Archive for Ecology & sustainability

Free screening and discussion of award-winning documentary “Climate Refugees”

Fri, 2011 April 29, 6:30-9:30pm
JJR Macleod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
1 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto

You can view a trailer for the film here.

Or find out more at www.climaterefugees.com.

From the organizers:

This documentary was filmed in Bangladesh, Belgium, Chad, China, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Kenya, the Maldives, Poland, Switzerland,Tuvalu, UK and the US. It examines the creation – and migration – of hundreds of millions of climate refugees that will be displaced as a result of climate change.

— Michela Pasquali on 2011 Apr 20
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Pee in the shower

Just had a Portuguese language interview with Sandro Miranda of PanTV. He pointed me to a Brazilian campaign to reduce water use. I have been impressed with the creativity of public campaigns in Brazil on AIDS, abuse of women, nutrition among the poor and other areas. Brazil routinely achieves tremendous progress on the cheap. Here’s how they are reducing water use:

— Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu on 2011 Apr 18
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An Inconvenient Youth in Cancún

This very much summarizes my experience in Cancún.

Watching the youth count the dead brought tears to my eyes now just as it did in Cancún

— Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu on 2011 Apr 14
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For our youth …

… with love from Adriana.

— Patricia Warwick on 2011 Apr 12
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Air Quality and the East End

Have you every wondered why the air quality in Leslieville, Riverdale, East York and the rest of the East End of Toronto is worse than in other parts of the city?

In this short video Adriana talks about why we suffer from more pollution and worsening air quality than others… and what the Green Party plans to do about it.