Archive for 2006 September

Adriana is one of the organizers of the Pledge TO Green coming soon to City Hall.  And, big surprise, Elizabeth May is one of the speakers. The purpose of the event is to bring to the attention of both the general public and the candidates for Toronto’s municipal election the importance of implementing the recommendations in Toronto’s Environmental Plan.     Read more »

The Toronto Peak Oil Discussion Group September Meetup will feature Professor Danny Harvey from the Geography Department of the University of Toronto.  Professor Harvey describes his topic as “Peak Oil is Not the End of the World (although it might seem like it for some)”.

Wednesday, 2006 September 27 at 6:45pm.
Frankland Community School, 816 Logan Ave.

Elizabeth May is one of the invited guests on The Big Picture this Sunday (with Bob Mills, MP, conservative chair of Environment Committee, Terry Glavin, BC author, and Mark Nantais, Canadian Automobile Association).

Sunday, 2006 September 24 at 6:15pm.
CBC, 205 Wellington St West. Free.

To attend the studio taping you must reserve a seat. Please call the producer, Rosa Kim at 416 205-2551 or email her at rosa_kim@cbc.ca.

CBC notice:

Please join The Big Picture with Avi Lewis, as we tackle global warming: the single biggest challenge of our time. The two-hour program starts by gathering a large studio audience to watch a provocative documentary exploring climate change and its potential impact on human civilization. Lewis then leads a spirited town hall debate with knowledgeable and passionate activists from the environmental movement, industry and politics.

The Documentary: The Truth About Global Warming: Can We Save The Planet In the blink of an eye human civilization as we know it could be gone. Some or all of our coastal communities could be under water. Millions of plant and animal species gone and never to return. All because of global warming. All because of the choices we make every day. Legendary UK broadcaster Sir David Attenborough shows us the terrifying consequences of global warming.  He says we’ve reached a tipping point and that we must act now to save our planet. Through sensible, manageable, and meaningful changes he says we can save planet earth without returning to the days without air conditioning and with horse drawn carriages.

Canada is at a crossroads when it comes to a national policy about global warming.  We have a new government that isn’t enamored of the Kyoto Protocol and as our country begins to debate what needs to be done about this serious threat to our civilization, you should make your voice heard.

If you can’t attend the taping, you can watch it on Wednesday, September 27 at 10pm on CBC Newsworld, as part two of The Truth About Global Warming.  Part one airs Sunday, September 24 at 10pm.

On Monday, the Portlands Energy Centre announced that they had signed a deal with the Province to begin construction of the 550 MW power plant.  Transcanada issued its own press release as well.  This was widely reported in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Sun, the National Post and others.     Read more »

Apparently, environmental professionals and interested residents in Toronto have been secretly getting together monthly behind my back and getting sloshed and green. It’s an international thing they call Green Drinks. Tonight is my chance to surprise them and show up.  You can come too.

3rd Wednesday of every month at 5:45pm to 10pm or so.
Bedford Academy, 36 Prince Arthur Ave, near St George subway.