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[OPIRG-EVENTS] People- & Planet-Friendly Events, Courses, Broadcasts, Links (2001/01/11)




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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY EVENTS & RESOURCES
Revised Thursday January 11, 2001
http://www.planetfriendly.net
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& SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS, workshops, courses, festivals, 
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(A) EVENTS, Films, Broadcasts, Courses, Links 
(B) Other Announcements, Resources, Links
(D) About the People- & Planet-Friendly 

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New/modified listings (since Dec. 17) are indicated by 
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(A) EVENTS, FILMS, COURSES, BROADCASTS, LINKS 
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* Events in Toronto, Hamilton, Alton/Caledon Hills, Guelph, 
Kitchener, Ottawa, Vision TV, CBC Newsworld, on-line.

* GOMBERG & RESTAURATEURS DELIVER FOOD SCRAPS 
to Mayor Lastman's Office, Fri Jan 12, 1pm & 1:45pm, Toronto. 
Challenge Mayor Lastman to honour his election promise and 
make recycling his top issue. The only way to keep the Adam's 
Mine monster from re-surfacing is to invest in the alternatives -- 
biogas & composting. Gomberg will join with restaurant owners 
keen to see the city expand its pilot program for collecting food 
scraps (now being abandoned by the city's waste management 
department after just a three-month trial). News conference: 1:00 
p.m. at Fressen Restaurant, 478 Queen W.; Delivery of food scraps 
& statements: 1:45 p.m. Mayor's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen W. 
More info: SCAM - Stop Considering the Adams Mine - Start 
Composting & Alternative Measures http://www.peanut-
tree.com/scam/   scam@ziplip.com  Tooker Gomberg 
416-532-3939  cell: 416-834-2453

* HOMES NOT BOMBS NONVIOLENCE WEEKEND, Fri-Mon 
Jan 12-15, Kitchener. Annual province-wide gathering. The 
Hamilton War Show resistance; Campaign to Demilitarize Canada; 
radical cheerleading; resisting the FTAA summit in Quebec City; 
international law; nonviolence and repression. Stirling Mennonite 
Church, Kitchener. Windsor 519-258-1555, Ottawa 613-237-6278, 
Guelph 519-836-2409, Hamilton 905-528-5925 or 627-2696, 
Toronto 416-651-5800, Kitchener-Waterloo 519-745-1681  
tasc@web.ca

* DEVELOPMENT & PEACE OPEN HOUSE, Sat Jan 13, 4-7pm, 
Hamilton. New regional office of the Canadian Catholic 
Organization for Development & Peace. Check out the resource 
centre, learn more about our work, and meet interesting people 
involved in international solidarity work. Munchies & drinks; all 
welcome; free. 354 King St. W. Room 206  More info: Lori Ryan 
lryan@devp.org 905-528-0770 http://www.devp.org

* BICYCLES CROSSING BORDERS - PACKING PARTY, Sat 
& Sun Jan 13 & 14, 11am-5pm, Toronto. Help load large 
containers for shipment, in preparation for the launch of a Bicycle 
Cooperative in Old Havana. Dress warmly (warehouse is not 
heated); lunch provided. Warehouse #453 on Cherry Street (btwn 
Eastern & Front). More info: Josie, Community Bicycle Network, 
416-504-2918.

SIERRA CLUB VOLUNTEER MEETING, Sun Jan 14, 11am, 
Toronto. Join our team and get "hands on" with Clearcutting 
Ontario & other important campaigns. Meet experienced activists 
& learn new skills. Write articles for magazines, fact sheets & 
action alerts; fundraise, talk with media & politicians, organize 
public meetings & press conferences, write petitions, attend 
conferences or meetings, help with database management, 
internet/library/telephone research, interviewing, legal research, 
slogans & banners, presentations. At the Sierra Club office, 517 
College, Suite 237 (west of Bathurst). If you can't make the 
meeting, call, e-mail or write us! More info: Sadhana (Sadi) 
Sivasubramaniam, Sierra Club Eastern Canada Chapter  
416-960-9606 eastern.canada.chapter@sierraclub.org  
http://www.sierraclub.ca  http://www.sierraclub.ca/eastern

* ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING IN ONTARIO, Mon Jan 
15, 8-9pm, CBC Newsworld. Live broadcast, with host Avi Lewis. 
(If you wish to be in the live audience, be at the CBC building by 
7:15pm; see their website for details). CounterSpin is a nightly 
current affairs show (Mon-Thurs 8-9pm) which goes out of its way 
to offer alternative viewpoints & uncommon debates on a variety 
of cultural, political & social issues. 
http://www.newsworld.cbc.ca/programs/sites/counterspin.html  
[related: http://www.ippso.org ]

* ECO-ACTION IN TORONTO! Mon Jan 15, 7pm, Toronto. 
The Ron Burchell Group (the Toronto group of the Sierra Club 
of Canada) wants you to get involved! Car Free Day; Sustainable 
Waterfront; Highway 407 Eastern extension, more. Meetings third 
Monday each month, 7-9pm. More info: Janet Pelley 
ron.burchell.group@sierraclub.org  Sierra Club of Canada, Eastern 
Canada Chapter 416-960-9606 http://www.sierraclub.ca/eastern  
Free twice-monthly e-newsletters with Sierra Club news, 
opportunities, invitations to meetings, outings, get-togethers and 
more. To subscribe, simply send any message to ecan-news-
subscribe-request@lists.sierraclub.org  [see also Jan 14]

* HEALTH DANGERS OF URBAN PESTICIDES, Mon Jan 15, 
7pm, Ottawa. Working group meeting. Billings Room, 111 Lisgar 
St, 2nd Floor. (Next meeting Mon Feb 12) More info/RSVP: Marie 
Wellman 613-580-2477 Marie.Wellman@city.ottawa.on.ca

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE SCIENCE, THE POLITICS (free 
course), Mondays Jan 15 - Apr 9, 6-8pm, Toronto. Global warming 
is a daunting but fascinating problem. It's a concentrate of the 
world's environmental, social, political, cultural & economic issues 
-- and a laboratory for such fundamental concepts as 
environmental justice, sustainable development and global 
governance. Lectures, open discussions, videos, guest speakers, 
outings. All welcome - beginners, experienced, activists, ordinary 
citizens. Free. Register if possible; attend one class or all. U of T 
Physics Dept., 60 St George, room 713. More info: Loic Jounot 
loic@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca 416-532-9483 Free University of 
Toronto http://www.utoronto.ca/acc/freeu/

PEOPLE OF THE REEFS, Tues Jan 16, 9pm, Vision TV. 
Indonesia battles the loss of its coral reefs and marine life -- 
an ecological crisis that intimately affects 140 million lives. 
http://www.visiontv.ca  416-368-3194

* SAVE THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE, Tues Jan 16, 7-9pm, 
Toronto. You can help save the moraine! Overview & update, 
followed by presentation of volunteer opportunities & sign-ups. 
With Debbe Crandall (Director, STORM Coalition) and Christina 
Sharma (Public Education & Volunteer Coordinator). Subway-
accessible location in downtown Toronto t.b.a. RSVP asap: 
Christina 416-236-7234 (rohit.sharma@attcanada.net)   
http://www.stormco.org

* THE GREEN ECONOMY, Tuesdays Jan 16 - Mar 20, 7-10pm, 
Toronto. Practical strategies to create community-based eco-
economies. Radical economic change is necessary to facilitate 
human self-development, social justice, community enrichment 
and ecological regeneration. Green economics; the food system; 
urban eco-design; the soft energy path; feminist economic 
alternatives; alternative financial systems; green industry; green 
politics. Speakers, videos, interesting literature, lots of discussion. 
With Brian Milani, author of Designing the Green Economy. Guest 
speakers: Toronto's cutting edge innovators in each sector: Dr. 
Wayne Roberts (co-author of Get A Life!); Martin Liefhebber 
(pioneer in radical building & community design strategies); Liz 
Reynolds (founder of Toronto's Autoshare network); Rod MacRae 
(co-author of Real Food for a Change); Miriam Wyman (Women 
& Environments Education & Development Foundation); Greg 
Allen, one of Canada's leading solar engineers and appropriate 
technologists). No prerequisites, exams or required reading. $100 
for 10 classes. Metro Labour Education Centre, 1207 King W. 
(at Dufferin). More info: http://www.greeneconomics.net  
Brian Milani 416-968-1282  Register: 416-537-6532

* SOUTH RIVERDALE ENVIRONMENTAL LIAISON, Wed 
Jan 17 (3rd Wed. of Jan, Mar, May, Sept, Nov), 6-8pm, Toronto. 
For people interested in environmental issues in the South 
Riverdale area. Bringing together residents, community groups, 
Ministry of Environment, Public Health Dept., Planning and 
others. Free. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E. (east of 
Broadview). More info: Paul Young, South Riverdale Community 
Health Centre paul@srchc.com 416-461-1925 x241

* CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS, Wed Jan 17, noon, 
Toronto. Today the SOA will be re-named the "Western 
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation." During its 54 year 
history, the SOA has trained over 60,000 Latin American troops, 
and continues each year to train hundreds of soldiers in combat 
skills such as commando tactics, military intelligence, and 
psychological operations. In 1996, a White House report revealed 
the existence of training manuals used at the SOA that advocated 
torture, execution, and blackmail. SOA-trained troops have used 
these skills to make war against their own people, with disastrous 
consequences. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have 
been tortured, raped, assassinated, "disappeared," massacred, and 
forced into refuge by those trained at the "School of Assassins." 
Outside the US Consulate, University Ave, south of Dundas. 
More info: Julie 416-763-1303

SUSTAINABLE TORONTO: A Community-University Research 
Alliance, Wed Jan 17, 4pm, Toronto. With Beth Savan, Director, 
Environment Studies Program, Innis College, U of T, and Lois 
Corbett, Executive Director, Toronto Environmental Alliance 
(TEA). Free; all welcome. Room 2093, Earth Sciences Centre 
(Huron & Bancroft), U of T. More info: Mona El-Haddad 416-
978-6526 m.elhaddad@utoronto.ca  
http://www.utoronto.ca/env/seminars.htm  
[TEA's website: http://www.torontoenvironment.org ]

* BANNERS & MURALS, Wed Jan 17, 6-8pm, Toronto. Cheap, 
time-saving techniques & tricks for making silkscreen banners & 
canvas fabric murals! Free, all welcome. At the Women's Centre, 
563 Spadina Ave., north of College. More info: OPIRG Toronto 
416-978-7770 opirg@campuslife.utoronto.ca 
[ http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg ]

ECO-QUEERS, Wed Jan 17, 6pm, Toronto. A monthly place for 
youth, queers & anyone who cares about the planet to meet, 
activate, share, debate, ask questions, network and build! This 
month: brief eco-feminism talk; 519 roof-top garden plans, more. 
Free. 519 Church St. Community Centre  (3rd Wednesday 
monthly) More info: 416-924-2100 x264 soy@soytoronto.org  
http://www.soytoronto.org

* FREELANCE WRITING & THE ENVIRONMENT, Wed Jan 
17, 7-8:30pm, Toronto. What are the hot environmental issues? 
How can freelance journalists cover them? With smog in the 
downtown core, tainted water in Walkerton, nuclear power in 
Pickering and global warming all around us, there's no shortage of 
good environmental stories. On the other hand, they aren't always 
easy to sell. Join the discussion as veteran environmental 
freelancers talk about the environment from a freelancer's 
perspective. With Suzanne Elston (freelance newspaper columnist 
& radio journalist, Great Lakes Radio Network); Stephen Leahy 
(freelance environmental reporter); Saul Chernos (freelance 
environmental reporter). Followed by refreshments in the pub 
downstairs. Suggested $5 donation. Orchardview Public Library 
(one block north of Eglinton subway), 2nd floor. 
More info: Saul Chernos 416-364-0725 schernos@sympatico.ca  
Paul Lima writer@paullima.com  
Periodical Writers Assoc. of Canada http://www.pwac.ca  
Society of Environmental Journalists http://www.sej.org

* MEDIA RELATIONS: URBAN MARKETING 101, Thurs Jan 
18, 7-9pm, Toronto. Basic techniques in getting your event, 
organization or opinion media attention in an urban environment; 
everything from how to poster to how to 'pitch' your story. With 
Claudia Mc Koy, event coordinator & marketing representative for 
the Toronto Women's Bookstore, and owner of Antigone Media 
(producer & promoter of jazz & spoken word events). Free. 
Pendarves Room, International Student Centre, 33 St. George St., 
just north of College. More info: Claudia 416-922-8744 
[related: http://www.womensbookstore.com 
http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg ]

* LIFE UNDER MIKE, Fri Jan 19, 7pm, Toronto. A madcap, 
David & Goliath tale... Mike Harris & the Common Sense 
Revolution. Homelessness, foodbanks, weakening of the labour 
movement, sweatshops. Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith, 
Charles Kernaghan and Jack Layton. Music by Dylan & 
Springsteen. $3/$4/$7. Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. (Bathurst 
subway). 416-516-2330 http://www.bloorcinema.com  
http://www.guerrillafilms.org 
[see also http://www.mikeharrispc.com and 
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.28.00/news/harris.html ]

* A JUST COFFEE - FAIR TRADE, Fri Jan 19, 7:30pm & Thurs 
Jan 18 - Mon Jan 22, Hamilton/across Canada. Interactive slide 
show presentation: the impact of our consumer choices on the lives 
of producers in developing countries; background about fair trade, 
fair trade in practice in Mexico; questions & discussion. Fair trade 
coffee will be served (bring your own reusable mug, please!) Free, 
all welcome. Also, Equiterre's "Faces of Coffee" photo exhibition 
will be on display in Gilmour Hall Council Chambers from 9:30-
5pm on Thurs Jan 18, Sat Jan 20, Mon Jan 22. Part of Equiterre's 
fair trade educational tour to 20 cities across central & eastern 
Canada. CNH B107, McMaster University. More info: Terri  
liutt@mcmaster.ca http://www.equiterre.qc.ca 
[Toronto appearance: Wed Jan 24 http://www.alternativegrounds.com ]

* URBAN SPRAWL FLYOVER, Fri Jan 19, 7:30-10pm, 
Alton/Caledon Hills. A virtual flyover of Caledon & the GTA, and 
discussion about urban development in Caledon. A hi-tech, big 
screen presentation: you'll really feel like you are flying over the 
local landscape. The magnitude of the gravel pits will become 
more evident than ever and our modest tree cover will also become 
apparent. $10/person (food included) At the SGI Centre (Orphen 
Lake), Hwy 136, just north of Alton (south of Orangeville). More 
info: Nicola Ross, Caledon Countryside Alliance 519-927-0548 
nross@woodrising.com http://www.woodrising.com/cca/homepage.htm  
[regular meetings are usually last Friday of each month]

STOP THE FTAA - General Assembly, Sat Jan 20, Toronto. 
General assembly of all groups organizing to stop the Free Trade 
Area of the Americas agreement. On April 20-22, heads of state 
from every country in the western hemisphere (except Cuba) will 
meet in Quebec City at the "Summit of the Americas" to finalize a 
hemispheric "free" trade agreement known as the Free Trade Area 
of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA will create the largest free 
trade market in the world, and further the corporate agenda at the 
expense of workers, communities, and the environment. Meeting 
time & location to follow. Toronto Moblization for Global Justice 
416-516-7535 mob4glob@tao.ca  http://www.mob4glob.ca  
[related: http://www.cmaq.net  http://www.oqp2001.org 
http://www.tradewatch.org/FTAA/ftaahome.html Sierra Club's 
Responsible Trade Program - Environmental Action kit on the 
FTAA: Dan Seligman 202-675-2387 ]

* THE WHOLE VILLAGE, Sun Jan 21, 10am-noon, Caledon.  
Information/orientation meeting. Creating an ecologically 
sustainable & environmentally sensitive farming community; 
protecting & enhancing natural habitat through conservation 
easements & other means. All welcome. Potluck lunch (noon). 
At Karalane Farm (future site of the village), 20725 Shaws Creek 
Road, Caledon. RSVP/directions: Jeff Gold 519-941-1099 
jgold@netrover.com http://www.wholevillage.org [other related 
sites: http://www.cohousing.org  http://www.gaia.org ]

*** PART TWO will follow in separate message tomorrow ***

- Peter Blanchard  icontario@aol.com  www.planetfriendly.net

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