Greenspirational Events - films, solstice, free stuff

[Angela Bischoff]

Greenspirational Events

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Join us as GREEN SCREENS presents BEING CARIBOU
Monday, December 15 at 7 PM – NFB Mediatheque

150 John Street (corner Richmond), Toronto


FREE admission



Donations to CIELAP welcome!

Directed by Leanne Allison and Diana Wilson, 2004, 72 min

Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer  
follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometres of  
rugged Arctic tundra. The husband-and-wife team wants to raise  
awareness of threats to the caribou's survival.

Dramatic footage and video diaries provide an intimate perspective of  
an epic expedition. At stake is the herd's delicate habitat, which  
could be devastated if proposed oil and gas development goes ahead in  
the herd's calving grounds in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

For more information call 416.973.3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

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*Upping the Anti Public Forum on Labour and the University*

Monday, December 15th
The Concord Café (937 Bloor St.)
7pm

A panel discussion on Labour and the University

Sponsored by Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action
www.uppingtheanti.org

On November 6, 2008, CUPE 3903 went on strike against their employer,  
York
University. Fed up with the employer's dismal offers, nearly 3500  
teaching
assistants, contract faculty, and research and graduate assistants  
took action
to win decent job security, equity, wages, and benefits.

December 15 marks the beginning of week six on the picket lines.

Facing anti-union media, an employer that refuses to negotiate, and  
self-serving
politicians, it is sometimes difficult to find spaces where we can  
collectively
discuss the historical and political significance of this struggle.

Nevertheless, we must ask: what are the implications of this strike  
for 3903
members, the university sector, and the Canadian labour movement?

Upping the Anti welcomes all organizers, activists, and allies  
committed to
labour union solidarity to attend the forum with questions and  
contributions.

Speakers:

*Punam Khosla*
*Janice Newson*
*Bryan D. Palmer*

The Concord Cafe is an accessible location.

For more information please e-mail uppingtheanti at gmail.com or visit
www.uppingtheanti.org

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Anti-Corporate Gift Making Workshop

Wednesday, December 17 @ 3pm - 6pm
OPIRG Toronto Office, 563 Spadina Ave., Room 101
INFO: 416.978.7770; opirg.toronto at utoronto.ca

Don't get stuck in a rut of shopping in a last minute panic to get a  
gift. MAKE YOUR OWN (and boycott consumerism at the same time!)  
Includes such grand gift ideas as: personalized buttons, home-made  
cards, recipe books, picture frames, magnets, and much more homemade
goodness! Most materials will be provided, but if you have an idea to  
share bring it along!

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Tales of a Yellow Bike
Film Screening

Friday Dec 19th
at the Bike Pirate work space, 1292 Bloor St W (at Lansdowne)
Group Ride: 6:30pm sharp...
Film 7:30 pm sharp...
$5 or PWYC

Promoting the idea of sharing bikes, this documentary film follows  
yellow bike sharing initiatives around the world.
Come join Bike Pirates with a night ride and film screening.  
Consultation after the film will talk of potential bike sharing  
opportunities for Toronto's cycling future.

http://bikepirates.com/

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20th Annual Kensington Festival of Lights

Sunday Dec. 21st, 2008 - Winter Solstice

Unite to Ignite the Longest Darkest Night
Parade begins 6 p.m. from Augusta and Oxford, or join along the way  
as we wind through Kensington Market

Join with the giant puppets, stilt walkers and fire breathers in a  
luminescent lantern-lit carnival.
Celebrate the return of light.

http://www.redpepperspectaclearts.org/

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FREE STUFF looking for a home

The following items are looking for a new home, preferably to support  
a cause. The items are for people who need them, and not for garage  
salers or flea marketers who will resell them.

A warehouse needs to be cleared by Friday 12/19 at the LATEST which  
holds NEW useful, practical and varied household/office related  
items. Arrangements can be made to pick things up or make  
arrangements to have items delivered to a charitable organization  
with no means of picking the items up. The warehouse location is Don  
Valley Pkwy and Eglinton Ave.

Please call 647.223.8739 between 9AM-8PM. Ask for Joe.

*assorted dishes including serving sets & dinner dishes (well known  
designers and manufacturers)
*assorted glassware
*sheets, towels bathmats
*Christmas decorations (mostly used)
*assorted electronics
*office furniture
*lots of office supplies (of all kinds)
*shelving
*floor rugs, patterned varying in size
*assorted toys
*decorative home items (vases etc)

Please ask for anything specific your organization or clients may  
specifically be in need of.

DON'T HESITATE TO CALL WITH ANY INQUIRES AND BE PREPARED TO ACT  
IMMEDIATELY.

Please call 647.223.8739 between 9AM-8PM. Ask for Joe.

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