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People- & Planet-Friendly Events (three weeks: Aug 3 - 24)
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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY EVENTS & RESOURCES
Revised Thursday August 2, 2000
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Here are upcoming SUSTAINABLE LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL
& SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS, workshops, courses, festivals,
films, broadcasts, resources & jobs in Ontario & beyond.
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(A) EVENTS, Courses, Broadcasts, Links (TWO weeks: Aug 3 - 24)
(B) Other Resources & Announcements
(C) About this Newsletter
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(A) EVENTS, COURSES, BROADCASTS & LINKS
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* Toronto, Maple/Kleinberg, Hillsburgh, Hamilton, St. George,
St. Mary's, Goderich, Durham, Goodwood, Orillia, Lindsay,
Lakefield, Algonquin, Killaloe, Ottawa, Ontario-wide, Canada-
wide, world-wide, Michigan, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and
national TV & radio broadcasts.
* NOTE: THIS IS TWO WEEKS of events - there may or may
not be a Planet-Friendly next week, so hang onto this one!
GLOBAL ECONOMICS & BIOREGIONAL SOLUTIONS, Thurs
August 3, 6pm/7:30-10pm, Toronto. Mark Hudson, co-ordinator of
"32 Hours" will lead us in a critical look at the dysfunction of
Global Corporate Economics and explore a more sustainable
economy based on bioregional solutions. Potluck 6-7pm; workshop
starts at 7:30pm. Also, hear about the upcoming Sustainable Sanity
Youth Week, Aug 19-27, traveling around Ontario learning about
permaculture, organics, green energy, having fun! With Jillian
Hovey & Mike Jones. $5-$10. At Super Sprouts, 205 Spadina
(btwn Queen & Dundas). RSVP if possible: Teresa Devor 416-
657-2873 sustainablesanity@permaculture.net
http://www.sustainablesanity.vividimagination.com
* OTTAWA ORGANIC PICNIC, Thurs Aug 3, 5:30-8:30pm,
Ottawa. It's easy to live pesticide-free! Free organic food & info.
Free "Organic in Ottawa" booklet, with organic food suppliers,
lawn & garden care, organic producers, and links. With Chris
Gooderham (SPOKE); Elizabeth Arnold (Ottawa Councillor);
Charles Caccia (MP & Chair, House of Commons Standing
Committee on the Env't & Sustainable Dev't); Peggy Land
(working group on the Health Dangers of the Urban Use of
Pesticides); Eleanor Heise (Canadian Organic Growers). In
Vincent Massey Park (areas K&L), Heron & Riverside Drive (park
gates are on Heron). Bus routes 4, 87, 111, 118, 175; for free
parking, mention that you're there for the organic picnic. Rain
shelter. Free/by donation. More info: Richard Bennett 613-722-
3266 richterr@home.com Follow the tour across Canada:
http://www.ecoexplorer.com & Canadian Organic Growers
http://www.cog.ca
DEMOCRACY A LA MAUDE, Thurs Aug 3, 9pm (Eastern &
Pacific), Vision TV. Maude Barlow's intelligence & savvy give
ordinary Canadians a powerful voice.
http://www.visiontv.org/visiontv/Summer_Festival/fes_pf.htm
* GREEN PARTY CONVENTION, Fri-Mon Aug 4-7 (long
weekend), Ottawa. Meet kindred spirits and plan strategies for
moving peace, environment & social justice issues into the public
arena. Prominent speakers, workshops, lots of networking! Come
for all or part. Billeting available, expenses are tax-deductible.
***SPEAKERS*** Joan Russow (Leader, Green Party of Canada,
Friday 10:30am); Mike Kaulbars (grassroots activist, Peace &
Env't Resource Centre, Friday 12:45); Duff Conacher (Democracy
Watch, Friday 8pm); Elizabeth May (director, Sierra Club of
Canada, Saturday 10:30am); Marguerite Ritchie (President, Human
Rights Institute), Saturday 12:45); David Orton (Left Biocentrism,
Green Web, Sunday 10:30am); Richard Wolfson (Director,
Consumer Right to Know Campaign, Sunday 12:45); John
Rensenbrink, Mike Hicks, Tony Affigne (Sunday 8pm); Ralph
Torrie (Soft Energy & Green Power, Monday 11am); Jean
Langlois (Monday 12:45). ***WORKSHOPS*** Facilitating
Consensus; Fundraising; Community Events; Election
Preparations; Canada Well-Being Measurement Act; Pesticides;
Polling & Research; Teleconferencing to Increase Participation;
Ecological Economics; Geonomics; Intellectual Property
(Biopiracy, Software monopolies, Napster); Water Quality &
Quantity; Open Space workshops. Local eco-tours. ***ALL
WELCOME*** (only members can vote). $40 tax deductible. At
the University of Ottawa. Accom., billeting & camping.
Registration begins Thursday 4pm, Marchand Residence (110
Universite Private) and again Friday morning at 8:30am; opening
plenary at 9am, room 351, Fauteux Hall (57 Louis Pasteur Private).
More info: Andre Clermont 613-749-6027 or Chris Bradshaw 613-
230-4566 http://ottawa2000.flora.org http://www.green.ca
(general Green Party contacts: gpc@green.ca 1-888-6GREEN6
phone/fax: 416-929-2397)
COMPOST WITH WORMS! Sat Aug 5, 11:30am, Toronto. Free
vermicomposting workshop: creating new composters, harvesting
compost, using it in the gardens, compost tea, more. Free. At
Scadding Court Community Gardens, 707 Dundas West at
Bathurst. RSVP Christine 416-392-0335 x223 at least two days
before the workshop. Rsvp also for childcare needs.
COB & STRAWBALE, GROWING HEALTHIER, HAVING
FUN, Sat Aug 5 - Fri Aug 18, Killaloe. Learn how to build with
cob & strawbale while helping to create a medical clinic in the
rolling hills of the Canadian Shield. Cob, a mixture of sand, clay,
and straw, is handsculpted into a monolithic mass which hardens
like soft concrete to create sound, organic, healthy buildings,
garden walls, ovens ... the possibilities are endless. Building the
roof, spiral staircase, rocket stove & wood-fired heated floor,
healing aspects of this work. With Linda Smiley & Ianto Evans &
Patch Adams' Gesundheit! Institute. One week: $540 US; both
weeks: $880 US incl. camping & three vegetarian meals a day.
Discounts for families & groups. More info: 541-942-2005
http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage [or Blair Voyvodic 613-757-2174]
EARTH WISDOM WALKABOUT, Sat-Sun Aug 5-6, near
Algonquin Park. A wilderness trip to learn the art of living in
nature; travel with minimum equipment, learning skills indigenous
to the land. Connect with the primal self & nature's elemental
beings of earth, air, fire & water; celebrate our ecological &
cosmological relations through play & ritual. Organic vegetarian
meals. $150. More info/register: Kim Elkington & Steven Martyn,
Algonquin Tea Co. 1-800-292-6671 herbteas@webhart.net
http://www.web.net/~herbteas
NATURAL LIFE FESTIVAL, Sat Aug 5 - Mon Aug 7 (Civic
Holiday weekend), 10am - 5pm, St. George. Celebration,
education, resources & contacts for sustainable, healthy living.
Green Marketplace, workshops, demonstrations, natural & organic
foods. Workshops include Eco-friendly Lawn Care; Voluntary
Simplicity; Strawbale Housing; Cohousing - Creating Community;
Cold Cellar Organic Storage; Solar Hot Water & Space Heating;
Sustainable Housing; Deschooling - Challenging Assumptions in
Education. Call for info about group camping at a nearby
conservation area. Community Centre, Hwy 5 just East of Hwy 24,
St. George (one hour west of Toronto). $2 (kids free). Workshops
$5 (first come first served) Natural Life - Canada's Alternative
Newsmagazine http://www.life.ca 1-800-215-9574 or 519-448-4001
HIROSHIMA DAY, Sun Aug 6, 4:30-9pm, Toronto. Our
government is considering building a National Missile Defense
system... will violate treaties & restart the arms race. Remember
the tragedy of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, and recommit ourselves to
nuclear abolition and a future of peace. 4:30-7pm: Children's Peace
Festival with storytelling, sing-a-long, crafts. 6:30-7:30 walk the
path of peace. 7:30-9pm: Observance Service with guest speakers,
music, laying of paper-crane wreath at Peace Garden, lantern
ceremony. Free. (org.tables $10) Nathan Phillips Square, 100
Queen St. W at Bay. More info: Susan Berry
susan.berry@3web.com 416-205-9275 or Mike Nevin 416-463-9163
HIROSHIMA DAY, Sun Aug 6, 6-9pm, Ottawa. By the pond at
the Canal & 3rd Ave. 6pm: bring your own picnic; 7pm: Lantern
workshop; 8pm Ceremony; 8:30 Lighting of the Lanterns. (in case
of rain: Friends Meeting House, 91 1/2 4th Ave., 7pm). More info:
Ploughshares Ottawa 613-230-4590 or 613-727-8255
SHOULD USA TEST WEAPONS IN CANADIAN WATERS?
Sun Aug 6, 10:30am, Ottawa. With Marguerite Ritchie, Human
Rights Inst., on the ethical & legal implications of the
government's expropriation of Nanoose Bay BC. At First
Unitarian, 30 Cleary Ave. More info: Dan Morrison ae947@ncf.ca
613-225-7216.
ENDLESS DAY, ENDLESS NIGHT, Tues Aug 8, 9:05pm, CBC
Radio world-wide. The last indigenous people in Europe, the
reindeer-herding Sami, have maintained a unique culture for
thousands of years. Philip Coulter goes north of the Arctic Circle
to find out how they have survived and found a place in the
modern world. On "Ideas", CBC Radio One, across Canada (FM
99.1 in Toronto; also shortwave, satellite & internet RealAudio)
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/ "Ideas" airs Mondays-
Fridays 9:05pm Eastern time.
MONETARY & ECONOMIC REFORM, Tues Aug 8, 7:30pm,
Toronto. Seminar with Bill Krehm, author, former Time
correspondent, authority on economics & the money system.
Analysis of current events & implications; increase economic
literacy. Use of government-created, interest-free money to
solve social problems without increasing debt. Literature displays
& books for sale. Also, COMER chapter meetings first & third
Tuesday each month. Speakers available. Free. At the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 4th floor, 252 Bloor St.
West between St. George & Bedford. More info: Anne 416-654-3499
* COHOUSING SUMMER SALONS, Wed Aug 9, 5-7pm,
Toronto. Informal opportunity to chat about cohousing & get the
latest news on what cohousing groups are up to. Free (except for
food & beverages) At Schilling's Cafe, 135 Danforth Ave. More
info: Dorothy Mazeau dmazeau@look.ca 416-738-0850, Jeff Gold
jgold@netrover.com, Kate Chung dbuck@yorku.ca [related
websites: http://cohousing.ca http://www.cohousing.org
http://www.wholevillage.org http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us - ed]
* GENEaction MONTHLY MEETING & INFO SESSION, Wed
Aug 9, 7pm, Toronto. GENEaction's monthly meetings feature
talks/presentations/workshops on various aspects of Genetic
Engineering (GE) / Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMO's).
A diverse group of citizens who wish to inform & inspire
ourselves & others to act on the issue of GE food. Find
out how GE affects you & what we can all do about it. All
welcome. Free. Second Wednesday of each month. Room 212,
348 Danforth (upstairs at Carrot Commons, near Chester subway).
More info: geneaction@graffiti.net 416-406-2481
New website: http://ecoexplorer.com/GENEaction.htm
* THE TROUBLE WITH POVERTY, Wed Aug 9, 9:05pm, CBC
Radio world-wide. In November 1989, Canada pledged to
eliminate child poverty within ten years. Instead, poverty rates
have skyrocketed. IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell explores the
idea that a certain level of poverty has become acceptable. On
"Ideas", CBC Radio One, across Canada (FM 99.1 in Toronto; also
shortwave, satellite & internet RealAudio)
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/ "Ideas" airs Mondays-
Fridays 9:05pm Eastern time.
* FARMER TRAINING / ORGANIC / BIODYNAMICS
WORKSHOPS, Thurs Aug 10, 2pm, Durham. Crop Rotation trails
for market gardening, using intercropping, living mulches & green
manures At Saugeen River CSA. RSVP Cory Eichman 519-369-
3567. (See also Sept 22). To get on our list of farms who take
apprentices & people looking for positions: Cory Eichman, 393887
Concession 2 R.R. I Durham, ON NOG 1RO 519-369-3567.
* ORGANIC SPROUTING WORKSHOP, Thurs Aug 10, 7-9pm,
Toronto. Learn the simplest & most-direct way to feed yourself out
of your own home! Basics of soil-based & hydroponic sprouting.
All welcome - youth & adults. With Scott Loubser. At Super
Sprouts, 205 Spadina (north of Queen). Sliding scale $5-$10. More
info/register if possible: Teresa Devor 416-657-2873
sustainablesanity@permaculture.net Future sprouting workshops:
Super Sprouts 416-977-7796
* WALKERTON COMES TO TORONTO, Thurs Aug 10,
7:30pm, Toronto. The real cost of Harris' privatization - a panel
discussion with speakers from Walkerton. The Walkerton disaster,
its causes and what we can do to prevent it from occuring again.
With Ron Leavoy (chair, Concerned Walkerton Citizens), Bruce
Davidson (vice-chair, CWC); Michelle Robidoux (International
Socialists). At the International Student Centre, U of T, 33 St.
George St, Cumberland Room. Endorsed by Council of Canadians-
Toronto Chapter; Metro Network for Social Justice; International
Socialists; Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario. More info:
416-924-9042 tordist@idirect.ca
* BLAMING SEALS, Thurs Aug 10, 9:05pm, CBC Radio world-
wide. Do harp seals off Canada's east coast threaten the recovery
of northern cod stocks? Canada harvests seals commercially, but
there is also a lobby to kill more seals in order to save fish.
Biologist Janet Russell explores the idea that seals are our foes. On
"Ideas", CBC Radio One, across Canada (FM 99.1 in Toronto; also
shortwave, satellite & internet RealAudio)
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/ "Ideas" airs Mondays-
Fridays 9:05pm Eastern time.
* COUCHICHING CONFERENCE - CANADIAN PUBLIC
AFFAIRS FORUM, Thurs-Sun Aug 10-13, Orillia. The future of
health in Canada - the Art of the Possible. Tackle the tough issues
that are often sidestepped in policy debate. http://www.couch.ca
416-494-1440 couch@couch.ca
* LESSONS OF CLAYOQUOT, Fri Aug 11, 9:05pm, CBC Radio
world-wide. Twenty years ago citizens challenged government and
industry to stop clear-cutting in Clayoquot Sound. Today,
Clayoquot is the site of an innovative native-local-forest-industry
experiment. Bob Bossin talks to the people who fought the
Clayoquot Wars to discover what happened. On "Ideas", CBC
Radio One, across Canada (FM 99.1 in Toronto; also shortwave,
satellite & internet RealAudio)
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/ "Ideas" airs Mondays-
Fridays 9:05pm Eastern time.
* WHAT TO PLANT IN AUGUST, Sat Aug 12, 11am, Toronto.
Hands-on workshop: how to extend the gardening season & create
a second harvest in your late summer /early autumn garden. With
Laura Berman, Community Garden Coordinator. In the garden at
the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, Eglinton at
Avenue Rd. More info: Helen 416-781-7663
* SPEAKER'S CORNER - RAGE AGAINST RICH, Sat Aug 12,
3pm, Ottawa. A public discussion on social issues. Confederation
Park, Ottawa. opirg@carleton.ca
* RENEWABLE ENERGY TOUR, Sun Aug 13, 9:30am,
Goderich. A wide range of renewable energy installations - from a
850 watt system, which just operates a ham radio & computer
equipment, to a 4000 watt system which provides all of the
electricity for a home. $15 incl. lunch. Please register by Aug 4.
More info: Karen Gventer, Citizens for Renewable Energy
cfre@web.ca 519-376-3272 http://www.web.ca/~cfre or Ziggy
Kleinau 519-795-7725
* FREE TRADE & COLOUR ORGANIZING MEETING, Sun
Aug 13, 2:30-5pm, Toronto. Planning for education & action
around the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Quebec,
2001... possibly including: primers on the FTAA, NAFTA, FTA,
WTO, IMF/WB, etc.; effects of capitalism & globalization on our
daily lives, particularly for People of Colour & Aboriginal Peoples;
popular ed & organizing methods; anti-oppression critique of
Seattle-Washington-Windsor & environmental & labour
movements. All welcome! 519 Church St. Community Centre,
East Room (just north of Wellesley). More info: Pauline 416-368-2277
* HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS, Mon-Fri Aug 14-18, 9am-
5pm, Toronto. Solution-focused analysis; envisioning a better
future; generating public policy recommendations, strategic action
plan. A diversity of community workers, activists, scholars, public
servants and homeless people will be teaching & learning. With
Paul Boin, former editor of Ecolutions, News Director, Real News
Network; Armine Yalnizya & others. $185 (scholarships available)
At OISE/UT, Room 7-216, 252 Bloor W (between St George &
Bedford). More info/register: 416-923-6641 x2595
tlcentre@oise.utoronto.ca pboin@oise.utoronto.ca
* GOOD BUGS - BAD BUGS: ORGANIC PEST CONTROL,
Wed Aug 16, 6pm, Toronto. Learn to identify good & bad bugs;
make an herbal pesticide recipe. Scadding Court Community
Gardens, 707 Dundas West at Bathurst. RSVP Christine 416-392-
0335 x223 at least two days before the workshop. Rsvp also for
childcare needs.
* FOOD BIOTECH - GENETIC MODIFICATION, Wed Aug 16,
7:30-10pm, Lakefield (near Peterborough). Public meeting on food
biotechnology & genetic engineering. With Frances Helsing
(concerned citizen organizing a protest to the Government of
Canada; reasons & challenges) and Douglas Chapman (Director,
Food Industry Competitiveness Branch, Ont. Min. of Agric.;
member, Voluntary Labeling Committee, CSB). Developing a
local network. Free/by donation. At the Lakefield Baptist Church,
36 Regent St., off hwy 28. More info: Brenda Sedgwick 705-876-
1349 or Peggy Immel 705-939-2288.
http://www.schubertlighting.com/kf.html
GenModFood_Forum@yahoo.ca
* MUNICIPAL ELECTION UNITY COALITION / Metro
Network for Social Justice Meeting, Thurs Aug 17, 6:30pm,
Toronto. 519 Church St. Community Centre (just north of
Wellesley). Please confirm details... mnsj@interlog.com
SOLAR & WIND ENERGY TOUR & WORKSHOPS (level 1),
Thurs Aug 17, 6-9:30pm, Woodbridge/ Maple/ Kleinberg. Theory
& practical application, system components, costing, more. Held in
Kortright's renewable energy cottage, powered by wind & sun. At
Kortright Centre, "Canada's largest environmental education
centre", home to Canada's largest demos of renewable energy
technology. An invaluable source of unbiased info. (Also Sat Oct
14; Sun Oct 15). Just north of Toronto (west of Canada's
Wonderland). Day: $45 Eve: $35 Advance reservation &
payment req'd. 905-832-2289 http://www.kortright.org
kcc2@interlog.com
* GREAT PLAINS ECOSYSTEM EDUCATION, Thurs-Sun Aug
17-20, Wasagaming, Manitoba. EECOM 2000: explore the way we
were, the way we are, and the way we learn about our environment
to discover enduring pathways into the future. Presentations,
workshops, panel discussions, outdoor activities, field trips &
excursions; warm prairie hospitality! $150 -190. Riding Mountain
National Park. More info: Marg Tarleton
Friends_RMNP@pch.gc.ca 204-848-7284
http://www.escape.ca/~parkplus Garry Enns
enns@assiniboinec.mb.ca 204-726-6305 (Canadian Network for
Environmental Education & Communication)
* FOOD MINISTRIES - A TASTE OF THE BANQUET, Thurs-
Sun Aug 17-20, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The first national
church gathering of people involved in food programs to
strengthen our work through education, networking & worship.
Jubilee themes (redistribution of wealth & renewal of the earth);
food justice, sutainability & security for all.. $500 incl. travel &
accom. More info/register: Norka Lauper
nlauper@national.anglican.ca 416-924-9199 (x270) Cathy
Campbell ccampbell@alternatives.com 604-736-2838
* CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION - Resources &
Environment Area, Aug 18 - Sept 4 (Labour Day), 10am-10pm,
Toronto. This year the CNE is hosting a major exhibition "Canada
2000", including a Resources & Environment area. Displays
include Toronto Environmental Alliance
( http://www.torontoenvironment.org ) , Sierra Club
( http://www.sierraclub.ca/eastern ), and others. In the Automotive
Building (Strachan & Lakeshore by the Princes Gates). Free with
admission to the CNE ($8/$5) http://www.theex.com
* LIVING OFF THE GRID, Sat Aug 19, 10am-5pm, Hillsburgh (1
hr NW of Toronto). The info you need to choose the types of
renewable energy best suited to your needs & your budget!
Photovoltaics, wind, micro-hydro, back-up generator (incl.
biodiesel), solar water heating, radiant floor heat, masonry stoves
and other woodburning options. With Chris Magwood, designer of
efficient, affordable & sensible home energy systems; his own
home is completely independent, with photovoltaics, solar heated
water and various other creative systems. $60. At Everdale, a non-
profit learning centre, working organic farm, diverse wildlife
habitat, and sustainable technology showcase. Other upcoming
workshops on wild seed collecting, food storage, strawbale
construction, permaculture, wind power. More info: Gavin Dandy
519-855-6533 everdale@albedo.net
SOLAR & WIND ENERGY WORKSHOPS (level 2), Sat Aug 19,
10-4pm, 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. (Also Oct 21). Just north of Toronto. $85
incl lunch. Advance reservation & payment req'd: Kortright
Centre 905-832-2289 http://www.kortright.org kcc2@interlog.com
* SUSTAINABLE SANITY YOUTH WEEK, Sat Aug 19 - Sun
Aug 27 (meet in Toronto, travel together). An 8-day experience of
holism & interconnection for youth (ages 15-25)
environmentalists/activists/kids with passion & energy for
effective action in the world. Travelling together & participating in
hands-on workshops on permaculture & sustainable systems
design, organic & biodynamic agriculture, compost toilets, green
energy, green/global economics, deep ecology, holistic body health
& nutrition, yoga/movement & ritual, more. Also lots of time for
hanging out, swimming, writing, drumming, dancing, playing &
resting. Focus on sustainability, interconnection, authenticity. $350
(subsidies available) More info/register: Teresa Devor
zlitherytere@chickmail.com 416-657-2873
sustainablesanity@permaculture.net
* BIG SUMMER SPLASH (4th annual), Sun Aug 20, noon-2pm,
Toronto. Reclaim Toronto Bay! Cheer on our brave swimmers as
they race across Toronto Bay. Followed by a ceremonial "plunge"
into the water by community leaders to celebrate past
improvements to water quality and to call attention to the need for
further action. Free. Family friendly. Live music & activities.
Harbourfront Nautical Centre, 283 Queen's Quay West (1 block
east of Spadina). More info: Jason Thorne 416-943-8080 x227
* RICHTERS HERB FAIR, Sun Aug 20, 10-5pm, Goodwood.
Free entry. At Richters Herbs, Hwy 47, just east of Goodwood.
http://www.richters.com 905-640-6677
SOLAR INSTALLATION WORKSHOPS (level 3), Sun Aug 20,
9am-4pm, Maple/Kleinberg. Apply what you learned in level 1 &
2 to an actual installation. (also Oct 22). $160 incl lunch. Advance
reservation req'd: Kortright Centre 905-832-2289
http://www.kortright.org kcc2@interlog.com
* SUN RUN CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING, Sun Aug
20, 10am-4pm, Cameron. Visitors day. An on-going, family-sized
experiment in sustainable living; powered by the sun & wind;
produces most of its year-round organic food supply; strawbale &
cob structures; rare-breed cattle; rainwater, snowmelt & water
conservation systems; 50 acres of woods; gardens & fields;
Ecovillage Training Centre; extended stays by arrangement;
apprenticeship program. 3rd Sunday of each month (March-Nov
except July). Suggested donation $5 per vehicle. WORKSHOPS:
Cob Construction (call for dates); Discovering your True Self (Aug
26-27, $50 incl activities, materials, meals, camping). Near
Cameron & Lindsay, about 2hrs NE of Toronto (daily bus from
Toronto). Preregister: Milton & Barbara Wallace
sunrun@lindsaycomp.on.ca 705-887-1553
http://www.lindsaynet.com/sunrun/
http://www.gaia.org/secretariats/ena/enc/
* TORONTO COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK, Mon Aug
21, 7-9pm, Toronto. Monthly public meetings & speakers, 3rd
Monday of each month. At FoodShare, 238 Queen St. West
(downstairs, across from City TV) More info: Laura Berman 416-
392-1668 laura@foodshare.net
* THE END OF THE WILD, Mon Aug 21, 9:05pm, CBC Radio
world-wide. Wade Davis is both a modern scientist and an old-
fashioned explorer. Indigenous peoples, he believes, have many
lessons to teach about the riches of both the material and the spirit
worlds. On "Ideas", CBC Radio One, across Canada (FM 99.1 in
Toronto; also shortwave, satellite & internet RealAudio)
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/ "Ideas" airs Mondays-
Fridays 9:05pm Eastern time.
NUCLEAR-FREE GREAT LAKES ACTION CAMP, Aug 21-28,
SW Michigan. Clean energy NOW! Activist & organizer skills
building, energy issues training, networking, nonviolent public
demonstrations to protect the Great Lakes & work toward a
sustainable energy future. Aug 20-26 at Van Buren Youth Camp,
near Kalamazoo, near the Cook & Palisades reactors, Michigan.
$15 donation, plus daily food ($7/day, organic, vegetarian). Sign
up at http://www.nirs.org/actions.htm or call toll-free 1-877-3NF-GLAC.
FAMILY FARMS & RURAL COMMUNITIES - A HEALING
VISION, Wed Aug 23, 10am-4:30pm & 7-9:30pm, St. Mary's.
Rural communities have laboured under two farm crises, the
displacement of young people from the land, and tragedies like
Walkerton. Family farms, businesses and community are suffering.
A new healing vision in which people, community and the land
matter. With Dr. John Ikerd, sociologist & economist who is a
proponent of economically, environmentally & socially sustainable
agriculture & rural development, and Dennis Mills, M.P. on the
establishment of a Canadian National Food Policy which benefits
family farmers, urban consumers & the env't. Meet with other
concerned people & groups, and help achieve a more positive
course! Free / freewill donation. No registration. St. Mary's
Presbyterian Church, St. Mary's (just north of London, off hwy. 7).
Attend day, evening, or both. More info: Marie Carter, Ecumenical
Rural Life Committee crlc@rcec.london.on.ca 519-683-1008,
Peter Bush 519-348-9080, Pat Milliken 519-672-1930, Diane
Baltaz 519-442-1288. Call for info on presentations in other areas
of southwest Ontario.
* WILD SEED COLLECTING - STARTING YOUR
BACKYARD TREE NURSERY, Wed Aug 23, 6-9pm, Hillsburgh
(1 hr NW of Toronto). We will find tree seeds & learn to recognize
the right maturity; learn the clues & how to read nature's ways;
how & when to plant the seeds. Grow trees for yourself & your
friends! With Henry Kock, interpretive horticulturist, expert on
windbreak design, rare woody plants, disease tolerant elms &
forest gene conservation. $20. At Everdale, a non-profit learning
centre, working organic farm, diverse wildlife habitat, and
sustainable technology showcase, one hour northwest of Toronto.
Other upcoming workshops on food storage, strawbale
construction, permaculture, wind power. More info/register: Gavin
Dandy 519-855-6533 everdale@albedo.net
* SOCIAL JUSTICE RETREAT 2000, Thurs-Sun Aug 24-27,
Algonquin Park. Inviting people from across Ontario to come
together to develop an alternative vision for change. Stimulating
discussion, relaxation & skills development in a beautiful setting.
With Naomi Klein, Judy Rebick, Jaggi Singh, Owens Wiwa and
others. Workshops range from debunking the Law & Order regime
in Ontario, to bridging generations of activists, to direct action, to
food, nutrition and avoiding burn-out. Campfires, music, stories
theatre, swimming, more. $175/adult all inclusive ($150 before
July 31) $75 (5-12) $free (4&under) Subsidies are available. At
Camp Arowhon, Algonquin Park. Full agenda & registration:
http://www.socialjustice.org More info/register: Anna Dashtgard,
Centre for Social Justice 416-927-0777 x227 1-888-803-8881
dashtgard@socialjustice.org
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Partial list of workshops: Wealth vs. Health - Time for the
Economy to Grow Up; Environmental Justice; Bridging
generations - Working Together; Questioning Electoral Politics -
How Effective are they Anyway?; Fighting the Law and Order
Agenda; Capitalism - To Reject or Reform?; Human Rights around
the Globe; The Future of Feminism; From Seattle to Quebec -
Critique of the "New Movement"; Corporate Profit and Militarism;
Resistance and Democracy in the Americas; Integrating Body,
Mind & Spirit into Social Action; Coping with Activism -
Avoiding Burnout; Storytelling for Social Change; Radical
Sexuality - Becoming Whole; Radical Conversations on Money
and Wealth; Art and Revolution (puppet making, street theatre
etc.); Direct action/ civil disobedience; Cracking the Code -
Unmasking Racism in our Rebellions; Popular Education -
Education as a Radical Tool; Mass Media - Getting their Attention;
Coalition Building - Seizing the Moment; Activism - Just Do It!
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What to see & do, how to be a green tourist, tips & facts about
urban green tourism, intro to new guide book coming this fall.
Summer newsletter online: http://www.greentourism.on.ca
* WWOOF! World-Wide Orientation to Organic Farms, ongoing,
Canada-wide, world-wide. Looking for something REAL to do
this summer? Want to live close to the land for a while? Want to
learn about where our food comes from / could come from?? A
diversity of small, organic farms across Canada and around the
world have short- & long-term opportunities where you can work
in exchange for room, board, learning & fun. Support the organic
movement and get hands-on experience! $30 annual fee for list of
400 host farms across Canada. John Vanden Heuvel, RR #2, S.18,
C.9, Nelson, BC, V1L 5P5. 604-354-4417 wwoofcan@uniserve.com
http://www.members.tripod.com/~wwoof
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