T.O. Greenspiration Events: Urban Wisdom

Sun Oct 25 23:53:04 EDT 2015

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Who will be Canada’s next Environment Minister?
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/10/21/news/warren-kinsella-dishes-who-will-be-trudeaus-minister-environment

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Robin Hood in Reverse: How Hotter Planet Takes from Poor, Gives to Rich
Global warming 'is essentially a massive transfer of value from the hot parts of the world to the cooler parts of the world.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/10/22/robin-hood-reverse-how-hotter-planet-takes-poor-gives-rich

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Bicyclette
If you speak French, this is a fantastic video by Radio Canada about the difference in cycling facilities between Toronto and Montreal. Striking. Talks politics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG7FH4A6eIQ

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

UPX: Warning For Smart Track Toronto
Problems and solutions for the Union Person Express train and Smart Track transit system in Toronto. 6 min. video
https://vimeo.com/142961134

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Oslo will be completely car-free by 2019 
Huge swaths of most European city centres are already car-free but Oslo is taking it further. How long before Toronto's city centre goes car-free? Let's start with King street, and then Queen Street. Just trams, bikes and peds.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-10/20/oslo-first-car-free-european-capital-2019

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Make Way for Laneway
Providing more housing options for the Greater Toronto Area
http://www.pembina.org/pub/make-way-for-laneway

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Nuclear power continues to push up electricity rates
Ontario’s residential electricity rates will rise on November 1st.  45% of the rise is due to subsidies for our aging nuclear reactors. But instead of getting the message about the high costs of Ontario’s heavy nuclear dependence, the Wynne government is planning to rebuild 10 of our aging nuclear reactors over the next 15 years. If Premier Wynne proceeds with this plan, our electricity rates will go through the roof. Fortunately, there are lower cost options to keep our lights on, namely, energy conservation and efficiency, competitively procured wind energy and other made-in-Ontario renewable power, and water power imports from Quebec. Please send a letter to Premier Wynne here and ask her to pursue ALL of our lower cost electricity options before she signs another deal with OPG or Bruce Power that will make us dependent on outdated nuclear power for the next 30 years or more.
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get-involved/keep-electricity-costs-down-say-no-to-nuclear/
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/rates/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Radicalization in the west: Book launch with Journalists Gwynne Dyer and Farzana Hassan 
Mon. Oct. 26, 7 - 8:30 p.m. (reception at 6) 
Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon (Yonge and Bloor) 
Journalists Gwynne Dyer and Farzana Hassan go beyond the headlines to explore the realities of radicalization in the west.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT206349&R=EVT206349

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Highway of Tears
Mon, Oct. 26, 6 pm
Bloor Hot Doc Theatre, 506 Bloor Street West
Highway of Tears is an important story about the many disappearances and deaths of young, mostly Aboriginal women along northern British Columbia’s Highway 16. Over 18 unsolved cases have been linked to this stretch of road, but these reflect only a fraction of the over 1,000 Indigenous women in Canada who have vanished or been murdered since the 1960s. Through the moving personal stories of the victims, director Matthew Smiley investigates the systemic problems that contribute to these women’s fates, why so many of their cases go unsolved, and how we must speak up for those who no longer can.
http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=44221~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Burning Water - Fractured Earth, Fractured Lives
Monday, Oct. 26, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Lillian H. Smith library, 239 College Street
A Water Docs screening and discussion. At Fiona Lauridsen's farm, just outside the hamlet of Rosebud, Fiona and her family got skin burns in the shower. Fiona claims that EnCana, Canada's largest natural gas company, contaminated the aquifer by drilling (fracking) for coal bed methane, a new source of natural gas extraction that often uses chemicals for drilling. As gas wells sprout up across North America, and all around Rosebud, the Lauridsen family struggles to stay together and remain part of their community, at the same time confronting the dark truth of what may be happening beneath the surface.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1661734790751905/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

After the Election: Winning Asylum for US War Resisters in Canada
Mon. Oct. 26, Dinner 6 pm, speakers 7 pm. 
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil (Near College and Spadina)
War Resisters Support Campaign fundraising dinner and letter-writing soiree. $20 or pwyc.

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Waking the Frog: Solutions for Our Climate Change Paralysis 
Tuesday, October 27, 7 pm
North York Central Library, Room 1 
Venture capitalist, entrepreneur and engineer Tom Rand explains why climate disruption might just be our very own pot of hot water.

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Sustainability Network, Ecojustice and the Canadian Environmental Law Association Present: The Legal Toolkit 
Tues, Oct. 27, 9 am - 4:30 pm
215 Spadina Avenue
The workshop will help you understand what laws and policies exist to protect the environment and how to use them effectively as well as opportunities provided by law to participate in government in decision-making. 
http://sustainabilitynetwork.ca/the-legal-toolkit/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Animal Rights Academy - Lecture Series
Every Tues., 7 p.m.
Sidney Smith / Student Life building, 100 St. George, U of T. 
1 hour guest presentation followed by 1 hour discussion. Free, all welcome. Full schedule here:
http://animalrightsacademy.org/lecture-schedule-for-fall-2015/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Crisis in the Desert: Who Rules the Sahara?
Wed, Oct. 28, 7 - 9 pm
UC 144, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T
http://scienceforpeace.ca/crisis-in-the-desert-who-rules-the-sahara

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Talks Cities of Migration 
Wed. October 28, 7 p.m.
Ted Rogers School of Management, TRS 1-076 Ryerson University, 55 Dundas St. W
General Admission: $20 Students: $10
How migration shapes cities, cultural exchange, business development, and more.
thewalrus.ca/the-walrus-talks-cities-of-migration/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Climate Crisis and Climate Realism - with Christian Parenti
Thur. Oct. 29, 7 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway)
Free. Sponsored by: Centre for Social Justice, Socialist Project, Chair in Comparative Political Economy at York, Rising Tide Toronto.
facebook.com/events/1656416527975692

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Smart Growth: Reconnections
Thur. Oct. 29, 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ramada Plaza Hotel, 300 Jarvis
Speakers will share examples of Smart Growth projects happening in Ontario and there will be opportunities to discuss emerging issues and share ideas. $35
http://bit.ly/1LVWQq3

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Unnatural Enemies - The War on Wolves 
Thurs. Oct. 29, 7 pm
Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., room 1220, University of Toronto
This documentary film on Alberta’s wolf kill examines the issue in its full complexity through revealing interviews with trappers, hunters, ranchers, environmentalists, biologists, animal advocates and government officials. Author and long time conservation officer Kevin Van Tighem investigates the awful truth. As inhumane as it is, killing thousands of wolves and other animals isn’t fixing anything. Hosted by University of Toronto Animal Rights Club / Animal Rights Academy. Free. All are welcome.
http://pyramidproductions.tv/documentary-unnatural-enemies-the-war-on-wolves-exposes-albertas-inhumane-wildlife-policy/ 

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Of The Land – Movie Night
Thurs, Oct. 29, 7 pm
Carrot Common Room, 348 Danforth Ave
Of The Land is a film about our current food industry in Canada and the US and how it compares to traditional farming models and organic operations. Within the last half century, our agriculture and food has changed more than it has changed before in several thousand years. New technologies and scientific ingenuity have given rise to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other novel foods. Concerns have been raised about the safety of GMOs in our food supply, and organic farmers have consistently been under attack by large corporate farming interests who seek to dominate the food industry and run family farms out of business. This film looks at our current food system, as well as a variety of smaller, organic options available to consumers who want to support sustainable farming methods.
http://bit.ly/1MdOm9g

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

A Future without Waste: Redefining Value, Building the Circular Economy 
Thur. Oct. 29, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue (at Bloor) 
Attend the Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Conference from a satellite location in Toronto, hosted by the City of Toronto's Long Term Waste Management Strategy
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-satellite-metro-vancouver-zero-waste-conference-tickets-18890614336

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Talk Transformation
Buildings and Energy in a Low-Carbon Toronto: Net-zero buildings, energy efficiency and community energy planning
City of Toronto - Environment and Energy Division
Thurs. Oct. 29, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
North York Memorial Hall, North York City Centre, on the ground floor below the North York Central Library
Join us at the City's TalkTransformation! event series where experts and community leaders will share ideas, insights and strategies to reduce Toronto's greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.
http://bit.ly/1R7q5pK

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Drone
Fri. Oct. 30, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 4-414
Rebel Films screening of the documentary by Tonje Hessen Schei about the CIA's covert drone war. $4 sugg donation. 
http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Yes In My Backyard
Sat. Oct. 31, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
55 Dundas St West, The Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, 2nd floor 
The annual YIMBY Festival provides an inclusive space for people and groups involved in grassroots community development to gather; exchange ideas, skills and strategies; and collectively imagine our future city.
http://www.yimbytoronto.org/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Stream of Life and Justice: A Look at How Our Watersheds are Connected and in Danger 
Saturday, October 31, 10 a.m.
Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church, 31 Wood Glen Road (at Kingston Road)
- Watershed Justice": What are the Issues and How Can We Respond? Shannon Neufledt is the Network and Young Adult Coordinator at KAIROS. She will give an overview of watersheds and will discuss their importance both socially and environmentally.
- Water Fluoridation: 70 years of Ecological Injustice to the Great Lakes Watershed. Aliss Terpstra (Toronto Chapter Council of Canadians) is a Certified Nutritional Practitioner who specializes in thyroid health and recovery from fluoride illness. She will discuss how our water is fluoridated and how that affects us and our environment. $10 donation, children free
fboffice at rogers.com or 416-699-8035

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Chocosol - Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Saturday, October 31
Available times: 11 am - noon, 1 - 2 pm, 4 - 5 pm
1131 St Clair Ave West 
ChocoSol is crafting a special tasting menu along with a facility tour to celebrate Hallowe’en and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at our chocolate facility and taste your way through various specialties rooted in local Ontario and Mexican food cultures. As we indulge and entice our youth with industrial candy from questionable sources, ChocoSol hopes to foster a Hallowe'en event connecting people with healthy, delicious chocolate treats and traditions.
Advance tickets $20: www.universe.com/chocosol-halloween-chocolate-tasting
Drop-ins at the door for $25 (CASH only), subject to availability. Attendees also have the opportunity to purchase ChocoSol products at a discounted price.

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Feeding Groups for Change
Sun, Nov. 1, 1 - 5 pm
33 Cecil Street
Look at logistics involved in feeding crowds, matching meals to events, creating field kitchens, sourcing affordable and local food, and building cooking crews.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feeding-groups-for-change-tickets-18643548355

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

From Greece to Portugal to Corbyn’s Labour Party: Openings and Closures on the European Left
Sun. Nov. 1, 2 p.m.
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)
After decades of uninterrupted neoliberal austerity across Europe, in recent years a new left alternative has begun to take shape. Whereas generations had turned to Latin America and other parts of the global capitalist periphery for signs of hope for a viable socialist alternative, today working people have once again turned to confront the capitalist classes in their own countries, and to challenge the vision of a neoliberal Europe with a reinvigorated left politics that seeks to build social movements by working both within and outside the state.
https://www.facebook.com/events/902517999835727

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom
Sun. Nov. 1, 5 pm.
Cineforum, 463 Bathurst
Screening of the film about the urban writer/activist by Don Alexander. 
http://reghartt.ca/cineforum/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Give Trudeau a Climate Welcome! Sit-in for real climate action
Nov. 5 - 8 
Climate change demands urgent, decisive action. That’s why we’re planning a series of serious, but gentle, civil disobedience actions starting November 5th to welcome Justin Trudeau to office and call on him to get to work on real climate action. Join us!
http://climatewelcome.ca

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

March With Us!
November 29, Ottawa
On the eve of the Paris Climate Summit, let’s show our new government that a 100% renewable economy is possible.
http://www.100possible.ca/

Book the group bus from T.O. to Ottawa for the march here:
http://www.toronto350.org/100_possible_march?utm_campaign=100_possible&utm_medium=email&utm_source=to350  

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Shape My City Events
http://shapemycity.ca/events.php

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

Beit Zatoun Events
http://beitzatoun.org/events/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing 
https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/

---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Join my email list by emailing Angela at:
greenspiration at web.ca
Write "subscribe" in the subject line
and tell me what city/country you live in.
Likewise to unsubscribe.
Or manage your subscription here:
http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/greenspirationto-l/attachments/20151025/71daac03/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.jpg
Type: image/jpg
Size: 5655 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/greenspirationto-l/attachments/20151025/71daac03/attachment.jpg>