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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY Events, Resources, Jobs & Fun http://www.planetfriendly.net people@planetfriendly.net (revised Wednesday January 9, 2002) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A free weekly e-newsletter of peace, sustainable living, environmental & social justice events, workshops, courses, festivals, films, broadcasts, resources & jobs in Ontario & beyond. Please post or pass it on! (A) What's up this week? (B) EVENTS, Films, Broadcasts, Courses, Links (C) JOBS, Apprenticeships, Volunteering (D) ANNOUNCEMENTS, Launches, Resources, Links (E) Support the People & Planet-Friendly (F) About the People- & Planet-Friendly Free weekly e-mail subscription: people@planetfriendly.net Submissions: http://www.planetfriendly.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (A) WHAT'S UP THIS WEEK? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There's plenty of variety this week - from the "Eco Club After School Program", to "Loblaws, Yuppies & Caviar", to "Truth & Lies About Sept 11" (two dates, Jan 17 & 19). MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Tuesday the 15th is Martin Luther King's birthday, followed by the official (U.S.) holiday on Mon Jan 21. See the Jan 21 entry for plenty of links to "MLK" and nonviolence. In his honour, here are a few quotes: "Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Always avoid violence. If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in your struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos." "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction" "Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it politic? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular - but one must take it simply because it is right" "Agitate, litigate, legislate!" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Related local events include Non-Violent Civil Disobedience 101, on Sat Jan 12, and the Walk For Canada's Disappeared, Jan 13-15 in Toronto & Richmond Hill. . MLK-related links: * MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. http://martinlutherking.8m.com http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/King/ * CIVIL RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS http://www.ccla.org (Canadian Civil Liberties Assoc.) http://www.cdn-hr-reporter.ca/primer.htm http://www.hrweb.org (Human Rights Web) http://www.civilrights.org http://www.civilrights.org/civil_rights_calendar/ http://www.aclu.org (American Civil Liberties Union) http://www.amnesty.ca http://www.amnesty.org http://www.planetfriendly.net/sheep.html#links * NONVIOLENCE http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/ http://www.films.com/item.cfm?bin=11068 http://www.nonviolence.org http://www.planetfriendly.net/sheep.html#links Whether or not you can make it to any events, page down to this week's announcements section -- including "Cycle Across Canada This Summer"; "Children's Health & The Environment"; "What Is Propaganda; the "Reclaim The Streets" Lawsuit; plus free communications resources from the Sustainability Network. - Peter Blanchard people@planetfriendly.net www.planetfriendly.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (B) EVENTS, FILMS, COURSES, BROADCASTS, LINKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Events in Toronto, Richmond Hill, Guelph, Waterloo, Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa, Kahnawake, Montreal, plus an internet IRC chat. ECO CLUB AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, Thursdays Jan 10 to Mar 7, Toronto. Uncover the wonders of nature and organic gardening in this exciting and unique after school program. Games, activities, storytelling, crafts and drama focused on environmental themes. Ages 6-10 years. $44 for 9 weeks. Thursdays, Northwood Community Centre, 15 Clubhouse Court, E. of Jane & Sheppard. Info: Northwood Eco Club Program, 416-395-6182. Info/register: Keely Forth kidsgrow@city.toronto.on.ca 416-392-1329 http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/parks/programs/children.htm SEPT 11 PEACE COALITION, Thurs Jan 10 (every Thurs), 6pm, Toronto. The Toronto arm of the national Peace Coalition, a group of labour, women's, social justice and other organizations plan upcoming events. Info: HM Centre of Cultures 416-535-2094 [please call to confirm] * DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING, Thurs Jan 10, 7pm, Toronto. Truth, reality, fiction... Documentary filmmakers Brenda Longfellow, Ali Kazimi & Jonathan Culp discuss and screen their work. $2. CFMDC Screening Room, 37 Hanna. Info: 416-588-6444. [topical: http://www.hotdocs.ca http://www.planetinfocus.org www.documentaryfilms.net www.nfb.ca www.tvac.ca http://www.satanmacnuggit.com ] * BILL C-36 & Its Impact on Canadian Tamils, Fri Jan 11, 5pm, Toronto. Panel discussion & critical analysis of Bill C-36. Free. Trinity College, 6 Hoskin, UofT. Info: 416-288-8701. [topical links: http://www.planetfriendly.net/rights.html http://www.planetfriendly.net/sheep.html ] * ARGENTINA: A Case of Neo-Liberal Catastrophe, Fri Jan 11, 7:30pm, Toronto. The latest developments in Argentina have created social turmoil of unpredictable consequences. The situation will have lasting effects on this South American nation. We invite everyone to discuss and reflect on the political, social and economic impacts of another neoliberal failure. "The country is on the brink of total collapse and its people are suffering today for decisions made by bad politicians and extremely tough conditions which the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions have tried to impose on the population of Argentina" (International Metalworkers' Federation, Marcello Malentacchi) With Viviana Patroni (CERLAC); Jorge García- Orgales (USWA); Daniel Schugurensky (OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). 489 College St., 3rd floor. Info: http://www.socialjustice.org 416-927-0777 x225 (Centre for Social Justice) HEALTHY BREAST PROGRAM, Fri-Sun Jan 11-13, Toronto. Comprehensive program for all women and health care professionals concerned about the prevention & naturopathic treatment of cancer. Risk factors, hormonal & environmental links, diet & nutritional supplements, detoxification, lymphatic cleansing, natural ways to enhance your immunity, etc. With author & naturopathic doctor Sat Dharam Kaur. $150. Fri. evening; all day Sat.; Sunday noon-4pm. The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 1255 Sheppard E. (at Leslie). Info/register: Janet Patterson jpatterson@ccnm.edu 416-498-1255 x263 http://www.ccnm.edu/news http://www.healthybreastprogram.on.ca [topical links: http://www.stopcancer.org http://www.steingraber.com http://www.web.ca/~when http://www.planetfriendly.net/cancer.html * UNFIT TO GOVERN & Non-Violent Civil Disobedience 101, Sat Jan 12, 9am-4pm, Toronto. How are we impacted by government policies & cutbacks -- and what can we do about them? Join us in building solidarity for and between community efforts to stand up for strong communities supported by vibrant public services! 9am-noon: "Unfit To Govern" workshop developed by the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice, with Danielle Koyama (OCSJ) and Tanya Gulliver (Church of the Holy Trinity). Noon-1pm: lunch (included). 1pm-4pm: Non Violent Civil Disobedience 101, with Matthew Behrens and Laurell Smith (Homes Not Bombs and Toronto Action for Social Change). $15 (or pay what you can). Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square (beside the Eaton Centre). Info/register: Tanya 416-598-4521 x225 or tgulliver@holytrinitytoronto.org [ http://www.mnsg.org http://www.ocsj.ca http://holytrinitytoronto.org ] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NON-VIOLENCE LINKS http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/ http://www.films.com/item.cfm?bin=11068 http://www.nonviolence.org http://www.planetfriendly.net/sheep.html#links - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * SKA SKA OI! Sat Jan 12, 8pm-2am, Toronto. An all Ages event to celebrate unity and peace. Come check out some of Toronto's best local Ska acts, as well as special guests from Montreal, Stomp Records recording artists General Rudie! Enjoy Traditional Ska-Jazz Music at its finest! Bee sure to bring your dancing shoes! $8/$10 at door. The Reverb, corner Queen & Bathurst. Info: Steve steveb@constablebrennan.com http://www.skapages.com http://www.ara.com (Rock Against Rascism/Toronto Ska Punk Co-op) [also: the Toronto Ska Punk Co-op also meets every Thurs & Fri night at the KOS Diner at the corner of College & Bathurst] READING POVERTY, An Evening of Poems & Resistance, Sat Jan 12, 8pm, Toronto. With Bonnie Briggs, Brian Burch, Rebecca Higgins, Sheila Stewart, Sarah Williams & musical guest Bronson Mikolovsky. $4 donation to the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee or 4 items of non-perishable food for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Einstein's Pub & Cafe, 229 College (btwn. Beverley & Spadina). Info: Rebecca Higgins reading_poverty@hotmail.com WALK FOR CANADA'S DISAPPEARED, Sun-Tues Jan 13-15, Toronto. Free all political detainees and stop the repression! Since Sept. 11, hundreds of people have been arbitrarily arrested and thrown into prison for no other reason than because they have a Middle Eastern or Arabic background. Under the new anti-civil liberties and restrictive refugee legislation passed by Parliament, such detentions will increase. We still do not know the names of everyone illegally imprisoned, or how many have been deported from Canada following secret trials conducted in the prisons. In the nonviolent, confrontational spirit of the civil rights movement, join us to demand justice for Canada's disappeared and for their families, and to say no to the rampant racism, repression and war in which Canada is so deeply involved. A three-day, 36 km hike from Etobicoke to Thornhill to stop Canadian racism, repression and war. The walk begins at the Metro West Detention Centre, where so many have been imprisoned, and ends at the office of Elinor Caplan, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigraton whose signature on "security certificates" dooms so many to the abyss of maximum security jail cells and secret prison trials. Each day, we will gather at a new starting point accessible by TTC. Each day the walk will stop at local symbols of war, racism and repression, with appropriate nonviolent direct actions to be decided upon. You can take part in all of the walk or chunks of it. If you are from out of town and require billeting, let us know. Organized by Toronto Action for Social Change and Homes not Bombs, Toronto. Info/rides: 416-651-5800 tasc@web.ca [ask for their flyer, also available by e-mail, for explanation of the issues & more details of he event - ed] PART 1 OF 3: Sun Jan 13: Meet 11am, Metro West Detention Centre, 111 Disco Rd. (subway to Kipling, Kipling 45 bus north to Dixon, transfer to any Malton 58 West bus to Carlingview, walk north to Disco, turn right). This stretch of the walk is approx. 15 km to office of War Minister Art Eggleton. [see separate listings below for details of Monday's and Tuesday's walks] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "While "disappeared" is a term we usually associate with the types of brutal regimes, such as Colombia, which Canada regularly supports with military and financial assistance, we can think of no better term to describe the experience of hundreds of men and women of Middle Eastern or Muslim background who have been arbitrarily thrown into Canadian prisons because of the colour of their skin, their religion, their countries of origin or ancestry. They are separated from their families, denied access to legal counsel, refused the right to practice their religion, tried in secret without knowing the "evidence" against them, and quite possibly deported with no one knowing. ... In an effort to confront this injustice and stop further disappearances under new legislation recently passed by Parliament this walk is an opportunity for a community of like- minded individuals and groups to spend three days on the road, within Metro Toronto, disseminating information, sharing thoughts and ideas, and making public an insidiously quiet issue." - Toronto Action for Social Change 416-651-5800 tasc@web.ca - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * THE POWER OF PEACE, Sun Jan 13, 1-3pm, Toronto. A gathering of people to share in the vision of peace. Celebrate with us our diversity; join us in building a conversation which will lead us to a place of greater acceptance of one another. Toronto, with over 170 communities & cultures living together peacefully, is a model of the global community. We have an opportunity to create an event that celebrates this directly. An invitation to build appreciation of each person, not as a representative of a particular culture, company, political or dogmatic background but as humans being. Please bring a non-perishable food donation for the Food Bank/admission free/love donations accepted. Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor W. (Bathurst subway). Info: Anne James 416-588-6847 lifestream@ca.inter.net or Frank Casula 416-694-6019 fcasula@primus.ca http://pages.ca.inter.net/~lifestream (LifeStream Canada) [Editor's note: Lifestream is a company that offers experiential personal growth courses. I could not find any pricing info on their website, other than that a $100 deposit is required (the above event is free). Topical link: "choosing a personal growth program"; find out "what you don't know you don't know" about Large Group Awareness Trainings: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/ ] * LOBLAWS, YUPPIES & CAVIAR, Sun Jan 13, 3pm, Toronto. Loblaw's Forest Hill Market at St. Clair just west of Bathurst is the current flagship store of the Weston empire.You can buy all the yuppy treats there, from Beluga Caviar for $2116.00/kg to White Truffle Oil at $140.00/litre. Then you can top it all off with a Cohiba Rubusto Cigar for just $36.19 each. I seriously doubt that Loblaws would have been able to build this store if it were not for all of the help from there business union partner United Food and Commercial Workers Union. I can think of no other union that would recommend to its membership that they take a 5% pay raise over 14 years while the company's profits have risen year after year exponentially. The membership loves them so much that they allowed some of the UFCW leadership to take as much as a 65% pay raise in a single year. We are truly blessed to be in the presence of such greatness. I welcome all Trade Unionists and Progressive Thinkers to join me in basking in this glory this Sunday, in the upstairs Marche (Move and Pick), so that we may all come away from this Triumph of Capitalism as Enlightened Members of the Working Poor. Info: REAPufcw Local 1000a, c/o Steve Guiliano, reapcanada@hotmail.com 416-767-2443 [topical links: buy your food from a food co-op or good food box and/or form your own food buyers group or join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) - http://www.foodshare.net http://www.organicadvocates.org http://www.onfc.ca http://www.planetfriendly.net/food.html#Orgs http://webhome.idirect.com/~jleeson/loblaws_main.htm http://www.canadians.org/campaigns/campaigns-genfood.html * SOLIDARITY SUNDAYS: Justice for Non-Status Immigrants, Sun Jan 13, 4-5:30pm, Toronto. As Canada's immigration laws have become more restrictive, especially in the wake of Sept 11, the labour and social justice sectors have begun to fight for the rights of Canada's newest residents. Please join us as Carolina Berinstein discusses the Status campaign, an initiative to help undocumented workers achieve the status of permanent residence. Mob4glob's Solidarity Sundays speaker series takes place on the first available Sunday of the month. Free (donations greatly appreciated). Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor W. (St. George subway). Info: http://www.mob4glob.ca 416-208-0785 mob4glob@tao.ca (Toronto Mobilisation for Global Justice) HUMANIST MOVEMENT, Sun Jan 13 (every Sunday), 7pm, Toronto. Weekly meeting for the 30-year-old international movement focusing on personal & social change. Sundays at 7pm. The Neighbourhood Centre, 197 Harbord (just east of Bathurst). Info: http://www.humanistmovement.ca 416-203-3573 WALK FOR CANADA'S DISAPPEARED, Part 2 of 3, Mon Jan 14, Toronto. Meet 10am, Wilson Subway, walk approximately 15km via CFB Downsview to the Yonge & Sheppard headquarters of Nestle, whose racist policies of exporting infant formula kill millions of poor children annually. See Jan 13 listing for details. Info/rides: 416-651-5800 tasc@web.ca [topical links: http://www.babymilkaction.org http://www.infactcanada.ca ] YOUTH CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL: Info Session & Slide Show, Mon Jan 14, 4-6pm, Ottawa (also Guelph Jan 16, Waterloo Jan 17. Looking for a challenge? Does community development, adventure, travel, culture and leadership sound exciting? If you are aged 18 to 30, adventurous and motivated, then join an international team and travel to remote regions of Nicaragua, Vanuatu, Costa Rica and Guyana. Work overseas for five to ten weeks, with local people, on powerful community-based projects. Those aged 24 and over may also apply for paid Field Staff positions in the field. YCI is a non-profit, international, youth organization. We foster youth & global development by involving international teams of youth in community development projects. We are currently accepting applications for our projects next year in Nicaragua, Guyana, Costa Rica, and Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Slide show presentation by a recent participant; personal stories from the field. Free. 236 Patterson Hall, Carleton Univ. Info: Shanna Howson generalinfo@yci.org 416-504-3370 x300 http://www.yci.org ELECTRICITY: MAKING WISE CHOICES, Mon Jan 14, 7:30pm, Toronto. With Jack Gibbons, Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Deregulation of the electricity market is scheduled for spring 2002. Have you thought about buying "Green Power"? Confused about fixed price contracts? This timely workshop will explain the changes and choices in the electricity market and how it affects our energy bills and the air we breathe. Learn the key questions to ask before you switch to a new electricity supplier. Free. Swansea Town Hall, Council Chambers, 95 Lavinia (south of Runnymede subway). Info: bwevmail@lycos.com [http://www.cleanair.web.net topical: http://www.ontAIRio.org ] WALK FOR CANADA'S DISAPPEARED, Part 3 of 3, Tues Jan 15: Meet 10am, Armed Forces Recruiting Centre, 4900 Yonge, 1 block north of Sheppard & Yonge (west side). 6 km walk to Thornhill office of Minister for Refugee Rejection Elinor Caplan. See Jan 13 listing for details. Info/rides: 416-651-5800 tasc@web.ca * OPIRG-TORONTO ORIENTATIONS, Tues Jan 15 and other dates, Toronto. Want to know more about OPIRG? About volunteering? Want to see the resource centre? New volunteers, members and community individuals are encouraged to attend an OPIRG orientation to learn about what we're working on and how we function. OPIRG office, 563 Spadina Ave. (btwn College & Harbord). Tues Jan 15, 1-2pm; Wed Jan 16, 5-6pm; Wed Jan 23, 11am-noon; Thurs Jan 24, 4:30-5:30pm. Register: Mooky 416.978-7770 mooky@campuslife.utoronto.ca http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg/ (Ontario Public Interest Research Group) [for PIRG's around Ontario & North America, see: http://opirg.org http://pirg.org ] * NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR ACTIVISTS, Tues Jan 15, 1pm, internet IRC chat. On January 31, the World Economic Forum, which usually meets in Davos Switzerland, will hold its annual meeting in New York City. U.S. activists are planning to respond to the visit from the highly controversial organization of economic elites with counter-summits and protests. Meanwhile, during the same week, thousands of activists will be heading for Porto Alegre, Brazil to talk about alternatives at the second World Social Forum. With these events converging, and in a post- September 11th context of a "war on terrorism" characterized by fear, jingoism and multi-billion dollar "national security" budgets, it seems like a good time to throw some ideas around about the future. What's next for globalization activists: a more unified set of goals and strategies, or more diversity? More convergences, or more community organizing? What do we really mean when we talk about global solidarity, and what does that solidarity demand? How can we confront fundamentalism in its many forms, and within our own ranks? To participate in this discussion, join Naomi Klein and invited guests in the NoLogo.org IRC on Jan 15at 1pm EST. Questions about using IRC? Check out the IRC FAQ, which can be found at http://irc.nologo.org * NEW CONCEPTS OF SECURITY - Science For Peace Round Table, Tues Jan 15, 2:30-5:30pm, Toronto. What is a sound security policy for Canada? Weapons of mass destruction are a serious threat to local, national, and global security. Not only do the declared nuclear powers have them, but rogue nations, rogue corporations, and terrorist groups have the means to access the deadly weapons, and deliver them anywhere on the globe. Some believe that dispersion, and the enormous destructive power of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, together with the vulnerability of our technological civilization render security through military strength impossible. If that is the case, then the only rational security policy is the establishment, and the enforcement of the rule of law by the global community of nations. "The only hope for the future lies in co-operative international action, legitimized by democracy. It is time to turn our backs on the unilateral search for security, in which we seek to shelter behind walls". (from 'The Next 100 Years', signed by 100 Nobel Laureates Dec. 2001, www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/nobel.shl Meanwhile, a recent report advocates the opposite: that the Canadian government increase contributions to NATO and the military alliance. http://www.stratnet.ucalgary.ca/ccs/ Please join us to discuss New Concepts of Security, and help to draft additional security policy recommendations to the government of Canada. All welcome, free. Croft Chapter House, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U.of T (Queen's Park subway). RSVP: Helmut Burkhardt burkhard@ryerson.ca or Science for Peace at 416-978-3606 http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca * SEED STARTING WORKSHOP, Tues Jan 15, 7:30pm, Hamilton. Get a jump on spring by seeding early. Learn the basics and a few tricks of seed starting, to help you enjoy an early harvest. At tonight's meeting you'll be sowing some vegetables and flowers to take home with you. With Ann Brown. Free. At Grace Lutheran Church, 1107 Main W. (at Cline). Info: Holland Bolster kerryb@interlynx.net 905-544-3587 [topical: http://www.cog.ca http://www.seeds.ca ] (Canadian Organic Growers, Wentworth Burlington Chapter) FOOD JUSTICE COALITION - Food & Hunger Action Committee, Wed Jan 16, 10am, Toronto. Monthly meeting of the Food & Hunger Action Ctte. of the newly formed Food Justice Coalition, a collective advocacy voice for the many grassroots food programs & individual activists in Toronto. Also, networking & training for members. City Hall, Committee Room "E" (pass the reception desk leading to city councillor area). http://www.foodshare.net/news.htm jennifer@foodshare.net POLITICS & PLANNING In The Regional City: Sell Out, Wed Jan 16, 12:30-2pm, Toronto. With David Lewis Stein, journalist, novelist, former Toronto Star columnist. Free. Room 306, Lumbers Bldg, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. Info: Dianne Zecchino diannez@yorku.ca 416-736-5285 http://www.yorku.ca/fes http://www.yorku.ca/ycas BUILD A STUDENT PEACE MOVEMENT, Wed Jan 16, 4:30-6:30pm, Toronto. Do you want to build a high school student- led peace movement? Are you questioning the media's portrayal of the US led war against Afghanistan? Do you want to educate yourself and other students about the politics of globalization and what is behind the current war agenda? Come to the first meeting to build a student peace movement and plan a student conference. Rosedale Heights Secondary School, staff room (across from Castlefrank subway). RSVP if possible, by Mon Jan 14: Lynda Lemberg 416-393-1798 (mornings) or Kym Elder peacemovement2001@hotmail.com (Educators for Peace & Justice) * ACTIVIST SKILLS SERIES, various dates beginning Wed Jan 16, Toronto. Activist Postermaking, Wed Jan 16, 6-8pm, OPIRG office; Popular Education Training Part I, Mon Jan 21, 3-5pm; Popular Education Training Part II, Wed Jan 23, 3-5pm; Media Relations, Thurs Jan 24, 6-8pm; Facilitation, Tues Jan 29, 6:30-8pm. Also, Anti-Oppression Training series, Jan 31-Feb 15. Free. Registration required (5 days prior to workshop). For more details, subscribe to their weekly e-newsletter. To register, email to opirg@campuslife.utoronto.ca ; subject line: registration for... and write the name of the workshop. http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg/ (Ontario Public Interest Research Group) [for PIRG's around Ontario & North America, see: http://opirg.org http://pirg.org ] SOUTH RIVERDALE ENVIRONMENTAL LIAISON, Wed Jan 16, 6-8pm, Toronto. Meet neighbours, Ministry of Environment, Public Health, City Planners and others to discuss local environmental issues affecting health and quality of life, from pollution to parks planning. Free, open to all. Third Wed. of every month, call for location (it changes). Info: Paul Young 416-461-1925 x241 YOUTH CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL: Info Session & Slide Show, Wed Jan 16, 6-8pm, Guelph. See Jan 14 listing for more details. Free. 224 Mackinnon, Univ. of Guelph. Info: Shanna Howson info@yci.org 416-504-3370 x300 http://www.yci.org FOOD JUSTICE COALITION - Advocacy Committee, Thurs Jan 17, 9:30am, Toronto. Monthly meeting of the Advocacy Ctte. of the newly formed Food Justice Coalition, a collective advocacy voice for the many grassroots food programs & individual activists in Toronto. Also, networking & training for members. FoodShare office, 238 Queen W., lower level (across from City TV). http://www.foodshare.net/news.htm jennifer@foodshare.net THE END OF CHEAP ENERGY & The Future of The GTA, Thurs Jan 17, 4pm, Toronto. Public forum with Richard Gilbert (Consultant) and Jim Lemon (University of Toronto). Toronto Archives Auditorium, 255 Spadina Rd., one block north of Dupont subway. Printed notes from this forum will be available by mail and at local libraries. Info: Frances Frisken 416-480-2313 http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum/ gtainfo@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/gtaforum/notes.html YOUTH CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL: Info Session & Slide Show, Thurs Jan 17, 4:30-6:30pm, Waterloo. See Jan 14 listing for more details. Free. Davis Centre, room 1304, Univ. of Waterloo. Info: Shanna Howson info@yci.org (416) 504-3370 x.300 http://www.yci.org * TRUTH & LIES ABOUT SEPT 11, Thurs Jan 17, 6-10pm and Sat Jan 19, 1-5pm, Toronto. Governments have used the World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks to justify waging war against one of the poorest countries in the world, repressing every major civil liberty won since the Magna Carta, killing all opposition to multinational corporations' complete domination of the world and accelerating the global dictatorship of the New World Order. But were the attacks what the official story says they were, or were they staged and allowed to happen to supply the pretext for these very actions? And is the background really war profiteering, oil and drugs? "Starting with an offer of $1,000 to anyone who could show that any of the sources he cited were not authentic or misrepresented, Ruppert launched into a display of more than 40 visual exhibits showing gov't complicity and foreknowledge of the attacks." With longtime CIA critic Michael Ruppert. "This is the man who cost CIA Director Deutch his guaranteed appointment as Secretary of Defense after confronting him at Locke High School with hard facts about CIA dealing drugs." - Dick Gregory. At UofT, Medical Sciences Bldg (bldg. 5), Kings College Circle (Queens Park subway). $30; $20/student. Info: 416-259-2829 [From The Wilderness magazine http://www.copvcia.com (the effects of illegal covert operations on our society) http://www.copvcia.com/ http://www.cia-drugs.com/symposium/speakers/ruppert/ http://www.schoolsnotjails.com/ For more, search: "world trade" ruppert ] SEPT 11 PEACE COALITION, Thursdays at 6pm, Toronto. The Toronto arm of the national Peace Coalition, a group of labour, women's, social justice and other organizations plan upcoming events. Info: HM Centre of Cultures 416-535-2094 [please call to confirm] * GLOBALIZATION, GENOCIDE & RESISTANCE, Thurs Jan 17, 7pm, Toronto (also Waterloo, Kingston, Ottawa, Kahnawake, Montreal). With Ward Churchill, Keeteewah/Cherokee, Professor of American Indian Studes at Univ. of Colorado, author of "A Little Matter of Genocide", "Struggle for the Land" and "Pacifism as Pathology". Proceeds go to local mobilizing for the 3rd Encounter for Humanity and Against Neo-Liberalism and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor W. (St. George subway). $10/$5 students, seniors, unwaged. Also: Waterloo Wed Jan 16; TorontoThurs Jan 17; Kingston Fri Jan 18; Ottawa Sat Jan 19; Kahnawake Sun Jan 20; Montreal Mon Jan 21. http://www.speakersandartists.org/People/WardChurchill.html * CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT, Thurs Jan 17, 7-9pm, Richmond Hill (bus from Toronto). Robert Baldwin, a 'Conservation Development' developer from New Hampshire is visiting the Toronto area. Robert's company is involved in using the development process in order to protect and enhance farmland and farm economics. He would like to talk with anyone who is interested in these concepts and how they have applied them to protect farms & farmland in New England. While most conservation development approaches tend to separate the conserved land from other influences, particularly housing, Qroe Farm tries to integrate those different uses. We are looking at this as a potential tool for the 'Limited Development' areas of the Moraine, should there be such a designation. Info package available incl. media articles, FAQ's, a dissertation by the Chair of the Harvard School of Design, brochures on his developments, comments from regulators, farmers, newspaper columnists, conservationists org's, neighbouring land-owners etc. Yonge subway to Finch Station; GO 'C' bus (every 15 minutes), ride 1/2 hr Major Mackenzie Drive; cross Yonge & walk North (uphill) just past the Presbyterian Church on the left. The site is the McConaghy Centre, probably the addition at the rear, next to the parking lot. The room is booked under the name: 'Richmond Hill Naturalists'. Info/register: John-Paul Warren 416-234-9846 416-896-2752 (cell) jpwarren@interlog.com [Robert Baldwin, Qroe Companies (New Hampshire) http://www.qroefarm.com rhb@qroefarm.com 603-426-5110] [see also Jan 18 listing, 10am in Toronto] * HOUSING, FARMING & CONSERVATION UNITE! Fri Jan 18, 10am-noon, Toronto. Presentation & discussion with Robert Baldwin on his approach to integrating residential development with agricultural land preservation as practiced in four New England projects. The Qroe Farm concept has three primary components: (1) Conservation - an extensive system of permanent easements that sets aside 80 to 95 percent of the land for conservation; (2) Farming - a working farm with quality facilities, enhanced profitability, and a long-range financial underwriting capability, to make certain that the farmer keeps farming; (3) Housing - a low-density and diverse residential community, salted around the open spaces and the working farm, which is planned and controlled so it does not interfere with farm operations. At Toronto Public Health Division, 277 Victoria, Room 502 (at Dundas; one block from Dundas subway). RSVP: Leslie Toy, Toronto Food Policy Council, ltoy@city.toronto.on.ca 416-338-7935 [More info: Robert Baldwin, Qroe Companies (New Hampshire) http://www.qroefarm.com rhb@qroefarm.com 603-426-5110] [see also Jan 17 listing] * THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AFTER SEPT. 11, Fri Jan 18, 2:30-4:30pm, Hamilton. If capitalism is so strong, why is it so unstable? The current recession and the role of the terrorist attacks in weakening the economy; how our economy has been made especially vulnerable to instability through right-wing policy measures; challenges & opportunities for a renewed left-wing vision of economics. With Dr. Jim Stanford, Economist, Canadian Auto Workers. Free, all welcome. Health Sciences Centre Room 1A1, McMaster Univ. Info: h_nieuwland@hotmail.com [OPIRG McMaster - Hamilton Events hotline: 905-525-9140 x27090] [ http://mcmaster.opirg.org ] CHILDREN UNDERGROUND, Fri Jan 18, 7:30pm, Toronto. "Gripping and heartbreaking. A brilliant indictment of any society that can allow its most vulnerable to slip into oblivion." (Robert Koehler, Variety). Five children, living in a Bucharest subway station, are filmed for more than a year. They are but a few of the more than 20,000 Romanian street children who are the human cost of the Ceausescu regime, which banned abortion and even contraceptive devices in order to increase the country's work force. Unwanted, unloved, they live like a feral pack, foraging for food and water, begging, fighting, playing and fantasizing. Like homeless children the world over, they are an undeniable black eye on the face of humanity, captured here with searing honesty. "Emotionally devastating. Seldom has the struggle for survival been so vividly and painfully portrayed." (Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter) Following the screening, special guest directors, subjects or speakers will lead an audience discussion. Part of the "Doc Soup" film series, October through April. $10/$8 at the door. Advance tickets: 416-586-5799. Royal Ontario Museum Theatre, 100 Queen's Park (at Bloor; Museum subway). Info: http://www.hotdocs.ca 416-203-2155 x221 info@hotdocs.ca [see also the "Hot Docs" ten-day film festival, Apr 26 - May 5, 2002: http://www.hotdocs.ca ] * TRUTH & LIES ABOUT SEPT 11, Sat Jan 19, 1-5pm, Toronto. Were the attacks what the official story says they were, or were they staged and allowed to happen to supply the pretext for these very actions? And is the background really war profiteering, oil and drugs? At U of T, Medical Sciences Bldg (bldg. 5), Kings College Circle (Queens Park subway). $30; $20/student. Info: 416-259-2829 See Jan 17 listing for more details. http://www.copvcia.com HUMANIST MOVEMENT, Sun Jan 20 (every Sunday), 7pm, Toronto. Weekly meeting for the 30-year-old international movement focusing on personal & social change. Sundays at 7pm. The Neighbourhood Centre, 197 Harbord (just east of Bathurst). Info: http://www.humanistmovement.ca 416-203-3573 * A TIME OF TRIAL - Benefit Book & CD Launch, Sun Jan 20, 8pm, Toronto. To raise funds for the victims of September 11th. Readers include Brian Burch, Rudy Fearon, Bunny Iskov and Penn Kemp. The Idler Pub, 255 Davenport Rd. (Avenue Rd. & Davenport). Info: igmagogon@sympatico.ca or writers@sympatico.ca * OCAP BENEFIT PARTY, Sun Jan 20, 9pm, Toronto. Benefit party for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Live DJs playing reggae and goa trance music; video projections courtesy of satanmcnuggit; a revolutionary book-raffle; where we will raffle off a copy of Tony Negri's and Michael Hardt's "Empire," and Alexander Berkman's "The ABCs of Anarchy"; and an activist infotable. Pay-what-you-can; all proceeds to OCAP. Cafe Kensington, 56 Kensington Ave. [ http://www.ocap.ca ] (Creative Resistance Collective) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plus a few from upcoming weeks... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - A Day of Service, Monday Jan 21. "On January 21, 2002 Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. As they have since 1994, thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by serving in their communities -- by making the holiday a day ON, not a day off." (from http://www.mlkday.org ) (M.L.K.'s birthday is Jan 15) http://www.holidays.net/mlk/index.htm CAN ORGANICS SAVE THE FARM ECONOMY? Fri Jan 25, 6:45-9:15pm, Guelph. $10. Thornbrough 100, next to Univ. Centre, Univ. of Guelph. Info/register: 519-824-4120 x2558 Tomas Nimmo: organix@georgian.net http://guelph2002.organicfarms.ca http://www.gks.com/OrgConf/ GUELPH ORGANIC CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW, Fri-Sun Jan 25-27, Guelph. Canada's largest public, organic event. Organic trade show & food-tasting fair with over 100 tables (free to public). Over 30 workshops & courses for all levels of interest, novice to experienced grower. Theme: Organic Agriculture & The Farm Economy. Keynote (Saturday): Gunnar Rundgren, President of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements: "Organics in Europe: Lessons For North American Agriculture." Guelph University Centre. Info, sponsorship: 519-824-4120 x2558 organix@georgian.net http://guelph2002.organicfarms.ca http://www.gks.com/OrgConf/ * CAMPAIGNING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, Wed Jan 30 (full) or Thurs Jan 31 (space available), Toronto. * SECOND SESSION ADDED: Thurs Jan 31. The Art & Science of Campaigning for Environmental Change: A Campaign Development Workshop. To help individuals & groups working for social change to develop/refine advanced communications and research tools to achieve their goals. The landscape of environmental campaigning in the early 21st century; strengths, practical weaknesses, opportunities, threats campaign analysis; examples of campaign successes & failures; the ten habits of highly effective campaigns; evaluating campaigns; hands-on exercises; communications & media; opinion research; outreach & mobilization; actions; events; protests; policy research; elite opinion; fundraising; building your organization. With John Willis, David Kraft & Deanna Bickford of Strategic Communications Inc. For environmental nonprofit leaders. $40 incl. breakfast & hot lunch; travel assistance available well in advance. Info: Paul Bubelis bubelis@sympatico.ca To register: e-mail your name, affiliation & e-mail address. http://sustain.web.net ~~~~~~~~~~ TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, please confirm event details by visiting the websites mentioned, or by contacting the event's organizers. Please tell them you heard it from planetfriendly.net CAN'T GO TO AN EVENT? 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This is still a free service, supported by your People- & Planet-Friendly donations! http://www.planetfriendly.net/donate.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (D) ANNOUNCEMENTS & RESOURCES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * RECLAIM THE STREETS LAWSUIT, A lawsuit against various Toronto police officers and the Toronto police force itself was launched in the aftermath of the arrest of Kevin Thomas and Brian Burch on the charge of "Unlawful Assembly". This charge was laid as a result of our participation in the 1998 Reclaim the Streets Celebration in Toronto. January 28th is the date that this lawsuit finally goes to court. - Brian Burch "Brian Burch and Kevin Thomas ... are seeking over $500,000 in specific and general damages as a result of their experiences when they were charged with Unlawful Assembly while present at a peaceful 1998 Reclaim the Streets protest in downtown Toronto. Taking this action was not an easy decision to make. However, it was felt that something had to be done to respond to the growing criminalization of public protest in Canada. I urge all those concerned with civil liberties to financially assist Burch and Thomas in their efforts to fight back against police abuses. Cheques should be made payable to Brian Shiller in Trust and mailed to Shiller Layton Arbuck, 70 Bond St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1X3." - Clayton Ruby (lawyer and editor of Canadian Rights Reporter). Info/witnesses/evidence/donations: burch@tao.ca or leave message: 416-651-5800 http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-ontario/2001-November/000770.html [received from burch@tao.ca via Food Not Bombs list fnb-l@tao.ca http://lists.tao.ca ] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "One must start from the basic principle that in our society peaceful protest should not only be allowed, but encouraged." Judge P. Bentley, Tuesday, Feb. 11th, 1997 in finding Brian Burch, William Taylor and Matthew Behrens not guilty of Mischief for planting a symbolic garden on the lawns of Queens Park. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * CYCLE ACROSS CANADA THIS SUMMER! - My name is Kevin Hamilton and I am organizing a bicycle tour across Canada this summer. I am looking for interested people to help plan or ride with us for any length of time. It is an open invitation to all. We will be raising money and awareness for grassroots environmental org's and hopefully the Canadian Organic Growers. I am open to any ideas! The tour is planned for May 4 from Tofino B.C. to St. John's Nwfd. by the first week of Sept. Contact: Kevin, c4s_canada@yahoo.ca http://www.cycle.wild.net.au * CHILDREN'S HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT, The winter 2002 edition of Alternatives Journal, Canada's environmental magazine, asks: What are the long-term effects of chemicals found in cosmetic pesticides like lawn products? How effective have government standards been in protecting children's health? How has chemical pollution been found in mother's breast milk? How can better government and citizen action deal with these issues? [Available by subscription and at better bookstores; some articles are on their website; order back-issues by phone or at their website] Info: http://www.alternativesjournal.ca http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/alternatives/ Liann Bobechko alternat@fes.uwaterloo.ca 519-888-4442 [in Toronto, Alternatives is available at Grassroots, 408 Bloor W. at Brunswick, and 372 Danforth at Chester, and many other locations -ed ] CHILDREN'S HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT - website launch. The information that parents & doctors need to know about the environment and children's health: from environmental history taking to health impacts, ranging from reproductive to neurobehavioural effects on children. Info: http://children.cape.ca or http://www.cape.ca Dr. Kapil Khatter kap@yorku.ca 416-463-3080 Info about linking to the site: cape@commonsgroup.com (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) * ORGANIC IS MORE NUTRITIOUS, Two reports from both sides of the Atlantic document that organic agriculture is more nutritious in general than conventional agriculture. topical: http://www.organicadvocates.org/ http://www.alternativefoodcoop.com/ Environment & organics: http://www.organic.org/ ~~~~~ * WHAT IS A CULT? WHAT IS PROPAGANDA? And what is bad logic? Perhaps those of us who are the most giving, the most caring ...are also the most susceptible to cults, scams, hoaxes, and propaganda. It behooves all of us to know a little about psychological manipulation and bad logic - which can be used by anyone, including cults, corporations, and governments. On the other hand, sometimes the act of calling something a "cult" is itself propaganda - aimed at protecting a vested interest or promoting an ideology, without accurate information or good reasoning. Question authority, but also question the questioner... http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/cult101.htm http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/ http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=cults http://www.zpub.com/un/chomsky.html http://www.ic.org/pnp/myths.html CRITICAL THINKING & LOGIC: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~janzb/critthink.htm http://dmoz.org/Science/Science_in_Society/Skeptical_Inquiry/Critical_Thinking/ http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Science_in_Society/Skeptical_Inquiry/Critical_Thinking/ ETHICS: http://dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/ http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/ * MAKING IT CLEAR - writing & communications binder - is now available free of charge to select Ontario-based environmental nonprofits (retail value $25). Writing, design, document testing, oral and Internet communications, a clear language workshop guide (4 exercises and 12 overheads) for you to help colleagues, and more. We ask that the lead communications staff for the applicant organization make the request. To apply for your free copy, email your name, organizational affiliation and mailing address to Zuzanna at info@sustain.web.ca Please include one sentence that makes it clear what environmental nonprofit organization will be retaining the book and the nature of your work on environmental issues. http://sustain.web.net [if you can't get one of these, try the excellent booklet "How to Take the Fog out of Writing", Robert Gunning & Douglas Mueller, Chicago: Dartnell Press, 1985 - ed] * ENVIRONICS PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH available free to environmental nonprofits. The Sustainability Network recently commissioned a national Environics survey on nature issues, willingness to pay environmental price premiums, and food issues. The process was informed by several prominent environmental nonprofit leaders and the survey was fielded between Oct. 30 and Nov 13, 2001. If you would like to obtain the survey results, please email Zuzanna at info@sustain.web.ca and she will send you a PDF copy of the final report which contains a two page executive summary as well as 1 or 2 pages of analysis (and time series information where feasible) for each question. Data tables are available on request. Thanks to all who helped in develop this first batch of questions. We look forward to two more rounds of questions in 2002. http://sustain.web.net [for more resources, events & announcements, subscribe to their e-mail list] * TORONTO CIVIC ACTION NETWORK - The numbers are in, and the CAO's first proposal for the 2002 Municipal Budget is not looking good. Overall, the proposed budget includes $178 million less money to invest in infrastructure through the capital budget than last year. If the proposed cuts are approved, the City proposes cuts to: child care centres' health & safety costs; homeless hostel services; Tenant Defence Fund; translation services; library materials; food premises inspections; eliminating environment days; public health; environmental planning. To save these services, we must all get involved: present a deputation to the Standing Committees; contact your City Councillor; endorse the TorontoCAN campaign; go to City Hall to lend your support to the TorontoCAN campaigners. Info: 416-351-0095 x237 mnsj@interlog.com [for updates, subscribe to "e-left": www.mnsj.org/members/index.htm ] * THE SCENT OF ANOTHER COUP - "There is the smell of a coup in the air these days. It was like this in Iran just before the 1953 U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Mossedeah government and installed the Shah. [...] Vietnam [...] Chile ..." Conn Hallinan, San Francisco Examiner, Dec 29, 2001. 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