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People- & Planet-Friendly Events & Resources (00/09/07)
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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY EVENTS & RESOURCES
Revised Thursday Sept. 7, 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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(B) Other Announcements & Resources
(C) About the Planet-Friendly Newsletter
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(A) EVENTS, COURSES, BROADCASTS & LINKS
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* Events in Toronto, Etobicoke, Oakville, Bolton, Caledon,
Hillsburgh, Hockley Valley, Guelph, Woodstock, Windsor,
Lindsay, Burk's Falls, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, and Nova Scotia.
* INSIDE THE OLYMPIC INDUSTRY: Power, Politics &
Activism, Thurs Sept 7, 5:30-7:30pm (media briefing 5pm),
Toronto. Beyond the media hype of international goodwill &
spirited competition ...to uncover the darker side of the global
Games; exposing the people who profit from manipulating sport's
ideals; Olympic impacts on recent host cities; bribery
investigations; manufacturing consent; corporate
environmentalism; grassroots resistance. Book launch with author
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj http://www.sunypress.edu/olympics.html
Available at Another Story Bookshop, 164 Danforth (Broadview
subway), Toronto, 416-462-1104
* ADAMS MINE - TOMORROW'S WALKERTON? Thurs Sept
7, 7:30pm, Toronto. Public meeting with Marilyn Churley (MPP,
Toronto-Danforth); Tooker Gomberg (Toronto Mayoral Candidate
& member of SCAM - Stop Considering Adams Mine); and
Shelley Petrie (Toronto Environmental Alliance). Toronto Council
will vote on the final contract in early October. Eastminster United
Church, 310 Danforth Ave (just west of Chester subway, side
entrance, Jackman Ave.) scam@ziplip.com 416-763-9252 [Stop
Toronto from sending its garbage by train to Kirkland Lake! Call
Mayor Lastman at: (416) 395-6464 or 395-6494 Fax 395-6440
mlastman@city.toronto.on.ca Related sites: http://www.peanut-
tree.com/scam/ http://www.adamsmine.com See also Sept 13 event.]
* HOUSING & POVERTY, Thurs Sept 7, 7:30pm, Toronto. With
Nick Saul of Stop 103. Free. 197 Harbord. http://www.web.ca/hto
* FREE U of T ORIENTATION, Fri Sept 8, 11am-5pm, Toronto.
Free University of Toronto -- a collective of students, staff, faculty
& community members aiming to create an open, accessible,
inclusive, non-corporate, worker-friendly, no-fees university. Pick
up a fall term calendar; meet the instructors/facilitators; attend a
workshop; displays, music, spoken word, art, children's activities.
Progressive orgs are invited to table (free); also seeking artists,
musicians, writers to perform/read. Courses include: "Faces of
Famine": a critical analysis of Hunger, Wednesdays 7-9pm, start
TBA (Sandra Fahy smfahy@hotmail.com); Studies in Propaganda:
"The news is what we don't hear"; Thursdays 6-9pm, start tba
(Sydney White 416-598-4012); Economic Vision / Participatory
Economics, Mons & Weds after 5pm, start TBA (Justin Podur
justin.podur@utoronto.ca); many more. Free. Course proposals:
emily.sadowski@utoronto.ca At 16 Bancroft Ave (north of
College St., northeast off Spadina Circle; street in front of the
Graduate Students' Union / Earth Sciences Building)
http://www.utoronto.ca/acc/freeu 416-978-2582 x37338
free_university@yahoo.com
* INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, Fri Sept 8,
2-4pm, Toronto. Meet students, staff & faculty. Instructors &
course outlines. Earth Sciences Centre room 142 (basement, enter
at 5 Bancroft), University of Toronto. ies.gradinfo@utoronto.ca
http://www.utoronto.ca/env/ies.htm
VEGETARIAN FOOD FAIR, Fri-Sun Sept 8-10, Toronto.
Vegetarians & non-vegetarians learn more about making healthy,
ethical, earth-friendly choices. Delicious food samples;
international vegetarian cafe; cooking demos; dynamic guest
speakers; videos; books; children's exhibits; over 70 exhibits; new
vegetarian products. Speakers include Thomas J. Barnard MD,
Joseph Pace, Robert Cohen, Richard Wolfson. Fri 4-9pm, Sat
11am-9pm, Sun 11am-6pm. FREE. York Quay Centre, 235
Queen's Quay West. More info: Toronto Vegetarian Assoc.
http://www.veg.on.ca 416-544-8891
HEMP INDUSTRIES CONVENTION, Fri-Mon Sept 8-11,
Hockley Valley. One acre of hemp can spare up to four acres of
forest from clearcutting! Can be used in more than 25,000 products
from salad oils to cosmetics, paints, plastics, textiles, paper. For
growers, manufacturers, wholesalers & retailers in the emerging &
vital hemp industry. At the Ecology Retreat Centre, Hockley
Valley, near Orangeville. http://www.thehia.org Larry Dupre 416-
242-9452
COMPOST WORKBEE, Sat Sept 9, 10:30am-4pm, Toronto.
Learn about Field to Table's small scale composting system. Get
your hands in the compost - chopping, aerating, sifting,
vermicomposting. Go home with a bushel of the best compost in
the city. With master composter Mike Nevans. Free. At Field To
Table Centre, 200 Eastern Ave., near King & Parliament. More
info/register: Lauren Baker 416-363-6441 x25
LIVE/RAW FOODS WORKSHOP, Sat Sept 9, 10am-5pm,
Toronto. $25-$75. 65 Langley, apt. #5, top floor. More
info/register: Teresa Devor sustainablesanity@permaculture.net
416-657-2873 http://sustainablesanity.vividimagination.com
* NO JUSTICE ON STOLEN LAND - from Attica to Gustafsen
Lake, Sat Sept 9, 2-4pm, Toronto. An afternoon with Splitting the
Sky (former political prisoner & lifetime pan-Indigenous activist
from the Mohawk Nation). Free. At the Native Canadian Centre,
16 Spadina Road, Talking Room. More info: OPIRG Toronto
416-978-7770
ANTI-RACIST ACTION BIRTHDAY BASH, Sat Sept 9, 8pm,
Toronto. All-ages bash starts at 8pm with 5 ska & punk bands
(bluebeats, syphloids, knucklehead, arsenals, spinecracker, the
stiffs). $7/$10. At the Kathedral, Queen & Bathurst. Info: 416-631-8835.
* ELECTRIC BIKE PROJECT, Sat-Sun Sept 9-10, Toronto.
Guided test rides to evaluate the electric bike run. Free. Colborne
Lodge Coach House, on Colborne Lodge Drive, south end of High
Park. Register 416-392-1560 x85832.
* ORGANIC FEAST OF FIELDS, Sun Sept 10, 2-6pm, Albion
Hills/Bolton. Celebrate the organic harvest with chefs & farmers!
Imagine strolling through a sweet-smelling field sampling dozens
of the freshest, most succulent organic creations accompanied by
organic local wines & beers. Savour the purest of earthly flavours
AND help raise funds to support numerous sustainable food &
farming causes. Largest-ever gathering of local organic farmers,
chefs, consumers, suppliers, wineries, non-profits. Also: organic
growers sell their selections & answer questions; info & displays
about organic agriculture, the environment, fair trade. At the
picturesque Lakeview site, Albion Hills Conservation Area,
Bolton. Tickets $100/person. Shuttle bus from Yorkdale Centre
($10) must be booked in advance. Ticket info: 905-859-3609;
Organic Advocates-Knives & Forks info: Alison Johns 905-477-
8400 ext. 213 http://www.organicadvocates.org ; other event
details, Tomas Nimmo, Site Manager 705-444-0923
organix@georgian.net
NAFTA EFFECTS ON WATER, Mon Sept 11, 9am-3pm,
Toronto. Did NAFTA contribute to Walkerton's water crisis? What
are the effects on water quantity, quality, and public water supplies
& services? Presentations & group discussions. After this
workshop, the final paper will go to the Commission for
Environmental Cooperation (the NAFTA Environmental Side
Agreement) for translation & presentation to the North American
Council of Environment Ministers Oct 11 in Washington DC.
Metro Hall, room 310, 55 John at King (near St. Andrew's
subway). More info: Christine Elwell scenergy@web.net. Some
travel subsidies available. Register: Sierra Club Eastern Chapter
416-960-9606 sierraec@interlog.com E-mail list: cecwater-
subscribe@egroups.com
COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP, Mon Sept
11, Toronto. How food secure is your community? How would you
go about finding out? Learn how to conduct a community food
assessment - a community-based planning activity to identify
resources, assess needs and develop responses around community
food security/food system concerns -- and promote community
participation in food systems. For policymakers, public sector reps,
students, activists, non-profits, teachers... Info/register: Fiona
Knight, Ontario Nutrition & Food Security Network 416-367-3313
or 1-800-267-6817, ext. 31.
* CITIZENS FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY, Mon Sept 11,
7:30pm, Toronto. Discuss involvement in the November city
elections. Free. City Hall, 100 Queen W. 416-977-8736.
* WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OLYMPICS COME TO
TOWN? Tues Sept 12, 5:30pm, Toronto. Misplaced priorities;
huge financial costs with no real benefits; evictions, loss of
affordable housing; targeted policing & civil liberties violations;
corporations that don't want to pay for the environmental clean-up;
more. Join the International Live Link-up with Anti-Olympic
Alliance, Sydney, Australia; Metro Atlanta Task Force Against
Homelessness, Atlanta, Georgia, and Toronto Groups: Toronto
Disaster Relief Committee, Campaign against Adam's Mine, Bread
Not Circuses Coalition. 525 University Ave. 7th Floor (east side of
University, just north of Dundas) More info: 416-723-8394
* PROTEST COVERAGE OR POLICE EVIDENCE? Tues Sept
12, 8pm, Toronto. Canadian Journalists for Free Expression -
public forum on the police seizure of media footage shot at the
June 15 anti-poverty protest at Queens Park. Film, videotape &
media equipment were seized in July from the Toronto Star, Globe
& Mail, National Post, Toronto Sun, Sing Tao, World Journal
Daily News, Corriere Canadese, Ming Pao, CBC, CTV, Global,
City-TV, ONtv, and CFMT. A dangerous infringement on media
freedom & independence. With Rob Cribb, (Toronto Star
investigative reporter); Clayton Ruby (civil rights lawyer); Harry
Glasbeek (Osgoode Hall Law School); Bill Blair (Superintendent,
Toronto Police Service). Free. Metro Hall (in the Rotunda), 55
John St. (at King St. West) More info: Lisa Roberts 416-515-9622
roberts@cjfe.org http://www.cjfe.org (click on "protest letters")
[CJFE's Annual General Meeting precedes the forum, 6:30-8pm in
Metro Hall room 304; forum is in the Rotunda at 8pm]
AG EXPO 2000 - CANADA'S OUTDOOR FARM SHOW, Tues-
Thurs Sept 12-14, Woodstock. Positioning Canada as a leader in
global agriculture; delegations from around the world; new links
for international trade; international innovations & technologies;
Global Agri-Trade Centre; tours & seminars; tile drainage demo;
alternative power demos; organic farming presentation; skid steer
demo; equipment rodeo. 1-800-563-5441
http://www.outdoorfarmshow.com
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HEMP EXPO http://www.thehia.org 416-242-9452
* CORPORATE GREED OR COMMUNITY NEED?, Wed Sept
13, 6pm, Toronto. Interactive Discussion. Free. Driftwood
Community Centre, 4401 Jane. More info: Metro Network for
Social Justice 416-663-2733.
TORY CONVENTION - CARNIVAL AGAINST GREED
Planning Meeting, Wed Sept 13, 7pm, Toronto. Meeting to plan
the carnival, rally & teach-ins to be held at the Conservative Party
Convention (Oct 20-22, Toronto Convention Centre, 250 Front
W). At Oakham House, 63 Gould at Church St, (near Dundas
subway), 7pm. More info / get involved / actions in other
communities: Erin George, Canadian Federation of Students, 416-
925-3825 chairperson@cfs.fce.on.ca
SAY NO TO ADAMS MINE, Wed Sept 13, 7pm, Toronto. An
informative evening to help raise awareness [about Toronto's plan
to ship 1.3 million tons of garbage each year to Kirkland Lake -
when other cities are finding ways to reduce, recycle & compost
their waste streams]. With Richard Denton (Mayor of Kirkland
Lake); Chief Carol McBride (Chief of Lake Timiskaming First
Nation); Louis Corbett (Toronto Environmental Alliance). At
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W (St. George subway). SCAM
(Stop Considering Adams Mine) 416-763-9252 scam@ziplip.com
[related sites: http://www.peanut-tree.com/scam/
http://www.adamsmine.com ]
* WORLDWIDE COMMUNITIES AGAINST TOBACCO, Wed
Sept 13, 7:30pm, Toronto. Protest the Matinee Designer Debut
Fashion show. Free. Acadian Court, The Bay, Queen & Yonge.
More info 905-770-1138.
* HOW TO AVOID GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS,
Wed Sept 13, 7:30pm, Toronto. Panel discussion. Find out how GE
affects you ... and what we can all do to ensure a safe food supply.
Free. (monthly GeneAction meeting, 2nd Wednesday each month).
Big Carrot, 348 Danforth (near Chester subway). More info:
geneaction@graffiti.net 416-406-2481 416-466-2129 New
website: http://ecoexplorer.com/GENEaction.htm
* TOOKER GOMBERG FOR MAYOR - LAUNCH PARTY,
Thurs Sept 14, 5-9pm, Toronto. Office Opening & Launch Party.
Gomberg for Mayor Campaign Headquarters, 244 Gerrard St. East,
(east of Ontario St.) 416-532-3939 tooker@web.ca
http://www.TookerForMayor.org (website launch Sept 12)
[see also announcement in section B]
* FESTIVAL OF COMMUNITY, Thurs Sept 14, 5-9pm, Toronto.
Participate & have your say, learn what Toronto's communities &
groups are doing to keep the city healthy. Community Participation
Fair; Neighbourlies Awards (6pm); interactive displays; music &
street theatre. Free. City Hall (in the Rotunda), 100 Queen St. West
at Bay. More info: Healthy City Office 416-392-8542 416-392-
0099 hco@city.toronto.on.ca
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/healthycity
* GLOBALIZE THIS! Fri Sept 15, 7pm, Toronto. During the last
year we have witnessed the resurgence of mass mobilization by
labour activists, youth, environmental activists, women's groups,
people of colour and many others -- against the onslaught of
corporate rule, neoliberalism & globalization. The panel will assess
the significance of these evnets & their prospect for bringing about
meaningful social change. Room 1069, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St.
George St (south of Harbord, on U of T campus). More info 416-
969-3209 newsoc@web.net http://www.web.net/~newsoc
=== Please tell them you read about it in the Planet-Friendly ===
STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP, Fri-Sun Sept
15-17, Hockley Valley. Build your own innovative, superinsulated
Strawbale home. With Peter Mack & Chris Magwood, two of
Canada's most experienced Strawbale home builders. Hands-on
workshop; visit a Strawbale home; manual included. At the
Ecology Retreat Centre near Orangeville. Russell 519-941-4560
ecorc@ionsys.com
* WINDSOR GRC & OPIRG BBQ & Silent Auction, Sat Sept 16,
2-8pm, Windsor. Global Resource Centre (GRC) and OPIRG
Windsor. Free. Grad House Pub, 458 Sunset Ave. 519-253-3000
x3872 opirg@uwindsor.ca
DIVERSITY IN EDUCATION, Sat Sept 16, 8:30am-5pm,
Oakville. Homeschooling, Unschooling & Curriculum Fair. Over
50 workshops, exhibition, networking opportunity! Carpooling;
transit; billeting. Iroquois Ridge High School, 1123 Glenashton
Drive, Oakville. Conference: $20-$40. Exhibits: FREE (1:30pm-
5pm). More info/register: 416-410-5218 http://www.flora.org/oftp
(Ont. Fed. of Teaching Parents). Renting a table: Betty Cerar
905-729-3002
FESTIVAL OF PEACE, Sat Sept 16, 11am-3pm, Ottawa. 2000 is
UN Intnt'l Year for a "Culture of Peace." The so-called "National
Capital Air Show" uses WAR planes as a source of entertainment.
Among the "performers" are many of the world's most deadly
fighter & bomber aircraft ever built (including several nuclear
weapons delivery systems). Please boycott the Ottawa war show --
join us instead at a festival to celebrate peace, life, creativity & the
environment! Street theatre & giant puppets; satirical songs
(Raging Grannies); free food & drink; speakers, info tables,
banners & signs, leafletting, live music, drumming & dance. At
Uplands Dr. & Breadner Blvd., 1.2 km south of Hunt Club Rd,
outside the gates of the Ottawa "air show". More info / help out /
donate: Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade ad207@ncf.ca
613-231-3076 or 613-828-8468. http://www.ncf.ca/coat
* SPIRAL GARDEN / ART GARDEN PLAY, Sat-Sun Sept 16-
17, 9am-5pm, Toronto. Experiential workshop on the Spiral
Garden process. For artists, educators, health care professionals &
those who recognize the need for a new model for bringing balance
& harmony into our communities. Through the metaphor of the
garden, we celebrate our interdependence with the natural world as
the context for healing our children, ourselves & the Earth. An
integrated, outdoor, art, garden, play program which has been
growing for 17 years. At the Spiral Garden, Bloorview MacMillan
Centre, 350 Rumsey (near Bayview & Eglinton). $250 (incl
materials & lunches). More info/register: Rudy Ruttimann
rruttimann@home.com or Bohdan, Julie, Jan
crowsnest@echo-on.net 416-694-2368
http://sunsite.queensu.ca/memorypalace/garden/spiralgarden
CONNECTING WITH NATURE, Sat Sept 16 - Sun Sept 24,
Burk's Falls. An adult nine day wilderness journey to explore &
deepen your relationship with nature & yourself. Through a variety
of activities, dialogue & personal reflection, you'll experience
yourself as part of the living earth, have the opportunity to deepen
your ecological consciousness & explore issues of connection on a
community & global scale. Goal setting, visioning, action
planning. No prior wilderness experience req'd. $1125 includes all
equipment & food, bursaries available. More info/register:
Outward Bound barbcartwright@hotmail.com 1-888-688-9273
http://www.outwardbound.ca or Barb Cartwright 613-244-1635
SUN RUN CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING, Sun Sept
17, 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. 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/
THE WHOLE VILLAGE, Sun Sept 17, 1-3pm, Caledon.
Orientation Meeting for anyone curious about the Whole Village -
a group of 25 families from a variety of backgrounds, who have
come together to preserve agricultural land by actively farming in a
way that sustains farm families & the rural economy; to create an
ecologically sustainable & environmentally sensitive farming
community; to protect & enhance natural habitat through
conservation easements & other means. View the property where
the village will be built; meet some of the members. All welcome.
(Design Meetings, open to the public, every second Thursday near
King City; Orientation Meetings monthly).
http://www.wholevillage.org RSVP/directions: Jeff Gold 519-941-
1099 jgold@netrover.com At Karalane Farm (future site of the
village), 20725 Shaws Creek Road, Caledon. [other related sites:
http://www.cohousing.org http://www.gaia.org ]
TORONTO PORTLANDS BIKE TOUR, Sun Sept 17, 1-3pm,
Toronto. Explore Toronto's portlands on a leisurely guided bicycle
tour highlighting past & future developments and some of the
possibilities for this vital part of the Toronto waterfront. Meet at
the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen Street
East. More info: Jason Thorne 416-943-8080 x227
* STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION, Sat & Sun Sept 23-24,
Hillsburgh (1 hr NW of Toronto). Straw bales can be used to build
homes & other buildings which are extremely durable, beautiful,
energy efficient & low-cost. Relaxed yet informative workshop;
slides & photos, some lectures, questions & answers; help
construct a 10x10 building. With Chris Magwood (co-author of
Straw Bale Building) & Tina Therien, who have built many
strawbale buildings across Ontario. $195 incl. meals & camping
(some indoor space). At Everdale, a non-profit learning centre,
working organic farm, diverse wildlife habitat, and sustainable
technology showcase one hour NW of Toronto. Other upcoming
workshops on permaculture & wind power. More info: Gavin
Dandy 519-855-6533 everdale@albedo.net
* CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT NETWORK - Annual General
Assembly, Thurs-Sun Sept 28 - Oct 1, Nova Scotia.
Environmentalists from across Canada gather to discuss a wide
range of common interests; guest speakers, workshops &
entertainment. Hosted by the Nova Scotia Environmental Network.
At the Kespuwick Training Centre, Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia.
More info: 613-728-9810 cen@cen.web.net 902-454-6846
nsen@web.net
* TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL,
Thurs Sept 28 - Sun Oct 1. Toronto's first environmental film &
video festival. Showcasing the work of Canadian & international
filmmakers; exploring ideas & issues regarding our social &
natural environments. For audiences young & old, activist &
neophyte, political & artistic. All screenings include interactive
discussions. Two free panel discussions: Friday evening &
Saturday morning. $25 festival pass; $5 individual screenings;
children PWYC; panels free. Festival passes: Grassroots
Environmental Products (408 Bloor W. & 372 Danforth) & Pages
Bookstore (256 Queen St W). No registration required. Thursday
8-10pm: Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave.; Friday evening:
Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W.;
Saturday/Sunday (10am-10pm): Metro Hall, 55 John St at King.
More info: http://www.planetinfocus.org piffest@web.net Mark
Haslam 416-537-7742
* SEIZING THE MOMENT - A POPULAR EDUCATION
GATHERING, Thurs-Sun Oct 12-15, Toronto. Inviting popular
educators, community activists, adult educators & students. Share
knowledge & experience in all aspects of popular education,
including popular education theory & practice, popular economics,
popular theatre, popular environmental education, popular health
education, literacy, anti-racism, labour culture & education, human
rights and other practices that use popular approaches to resist
unjust uses of power. Participatory workshops - see the website in
September. At George Brown College, St. James Campus, 200
King St. E. $75-$150 (some scholarships & work-exchange may
be available). Homestays available until Sept. 15. More
info/register: 416-516-9546 catalystcentre@web.net
http://www.catalystcentre.ca
* ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT NETWORK Fall Conference &
AGM, Fri-Sun Oct 13-15, Sault Ste. Marie. Unique opportunity to
network with reps from environmental groups across the province.
The record of the environmental movement during the Harris
years, including a look back at key campaigns such as Lands for
Life and the spring bear hunt... and what our experiences in these
campaigns mean for the future. Discussion on the governing style
of the Tories & what this means for the environmental movement.
Workshops, speakers, tabling, social networking, etc. Carpooling
& some travel subsidies will be available. Details to follow, see:
http://www.web.net/oen oen@web.net 705-840-2888
* ANIMAL FACTORY FARMS - EMERGING ISSUES, Sat
Oct 28, 9am-4:30pm, Toronto. With Canadian & U.S. experts
including reps from UBC, U. of Guelph, Cdn Food Inspection
Agency, National Farmers Union, Winnipeg Humane Society,
Animal Alliance of Canada, Clayton Ruby. Free; no registration.
Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W. at Bay.
More info: Stephanie Brown 416-920-4984 brown@idirect.com
"All larger organisms, including ourselves, are living testimonies
to the fact that destructive practices do not work in the long run. In
the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for
others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less
a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation
and creativity." - Fritjof Capra, "The Web Of Life"
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(B) OTHER RESOURCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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* TOOKER GOMBERG for MAYOR OF TORONTO - Elections
are not just about voting on election day. They are a time to talk
about & consider what is possible -- the sort of future we want.
There are 68 days until the Toronto municipal election on Nov. 13
-- we have 68 days to rock this town! The Tooker Gomberg for
Mayor Campaign aims to electrify this municipal election with
chutzpah, creativity, passion, and intelligent, cogent insights on
what Toronto could be. We'll be talking about problems &
solutions. Let's discuss smog; homelessness; the Olympics; the
police; green taxes; garbage; the TTC; the sorry state of Lake
Ontario; trees; cyclists; sustainable jobs; small business; the arts;
tenants rights; the income gap; urban agriculture; pesticides; solar
energy; public utilities; unions; youth; gay rights; rascism; car
traffic... in other words: justice, ecology & democracy will be the
currency of this campaign. And just as importantly, we aim to have
a blast doing it. Let's have parties that celebrate the musicians in
our community, and holds rallies in the streets. Let's laugh & eat &
sing & dance together as we change the world right here in our
city. We're envisioning hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of
Torontonians joining us in articulating this hopeful vision. Will
you join us? Our Election Planning Committee has been meeting
and planning a grassroots campaign. We'll raise funds for leaflets,
office, ads, etc. We'll deliver captivating material to hundreds of
thousands of Toronto households. We'll run a media-genic
campaign, with direct actions & creative images. We'll spell out
the issues, and the solutions, from a progressive perspective. Why
let the big money interests set the agenda? Let's do it! This is what
democracy looks like! Want to join the campaign? We're looking
for artists, musicians, desktop designers, food prep people, silk
screeners, printers, photocopiers, writers, editors, researchers,
photographers, videographers, seamstresses, organizers, phoners,
leafletters, fundraisers, cyclists (drivers, too), data entry folk, and
so much more. Please join us! 416-532-3939 tooker@web.ca
http://www.TookerForMayor.org (website launch Sept 12)
[Launch Party, Thurs Sept 14, 5-9pm, 244 Gerrard East (east of
Ontario St.)]
* CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS - Federal
Environment Industry Directory, 6th edition. directory of 850 Cdn
companies providing solutions related to water, air, soil, energy,
R&D, climate change. Interactive CD-ROM helps user find
solutions corresponding to their problems & challenges.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/ces
ONTARIO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE BOOK 2000 - now
available! A comprehensive directory of over 700 non-profit
environmental & conservation groups in Ontario. Complete, up-to-
date contact information (address, phone, fax, e-mail, web, contact
person), plus a description of each group's activities & areas of
interest. Indexed by region & town. Also includes government
listings, conservation authorities, stewardship councils & more.
$10/$25 plus $2.50 shipping (membership ($40) includes a free
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