T.O. Greenspiration Events: Zero Waste

Sun May 6 21:46:27 EDT 2018

PIPELINE by Bob Bossin & Stringband - 4 min. music video

We don't want your pipeline, we don't want your pipeline.

We'll take the sunshine, water and wind.

We're gonna put a stop sign in Kinder Morgan's pipeline

Go tell your neighbours, go get your friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=200&v=tQR4e7aQarQ 

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The War on Cars, Norwegian Style

Oslo is going car-free!

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/oslos-race-to-become-a-major-bike-haven/559358/ 

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Tell Toronto Community Housing to make its meeting videos public

Call or email TCHC President and CEO Kathy Milsom now -- 416-981-4338 / Kathy.Milsom at torontohousing.ca -- and tell her that the TCHC must make its archived meeting videos publicly viewable!

https://TforT.ca/take-action/

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How NAFTA restricts Canada’s ability to lower carbon emissions 

NAFTA jeopardizes Canada’s climate commitments. Canada supports energy proportionality. Proportionality requires Canada to currently make available for export to the U.S. three-quarters of its oil production and just over half its natural gas, even if eastern Canadians are going without and freezing in the dark. 

4 min. video: https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/videos/10156969370772908/   

Op Ed by Gordon Laxer: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/04/17/how-nafta-restricts-canadas-ability-to-lower-carbon-emissions.html   

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Carbon pricing is working in Ontario, so hands off

The claim that cap-and-trade or carbon pricing will kill jobs might be powerful rhetoric, but it’s not true. The province added more than 155,000 new jobs in 2017, the first year of cap-and-trade.

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/04/26/carbon-pricing-is-working-in-ontario-so-hands-off.html 

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Toronto Tenant School

Are you a tenant living in Toronto? Do you have questions about your rights under the law?  Have you ever thought of working with your neighbours to start a tenants association? Does your tenant association want to become more effective in the building? FMTA is pleased to once again offer its tenant school, running for two full days on June 2 and 9, 2018. The training is free and classes are taught by experienced lawyers and community advocates. Learn about your rights under the law such as how to get repairs done, fight evictions and challenge unfair rent increases. The school is an opportunity to meet other tenants and strategize about ways you can work with each other and work with your local government to accomplish shared goals. Registration is now open-and remains open to May 15. You can register in the following ways:

Call 416-413-9442 or write to totenantschool at torontotenants.org to obtain a registration form. Or fill out the online registration form available at:

https://goo.gl/forms/8tpYPWKcX2xx86yt1 

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Know Your Drugs

In less than 10 minutes, this Know Your Drugs video presentation explains why it's so important for people to be knowledgeable about any prescription drugs they consume. "Adverse drug reactions are a leading cause of death largely because pharmaceutical companies hide the truth about potentially deadly side effects."

https://knowyourdrugs.org/video/  

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Not Far From The Tree Needs Steering Cttee Members

Not Far From the Tree brings together volunteers and homeowners to pick fruit growing in backyards across the city and share it with volunteers and those in need. The group is currently looking for fill a number of new roles on the Steering Committee including Chair, Fundraising and Communications Sub-Committee Chair and additional General Steering Committee Members. Find out more here:

https://notfarfromthetree.org/2018/04/27/seeking-new-steering-committee-members/  

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Protest against BigMedia® censorship

Monday, May 7, 5 - 7 p.m.

CityNews, 33 Dundas East

CityNews is hosting a rigged Leaders Debate on May 7th. The Green Party has not been invited, even though they got 233K votes in the last election, they have seats in three provinces, a seat in Ottawa, and they hold the balance of power in BC! Out of 20 registered parties in Ontario, four get an annual public subsidy, due to their public support at the ballot box. That includes the Green Party of Ontario. If voters are already funding the Greens, don't they deserve to hear what they have to say? This kind of arbitrary exclusion represents a complete abandonment of the most basic principles of journalism and political bias. BigMedia® censorship must be challenged and opposed. Join us on May 7th, outside the #FakeNews debate. We'll bring the green tape!

Learn more at: www.FairDebates.ca 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1649693598473089/ 

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People vs Kinder Morgan Rally at Finance Minister Morneau Office

Mon. May 7, 4 - 6 p.m.

430 Parliament St (south of Carlton)

The federal Liberals have stated they will do whatever it takes to "provide certainty" and avoid a threatened Kinder Morgan withdrawal from this project. The Minister of Finance is currently in closed talks with the company to figure out how to make this happen and has indicated it could include billions of dollars of public money to bail out Kinder Morgan, the CEOs of which are millionaires and were involved in the Enron scandal. Join us to make a loud statement that this is NOT acceptable, is NOT in the "national interest", and will lose the Liberals votes in Ontario strongholds if it happens. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/388821064927643/  

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Youth Focused Town Hall

Mon, May 7, 12:30  – 3:30 p.m.

Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas Street East

If you're between the ages of 14-29, then this event is for you! Have your say at a milestone Youth Town Hall featuring leaders of the Green Party, Liberals and NDP (Doug Ford said he was busy that day, but the invite remains open). From housing to tuition, justice to racism, this election will be vital and young people have the potential to shift the vote. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-focused-town-hall-tickets-45035670904

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Pollinator-Friendly Gardening

Mon. May 7, 7 - 8 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library ,789 Yonge

Learn how you can play a role in creating pollinator habitat in your community, and make your garden more attractive to butterflies, bees and more.

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Warning! How The Secrets Of Body Care And Cleaning Products Impact Your Health

Mon. May 7, 7 - 9 p.m.

Ryerson, Room 307, School of Image Arts, 122 Bond

Chemicals in personal care and cleaning products you use regularly have been linked to fertility problems, birth defects, cancer, asthma and respiratory disorders, and hormone disruption. But no Canadian law requires companies to list all the product ingredients on the label.  Join our expert panel for a discussion about what can and should be done. Free.

https://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/warning-how-secrets-body-care-and-cleaning-products-impact-your-health

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Want to see Pickering nuclear station closed in August when its licence expires? 

Tell the CNSC - deadline midnight Monday May 7th. 

This document explains how to make a submission and provides the email on where you can send it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SRZBLmQbq16FH5s-9SNlgz5bN1tg5-zg7PPqJ4yAMMI/edit   

This document provides some talking points: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15zYkxgfb5LAt1YLZ8x9kCbw8YOi7VdqwqL1rIc3n5gs/edit 

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Rally to Keep Transit Public: 

Tues. May 8, 11 am - 1 pm.

Queens Park, University and College

Join us in the fight to Keep Transit Public.

https://www.facebook.com/events/996935173796233/ 

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NAFTA and Free Trade: An Ecological Economics Perspective - A Free Economic Literacy Project Webinar with Eric Miller 

Tues. May 8, 1 – 2 p.m.

Webinar

Enthusiasm for free trade is based upon the economic theory of comparative advantage. How well does this theory relate to the modern world? And how does the typical template of a free trade agreement, such as NAFTA, align with sustainability-oriented objectives of conserving resources, reducing pollution, and promoting more public goods?

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3300058095567592193 

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Toronto’s May Homeless Memorial

Tuesday, May 8, noon - 1 pm

Outdoors at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 19 Trinity Square (behind Eaton's Centre, off Bay)

Followed by a lunch indoors

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Zero Waste on a Near Zero Budget

Tues. May 8, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Karma Food Co-op, 739 Palmerston Ave (in the ally)

Yes! You can live zero waste on a budget! You don't need all the gadgets and gizmos the world tells you you need to live lighter on the Earth. In this two hour workshop, we'll explore dozens of ways to reduce your waste that will save you time, money, and the planet. We'll make a year's worth of cleaning supplies in 5 minutes, and you will learn about body care products that are safe, easy and affordable. From making your own beverages to bartering for goods, from old-school solutions to contemporary reusables, jam on the thriftiness and niftiness of a zero-waste lifestyle.

https://www.facebook.com/events/116062195927135/ 

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Compassion Circle

Tues. May 8, 7 - 9 p.m.

Inner Arts Collective, 257 Danforth

Discussion, meditation, and non-judgemental support group for people who crave authentic connection, community, and communication.

https://www.facebook.com/thecompassioncircle

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Climate Advocacy Workshop: 2018 Election

Wed. and Thur. May 9 and 10 (sign up for your preference), 6 - 8 pm

Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave

The provincial election on June 7th is an opportunity to take action. We are academics, former politicians and activists who will mentor you through the process of engaging with your elected representatives. Learn about how our provincial government is acting on climate change, and what more is needed to meet this crisis. Attend an all-candidates meeting, and ask the politicians seeking your vote what they and their party will do about particular issues on climate change solutions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecdPOeRKHG4oDsPCy_N7Ieq-gLuv7rwtxkZtZW5TLgQrJhAA/viewform 

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Wampums and Watersheds: On the path of regeneration

How Indigenous Knowledge is the best, perhaps only hope for addressing climate change 

Wed, May 9, 6:15  – 9:15 p.m.

OCAD, 100 McCaul Street, main lobby (look for directions)

Design with Dialogue invites us to a circle held to explore our roles as conscious citizens and allies in the movement to decolonization, exploring with Kevin Best the meaning of wampums, and the purpose of standing up for our bioregion’s watersheds and ecosystems. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wampum-watersheds-and-global-warming-tickets-45837940514?mc_cid=e093f2806d&mc_eid=48c86714b8

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Ontario's Far North: A Global Conservation Treasure

Wed. May 9, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College

Talk by Wildlife Conservation Society Canada president Justina C. Ray. Free.

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Challenging Islamophobia - Webinar

Thur. May 10, 3 p.m. ET

Join leaders from the Muslim Justice League, the Council on American Islamic Relations, and the American Friends Service Committee who will present insights and recommendations for individuals, groups, and communities to confront and end Islamophobia as part of our shared work to build peace and justice. Click to join the webinar: 

https://zoom.us/j/958118403 

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Leadnow presents: Stop Doug Ford orientation session 

Thursday, May 10, 6 p.m. 

Parliament Street Library, 269 Gerrard St. East

We’re using Bernie Sanders-style Big Organizing and Leadnow’s people-powered model to stop Ford and some of the most hardcore right-wingers from winning their local seat. Together we can drive massive numbers of progressives to the polls and topple far right PC candidates across the province — but we need your help to pull it off. 

https://act.leadnow.ca/StopDoug/toronto/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2018-05-05 

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Accidental Parkland: CONTACT 2018

Thu, May 10 - May 20

Various U of T locations

The documentary project Accidental Parkland collaborates with the University of Toronto’s New College and Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape and Design to host a ten-day event. Starting with an exhibition of the documentary’s multi-artist Instagram feed, it also features programming, including visual exhibitions of art and design work, a speaker series, documentary screenings, student installations, and cultural events. It’s a celebration of urban nature with attention to Indigenous histories and protocols for understanding land. Full 10 day program here: 

https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/events/2018/05/10/accidental-parkland-contact-2018   

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I Am Rohingya: Toronto Screening + Q&A

Fri. May 11, 7 p.m.

Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex (U of T)

I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts chronicles the journey of fourteen refugee youth who resolve to theatrically re-enact their families’ harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond, ultimately raising awareness for a conflict that has increasingly resembled a cruel and systematic ethnic cleansing campaign. Join us for a special screening of the documentary followed by a Q&A with the incredibly brave and inventive Rohingya youth community of Kitchener-Waterloo.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1980443682284203/ 

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Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story Of The Melting North

Fri. May 11, 6 - 7 p.m.

Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park

Arctic geographer and climatologist Mark C. Serreze talks about extraordinary changes in the Arctic over the last three decades.

RSVP: programs at rom.on.ca

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Socialism 2018:  A World to Win! An International Educational Conference

Fri. - Sat. May 11 – 12

Woodsworth Residence, U of T, 321 Bloor Street West, Room 35, lower level

https://socialistaction.ca/2018/04/07/socialism-2018/

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Buy Good. Feel Good. Expo

May 11 - 13

Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place

We believe that businesses can lead the way in  solving the world’s most pressing social and environmental problems. We support and promote organisations that empower communities and innovate for a better world. “Buy Good. Feel Good.” connects people with social enterprises, building an economy that is healthy, equitable, and fair for all.  

http://www.buygoodfeelgood.com/ 

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Total Health Show

May 11 - 13

Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front st.

Total Health 2018 our nation’s premier natural health show, will celebrate 41 years of striving to make a difference in the world, bringing cutting-edge knowledge to the public by the leading innovators in the natural health field. This year's speakers will focus on natural and traditional healing methods, healthy organic foods, traditional herbs and medicines, organic and biodynamic farming methods, promoting agricultural biodiversity, creating ecologically based communities, and preserving a healthy environment for our children.

https://www.facebook.com/events/147500796094092/ 

Film: Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe

Friday 7 – 9 p.m., 206

Vaxxed investigates the CDC whistleblower, Dr. William Thompson and how the CDC, the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens, destroyed data on their 2004 study that showed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. 

Understanding Vaccine Safety

Saturday 4 – 5 p.m., 206

An in-depth discussion regarding consumer protections for vaccines. Del will highlight the fundamental lack of appropriate vaccine safety testing, inadequate post licensure surveillance and advisory board conflicts of interest.

Panel: Health, Healing and Integrity

Sunday noon – 2 p.m., 206

The Religion of Science - How Science Devolves Into Bias and Orthodoxy

Sunday 3 – 4 p.m., 206

One of the foundational principles of modern medicine is that vaccines are safe and effective, and that everyone who refuses to vaccinate is putting themselves and everyone else around them at risk. However, Del’s research as an investigative medical journalist has revealed that the scientific method to establish safety in vaccines has been abandoned and replaced with assumptions. It is important to know where to find the real published science on vaccines and how to use it to inform our friends, families, physicians, and political leaders. Del will discuss why the pro-science vaccine risk awareness movement is winning the battle on bought science.

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Stop Shocking Our Mothers and Grandmothers

Saturday May 12, noon

Queen’s Park (College and University)

Demonstration Against Electroshock "treatment": Stop shocking our Mothers and Grandmothers. Speakers, testimony, anti-shock proclamation. Join us in protesting this barbaric "treatment"!

https://www.facebook.com/events/187243648588091/ 

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Zero Waste Fair at the 6th Annual Spring into Parkdale Festival

Sat. May 12, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

212 Cowan Ave, beside the Parkdale Library (west of Dufferin)

Join us for this Zero Waste Fair with 20 exhibitors featuring repair, reuse, recyclers, DIY bodycare & natural cleaning products mini workshops, creative reuse activity stations, an interactive waste art installation, & zero waste activists!

https://www.facebook.com/events/473812083021406/   

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The TRUTH About Immigration Detention

Saturday, May 12, 2 - 5 p.m.

Parkdale Community Legal Services, 1266 Queen Street West

This is a teach-in to inform the public on what's happening with immigration detentions in Canada and also to raise awareness about the case of Ebrahim Toure, Canada's longest held immigration detainee.

https://www.facebook.com/events/424656051294714/ 

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The Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainability

May 13-19

Hart House, U of T

http://2018.ict4s.org 

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Green Infrastructure Week

Sun. May 13 - 19

Various venues

Green Infrastructure Week offers a variety of free and low-cost events to celebrate our forests, wetlands, parks, rain gardens, green roofs and green walls. 

https://greytogreenconference.org/giwcal

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Provincial Transportation All-Candidates Debate

Mon. May 14, 2 - 4 pm 

Innis Town Hall, U of T (downtown campus), 2 Sussex Avenue

Transport Futures is staging a transportation debate featuring the Liberals' Steven Del Duca, the Progressive Conservatives' Rod Phillips, the New Democrats' Jessica Bell and the Greens' Mike Schreiner. Moderated by Steve Paikin, host of TVO’s The Agenda, the four politicians will discuss what their parties plan to do about congested roads, transit priorities, disruptive technologies, inconsistent funding, complicated governance and more. Greenspiration subscribers interested in being part of the live TV audience receive a $10 discount by using discount code (DC) GRSP7. This special offer is good until May 11.

www.transportfutures.ca/debate 

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No War 2018

Friday Sept. 21, 5:30 - 9 p.m., and Sat. Sept 22, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.

OCAD, 100 McCaul St. (at Dundas)

You say you’re against war, but what’s the alternative? Let’s design and build an alternative system of global governance – one in which peace is pursued by peaceful means. Learn how at #NoWar2018!

http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2018/ 

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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

http://www.greenmajority.ca     

Democracy Now

Mon – Fri. 10 – 11 a.m. CIUT 89.5 FM

https://www.democracynow.org/ 

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Centre for Social Innovation Events

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

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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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