T.O. Greenspiration Events: Rebels in Action

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Mon Jun 22 00:17:45 EDT 2015


"The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation.” Pope Francis

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Papal Encyclical – On Care for Our Common Home
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Pope Francis: "Bold Cultural Revolution" Needed to Save Planet from Climate Change & Consumerism
Interview with Naomi Klein on Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/18/pope_francis_bold_cultural_revolution_needed

Pope Francis: The Encyclical - Video
Hilarious and brilliant 2 min. video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BtP1GInlc&feature=youtu.be
 
Pope Francis’s climate-change encyclical will launch a revolution
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-1-reason-popes-climate-encyclical-scares-gop-big-oil-far-right-and-super-rich-2015-06-13?page=2

Pope Francis’s anticapitalist revolution launches
Pope Francis’s 2015 war cry is to lead a global anticapitalist revolution, a revolution leading billions to take back their planet from a fossil-fuel industry that’s lost its moral compass to the “golden calf” and is destroying its own civilization on Planet Earth. Conservatives, Big Oil, the Far Right and Super rich are very scared. Expect the backlash.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-1-reason-popes-climate-encyclical-scares-gop-big-oil-far-right-and-super-rich-2015-06-13?page=2
 
Stand with the Pope on Climate - Send your letter here
Thank him for standing up to climate deniers, speaking the truth on climate science, and calling for global action to stop climate change. I stand with you on climate! 
http://bit.ly/1JXw5Bm
 
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‘The water table is dropping all over the world’: NASA warns we’re on the path to global drought
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/the-water-table-is-dropping-all-over-the-world-new-nasa-study-reveals-global-drought

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production of DAS5 feature video documentary - crowd-funded film
DAS5 = Darcy Allan Sheppard 5 year anniversary of his death at the hands of road rage by Michael Bryant
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/production-of-das5-feature-video-documentary
[Ed: Stop the car-nage! Bikes lanes now. Cancel the Gardiner hybrid and put that money into getting people out of their cars and onto bikes and mass transit. We want and deserve that half a billion $$.]

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Seeking solar torchbearers from the Pan-American communities on July 5th
Inspired by the Pan Am torch, we have designed the People’s Climate Torch. Our solar-powered torch is a symbol of hope, unified climate action and commitment to our shared future. We’re looking for people of all ages from the 41 Pan-American nations, Indigenous nations and communities to carry the People’s Climate Torch during the March for Jobs, Justice & the Climate. To volunteer as a torchbearer, please contact: peoplesclimatemovement.canada at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/438675142973059/

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Monsanto Herbicide Faces Global Fallout After World Health Organization Labels It a Probable Carcinogen
The fight against glyphosate is gaining momentum, and where governments are not stepping up to enforce bans, citizens and private companies are taking it upon themselves with major successes.
http://bit.ly/1Gbb0NB

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New report scorches Harper's record on democracy
A new report called Dismantling Democracy should be compulsory reading for all Canadian voters before the next election. It gives chapter and verse on the Harper government's multi-pronged efforts to stifle not only legitimate dissent and free speech, but even freedom of thought. The report is from Voices-Voix, a coalition of 200 organizations.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2015/06/new-report-scorches-harpers-record-on-democracy
 
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Complete Streets
The City is beginning public engagement on Complete Streets Guidelines to provide a holistic approach to how our streets are designed. Complete Streets take into account the needs of all road users - pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and transit riders, as well as the needs of people of all ages and abilities. There will be a number of opportunities to participate both in person and online. Visit www.toronto.ca/completestreets for the public meeting schedule, materials, and online survey.

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Forever Health Water Systems 
Water Solutions for residential, office and commercial needs - Referrals competition 
http://www.foreverhealthywater.com/referrals-competition.php

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Vegetarian & Vegan Groups and Meet-ups
http://veg.ca/toronto-veg-community/vegetarian-and-vegan-groups/

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First Story Toronto Explores the Pan Am Path
June 20 - 25
Various venues
Bike, bus and walking tours of Indigenous history, trade routes, foods, medicines and connections to land and water with First Story Toronto. Tours take place along the new Pan Am Path.
http://panampath.org/wp.shtml?f=Z6

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Luminato Festival
June 19 - 28
https://luminatofestival.com

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Pride Toronto
June 19 - 28
http://www.pridetoronto.com

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Toronto Jazz Festival
June 18 - 29
http://torontojazz.com

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Spotlight on Films from Turtle Island: People of the Ice
Mon. June 22, 6 pm
Papa/Danforth Library, 701 Pape Avenue
(2003, 52 min) For over 4 000 years, the Inuit have lived in harmony with their Arctic environment. In this frozen landscape, survival depends on a deep understanding of the natural world. Today, global warming threatens the very nature of their habitat. As the ice disappears, so does the Inuit culture it is intimately connected to. Ever-changing temperatures have even made predicting the Arctic climate difficult. Will this extraordinarily resilient people be able to adjust to such dramatic change?

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Special Community Council Meeting to Reduce Traffic Speeds 
Mon. June 22, 6 p.m.
City Hall's Council Chambers, 100 Queen St W (at Bay)
Traffic safety is a top priority for many residents and communities across Toronto. That's why Toronto and East York Community Council will be holding a special evening meeting to consider lowering the speed limit to 30km/h on all local roads in the old city of Toronto. Come to City Hall to share your views on lowering traffic speed and improving traffic safety.
Agenda: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/decisionBodyProfile.do?function=doPrepare&meetingId=10294#Meeting-2015.TE8
For more information on registering to speak or sending a letter: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/tmmis/have-your-say.htm

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Arab Feminists’ Thoughts
Mon. June 23, 1 - 3 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge (N. of Bloor)
Talk by Ghadeer Malek and Ghaida Moussa, co-editors of Min Fami: Arab Feminist Reflections On Identity, Space, And Resistance. 1-3 pm. Free.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/programs-and-classes/featured/thought-exchange.jsp

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The Mexican Drug War in Film, Fact and Fiction
Tues. June 23, 7 - 8 p.m.
David Pecaut Square, 215 King W at John)
Luminato Festival dialogue with documentary photographer Louie Palu, journalists Alfredo Corchado and Angela Kocherga and author John Vaillant. Moderated by Noah Richler. 7 pm. From $10. In the Festival Shed.

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Faith and Our Climate: Uniting Generations
Tuesday, June 23, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College (near Avenue Rd. and Bloor)
2015 is the critical year for action on climate change.  4RG and JustEarth are sponsors of this forum for voters at different ends of the demographic scale.  On the one hand you have Grandparents and other seniors, and, at the other, Generation Zed’s.  Who are Generation Zed’s?  Z is the last letter of our alphabet.  Unless action is taken, the demographic generation (18-34) years may be the last generation that lives before Climate Change profoundly impacts our planet. There are solutions. Youth and age must share ideals and expectations to find these solutions. That is why we aim at uniting generations. Faith:  an important word to Grandparents/seniors.  We will have the inspiration of a courageous Pope, Francis 1 whose much anticipated Encyclical will chart moral imperatives for everyone, of any faith. Representatives of several faiths will be attending to explain how their creeds address moral responsibility for the environment.
http://tcan.ca/event/who-are-generation-zed%E2%80%99s

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Time for Change 
Tuesday, June 23, 6:30 - 8:30pm 
U of T Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut
The follow up to the pre-election conference in February, this is part of the CLC Time for Change tour across the country to get us all ready for the Federal election. With recent polling showing a near three-way tie among the parties, there is both threat and opportunity as we build toward October 19th.  Join CLC President Hassan Yussuff for a social after the main event.
https://t.co/kdyBPhAfVp 

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People of the Ice 
Tuesday June 23, 6:30 and 
Wednesday June 24, 2 pm   
Annette Street Public Library, 145 Annette Street
(2003, 52 min) For over 4,000 years, the Inuit have lived in harmony with their Arctic environment. Today, global warming threatens the very nature of their habitat. As the ice disappears, so does the Inuit culture it is intimately connected to. Can they adapt and survive?

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Rebels in Action - Workers in the Food Production Line Fight for their Rights
Tuesday, June 23, 7 pm
Ryerson Communications Centre, 80 Gould Street, Room #204.
Justicia 4 Migrant Workers (J4MW) invites you to attend this ground breaking film series of documentaries. Hear the stories of workers fighting for decency and respect in the workplace. Afterwards, please join us for a panel discussion to hear how we can link the stories of each documentary to migrant organizing in our communities. Free. The Hand That Feeds (2014), about undocumented workers in New York City deli who successfully unionized.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1573375066216437/

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Launch: Affordable TTC
Wednesday June 24, 10 am
Nathan Phillips Square, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West.
The Fair Fare Coalition report, Affordable TTC: Ticket to the City is being released on Wednesday June 24. Based on discussions with low-income public transit users, it demonstrates that the existing fare structure is unaffordable for people who depend on it the most. It calls for dramatic reductions for fares for people on social assistance and living on low incomes. This is important now because the City is debating and voting on a Poverty Reduction Strategy on June 30, and then on July. It’s also important because the City will be introducing a plan to address the cost of fares for people on low incomes later in the year.
www.ttcriders.ca 

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School’s Out Party Fundraiser 2015, hosted by TREC Education
Wed. June 24, 6:30 - 11 p.m.
Join Toronto Renewable Energy Coop Education for their 3rd annual fundraiser in support of renewable energy education. Networking, food, drinks and comedy.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/schools-out-fundraiser-2015-tickets-15831967842

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The True Cost
Wednesday, June 24, 6 pm
Ryerson University, 55 Dundas St West Lecture Theatre
Toronto will have the opportunity to see this ground breaking documentary about the clothes we wear, the people who make them and the surprising impact the fashion industry has on our world. Presented by Fashion Takes Action and co-hosted by Ryerson University’s School of Fashion 
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-premiere-screening-of-the-true-cost-tickets-17276637889

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Cinema Politica Screening: Valentine Road
Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m.
Koffler House (569 Spadina Ave), Room 108
The seaside town of Oxnard, California, was shattered in 2008 by the shooting death of Lawrence “Larry” King, a 15-year-old biracial, LGBTQ student. The killer? His white, 14-year-old crush, Brandon McInerney. Was this a hate crime—retaliation against unwanted advances—or something more complex, entrenched in the community and society at large? Did flamboyant Larry, who liked to crochet, wear makeup and don heels, push his attacker, an emerging white supremacist, over the edge? It sure made for catchy headlines and drew attention to the plight of LGBTQ teens, as well as the overwhelmed educational and juvenile justice systems. But sensational press coverage only scratched the surface of the real story. Valentine Road delves deeper, to explore the complicated issues of accountability, sympathy and deviance at the heart of a legal defence that posited a murder victim can be the cause of his own murder. Free. Free Popcorn. Wheelchair accessible space.
www.cinemapolitica.org/uoft
http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/uoft/valentine-road

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Blue Drinks Toronto 
Thursday, June 25, 6 pm (presentation at 6:30 pm)
The Madison Avenue Pub, 14 Madison Avenue (near Spadina Subway station) 
Interested in water issues? Meet others working, learning and organizing.
http://yourwaterfootprint.me/2015/05/20/upcoming-events-and-appearances/

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Long Term Waste Strategy Key Stakeholder Charette
Thursday June 25, 1 - 3 pm
Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Auditorium (Yonge and Bloor)
The City of Toronto is developing a Long Term Waste Management Strategy to provide a framework for solid waste management policy decisions over the next 30 to 50 years. The next phase of the Waste Strategy is to consult on the draft vision statement, preliminary list of options and draft evaluation criteria to evaluate those options. The Strategy will recommend waste management policies and programs, including how to manage any leftover garbage remaining after making use of recycling, composting and reuse options. You're invited to a key stakeholder meeting in which your input will be sought on:
-       a draft Vision Statement for the Waste Strategy;
-       draft evaluation criteria; and
-       the preliminary list of options.
RSVP at http://torontowastestrategycharette.eventbrite.ca

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Rolling Through the 6
Friday June 26, 5 – 9:30 pm
Centre For Social Innovation, Regent Park, Daniels Spectrum Building, 585 Dundas Street East, 3rd Floor
‘Rolling Through the 6′ is a bicycle-themed storytelling event to share unique perspectives on how we can share public spaces better and empower ourselves with strategies that encourage compassion and patience while commuting. As well as the storytelling part of the event, there will be special speakers, a BBQ and a breakout session involving participants under the direction of a conflict mediation specialist and a city building agent. This is a free event with a BBQ and Beer for sale so come on out! Organized by Community Bicycle Network. 
http://bit.ly/1Fv1eV4

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Talking Toronto Treaties
Fri. June 26, 1 - 5 p.m.
George Brown College Waterfront Campus 51 Dockside
First Story Toronto presents an afternoon of music, knowledge-sharing and participatory activities about treaties that shaped Toronto history. Free.
http://panampath.org/wp.shtml?f=Z6

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Pedestrian Sunday
Sunday June 28, noon - 7 p.m.
Kensington Market (Dundas to College, Spadina to Augusta)
Pedestrian Sundays don't permanently change the streets, they forever change the way you perceive them! See you in the streets!
http://www.kensingtonmarketbia.com/pedestrian-sundays-in-kensington-market.htm

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Jobs Justice and Climate rally in Toronto 
Sun. July 5th 
jobsjusticeclimate.ca
https://www.facebook.com/events/438675142973059/

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Toronto Peoples' Social Forum - a counter summit for a better world
July 10 – 12
This Social Forum aims to counter the Pan American Economic Summit that will bring the heads of Shell, Rockefeller Foundation, US, Canadian and European Chambers of Commerce, as well as Canada's Finance Minister, ex-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and John Negroponte to Toronto from July 8 - 10. The Peoples' Social Forum will be a counter summit, bringing together activists, students, unions, Indigenous peoples, youth, environmentalists, and hundreds of ordinary individuals to oppose the current political and economic direction of this country, and propose a plurality of alternative paths towards a better world. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/625405217562434/
http://www.peoplessocialforum.org/torontopsf/

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LIFT Conscious Minds Camp
August 14th-24th, 2015 
Cobourg Scout Reserve, Ontario (1.5 hr east of Toronto)
A summer camp by and for youth and young adults who want to cultivate healthy and resilient communities. This is a camp for youth who care about social justice and climate change, who want to build up their communities and world, but don't necessarily know how. Who can apply? This year, we are inviting 25 youth to join us in developing and testing camp programming. While our camp is open to youth from all backgrounds, priority is given to low income, newcomer, and native youth.
Age Ranges:
Seeds – 13-15 years old
Shoots – 16-18 years old
Roots – 19-29 years old – mentor seeds and shoots
www.consciousmindscamp.org | www.socialjustice.org/donate

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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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