T.O. Greenspiration Events: General Strike

Sun Apr 28 22:57:39 EDT 2019

It's time for nations to unite around an International Green New Deal 

Several countries have proposed their own versions of a Green New Deal, but climate change knows no borders. We need a global response. The promise of an International Green New Deal to is to avoid the pitfalls of cold war politics and unite humanity in the only project capable of preserving a habitable planet. To do this, however, we need a powerful progressive international movement to demand that our leaders begin to act beyond their own borders. Let’s start building it. The children are watching.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/international-green-new-deal-climate-change-global-response?CMP=share_btn_link 

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Ontario cancels program that aimed to plant 50 million trees

Ontario is cancelling a tree planting program, a move that will lead to the loss of jobs and environmental benefits that forests provide.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-tree-planting-program-cut-1.5110282 

Ontario Guts Endangered Species Act with ‘Pay-to-Kill’ Revisions

“At a time when the Earth’s wildlife are in crisis, we should be restoring our natural environment, not allowing big business to cut a cheque and send in the bulldozers”

https://theenergymix.com/2019/04/24/ontario-guts-endangered-species-act-with-pay-to-kill-revisions/

What Doug Ford & the PCs Have Done to Hurt Ontario

List of 144 (and counting) dangerous, climate destabilizing,  job-killing, regressive cuts.

https://artblog.kathrynkaiser.ca/what-doug-ford-has-done-since-ontario-election/?fbclid=IwAR2Bp_NiA4V5TaVoiihJdpMlVQz11vh1kVkmD39z50rsdPK9dAdc0152UG8 

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Become a Climate Action Catalyst

Youth Challenge International’s Innovate MY Future offers Canadian youth the opportunity to take action on local climate issues and make a real difference in their communities. Submit your application to join 100 young people from across the GTHA and enhance your skills through climate leadership training from local influencers and experts. Partner with local youth to run a community consultation and meet local experts and policy makers to share your ideas and tackle climate issues in your community.

http://yci.org/InnovateMYFuture/home/ 

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Quebec’s ‘Climate Spring’ speaks to broad support for environmental action

A few weeks ago, 150,000 students in Quebec took to the streets to demand climate action. In Montreal, more than 100,000 young people flooded downtown in the best attended of thousands of events in the global movement that saw more than 1.4 million students go on strike for the climate in a single day. In the span of a few months, 317 Quebec municipalities, representing almost 74% of the population of Quebec, have endorsed a Declaration of Climate Emergency; close to 268,0000 individuals have signed a pact to individually and collectively minimize their footprint and pushing for the adoption of a climate law; and a class action on behalf of all Quebecers 35 and under has been filed against the federal government for inaction on the climate file.

https://ipolitics.ca/2019/04/17/quebecs-climate-spring-speaks-to-broad-support-for-environmental-action/?fbclid=IwAR2hm-ciwsyGSjtCg4Kag5HVdILCOb8wOdB3tSjcoND0Y91oQ9QTw6kIkbo 

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Extinction Rebellion: 10 days of protests draw to an end – 3 min. video

Extinction Rebellion carried out 10 days of its campaign to draw attention to climate change, using peaceful, mass civil disobedience that resulted in more than 1,000 arrests.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/apr/23/extinction-rebellion-a-week-of-protest-in-three-minutes-video

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We must Unite Against Racism - 7 min. video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=407&v=8YGWyiFLkgE

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Renewable Power Not Nuclear Rebuilds

Please sign my petition to replace the Darlington nuclear rebuild of 4 reactors with renewable water power from Quebec which would be safer, greener and one third the price.

http://cutmybill.ca/

Can you help me distribute leaflets in mailboxes in Doug Ford's riding of North Etobicoke? 

If you can join me on a blitz, please email angela at cleanairalliance.org Thanks!

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Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Film Festival

April 25 - May 5 at Various downtown theatres

Free daytime screenings and complimentary tickets to students, seniors and newcomers.

http://hotdocs.ca/

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Mexico in Crisis: Disappearance, Grassroots Searches and Forensic Calamity

Mon. April 29, 6 - 8 p.m.

University of Toronto - Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2098, 100 St George St.

Since 2006, over 40,000 people have been reported disappeared in Mexico in the context of the War on Drugs. Hear what is currently taking place in Mexico in terms of enforced disappearance, how the new government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is responding to the crisis, and the ongoing demands of family members of the disappeared.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mexico-in-crisis-disappearance-grassroots-searches-and-forensic-calamity-tickets-60491761487

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University-Rosedale Climate Action Fair and Panel

Tues. April 30, 6:30 p.m. fair, 7 p.m. panel

Walmer Centre, 188 Lowther ave. (lower hall, down ramp)

What does the loss of ON's Environmental Commissioner mean? What is ON's environmental plan? What can we do locally to combat climate change? Speakers include Dianne Saxe, Lyn Adamson, Bob Barnett, and more.

info at urpla.ca 

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Rally: Rebuild and Improve Public Health Care

Tues. April 30, noon - 3 p.m.

Queens Park

Rebuild and Improve Public Health Care: No to Cuts and Privatization! Sponsored by The Ontario Health Coalition

https://www.facebook.com/events/400245484143627/ 

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May1 General Strike Against Doug Ford

Wed. May 1, noon

Queens Park

To make our voices heard, our numbers seen and our opinions respected by Mr. Doug Ford.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1833513566753052/ 

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May Day March

Wed. May 1, 5 - 8 p.m.

Larry Sefton Park, behind City Hall

The International Day of the Worker, also known as May Day, is a holiday celebrated by hundreds of millions of people around the world in commemoration of the workers who died in the struggle for the 8-hour work day.

https://www.facebook.com/events/971224263072588/ 

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Transit Town Hall - Stop TTC Delays

Wed. May 1, 6 pm

Metro Hall, Rotunda, 55 John Street

Join Councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam, Joe Cressy, and Mike Layton for a transit town hall on the status of the subway upload and newly proposed plans from the Province. With tens of millions spent and years invested in developing Toronto's transit plan, these changes risk a complete reset and could cost transit riders years. This town hall will be an opportunity for residents to hear from their downtown Councillors, experts and advocates, provide feedback on these developing issues, and learn how to mobilize for the transit investments you need to see now.

https://www.facebook.com/events/532342013960100/ 

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Indigenous Environmental Justice Project

Wed May 1, 7 - 8 p.m. 

High Park

Members of the Indigenous Environmental Justice Project (IEJ Project) will introduce the concepts of environmental justice and will present recent research findings. The IEJ Project is a SSHRC-funded initiative based out of York University whose research aims to develop a distinctive environmental justice framework that is informed by Indigenous knowledge systems, laws, concepts of justice and the lived experiences of Indigenous peoples. Presentations include: the intersection of Indigenous Environmental Justice with Food, Health, Medicine & Art; the health impacts of climate change on the Anishinaabek, specifically changes in medicines and foods, by utilizing community-based research methods; and research into animal relationships, food sovereignty & climate change through the production of podcast series.

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT390927&R=EVT390927 

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The Future of Foods: Great Tasting, Healthy Foods for a Low Carbon World

Thur. May 2, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Webinar

What is for dinner in the new carbon economy? The food industry is among the three largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Clearly the food system must transform operations to reduce its carbon footprint and help avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Sustainable growth requires a transformation in food systems through adoption of ag innovations, commercialization of plant-based meat substitutes, and dietary changes as well as policies and dietary guidelines that promote sustainable and resilience agricultural supply chains and consumer choices. How the public thinks about and accepts new food products is key to creating market demand for healthier and low carbon food.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3575814520905134338 

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Protecting our Homes and Communities: Housing Workshop on What tenants need to know about the law, tactics and community organizing

Thur. May 2, 6 - 9 p.m.

Social Work Factor-Iwentash Building, 246 Bloor St West

With this workshop, we will go beyond a simple “know your rights” framework to examine the power relationship between tenants and landlords and strategize on ways to assert our rights and protect our housing. Special attention will be paid to tenant organizing strategies and what we can do to organize fightbacks against exploitation and displacement in our communities.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/protecting-our-homes-and-communities-housing-workshop-on-what-tenants-need-to-know-about-the-law-tickets-60082077110?fbclid=IwAR125-Bh2GfLSXgEuNyqJ25sEEqnJtRpKUgh4CCLPMv8nsIlH9fS3yqBs24 

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How Well Can Heat Pumps Work For You?

Thur. May 2, noon - 1 p.m.

Webinar

Please join us for this webinar culminating our research of two projects on the topics of Air-Source Heat Pumps and Gas Heat Pumps.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-well-can-heat-pumps-work-for-you-ashp-and-gahp-webinar-tickets-59235631368 

Heat Pumps - How they work - 90 second video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvKjpwAik9o&feature=youtu.be   

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School Strike for Climate

Fri. May 3

12:30 p.m. Queens Park for speeches and rally

1:30 p.m. March down to City Hall

Join us outside Queen's Park as we continue our efforts to bring real climate action in our Canada-wide strike.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2223096977735852/Toronto   

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Jane's Walk

May 3 - 5

We walk our cities to honor and activate the ideas of Jane Jacobs. Jane’s Walk is a community-based approach to city building that uses citizen-led walking tours to make space for people to observe, reflect, share, question and re-imagine the places in which they live, work and play. Jane’s Walks are taking place in neighbourhoods across the City.

https://janeswalk.org/canada/toronto/toronto-walk-listings/ 

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Emergency Mass Action for Mining Justice

Sat. May 4, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Christie Pits Park, Bloor and Christie

With less than six months left in his mandate, Trudeau is about to break another promise. The proposed ombudsperson for responsible enterprise would have given people harmed by Canadian mining abroad a tool to begin to hold these corporations to account. However, a troubling announcement made on April 8 makes it clear that they instead intend to create a powerless position that will do nothing to help those harmed by these industries. There is still time to act! The final decision on the ombudsperson powers will be made in a month's time… so the time is now to pressure the government and demand no more broken promises!

https://www.facebook.com/events/352540378716713/ 

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Decolonizing the Heart Workshop: Deep Learning for Deep Change

Sat. May 4, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen Street East

Reconciliation requires building relationships; building relationships requires more than coming together over issues; decolonizing our own hearts is necessary before we can work together for transformation. We begin by sharing our stories. Our aim in this day-long workshop is to explore ways of being that keep us apart and ways that bring us together. Some of the tools we’ll be using are storytelling, role-playing, mapping social relationships, effective facilitation skills, fundamentals for having difficult conversations, and more. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonizing-the-heart-workshop-deep-learning-for-deep-change-tickets-60080240617 

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Toronto’s 33rd Annual Socialist May Day Celebration - Fight Imperialism

Saturday, May 4, 7 p.m.

Free Times Cafe, 320 College St. (2 blocks west of Spadina) 

Celebrate with entertainers and speakers.  $10 waged, $5 non-waged or PWYC

www.socialistaction.ca  email: socialistactioncanada at gmail.com   Phone: (647) 986-1917

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All Out Against Fascism! Shut Down Pegida!

Sat. May 4, 1 - 4 p.m.

361 University Ave.

Once again PEGIDA (the "Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes") is planning to hold an anti-Muslim, anti-refugee rally at the corner of University Avenue and Armoury Street. Once again, we expect various far-right groups to take part, including the Proud Boys, the Northern Guard, the Three Percenter militia, and others. And once again, we intended to shut it down. TAF, the GDC, INAF and our allies will be there to stand against islamophobia, racism, and fascism. Please come out and support Muslims, refugees, immigrants, and all others under threat by these organizations. NO PLATFORM FOR ISLAMOPHOBIA!

https://www.facebook.com/events/637727846679804/ 

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Climate Picnic

Sun. May 5, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Christie Pits, Bloor and Christie

Come Meet Climate Organizers, Share Low-Carbon Foods, Hear Music, Play Games all in a kid-friendly environment.

https://www.facebook.com/events/812559672441011/ 

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Veg Spring Market

Sun. May 5, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street

It's getting warmer, so it's time to celebrate!  Join the Toronto Vegetarian Association for the second annual Veg Spring Market, featuring 40+ veggie businesses and a day jam-packed with captivating workshops.

https://www.facebook.com/events/811454242542919/ 

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Conflict and Liberation: Understanding and Resolving Conflict in our Activism

Sun. May 5, 1 - 4 p.m.

OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, U of T

In this workshop participants will be guided through a range of activities intended to increase their ability to sit with the discomfort of conflict. We will also learn to assess our organizations or groups' ability to tolerate conflict.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/conflict-and-liberation-understanding-and-resolving-conflict-in-our-activism-tickets-60095229449?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR1GK6qraIhXyYbWghawaaoSFl4nPYxm4aNSadj2OpGu1Fbu2LttCJZnzlg 

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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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Centre for Social Innovation Events

https://socialinnovation.org/community/events/   

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Our Fragile Planet - Toronto Public Library hosts free environmental programs 

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/fragileplanet 

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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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