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People- & Planet-Friendly Events & Resources (00/04/06)




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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY UPDATE
Revised Thurs. Apr. 6, 2000
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Here are upcoming SUSTAINABLE LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL 
& SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS, workshops, courses, meetings, 
festivals, conferences, etc. in Toronto, Ontario & beyond.  
PLEASE PASS THIS ON or post at your office or neighbourhood.  

*** CONTENTS ***
(A) NEW EVENTS IN ONTARIO
(B) Recurring, Ongoing & Series (none this week)
(C) Events Beyond Ontario 
(D) RESOURCES, Notices, Actions & Opportunities 
(E) Feature (none this week)
(F) JOBS & CONTRACTS
(G) About this Newsletter

This is the *UPDATE EDITION*, which includes NEW events
that have not been mentioned in previous messages (plus a few
reminders of events coming up this week).  New listings 
(since March 30 edition) are indicated by an asterisk (*). 
In order by date.  

* Send new events to icontario@aol.com (cc icontario@hotmail.com)
and please FAX all Toronto-area events to NOW magazine: 
new fax: 416-364-1166  (listings@nowtoronto.com) by 5pm 
Thursday, a week before the Thursday of publicaton. 

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(A) NEW EVENTS IN ONTARIO
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* Includes events in Toronto, Ottawa, National CBC Radio & TV, 
Hamilton, Guelph, Kitchener, London, Pickering, Peterborough, 
Woodbridge/ Maple/ Kleinberg, Canada-wide, Washington DC, Vermont.

*** TIP OF THE WEEK ***
* Can't go to events?? -there's lots you can do from home: 
* Check out the "Resources" section (below; back-issues at 
* http://www.web.net/~ppf/sampdoc.html).  Read up on "What you 
* can do" (http://www.web.net/~ppf/enviro.html) and "How to be an 
* Activist" (http://www.web.net/~ppf/activist.html).  Contact the 
* folks behind an event and ask what actions you can take (write 
* your MP, sign a petition, etc).  Visit your favourite eco-websites 
* (see http://www.web.net/~ppf/links.html); subscribe to their e-mail 
* lists & check out their "Actions" or "Alerts" (examples: 
* http://www.web.net/oen/notices.html  
* http://headlines.igc.apc.org:8080/enalerts/).  
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* HWY 407 PROTEST, Fri Apr 7, 3pm, Toronto.  Federal 
Minister Dhaliwal will be flying over where the 407 eastern 
extension is planned; then he will hold a news conference, 5:30-
5:45 pm at the Buttonville Airport main terminal, north of Toronto.  
Highway 407 will rip through nine native land claims; damage 17 
trout & salmon spawning streams; clearcut acres & acres of the 
Rouge Park; poison local aquifers; destroy prime farmland, 
including the 8,000 acre Dufferin-Rouge Agricultural Preserve in 
Markham & Pickering.  The bulldozers may start any day!  Call 
Federal Fisheries Minister Herb Dhaliwal at: 613-992-3474 & and 
ask for a full Federal Environmental Assesment. We need to be 
there to greet him -- in force!  Bring banners & placards if you can. 
Meet at College & Younge, SE corner, with your bikes.  We'll take 
the subway north to the end of the line and then cycle about 30 
minutes to the airport to greet Dhaliwal!  If you need a ride from 
Toronto call: Kathryn Dean 416-486-6192 of the 407 Action 
Group.  Background info: http://web.onramp.ca/rivernen/highway.htm

* VOLUNTEER FOR EARTH DAY, Fri Apr 7, 10am-noon, 
Toronto.  Training session for Earth Day (Sat Apr 22) and Earth 
Week (Apr 15-30).  Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge  416-
599-1991 ext 108.

* WIND TURBINE WORKSHOP, Fri Apr 7, 3pm, Toronto.  The 
assessment, design & operation of wind turbines, wind farms & 
their environmental impact.  With energy engineer Peter M. 
Keavney from Glasgow, Scotland.  Seneca College, 1750 Finch 
Ave. E at Hwy 404.  Studio Theatre, Room 1233. RSVP Mary 
Dawson 1-800-572-0712

* BREAD NOT BOMBS: A POLITICAL AGENDA FOR 
SOCIAL JUSTICE, Fri Apr 7, 6-8:30pm, Toronto.  Book launch 
with Senator Douglas Roche and video showing of Gemini Award-
winning "Lifting the Shadow, with Kevin McMahon.  This film 
asks some hard questions about the United States continuing 
proliferation of nuclear weapons, 10 years after the end of the Cold 
War.  With discussion.  All welcome!  At the Free Times Cafe, 320 
College (just W of Spadina).  More info: Science for Peace: 416-
978-3606  http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca

COMMUNITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 
NETWORK in Ontario, Fri-Sat Apr 7-8, Toronto.  Join Citizens' 
Environment Watch (CEW) & other grassroots associations, 
concerned citizens, community leaders, teachers, & govt rep to 
find common ground, look at shared areas of concern and explore 
new ways of working together for building a stronger community-
based environmental monitoring network in Ontario. Keynote: 
Lynda Lukasik.  How can orgs most effectively collect, analyse & 
present monitoring data? How can we best engage youth in env 
monitoring? How can orgs collectively influence public policy? At 
UofT.  $40 incl lunches, snacks & a social on April 7. ($20/day). 
Info/register: Citizens' Environment Watch 416-978-4144  
env.watch@utoronto.ca 

VIDEO ACTIVISM WORKSHOP, Saturdays Apr 8 - Apr 29, 
2pm, Toronto.  Free U of T & Toronto Video Activist Collective.  
At the Anarchist Free Space, 254 Augusta Ave. (Kensington 
Market). Free.  Register: Galit Wolfensohn galitwol@yahoo.com 

SEED-SEWING BEE, Sat Apr 8, 10am-1pm, Toronto.  Register: 
416- 363-6441 ex25.  Followed by: 

FERTILE FOOD FESTIVAL - Resistance is FERTILE! Sat Apr 8, 
1- 5pm, Toronto.  A celebration of Toronto's thriving health food 
culture, bringing together farmers, gardeners, eaters & other 
activists.  1pm: booths, games, free organic food... 2:30pm: 
speakers - Mary Lou Morgan of Field to Table, Wayne Roberts 
author of Real Food for a Change.  3:30pm: workshops - Toronto's 
Community Gardens;  Ecological Risks of GE.  Part of a world-
wide week of action against GM.  Free.  At FoodShare's Field to 
Table  warehouse, 200 Eastern Ave (near King St & Don Valley).  
http://www.resistanceisfertile.com  FoodShare 416-363-6441 ex25;  
GENEaction 416-438-1254  geneaction@graffiti.net

FOOD - UNDERSTAND IT, SUSTAIN IT, SECURE IT, Sat Apr 
8, 9am- 3:45pm, Guelph. Ensuring Food Security for 
Guelph/Wellington.  9:30am: Debbie Field from Foodshare, 
Toronto: Trends in Food Security - how did we get here in the first 
place? What are the larger issues/context? Can the current market-
economy provide food security?  10:45am: Best Food Practices 
from Ontario & beyond; Understanding new possibilities; Creating 
a Community of Gardens in Montreal; Providing Sustainably 
Grown Meats - Rowe Farm Meats, Guelph, Ontario;  Food 
Security and the Penal System; Linking Producers and Consumers 
through CSA's; 1pm: A Local Agenda for Action (Town Hall Style 
Meeting): How can we strengthen links between producers & 
consumers?  How can we build institutional capacity for food 
security?  What can we do to support organic farmers?  How can 
we ensure consumer information & protection?  Who are possible 
partners for change? 2:45pm Food Security Fair & Informal 
Networking  St. George's Church, 99 Woolwich St., Guelph.  
$5/$2.  Pre-registration encouraged: Kelly, OPIRG-Guelph 519-
824-2091

* RADIO broadcast: WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE ... SO 
WHY ARE OUR LAKES DYING? Sat Apr 8, 12:06-1pm, CBC 
Radio One. There are somewhere between one-and-a-half and two 
million lakes in Canada. And they're facing an unprecedented 
threat from an environmental triple whammy: acid rain, climate 
warming and ozone depletion. We'll talk to two of Canada's 
leading fresh-water ecologists about air, wind and water ... and 
what it means for the future of Canada's lakes.  On "Quirks & 
Quarks", CBC Radio One, across Canada (FM 99.1 in Toronto) 
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/

* TECHNOLOGY & CULTURE: Knowledge Across Borders, Sat 
Apr 8, 9-4:30pm, Toronto.  Impacts of the internet on international 
debt, global education & organizing for social change.  Increased 
information/communications technology calls for a re-thinking of 
the potential for social organizing around the globe.  The economy, 
NGO's & the internet; participation, access & exclusion.  Over 15 
Canadian & intntl. speakers; moderated by Barbara Hall.  At the 
Koffler Institute, 597 Spadina Ave.  Ontario Council for Intntl. Co-
operation 416-972-6303  Register on-line: 
http://www.web.net/~ocic  ocic@web.net

* DIRECT ACTION TRAINING CAMP, Sat Apr 8 (6-9pm) & 
Sun Apr 9 (9am-8pm), Toronto.  In preparation for the April 16th, 
IMF shutdown in Washington (and other upcoming events such as 
May 1st at the stock exchange, The OAS/FTAA shutdown in 
Windsor, and OCAP's June 15th demo against the Tory gov't).  
Approx. schedule:  Sat 6-9pm: consensus decision making, affinity 
group structures & A16 info; discussion on property damage etc.;  
Sun 9:30-11am (a) non-violent resistance (dealing with cops, 
media, bystanders, history, philosophy); (b) banner making; 
11:30am-1pm (a) legal issues for direct action; 1-2pm lunch; 2-
4pm (a) non-violent resistance (same as morning); (b) media 
(soundbites, press releases, mock interviews); 4:30-6:30pm 
blockading tactics; 6:30-7:30pm dinner break; 7:30-9:00pm 
debriefing/planning for A16. Affinity groups, action plans, etc. 
Come ready to share your skills/experience/ideas; also bring any 
items you may like to use in creating direct action tools.  
Experienced trainers & teach-in style.  "Because reform/lobbying 
just doesn't get the goods!"  Resist! and Metro Network for Social 
Justice.  At OPIRG Toronto, 563 Spadina Ave (btwn College & 
Harbord)  More info: brian.sharpe@utoronto.ca or 
stefgude@hotmail.com

WHAT IS THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION? Sat Apr 8, 
1- 5pm, Toronto.  Free.  McLure Hall, Bloor St United Church, 
300 Bloor St W.  More info: Sid Lacombe 416-535-2335 ext 127.  
sid_lacombe@yahoo.com

GREEN PARTY OF ONTARIO - ANNUAL POLICY 
CONFERENCE, Sat Apr 8, 9am-5pm, Hamilton.  $15 before Apr 
5; $25 at the door (incl. veg. lunch)  For electronic map of 
conference location: grnparty@cgocable.net  For copy of 
resolutions: shawb@uoguelph.ca  Car-pooling: Cheryl Veary 
vecgod@yahoo.com  416-929-2397  Directions: Hwy 403 west 
from Burlington; Main St. W  (or Aberdeen) cutoff; Main St. W 
past McMaster Univ.; turn left after C.N.I.B - Main St. W 
continues; left onto Whitney Ave.; right onto Lower Horning Dr.; 
left onto Butty Place

PETERBOROUGH GREENS FUNDRAISER, Sat Apr 8, 
10:30am.  With local musicians, incl Kermit the Frog & the 
Beautiful Losers.  Join other Green Party sympathizers and help 
raise funds, while having fun!  At Cosmic Charlies, 190 Hunter St, 
Peterborough, Saturday April 8, at 10h30.  More info: Raphael 
Thierrin 705-749-9890 raphael@kawartha.com

* NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK, Sun Apr 9-15.  Canadian 
Wildlife Federation & Environment Canada.  
http://www.wildlifeweek.org

* TV broadcast: THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki, 
Mon Apr 10, 9pm, CBC TV.  "Race for the Future", part 2 of 2.  
More info:  http://www.tv.cbc.ca/nature_of_things/

* IMAGINE DEMOCRACY, Mon Apr 10, 6-8pm, Ottawa.  With 
author Judy Rebick.  How Canada can grow & prosper by tapping 
into its greatest strength - its people.  A social commentator who 
knows the issues from the ground up...she shows how a democratic 
society can work.  Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 
Metcalfe St. (at Laurier).  Free.  octopusbooks@cyberus.ca

* Save the ROUGE-DUFFINS WILDLIFE CORRIDOR, Mon Apr 
10, 7:30pm.  Poison or people? Traffic or trees?  Wasteland or 
wetland?  Highrises or sunrises?  Without you we all lose!  City 
Council Meeting, Civic Complex, Council Chambers, 1 Esplanade, 
off Glenanna Rd., E. of Pickering Town Centre  Ian 905-509-8788  
416-284-0257  416-282-9983

* TRUSTING NATURE: WHAT RISKS LIE ON OUR DINNER 
PLATES? Mon Apr 10, 7-9:30pm, Toronto.  Is nature inherently 
superior to what humans can do... or is human-engineered food 
superior to "natural" food? What risks are in those "old-fashioned" 
foods we think of as more healthy than the "new-fangled" foods on 
the supermarket shelves? Debate with Doug Powel, Asst. Prof., 
Dept. of Plant Agric. (U of Guelph).  "Integrating scientific 
knowledge with public perceptions to garner the benefits of 
technology while managing & communicating risks". Author of 
"Mad Cows & Mother's Milk" & "Reclaiming Dinner"  At the 
Faculty Club, U of T, 41 Willcocks St (one block S. of Harbord 
btwn Spadina & Huron).  $29 incl hot & cold hors d'oeuvres & 
wine.  Prepayment required.  416-494-1440  couch@couch.ca  
[Will there be any "scientists-for-hire" at this table?  Be sure to 
get a second opinion, such as:  http://www.canadians.org  or  
http://www.ramshorn.bc.ca   -ed]

TRANSIT SUMMIT 2000, Mon Apr 10, 9am-4:30pm, Toronto.  
Public forum on transit & transportation issues.  Air quality... 
climate change... how can we improve & support public transit; 
health of Canadian transit systems (esp. in GTA); benefits of sust. 
transp. for health & environment; opportunities.  Meet gov't 
policy- makers, transit authorities, employees & unions, 
politicians, corporations, consultants, transit users, public interest 
groups & the media.  Free.  Council Chambers, Metro Hall, 55 
John St. at King.  Register: Mary Louise Colantonio 416-926-1907 
x245  transit@pollutionprobe.org  Sponsored by Environment 
Canada & Transport Canada.

* FOOD ACTION OTTAWA, Mon Apr 10, 7pm, Ottawa.  
Recap/debrief  the International Day of Action, April 1 - "Don't Be 
Fooled by GMO Foods", incl our brilliant outdoor theatre & 
Loblaws info pickets!  Also: Apr 15-16 Food Fair; ag-biotech 
industry ad campaign; planning potluck & videos; public 
presentations & education; Codex (international labelling debate) 
is coming to town May 8; public letter-writing events.  Second 
Monday of each month.  At the YW/MCA, 180 Argyle Ave. at 
O'Connor (look for a room notice in the front hall).  More info: 
Lucy Sharratt 613-235-1672 (days) or Shannon Willmott 
<shannonnwillmott@hotmail.cam> or Katherine Gunn  
<kgunn@cyberus.ca>  613-729-0504.

SUSTAINABILITY NETWORK FREE BREAKFAST FORUM, 
Tues Apr 11, 7:30-9am, Toronto.  The Joyce Foundation 
(http://www.joycefdn.org) supports efforts to protect the natural  
environment of the Great Lakes, reduce poverty & violence, and 
ensure that its people have access to good schools, decent jobs, and 
a diverse & thriving culture.  Overview of the Joyce Foundation's 
general & environmental grantmaking interests.  Central YMCA 
Auditorium, 20 Grosvenor (just NW of College & Yonge).  Free, 
but pre-registration required by Apr 7: send your name & 
affiliation to Paul Bubelis  bubelis@switchtech.net  416-760-8602 
http://www site http://sustain.web.net 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION, Tues Apr 11, 
6:30/7pm-9pm, Toronto. Presentations & panel discussion with 
three professional mediators & teachers experienced in multi-party 
environmental disputes.  Free. Location: Room 302, 3rd floor, 
Metro Hall, 55 John St.  RSVP with your name (& spelling), phone 
& fax numbers, occupation & company, to: Alan Levy  
aldb@interlog.com  fax 416-929-9895, or call 416-929-8282.  
Arbitration & Mediation Inst. of Ont. (AMIO), Enviro. Section

LEADERSHIP: LEARNING TO LEAD OR LEADING TO 
LEARN?  *New Date: Tues Apr 11, 7pm, Ottawa.  How we can 
teach, and learn, the intangibles of effective grassroots leadership.  
174 First Ave.  Register Mike Kaulbars 613-230-4590 
dq430@freenet.carleton.ca  Related site: http://www.perc.flora.org

HELP BUILD A WINDMILL! Tues Apr 11, 7pm, Toronto. Not 
looking forward to another summer of smog?  Clean, safe, 
renewable technologies exist today - but we need your help!  A 
realistic alternative to coal & nuclear power, smog, acid rain, 
global warming.  Come learn how you can help build windmills on 
the Toronto waterfront!  Toronto Renewable Energy Cooperative 
(TREC), 401 Richmond St W., Suite 380. More info: David 416-
977-5093  http://www.trec.on.ca

* EXPLORING EARTH DAY, Wed Apr 19, Toronto.  Youth-led 
kid's events at Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester.  Free.  416-392-6643

* FOOD, SEX & SALMONELLA: Globalization & Food Safety, 
Wed Apr 12, 7pm, Kitchener.  Failures of the globalized food 
system such as Mad Cow Disease and how to prevent these 
diseases from occurring & spreading.  With David Waltner-Toews, 
(veterinary epidemiologist at U of G).  At The Working Centre, 58 
Queen South, Kitchener.  http://www.theworkingcentre.org  519-
743-1151  genmail@theworkingcentre.org

TORONTO WATERFRONT'S ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE, 
Thurs Apr 13, 5:30/6pm.  Redev't & the Olympic Bid.  At Metro 
Hall, 55 John St, Room 309.  Register by April 10.  $10-$35.  
Info/register; Sue Ruggero 416-746-9076

* FAIR-TRADE DAY OF ACTION, Thurs Apr 13, Canada- & 
US-wide. Day of protest against Starbucks Coffee on Thursday, 
April 13th, to demand that Starbucks offer their customers the 
choice to buy FairTrade coffee.  An opportunity to work for 
international social justice in your own town -- hand out flyers 
and/or postcards and collect petition signatures at your local 
Starbucks!  Help improving the health, education, environment & 
development of millions of coffee farmers around the world   For 
ideas, contacts, etc., contact: Alleson Kase <a_kase@stmarys.ca>  
There are over 70 Starbucks in Ontario; to locate the Starbucks 
closest to you, check your phone book or 
http://locator.starbucks.com/starbucks/startprx.hm?CMD=FILL  
Info on the US action, incl sample flyers, petitions & postcards:  
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/coffee/starbucks.html  
Global Exchange Fair Trade Coffee Campaign: 
<deborah@globalexchange.org> 415-255-7296.  To see how the 
Starbucks Action fits into the Mobilization for Social Justice (the 
April Days of Action): http://www.a16.org

* ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH VIDEOS, Thurs Apr 13, 7-9pm, 
Toronto.  "Everyday Carcinogens" [**this video is a "MUST-
SEE"... if the public is complacent about environment, these vivid 
links to health could change all that... show it to your doctor! - ed].  
Also "Stopping Cancer Where it Starts".  Followed by a discussion 
with Lynn Marshall, M.D., of the Environmental Health Clinic at 
Women's College Campus, SWC.  Free, all welcome.  *NEW 
LOCATION* OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), 
252 Bloor St. W (at St George subway), parking at 71 Prince 
Arthur.  7th floor.  More info: Women's Network on Health & 
Environment 416-928-0880 weed@web.net

URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT - the Portland Model, Thurs 
Apr 13, Toronto.  At York University.  
http://www.yorku.ca/org/gtaforum/   gtainfo@yorku.ca

* ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITIES: PRACTICAL CURRENTS 
OF CHANGE, Thurs Apr 13, 7:15-9:15pm, Toronto.  With Nancy 
Palardy, Taskforce on the Churches & Corp Responsibility; Dr. 
Joe Mihevc Councillor; Sharon Earn (Environmental Design); 
Doug Moore & the "Starving Gardeners"; Kurt Stauffert, Canadian 
Organic Growers.  Short keynotes & presentations and discussion.  
Info tables.  $5/$8; student/unemp/senior: donation.  Location: 
Sam Sobarra Hall, (in Brennan Hall), University of St. Michael's 
College (U of T), 81 St. Mary Street (near Bay St.).  More info: 
Ethan Allan Institute for Theology & Ecology: 416-926-1300 
ex3408  or  416-512-7874  eaite@web.net  Map: 
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/eaite  (click on upcoming events)

* ONTARIO STUDENT CONFERENCE on the CULTURE of 
PEACE, Thurs-Fri Apr 13-14, Toronto.  Help draft an Ontario 
Youth Declaration on the Culture of Peace as input for the United 
Nations Youth declaration; develop a practical plan of action.  
Thurs: Primrose Hotel, 111 Carlton; Fri: Legislative Assembly 
(actually take over the MPP's seats in Queen's Park!).  For grades 5 
to OAC.  $100/student to cover costs.  Info/register: 
http://members.home.com/lepages/ontario  705-726-2973

* GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS - PUBLIC FORUM (TO 
BE BROADCAST), Fri Apr 14, 7pm, Toronto.  Quirks & Quarks 
public forum, with Ann Clark & Elisabeth Abergel, plus NGO's, 
activist groups, and others knowledgeable in the field - panel on 
science issues in food safety.  Broadcast will probably be one of 
the last two weeks of June.  Free, but you must reserve: call 416-
205-3876.  Limit 4 tickets/person.  At Glenn Gould Studio, CBC 
Toronto, 250 Front St. W  [Quirks & Quarks airs Saturdays across 
Canada on CBC Radio One (FM 99.1 in Toronto) from 12:06-1pm. 
Covering topics in science, technology, medicine & the 
environment] http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/

BUS TRIP TO WASHINGTON FOR IMF & WORLD BANK 
DEMO/ACTION. (from Toronto)  Departs Sat Apr 15, 5pm, from 
720 Spadina. Arrives Washington Sun Apr 16, 6 or 7am. There are 
actions & rallies all day Sunday.  Return to Toronto Mon Apr 17 
by 11pm.  $10-$50/seat to help cover cost of bus ($3000).  Info / 
RESERVE YOUR SEAT a.s.a.p. 416-924-9042  Related web sites: 
http://www.globalexchange.org/a16/facts.html  http://www.a16.org  
http://www.wtocaravan.org/a16.htm  

JUST TRANSITION 2000, Sat Apr 15, London Ontario.  Just 
Transition, Pollution Prevention, Extended Producer 
Responsibility, Clean Production.  $35 incl lunch. Some subsidies 
available.  CAW Local 1520 Hall, London.  
http://members.home.net/jimahon/jtransition/   Jim Mahon, Ont. 
Env. Network - Labour Caucus  jimahon@home.com  519-681-3680

* PUBLIC TRANSIT IN KW Region, Sat Apr 15, 2pm, Kitchener.  
Issues & challenges in planning & providing public transit.  
Kitchener Public Libary, 85 Queen N. 519-743-0271  http://www.kpl.org

IMF & WORLD BANK DEMONSTRATION, Sat Apr 15, 
3:30pm, Toronto.  March to Washington bus departure point at 
Bloor & Spadina. Local initiative to coincide with the Mobilization 
for Social Justice in Washington D.C. the following day.  
American Consulate, 360 University Ave.  WTO Action Coalition  
http://www.flora.org/flora.mai-not/18190

* SOLAR & WIND ENERGY TOUR & WORKSHOPS (level 1), 
Woodbridge/ Maple/ Kleinberg.  One-day workshop: theory, 
practical application, system components, costing, sizing.  Held in 
Kortright's renewable energy cottage, powered by wind & sun!  An 
invaluable source of unbiased info. Dates: Sat Apr 15, Sun Apr 16, 
Sat Oct 14, Sun Oct 15 (10-4pm) or Thurs Aug 17 (6pm-9:30pm). 
Location just north of Toronto (west of Canada's Wonderland).  
Day: $45  Eve: $35  Advance reservation & payment req'd: 
Kortright Centre for Conservation, "Canada's Largest 
Environmental Education Centre" & home to Canada's largest 
demos of renewable energy technology. 905-832-2289  
http://www.kortright.org

* ACTIVE PEOPLE: ACTIVE DEMOCRACY, Tues Apr 18, 7-
10pm, Toronto.  Civic engagement; how our values affect how we 
participate in gov't decisions; front-line experiences on how to 
influence gov't decisions.  With Dr. Benjamin Barber, Director, 
Whitman Center for the Culture & Politics of Democracy (Rutgers 
University, New Jersey) and a leading scholar on civic 
engagement, democratic theory & the civic movement;  Dr. Neil 
Nevitte (U of T, a leading scholar on public opinion & political 
participation); Elizabeth May (Exec. Director, Sierra Club of 
Canada, author & frontline activist & advocate).  OISE 
Auditorium, 252 Bloor W (btwn Bedford & St George).  More 
info: Councillor David Miller 416-338-0338

[Not all events shown due to lack of space... next week!]

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(C) EVENTS BEYOND ONTARIO
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MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE, Sun Apr 9 - Mon 
Apr 17, Washington DC.  Huge protest & festival of resistance & 
carnival of creativity for the April meeting of the World Bank & 
IMF.  Teach-ins on the institutions & issues: debt, structural 
adjustment, sweatshops, destructive projects; non-violence & civil 
disobedience; first aid; workshops on puppet & prop-making; 
more.  Nonviolent direct actions: Sun & Mon April 16 & 17.  
http://www.a16.org  http://www.globalexchange.org/a16/facts.html  
Canadian site: http://www.wtocaravan.org/a16.htm

PROTEST AGAINST IMF & WORLD BANK POLICIES, Sun 
April 16 - 17, Washington.  Thousands will March in Washington!  
Organizational endorsements & support needed now.  
http://www.a16.org    E-mail listserv: send a blank message to a16- 
international-planning-subscribe@egroups.com

SUMMER COURSES IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY, Vermont.  (1) 
Planning, Design & Construction for Sustainable Communities, 
May 26 - June 16.  (2) Ecology & Community, June 23 - July 21.  
ISE, 1118 Maple Hill Road, Plainfield, Vermont 05667 USA, 
(802) 454-8493 http://ise.rootmedia.org/ ise@sover.net

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(D) NEW RESOURCES, NOTICES & ACTIONS
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* INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER - IMF & WORLD BANK 
PROTESTS - Web site & MP3's for broadcasting, etc.  Covering 
the protests of the International Monitary Fund (IMF) and World 
Bank (WB) April 9-17.  Daily audio wrap-ups (16th & 17th); week 
wrap up (Fri 14) (about 5 minutes each); other stories about 
specific events; what's wrong with the IMF/WB; why people are 
protesting.  (Also, please upload your relevant links, audio, video, 
print or still photography) http://www.indymedia.org

* WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION - CANADIAN WEB 
SITES  A16 - Transpo to DC: http://wtocaravan.org/a16.htm   M1 
- Global Day of Action: http://wtocaravan.org/mayday2k/   Shut 
Down the OAS in Windsor: http://wtocaravan.org/oas.htm

* ECOVILLAGES, INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES & 
COHOUSING DIRECTORY.  Communities Directory 2000 -- A 
Guide to Intentional Community & Cooperative Living -- is now 
available.  Descriptions from over 700 intentional communities in 
North America & around the world; 33 original articles; resource 
directory.  The Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC) is a 
nonprofit network, created in 1948, that serves as a clearinghouse 
for information about cooperative living. The FIC also publishes 
Communities magazine and hosts events.  http://directory.ic.org/  
(excerpts, reviews, contents, ordering, list of libraries)
Product or ordering info: 800-462-8240  540-894-5798  order@ic.org
Order online: https://secure.anu.net/ic/cdir/  (Visa & Mastercard)
$38 incl. shipping  ISBN: 0-9602714-8-1  v3.1  456 pgs (8.5x11")
[The Metro Toronto Reference Library has the 1996 edition - ed]  
RELATED WEB SITES:  Fellowship for Intentional Community: http://www.ic.org/
Global Ecovillage Network: http://www.gaia.org/
Cohousing: http://www.cohousing.org  http://cohousing.ca  
Intentional Community, Cohousing & Ecovillages in Ontario: 
http://www.web.net/~ppf/ecov.html

* GENETIC ENGINEERING PROPAGANDA FROM THE 
GOV'T OF CANADA being distributed to every household in 
Canada.  The brief, attractive & pernicious booklet "Food Safety 
and You" is not about food safety - other than telling YOU that 
food safety is your responsibility.  It is about selling biotechnology 
& genetically engineered foods.  Contact author Brewster Kneen 
for an analysis of this propaganda: http://www.ramshorn.bc.ca  
ph/fx: 250-675-4866  Also, call the booklet's number: 1-800-622-
6232 & ask how much this propaganda cost, why it has all of a 
sudden appeared, how is it being distributed, etc.  We need to 
make it clear to the biotech industry's government lackeys, from 
the Prime Minister down to our MPs, that we are outraged by this 
use of public monies - ours - to propagandize us on behalf of a 
handful of transnational corporations!

* TEN REASONS WHY BIOTECHNOLOGY WILL NOT ensure 
food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the 
developing world.  Clear, straightforward, and chock full of 
nourishing facts, citations, and perspectives for taking on the 
Bunksters and their Consciousness Engineers.  Help counter 
Monsanto's planned multi-million pro-biotech PR campaign.  
http://www.foodfirst.org/resources/biotech/altieri-11-99.html

* Report on the National Day of Protest against Genetically 
Engineered Food: see http://www.life.ca (see April 3 article)

* GREEN PARTY DEMANDS FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION 
MORATORIUM.  Toronto, April 1, 2000 - The Green Party of 
Ontario calls for a moratorium on freeway construction and 
suggests investment in rail & transit alternatives; Prov. Gov't 
should review its urban planning policies to ensure that all new 
communities are planned using Neo-traditional/New-Urbanism 
planning principles. These types of communities are planned firstly 
around walking, then cycling and transit and lastly around 
vehicles...  http://www.greenparty.on.ca   Lawson Hunter, Director 
of Communications, Green Party of Ontario 905-570-3333   Green 
Party of Ontario, 244 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M5A 2G2  
http://www.greenparty.on.ca

* OAK RIDGES MORRAINE - GREATER TORONTO AREA 
LAND-USE PLANNING COUNCIL.  Check out the new web 
site: http://www.gtalupc.com  ... lets you e-mail MPP's, organize a 
petition, etc.  All you need to do is click to get your voice heard!

* And from our "get a life" department, check out Adbusters 
magazine's April campaign: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/tvturnoff/

* OTHER EVENT LISTS (complete list in full calendar edition):
Web Networks Events: http://events.web.net/    Now Magazine -
Events & Grassroots column.  listings@nowtoronto.com
416-364-1300; fax 416-364-1166.   Ontario Environment Network 
http://www.web.net/oen   Political Action News
Ontario http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz

* Some back-issues of this section at http://www.web.net/~ppf/sampdoc.html

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* Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) - Office 
Administrator.  6-month contract; $11/hour, 30 hrs/wk;  Start date 
April 15, 2000. Strong organizational abilities & communication 
skills.  Bryan Young - fax: 416-979-3155 or 977-7411 or 
byoung@trec.on.ca  or  401 Richmond Street West, Suite 380, 
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8

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