of the so-called "Islamic State" - has destabilized the existing order in
the Middle East. $20 at the door, $15 in advance.

 <http://bit.ly/1FoDl8l> http://bit.ly/1FoDl8l 

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Talk Transformation - Preparing Toronto for an Extreme Weather Future

Thurs. Sept. 24, 7 - 8:30 pm

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., U of T

Hosted by the City of Toronto Subcommittee on Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation to discuss climate change and carbon reduction in the City of
Toronto.

 <http://toronto.ca/transformto> http://toronto.ca/transformto  

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24 Hour Vigil for pigs, chickens & cows 

with Bite Size Vegan, Amy Jean Davis, Liz Marshall & Esther the Wonder Pig

Thur. Sept. 24, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Bear witness for this special vigil at the slaughterhouses in Burlington and
Toronto. There will be vegan and activist community outreach, workshops and
free vegan food giveaways.

https://www.facebook.com/events/121503884862063

TorontoPigSave at gmail.com or cell: 416-825-6080

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Canada in Africa: 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation

Thur. Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m.

Room 8-220, OISE, 252 Bloor W.

Yves Engler launches his latest book that analyses the past and present
Canadian foreign policy. $4 or pwyc. Books available for sale ($25) and
autographing. 

https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-africa

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Occupy Toronto: The Last Day 3D

Thur. Sept. 24

Cineforum, 463 Bathurst

Screening the 2011 film by Reg Hartt. 7 pm. Followed by films by Aditya
Shankar. 9 pm

http://reghartt.ca/cineforum/

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GreenPAC Forum Featuring Aaron Freeman

Friday, Sept. 25, 8 - 9 am

CSI, 215 Spadina Avenue (Suite 120)

GreenPAC is all about translating Canadians' environmental concerns into
political action by channeling Canadians' broad but diffuse support for
environmental progress towards recruiting, nominating, electing, and
supporting specific environmental leaders from across the political
spectrum. Less than one month before our next federal election, join founder
and president Aaron Freeman for a discussion on the state of environmental
issues in the campaigns so far, and on GreenPAC's plans leading up to
October 19th & beyond.

http://www.greenpac.ca/

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Pedestrian Sunday 

Sun. Sept. 27, 1 - 6 p.m.

Kensington Market

Monthly celebration of car-free streets for people with music, street
theatre and more. Free.

http://www.kensingtonmarketbia.com/pedestrian-sundays-in-kensington-market.h
tm

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OM T.O. Fit for All

Sun. Sept. 27, 9 am-5 pm.

Distillery District

Day of continuous outdoor stretch, boot camp, movement, yoga and meditation
classes, with music by DJ Medicineman, healthy lifestyle vendors and more.
Bring a yoga mat. Free.

http://omto.ca/ 

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Cycle 4 St. Joe's

Sunday, Sept. 27

Glen Eagle Golf Club, 15731 Peel Regional Rd 50, Bolton, ON

Push some pedals to support great care in Toronto's west-end community at
St. Joseph's Health Centre. By registering for this event you help expert
teams take care of kids, seniors and all who look to St. Joe's in their time
of need.

 <http://www.cycle4stjoes.ca> www.cycle4stjoes.ca 

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Stories of Renewable Energy: A Neighbourhood Walk of St. Clair West

Sun. Sept. 27. 3 - 5 p.m.

Humewood Park, 37 Humewood

Find out what every day Torontonians are doing to lead the renewable energy
transition and how you can get involved at this walking tour. Hosted by TREC
(Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op). Free.

http://bit.ly/1VYn9Pi

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Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom

Sun. Sept. 27, 5 p.m.

Cineforum, 463 Bathurst

Screening of the film about the urban writer/activist by Don Alexander.

http://reghartt.ca/cineforum/

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Beit Zatoun Events

http://beitzatoun.org/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

https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/ 

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In the 2015 NOW Reader's Choice poll, I've been nominated in the Best
Activist Category, and Ontario Clean Air Alliance has been nominated in the
Best Enviro Group. Please vote.
http://bestof.nowtoronto.com/2015/subcategories.cfm?category=159 

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