T.O. Greenspiration Events: Stop the 413

Thu Jan 18 11:18:14 EST 2018

Hi friends. I’ve been out of town, hence the late (and short) newsletter. 

While away I read Naomi Klein’s latest book: No Is Not Enough. Just brilliant – read it!

-a

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STOP the 413

Ontario is planning a new Highway 413, a redundant and unnecessary toll highway that would pave over farms and forests and cost taxpayers billions. Instead of wasting money on a redundant toll highway, Ontario should invest in public transit close to where most people work and live. Learn more and sign the petition.

https://environmentaldefence.ca/stop-the-413/

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Is everything you think you know about depression wrong?

If you are depressed and anxious, you are not a machine with malfunctioning parts. You are a human being with unmet needs. The only real way out of our epidemic of despair is for all of us, together, to begin to meet those human needs – for deep connection, to the things that really matter in life.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/is-everything-you-think-you-know-about-depression-wrong-johann-hari-lost-connections?CMP=share_btn_fb

Psychiatry needs a revolution. Reforms are not enough. We need to focus on psychotherapy and to hardly use any psychiatric drugs at all.

http://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k9/rr-15

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Waste Reduction Community Grants

Grants of up to $25,000 are available to support innovative community-led efforts to reduce residential waste and increase participation in the City of Toronto’s waste diversion programs. A priority will be placed on investing in actions that address multi-residential buildings, multi-lingual communities, equity-seeking groups and Neighbourhood Improvement Areas. Deadline: Feb. 23

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmental-grants-incentives-2/waste-reduction-community-grants/

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Home Energy Loan Program

Through the Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), homeowners can get a low-interest loan of up to $75,000 to cover the cost of home energy improvements, such as: High-efficiency furnaces / boilers / air conditioners; Windows / doors; Insulation; High-efficiency water heaters; Rooftop solar PV panels; Solar hot water systems; Drain-water heat recovery systems; Air sealing; Toilets.

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmental-grants-incentives-2/home-energy-loan-program-help/

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New discount for riders of TTC and GO

Cheaper fare for Presto card holders that transfer between the TTC, GO Transit and the Union Pearson Express takes effect on Sunday.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/presto-card-discount-sunday-fare-between-transit-systems-1.4476401

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Municipal elections are coming up on October 22, 2018. Toronto needs new progressive voices to get action on climate change and the environment. 

Sarah Climenhaga is one such voice who has declared her intention to run for mayor. To find out more about her values and plans for a better city, check out her website www.sarahclimenhaga.ca, or follow her on Twitter http://twitter.com/stclimenhaga, on Facebook http://facebook.com/SarahTClimenhaga. She recently gave a deputation in favour of a budget that would be better for Toronto. The Star published an article about her and the budget here.

https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2018/01/04/the-end-of-austerity-torontonians-get-say-on-city-budget.html

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New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies

Mayor Bill de Blasio: ‘It’s up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/10/new-york-city-plans-to-divest-5bn-from-fossil-fuels-and-sue-oil-companies?CMP=share_btn_tw

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The Fight for Housing & Shelter

Thur. Jan. 18, 6 – 8 p.m.

CRC, 40 Oak Street

Toronto is in the midst of a deadly crisis of homelessness. We know all three levels of government are responsible for creating the housing crisis and then refusing to deal with the consequences. But how exactly have they done this? What precisely is wrong with the Canadian housing policies? How to we make sense of the claims of "historic investments" in housing that the Liberals made when they announced the National Housing strategy last November? Will the strategy help poor and low-income people? Over the past month we've won the opening of the armouries to provide immediate respite to the homeless but the fight for shelter is far from over. How do we build on the gains made to win adequate shelter in the coming months and housing for all? Join us as discuss these and other important questions to understand the current crisis and strengthen the fight for shelter & housing. Speaker: David Hulchanski

https://www.facebook.com/events/361477354325540/

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Bears

Darkly Comical. Unapologetically Political. A Play About Pipelines.

January 18 – 27

The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St. West

A multi-disciplinary dark comedy about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, Bears asks what the hell it is we think we’re doing in Wild Rose Country. Bears gives a voice to the voiceless, vulnerable animals and landscapes desecrated by the insatiable human desire for industrial expansion. Co-produced by Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts and Punctuate! Theatre in Association with Native Earth Performing Arts and The Theatre Centre

http://www.punctuatetheatre.com/bears-info 

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Alternative Shabbes and Potluck: Kairos Blanket Exercise

Friday, Jan 19, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke Ave. (Bathurst/Lawrence)

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. Developed in response to the 1996 Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples — which recommended education on Canadian-Indigenous history as one of the key steps to reconciliation, the Blanket Exercise covers over 500 years of history in a one-and-a-half-hour participatory workshop.

https://beitzatoun.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d12cc1436cef65c24264f5134&id=70d01f38f5&e=98329828f0

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Women March On Toronto: Defining Our Future

Sat. Jan. 20, noon - 2 p.m.

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall, Queen and Bay

Across Turtle Island (North America) we continue to see a rise in acts of hate. Join us for a women’s march - Defining Our Future - to unite our communities in Toronto and discuss the future of our city, as imagined by young, local activists. We come together to recognize the steps that have been taken to make our city more inclusive but continue to resist the hate that threatens, demonizes and insults so many of us – Muslims, Jews, racialized people, Indigenous people, migrants and those with precarious or no legal status, members of the LGBTTQQ2SI communities, disabled people and women.

https://www.facebook.com/events/167970267122615/

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Repair Café

Sat. Jan. 20, noon - 4 pm

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street

Repair Café Toronto is a grassroots, volunteer group that organizes events where neighbours help neighbours learn how to repair.

http://repaircafetoronto.ca/

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First Nations School Fundraiser

Sun. Jan. 21, 1 p.m.

CSI Café, 720 Bathurst St. (south of Bloor)

We’re bringing community together to hold a fundraiser for the First Nations School of Toronto. Our intention is supporting children of the next generations to grow into leaders of the future. We envision fostering right relations, awareness, and respect between settler culture and the original peoples of this land. It will be an opportunity to educate people about the history of colonization, and the modern reality of First Nations people. An opportunity to come together across cultures and races to celebrate for an integrous cause with song and dance. This event will feature: Live music Live painting Dance performance Educational lecture Raffle Silent auction.

https://www.facebook.com/events/141365776570519/

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Avoiding Burnout: Self Care for Activists and Changemakers

Mon. Jan. 22, 6 – 9 p.m.

George Brown College

https://toolsforchange.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=93fc295adc37a22f7f3b68bb9&id=adab0dbc94&e=4acd91924b

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Climate Change and Energy Benchmarking 

Webinar with Dr. Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

Mon. Jan. 22, 7 - 8:30 p.m. 

Learn about why it is so essential that faith communities step up to respond to the climate crisis, and what you can do to make a difference.

www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-and-energy-benchmarking-webinar-tickets-34842678389

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For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter

http://theenergymix.com/

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The Green Majority

Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM

greenmajority.ca

Democracy Now

Mon – Fri. 10 – 11 a.m. CIUT 89.5 FM

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Centre for Social Innovation Events

http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing

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Shape My City Events

http://shapemycity.ca/events.php

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Hot Docs

Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)

https://hotdocscinema.ca/

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing

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

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Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: angela at cleanairalliance.org

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