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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY UPDATE
Revised Thurs. May. 11, 2000
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(A) * EVENTS IN ONTARIO
(B) * UPCOMING COURSES & APPRENTICESHIPS
(C) * WEB-SITES TO HELP YOU BE HEARD BY THOSE IN POWER
(D) * OTHER EVENT CALENDARS & WEB SITES
(E) Resources, notices, actions, opportunities, jobs & more...
     (this section has been inactive due to lack of resources but will 
return!)
(F) About this Newsletter
(G) Support the People- & Planet-Friendly Events

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/modified 
listings (since May 4) are indicated by an asterisk (*). 
In order by date.  

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(A) EVENTS IN ONTARIO
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* Events in Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Waterloo, 
London, Long Point, Grand Bend, Paisley, Chatsworth, 
Wiarton, Maple/Kleinberg, Hillsburgh, Ottawa, Vermont, on-line.

WHO'S COUNTING? SEX, LIES & GLOBAL ECONOMICS, 
Thurs. May. 11, 7-9pm. Marilyn Waring's film; presentation & 
discussion with Judy Rebick, CBC Journalist.  Film for a Greener 
Planet series.  Free.  Metro Hall room 302, 55 John St., Toronto. 
Women's Network on Health & the Environment, 416-928-0880 
weed@web.net

SEATTLE & WASHINGTON - JUST THE BEGINNING? Thurs 
May 11, 7:30 pm, Toronto.  After the mass protests against the 
IMF & WB, how can we build a larger, stronger movement against 
global capitalism?  Working to promote socialist democracy as an 
alternative to capitalism; rejecting authoritarian ways of 
organizing. All welcome. Oakham House, Ryerson University, 63 
Gould St (one block NE of Yonge & Dundas) 
http://www.web.net/~newsoc  416-969-3209  newsoc@web.net

HEALTH PROMOTION ONTARIO, Thurs-Fri May 11-12, 
London, Ontario.  Annual Spring Meeting.  Health Promotion in 
the Workplace & Beyond. Register by Mon Apr 24.  
http://www.lambtonhealth.on.ca  Kevin Churchill 519-383-8331, 
ext. 524 kchurch@srhip.on.ca

* CORPORATIONS SUCK: SPEAK OUT! Fri May 12, noon-
2:30pm, Toronto.  What kind of world do we want? What's 
standing in the way? What are we prepared to do about it? A 
public speak-out on corporatization & its effects on our everyday 
lives - you're the expert, so come out & have your say! 
Unemployment... anti-racism... human rights... 
commercialization... education... safe streets... McJobs... 
globalization... media... democracy... viloence... homophobia... 
With Naomi Klein (author of bestseller "No Logo: Taking Aim at 
the Brand Bullies"), Mixed Company's Cobblestone youth theatre 
troupe, others.  At Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall, 100 
Queen St. W (at Bay).  Ontario Young Peoples' Alliance; Canadian 
Federation of Students - Ontario; Ontario Secondary School 
Students' Association; Operation 2000; Youth Action Network. 
Info: 416-564-9308  More Youth Week events: 
http://www.youthweek.org/toronto  416-368-2277

ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Fri 
May 12, 7-10pm, Toronto.  Learn how political, economic & legal 
systems actually work. How do power structures & the global elite 
rule us? How do we give our power away unconsciously everyday? 
Liberate yourself from these mental & emotional prisons. Expand 
your imagination of yourself & explore freedom technologies that 
really work. Pursue your uniqueness & dare to express it!  With 
Johnny Liberty, founder of the Institute for Communications 
Resources, and an emerging network of 144 resource centres 
worldwide aiming to research, publish & distribute information, 
news & media, shaping new thought on the leading edge of social, 
political & economical change. John Basset Theatre, in the 
Toronto Convention Center (North Building), 255 Front St. W.  
$65/$50  More info / register: Toronto Resource Center 416-730-
1395  1-888-452-8882 (see also May 13 event)

OUTDOOR EDUCATORS OF ONTARIO, Fri-Sun May 12-14, 
Grand Bend.   At Pinery Provincial Park. $110 incl 2 nights accom. 
& 5 meals.  Carl Freeland 519-539-2704  Jim Gear 519-471-6693

* GROWING CULTURES, May 2000 - Jan 2002, Toronto. An 
exhibition that takes a look at some of the countless gardeners who 
enrich the neighbourhoods of Toronto. The result of countless 
hours of  research by Gerda Wekerle, a professor at York's Faculty 
of Environmental Studies, and the incredibly lush photography of 
Vincenzo Pietropaolo. At the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens 
Park at Bloor, Multicultural Gallery (lower level). Admission to 
the ROM is free Fridays, 4:30-9:30pm.  416-586-8000  
http://www.rom.on.ca  http://www.foodshare.net

* ORGANIC FARMERS MARKET, Saturdays, 8am-2pm, Toronto.  
Fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy, eggs, pasta, bread & treats from local, 
organic farmers.  New location: Queen St. Market, 238 Queen St. W. 
at John (indoors & maybe outdoors).  More info: Sam 416-703-4975 
sam.hirst@utoronto.ca  [Another great location for organics is Karma 
Co-op, 7 days a week, near Bathurst subway, 416-534-1470, 
see next listing -ed]

* ANNUAL PLANT EXCHANGE AT KARMA CO-OP, Sat May 
13, 10am-2pm, Toronto. Bring what you can, take what you need 
(donations accepted in lieu of plants).  At Karma Co-op, Toronto's 
only store-front food co-op.  All welcome.  Karma Co-op, 739 
Palmerston, just north of Barton (near Bathurst & Bloor). More 
info: Sylvia 416-652-8166.  More info on Karma Co-op / tours / 
trial shops / how to become a member: 416-534-1470  More info 
on food co-ops in Toronto & Ontario: Ontario Natural Food Co-op 
http://www.onfc.on.ca 416-503-1144 / 800-387-0354

* ORGANIC PLANT SALE, Sat May 13 & 27, 10am-5pm, 
Toronto.  Organic vegetable & herb transplants, organic soil 
amendments, herb plants, native plant seedlings & seeds, more.  At 
FoodShare's Field to Table warehouse, 200 Eastern Ave. near King 
& River St. More info: Lauren Baker or Vera Topp 416-363-6441 
x25  / 416-697-5141http://www.foodshare.net

LEADERSHIP EDUCATION SEMINARS, Sat May 13, 9am-
5pm, Toronto. Workshops on Prosperity, Vision, Global Economic 
Change, Free Enterprise, Life Reorganization, Constitutional 
Foundation, Leadership, IBC's & Trusts, the Income Tax Act, 
Common Law, LETS Money System, Project & Business 
Development, Personal Sovereignty, Canadian Sovereignty, Global 
Sovereignty.  With Johnny Liberty (founder of the Institute for 
Communications Resources and 144 resource centres worldwide), 
Alex Muljiani (http://www.untaxman.com), John C Turmel, 
Charlene Day, others.  Toronto Convention Center (North 
Building), 255 Front St. W.  $140/$110  More info / register: 
Toronto Resource Center 416-730-1395  1-888-452-8882 (see also 
May 12 event)

* OAS SHUTDOWN COALITION TEACH-IN, Sat May 13, 1-
5pm, Toronto. The OAS (Organization of the American States) is 
meeting in Windsor June 4-6, to extend the FTAA to all the 
countries of Latin America & the Caribbean. There will be a series 
of teach-ins, rallies, marchs, demonstrations etc, etc, etc in 
Windsor.  Meanwhile, there will also be teach-ins here in Toronto.  
Free Trade in Poverty & Oppression by the Organization of the 
American States, with Professor David McNally, PolySci, York U.  
Learning resistance: techniques in civil disobedience & organized 
resistance, Direct Action Collective.  At OISE, Drama Room, 252 
Bloor W. (at St. George subway)  <stopftaa@tao.ca> 
http://www.shutdownOAS.org  416-643-0837  (There will be 
buses leaving Toronto for Windsor early Sun June 4, returning late 
that night. There may also be a bus to Windsor on Friday night.  
Brent Patterson 416-885-6283 <bpatterson@canadians.org>)

ESCARPMENT BIOSPHERE - RURAL ROCKS NATURE 
RESERVE, Sat May 13, 11am, near Wiarton. Grand Opening & 
short hike (11am) followed by outdoor AGM's: Escarpment 
Biosphere Conservancy & Escarpment Biosphere Foundation (1-
5pm).  Free. http://www.escarpment.ca  Bob Barnett 416-960-8121 
or Rick Procter 705-434-1175 info@escarpment.ca or rjp@interlog.com

YOUTH WEEK WRAP-UP, Sat May 13, 3-8pm, Toronto. 
"Sounds of Fusion": Battle of the Bands, DJ spin-off, breakers, 
hip-hop dancers, contests, sports, art, much more. Bring food bank 
donations. Trinity-Bellwoods Park (Dundas & Crawford). Info: 
416-438-3416  More Youth Week events: 
http://www.youthweek.org/toronto  416-368-2277

NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SPRING WILDFLOWER SALE, Sat 
May 13, 10am-4pm, Toronto.  Come early as a great selection of 
native wildflowers, trees and shrubs sells out fast. Civic Garden 
Centre, Edwards Gardens, 777 Lawrence Ave E.  More info: 416-261-6272.

AIR QUALITY FESTIVAL, Sat May 13, 10am-3pm, Waterloo.  
Free car emissions testing; tour an air monitoring station; 
exhibitors; speakers; "Singing Cyclists"; Can-Bike Festival; 
Honda Insight car; Ford natural gas vehicles. With Lois Corbett 
(Toronto Environmental Alliance), KW Mayors, others.
Waterloo Recreation Complex [Erb west of Caroline.]  More 
info: Alida Burrett 519-654-9189 gaburrett@golden.net  
http://www.home.golden.net/~gaburrett  or Jennifer Yessis 519-
883-2008 x5396 

RIDE FOR ROUGE, Sat May 13, 9:30am, Toronto.  Starts at 
Rouge Valley Conservation Centre, opposite main entrance to 
Toronto Zoo.  25 or 50km.  TTC accessible; rain or shine; helmets 
mandatory; bicycles only.  Proceeds to Rouge Valley Foundation, 
for education & rehabilitation.  $10/$15.  (free with $25 or more in 
pledges) http://web.onramp.ca/revernen  416-282-8265

SOLAR & WIND ENERGY WORKSHOPS (level 2), Sat May 13, 
Maple/Kleinberg.  One-day workshop: component testing, 
installation guidelines, wiring, codes.  Held in Kortright's 
renewable energy cottage, powered by wind & sun!  An invaluable 
source of unbiased info. Dates: Sat May 13, Aug 19, or Oct 21 
(10am-4pm).  Location just north of Toronto.  $85 incl lunch.  
Advance reservation & payment req'd: Kortright Centre 905-832-
2289  http://www.kortright.org

BRING BACK THE DON WALK, Sat May 13, noon-3pm, 
Toronto.  See the Don from a bio-regional perspective. What is the 
river's place in the city? Meet at Queen & River St, NE corner, 
beside Toronto Humane Society.  Rain or shine. More info: 416-392-7842.

YOUTH ACTIVIST FAIR, Sat May 13, 11am-5pm, Toronto. 
Tune in & act out at a day of info tables & hands-on workshops 
from a wide range of activist groups. Workshops include: popular 
theatre, police issues, non-violent civil disobedience, anti-racism in 
schools, guerilla gardening, Greed gameshow parody, popular 
education exercises, radio/newspaper, women's issues, human 
rights, globalization. Learn the skills you need to make change in 
your world!  At Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave (1 
block West of Chester subway).  Bring food bank donations.  
Metro Network for Social Justice.  Info: 416-691-9993 or 
rhondap@interlog.com  More Youth Week events: 
http://www.youthweek.org/toronto  416-368-2277

* STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION WORKBEE, Sat-Sun May 
13-14, Mississauga.  The Mississauga Triplex Cohousing Project is 
again seeking volunteer labour.  [Strawbale construction combines 
the traditional & modern to create structures that are strong, 
durable, super-insulated, cool in the summer, acoustically quiet, 
aesthetically appealing, and environmentally sustainable - ed]. 
With architect Martin Liefhebber.  No experience necessary.  
Saturday start at 9am; Sunday start at noon.  Food provided.  Bring 
hat, gloves, light full-coverage clothing, safety-boots if ya got'em, 
sunscreen. Location: 977 Meadow Wood Rd (south off Lakeshore 
between Hurontario & Clarkson) RSVP if possible (so we can plan 
food) Peter Mack, Camels Back Construction 705-652-3626

GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Sun May 14, 2-
4pm, Toronto.  A public forum with Victor Wong (Director, 
Vancouver Assoc. of Chinese Canadians); Peter Kwong (Director, 
Asian American Studies Program, Hunter College); Magaly San 
Martin (Parkdale Community Legal Worker); David Onyalo 
(Director, Anti-racism & Human Rights, Canadian Labour 
Congress); Sharryn Aiken (former president Cdn council for 
Refugees).  At Ontario Institute for  Studies in Education (OISE), 
252 Bloor W, Room 2-214 (2nd floor) (St. George exit of St. 
George subway) More info: 416-977-9871

* SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS, Sun-
Fri May 14-19, Waterloo Fourth International Conference.  More 
info http://landscape.acadiau.ca/sampaa/confpage.htm

* PRESERVE & PROTECT THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE - 
CELEBRATION, SONG & SCIENCE, Mon May 15, 7pm, 
Toronto.  Speakers, discussion, music. With STORM Coalition, 
Mike Colle M.P.P. (Liberal Municipal Affairs Critic and Author of 
Bill 12, The Oak Ridges Moraine Protection and Preservation Act); 
George Smitherman M.P.P. (Liberal GTA Critic); Friends of Oak 
Ridges Moraine.  Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square 
(Bay & Dundas, behind Eaton Centre) Mike_Colle-MPP@ontla.ola.org

* FUNDRAISING FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, Mon 
May 15, 7-9pm, Toronto.  Assessing needs, writing up a request 
for funding, tips on proposal writing & where to apply. Resource 
Centre, Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester. Info on this & future 
meetings: <cgnetwork@foodshare.net> 416-392-1668  
http://www.foodshare.net/grow.htm

* FOOD SECURITY & FOOD POLICY - INTENSIVE COURSE, 
Mon-Fri May 15-19, 8:30am - 5:30pm, Toronto.  The food 
insecurity that currently exists in advanced industrial societies; 
specific Canadian examples; the forces that have created it; role of 
income, employment, social assistance, urban planning, food 
production & distribution systems; critically analyze government, 
business & NGO policy & programs; strengths & limitations of 
charitable work & community food access programs; 
multicomponent strategies for increasing food security in Canada; 
evaluation of "Canada's Action Plan for Food Security" 
<http://www.agr.ca/cb/fao/fsap/fsape.html>.  For 4th year & 
graduate students & working professionals (social sciences, social 
work, urban studies, nutrition, dietetics, food policy, health care, 
environmental studies, and NGO food access programming).  
Active discussion, guest speakers, local tours, readings.  With 
Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae, Jennifer Welsh. Registration deadline 
May 1, in order to do the readings prior to the course. At Ryerson 
University, W 259.  $499.  More info: Jennifer Welsh 416-979-
5000 x6931  Related sites: <http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/foodsec> 
<http://www.realfoodhome.net.>

* CHEMICAL-FREE LAWN CARE, Tues May 16, 7:30pm, 
Toronto.  Learn how to maintain a chemical-free lawn.  With Janet 
May of the Toronto Environmental Alliance. Free. Grassroots 
Riverdale, 372 Danforth Ave at Chester.  More info: 416-466-2841

* CANADA WELL-BEING MEASUREMENT ACT, Tues May 
16, 7pm, Ottawa. What we count & what we measure signifies 
what we value.  When all we count is monetary transactions 
(GDP), talk about environmental quality & social cohesion does 
not produce action.  When we legitimize other factors by 
measuring & reporting on them in our core measure of progress, 
they become visible.  That visibility, in turn, enables anyone to see 
how policies & actions affect the measures & encourages decision 
makers to pay attention to them.  The ultimate goal is to have long 
term interests thoroughly integrated in the decision making 
process.  There are several steps we can take to get there, the first 
of which is Mr. Jordan's Bill C-469.  All welcome.  With MPP Joe 
Jordan & Mike Nickerson. On Parliament Hill, West Block, room 
307.  More info: http://www.cyberus.ca/choose.sustain/index3.html  
sustain@web.net  613-269-3500

* ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY ENGINEERS: Renewable 
Energy Technologies, Tues May 16, 7:30am, Toronto. With four 
experts in the fields of solar, biomass,  hydraulic and wind, 
speaking on the latest innovations & future growth opportunities. 
Biomass - Robert Elms (President, North American Carbon Inc., a 
company specializing in energy from municipal landfill); hydraulic 
- Ian Lewis (Projects Director, Cumming Cockburn Ltd., a 
consulting firm specializing in environmentally sustainable energy 
projects); solar - Peter DeNapoli (Manager - Eastern Region 
National Sales, Siemens); wind - Joyce McLean (Manager - Green 
Energy, Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc.) $35 at the door. At 
Vaughan Estate, 2075 Bayview, at the Estates of Sunnybrook. 
RSVP Mary Lena Gruppuso mary.lena.gruppuso@cgc.enbridge.com 416-495-6067

* COALITION FOR A GREEN ECONOMY, Wed May 17, 
7:30pm, Toronto.  This month's speaker will be from Husky 
Moldings & Injections (to be confirmed); speaking about their 
sustainable environmental policies, the Shaad Foundation and 
more. Followed by the Coalition's inspired networking!  Free, all 
welcome.  Members Lounge, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. 
(at Bay).  http://www.web.net/ecorecov  Daniel Oster 416-487-
9326  daniel_oster@hotmail.com

* GROW ORGANIC! - TIPS, QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, Wed 
May 17, 7:30pm, Toronto. Urban farmers Colette Murphy & 
Lauren Baker of Urban Harvest provide tips & answer questions 
on how to garden organically.  Free. Grassroots Riverdale, 372 
Danforth Ave at Chester. More info: 416-466-2841

* STATE OF THE LAKES ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE, Tues-
Thurs Oct 17-19, Hamilton. http://www.web.net/oen/events/SOLEC.html

* OAS SHUTDOWN COALITION TEACH-IN, Thurs May 18, 
Toronto. With Rodney Bobiwash, U of T, Director, Forum for 
Global Exchange, Centre for World Indigenous Studies 
<abobiwash@cwis.org> http://www.cwis.org/fweye.html  Time & 
loc t.b.a.  <stopftaa@tao.ca> http://www.shutdownOAS.org  416-643-0837

INTRO TO PERMACULTURE, May 19-22 (long weekend), 
Paisley (3 hours NW of Toronto).  Hands on activities at two 
Earthships (earth- birmed, passive solar, recycled-materials house), 
with wind turbines & photovoltaics, radiant floor heat, composting 
toilets, grey-water beds.  $225-250.  Kevin MacMillan 519-986-
4737 or Jillian Hovey 416-410- 7581  jillian@permaculture.net

* HUMUS TOILET - DO IT YOURSELF WORKSHOP, Sat May 
20, 10am-6pm, Chatsworth.  How to make your "poop" work for 
you!  Hands on, practical workshop on how to plan, design & 
construct a low cost humus toilet.  Useful for cottages, homes, 
barns, outhouses, etc.  With Greg Allen, Engineer & Architect, 
with over 25 years experience innovating, designing & building 
appropriate technology homes, commercial & public buildings.  
"Nature's Dance" Farm, R.R. # 4 Chatsworth, Ont.  $75/$85 incl 
veg lunch.  More info: Dan Shatil 519-794-3609

* ORGANIC GARDENING - GROW YOUR OWN FOOD, Sat 
May 20, 9am-4pm, Hillsburgh.  Everdale's five acre certified 
organic market garden will be your classroom.  Come out, get your 
hands dirty, take home lots of tips & handouts that will make your 
own veggie garden a great success.  Companion planting, 
composting, harvesting & storing, beneficial insects, crop rotation, 
cold frames, more.  At Everdale Learning Centre, a non-profit 
centre offering workshops, seminars, apprenticeships & 
demonstrations in sustainable living & technology - including 
energy consumption, building methods, healthy households, and 
agriculture. A working organic farm and diverse wildlife habitat. 
$50. Bring lunch, gardening clothes, camera. One hour northwest 
of Toronto. Also: June 3, build your own solar water heater; June 
14, where to get healthy food; July 15, herb walk; July 20, food 
that strengthens the immune system; Aug 19, renewable energy 
intro; Aug 23, wild seed collecting; Aug 26, food storage; Sept 23-
24, strawbale construction; Oct 7, permaculture intro; Nov 4, wind 
power.  More info: Gavin Dandy 519-855-6533  everdale@albedo.net

* RESTORATION WEEKEND IN CAROLINIAN CANADA, 
Sat-Sun May 20-21, Long Point.  Join us for a long weekend in the 
warm climes of Long Point, helping to restore a tall-grass prairie 
community in Canada's deep south.  Activities for all; planting 
native trees & shrubs; learning about restoration ecology.  
Camping, swimming (spring-fed pond).  Bring cameras, 
binoculars, guitars...  $20 incl. catered dinner Sat. night. Info / 
register: Bruce Mackenzie, Wildlands League 416-971-9453 x46  
info@wildlandsleague.org  http://www.wildlandsleague.org

* OAK RIDGES - YUKKY TAP WATER - HUNTERS 
EVERYWHERE! Sun May 21, 2pm, Toronto.  Concerned about 
developers paving over the Oak Ridges Moraine into shopping 
mall parking lots?  Remember when Toronto tap water didn't taste 
like it was piped in from a public swimming pool?  Don't like the 
idea of hunters lurking around you when you're hiking in 
Killarney? Sierra Club Toronto (Ron Bruchell Group) is digging 
its heels in to stop bulldozers in the Oak Ridges Moraine, fixin' to 
clean up our waters locally & in the Great Lakes, and saying "no" 
to blood sports in our provincial parks. This your chance to 
actively help in a big way with these (and other) issues. 53 Elm 
Grove Ave. (near Queen & Dufferin) Come out & make our city a 
better place to live - or write us: ron.burchell.group@sierraclub.org

* FOOD DEMOCRACY E-CONFERENCE, Mon-Fri May 22-26, 
on-line.  Next steps in building a national food security network.  
Reply to: mkoc@acs.ryerson.ca  
http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/~foodsec/foodsec/fd.htm

* FAIR FARE FAIR, Sat May 27, 12-4pm, Toronto.  Fair Trade. 
Faire Food. Fair Fun!  What makes food fair? Find out! Mural 
making (for all ages), a short (fun) play, info booths covering 
topics such as food co-ops, community gardens & fair-trade coffee, 
bread baking workshops, and a brick oven cranking out pizza 
(buck a slice). Plus, enjoy spring gardens & a playground for kids! 
At Dufferin Grove Park Clubhouse (1 block S of Bloor on 
Dufferin, NW corner of the park, across from Dufferin Mall). Free! 
More info: Matthew Adams, Catalyst Centre, 416-516-9546 
catalystcentre@web.net http://www.catalystcentre.ca

* CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT WEEK, Sun June 4 - Sun June 
10, Canada-wide.  Community action on clean air and climate 
change; start a community action project; plenty of ideas available 
on the web site.  http://www.ec.gc.ca/eco/eweek_e.htm

* ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS FAIR, Sat June 10, 10am-2pm, 
Toronto.  Showcase your alternative business: fair trade, 
community banking, environmental sustainability, skills exchange, 
complementary health, etc.  Free. (tables $25).  Emmanuel-Howard 
Park United Church, 214 Wright Ave at Roncesvalles. (parking lot 
on north side) 416-536-1755  hwrdprk@idirect.com

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* FOOD SECURITY & FOOD POLICY - INTENSIVE COURSE, 
Mon-Fri May 15-19, 8:30am - 5:30pm, Toronto.  See details in 
section (A), above. More info: Jennifer Welsh 416-979-5000 
x6931  Related sites: <http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/foodsec> 
<http://www.realfoodhome.net.>

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

* FREE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - SUMMER 2000 
ORIENTATION, Thurs June 1, Toronto. A wide variety of free 
courses offered by committed inststructors & facilitators. 416-978-
2582 ext. 37338  free_university@yahoo.com  
http://www.utoronto.ca/acc/freeu

SOLIDARITY SUMMER PROJECT 2000, June 1 - Aug 1, 
Flesherton.  A faith, intentional community & activism experience 
for youth & young adults (age ~16 to 30).  Organic gardening; 
ecological building; outreach centre (community care, advocacy, 
spiritual development, etc.); bike-camping; emergency homeless 
shelter; canning, jarring, baking - nutritious food preparation & 
preserving; silkscreening; forums & workshops (ecology, refugee 
work, prison work, health, sexism, nonviolence, anti-racism, 
literacy, cooking, lifeskills, arts), theological study (for those 
interested); murals; coffeehouse/concert; swimming, hiking, etc.  
On a beautiful parcel of land, 1-1/2 hours north of Toronto (south 
of Owen Sound).  Indoor facilities & camping.  Deadline May 1 
(negotiable).  Student Christian Movement.  More info: Rob 
Shearer or Lisa Nafziger lisa_nafziger@hotmail.com  416-736-
2100 x77275 
http://www.web.net/~scmcan/SCMSolidaritySummer2000/index.htm 

* ECONOMIC CRISIS & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, Tuesdays & Thursdays June 6-29, 7-10pm, 
Toronto.  Powerful forces of economic globalization today are 
creating unprecedented levels of inequality & exploitation, while 
undermining both communities & the environment. These trends 
are not only NOT inevitable, but they involve suppressing great & 
growing potentials for human development. These positive 
potentials constitute a fundamental threat to industrialism, and 
opposition to globalization can be successful only if these 
capacities are developed-by creating community-based ecological 
alternatives. Critically examine the development of capitalism this 
century, and how it has been able to maintain itself primarily 
through the creation of waste, culminating in today's global Casino 
Economy. It will also look at new forms of eco-efficiency & 
regenerative development, which comprise a wholly new 
qualitative redefinition of wealth, and an alternative paradigm of 
economic development. With Brian Milani, author of "Designing 
the Green Economy: the Post-Industrial Alternative to Corporate 
Globalization". $195 (up to 50% in LETS dollars) At OISE, 252 
Bloor W. (at St. George Subway), room 7-216.  Transformative 
Learning Centre, OISE/UT.  416-968-1282  bmilani@web.net  
http://www.web.net/~bmilani

* A CITIZEN'S PLACE in the GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA 
SYSTEM (course), Mon-Fri June 19-23, 9am-5pm, Toronto. 
Interdisciplinary analysis; pos & neg impacts of new media 
technologies & the internet; opportunities, strategies & actions for 
shaping a more democratic info society.  With Paul Boin.  $185.  
At OISE/UT, Room 7-216, 252 Bloor W at St. George. 416-923-
6641 x 2595  pboin@oise.utoronto.ca

* ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, TRANSFORMATIVE 
LEARNING & POLICY CHANGE (COURSE), Tues July 4 - Fri 
July 14, 9am-5pm, Toronto. Environmental health is interlinked to 
human health, and with the well-being of all life on earth.  For 
community health workers, health professionals, educators, labour 
activists, environmentalists, community organizers, policy makers, 
economists, parents/ grandparents, youth.... all welcome. Readings, 
numerous guest lecturers & films, plenary & small group 
discussions.  $385 (some scholarships available).  At OISE, room 
12-200, 252 Bloor W (at St. George).  More info: 416-928-0880  
weed@web.net or 416-923-6641 x2595  pboin@oise.utoronto.ca  
[I just took this course and can highly recommend it. Learning 
about the links between env't & health (and what to do about it) is 
crucial for success in either field. - ed]

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(C) WEB SITES TO HELP YOU BE HEARD BY THOSE IN POWER!
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* GREEN ONTARIO. A clearinghouse of info on environmental 
issues & activities. "Who's doing what", a directory of websites & 
addresses: Federal / Provincial / Municipal Gov't / Groups / 
Professional Associations / Business Associations / Companies. 
http://www.greenontario.org

* LETTERS TO LEADERS. Helps you e-mail Canadian federal & 
provincial MP's & MLA's & Senators (bulk or individual). Also 
fax tools & fax-via-email tools. Coming soon: letters to editors. 
http://canada.letterstoleaders.com/

* PROGRESSIVE SECRETARY A somewhat similar site, based in 
the US, but also covering some Canadian issues.  "Is email 
effective? Well, it isn't as effective as a carefully planned visit to 
the official, or a telephone call, or even a printed letter by 
snailmail. But it makes an impression, especially if done right." 
http://www.progressivesecretary.org

More at http://www.web.net/~ppf/activist.html  and  links.html  

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(D) OTHER EVENT CALENDARS
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* ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONFERENCES & EVENTS 
CALENDAR.  Large list of environmental events around 
Canada & the world: http://www.ec.gc.ca/conf/conf_e.cfm  
See also the rest of their "Green Lane" web site at http://www.ec.gc.ca

Also: 
* http://www.web.net/~ppf/othev.html  
* Web Networks Events: http://events.web.net/    
* Now Magazine - 7 Days & 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

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