T.O. Greenspiration Events: After the Paris Summit

Mon Dec 14 15:42:48 EST 2015

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Infographic: Breaking Down the Final Paris Agreement

http://climatetracker.org/infographic-breaking-down-the-final-paris-agreement/

Global climate deal: In summary

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35073297

Good blog by Elizabeth May

http://www.greenparty.ca/en/blog/2015-12-13/cop21-final-blog-day-13

The Climate Action Network (global enviro coalition) has come out with their verdict of the Paris COP summit and they're optimistic that this spells the end of fossil fuels

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wAzqiIVC6-qMWNXIqXHEfi1ZeMPK5gfjNFJOd_VDKTM/edit

And on the other hand: Paris deal: Epic fail on a planetary scale - by the New Internationalist

http://bit.ly/1Qnc8ap

Canada's environmental community played a role

http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/12/13/climate-action-network-brought-out-canadas-best-cop21 

New Fossil of the Day Award: Canada back in climate bad books

Canada shares 'prize' with U.S. for rejecting appeal from developing countries. Under Harper, Canada brought home the fossil of the year award seven times in a row. Justin Trudeau was expected to bring Canada into the twenty first century at climate talks in Paris by actually bringing something to the table to make a positive difference. Instead, we once again come home with a fossil award for obstructing rather than facilitating progress.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paris-climate-cop21-mckenna-wednesday-1.3356882 

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☢ The Ontario government is giving iodine pills to anyone living within 10km of a nuclear power plant -- but studies show that anyone living within 50km is at risk in a nuclear emergency.

Tell Premier Wynne to protect all Ontarians

http://bit.ly/1KUzjAo

☢ Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters here to post in your office, school, or local cafe 

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/KIposter.pdf

☢ Vote in our online poll: 10 nuclear rebuilds for Ontario, or water power from Quebec? Don’t let the nuclear elephant crush renewable power in Ontario! You can win an energy kit. Vote now.

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/choice/

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Five lessons Toronto could learn from New York’s transportation shift 

Cars don’t shop, people do. Think mobility of people, not movement of cars. And remember that taking space from cars – whether to offer safe routes for cyclists or to serve as plazas – can boost the fortunes of area businesses.       

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/five-lessons-toronto-could-learn-from-new-yorks-transportation-shift/article27612976/

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Let them Stay! Seasonal dinner & fundraiser for U.S. War Resisters in Canada

Mon. Dec. 14, 6 p.m.

Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.

Seasonal dinner with music featuring Robert Priest and Bob Wiseman. Organized by the War Resisters Support Campaign. $20 or PWYC

www.resisters.ca

https://www.facebook.com/events/199381837067859/204752483197461/

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Can Sustainable Investing Save the World? Lessons Learned and Reasons for Optimism

Wed. Dec. 16, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m.

King and Yonge

This year's thought leadership speaker will be Martin Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer of JUST Capital, an NYC-based non-profit organization focused on sustainable capitalism. Hosted by U of T's School of the Environment. $100

http://tinyurl.com/oss8gls

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After the Paris Summit: What Now?

Wed. Dec. 16, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, U of T

>From November 30 to December 11, 2015, representatives from more than 190 states and countless civil society organizations meet in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention. After more than 20 years of climate negotiations, did the Paris meeting succeed in delivering a universal agreement to keep global warming in check? This expert roundtable hosted jointly by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Munk School of Global Affairs assesses the Paris outcome and the future of the global climate regime.

http://bit.ly/1IOKzyX

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Great Lakes Commons Charter Campfires

Thur. December 17, 3 p.m.

online via video/phone conferencing

Join others from around the bioregion who are making the Great Lakes Commons Charter alive. Why just fight the waves of threats to the waters when you can work to change the tide? These Campfire gatherings want to ignite stories, questions, and proposals for protecting the waters as a shared and sacred commons. 

http://www.greatlakescommons.org/updates/=

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Rally: End race and class based profiling by the Toronto Police Service

Thur. Dec. 17, noon

Toronto Police Headquarters, Dundas and Yonge

Toronto Police are doing Immigration's Dirty Work, #RefugeesWelcome. We have evidence that Toronto Police calls Canada Border Services Agency 100 times per week, that is more than police forces in Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa combined. Four out of the five times these calls are made for people without an immigration warrant!  That means that Toronto Police look at witnesses or victims of crime, or just every days residents that they stop and quiz for no reason, and based on the colour of their skin, and their accent, call Border Services to see if that person has immigration status or not. This is racist policing at its worst. And it must stop. This collaboration between Toronto Police and immigration enforcement means that racial profiling of non-status people of colour can result in endless detentions or even deportation to suffering, sometimes death.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1690266151207707/

Sign this pledge if you want to stop this practice.

http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/ImmigrationsDirtyWork

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Toronto Vegan Flea

Thur. Dec. 17, 6 - 9 p.m.

LocationD-Beatstro, 1292 Bloor W.

Lifestyle market with vegan-friendly gifts by local creators, vegan products and vegan outreach. $5. Proceeds to Story Book Time Animal Sanctuary.

http://www.torontoveganflea.com/

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Lecture: The ISIS Crisis After the Paris Massacre: How Should the World Respond?

Thursday December 17, 7 pm

Noor Cultural Centre, Auditorium, 123 Wynford Dr.

The November 13, 2015 Paris massacre is widely viewed as a turning point in the war against ISIS. Global attention has refocused on this extremist group and further attacks in major Western cities are expected. Before a coherent strategy against ISIS can be formulated, however, a clear understanding of the roots of this organization is required. What is the best framework of analysis to explain the rise and expansion of ISIS? Is the problem with ISIS fundamentally due to something inherent in Islam or Arab Culture? Or is the problem with ISIS fundamentally about the legacy of US intervention in Iraq in 2003? Did a failed US policy toward the Middle East inadvertently create ISIS as some have argued?  What is the best entry point to understand this vexed problem and what strategy should the international community adopt to effectively deal with the menace of the "Islamic State"? With Dr Nader Hashemi. Also featuring Dr Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto Faculty of Law) as discussant.

http://www.noorculturalcentre.ca/

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Winter Cycling Workshop

Sat. Dec. 19, 8 p.m.

Bike Pirates, 1416 Queen West

Tips, tricks and discussion on how to survive winter streets. Free.

http://bikepirates.com/

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Shape My City Events

http://shapemycity.ca/events.php

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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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