Archive for Ecology & sustainability

Elizabeth May on Canada’s energy future,
the climate crisis and Copenhagen
Monday, 2009 November 9, 7 pm
Toronto City Hall, West Council Chambers

Peak oil and global warming are two sides of the same coin — burning hydrocarbons is the cause of both crises.     Read more »

Stephen Scharper is a powerful speaker who helped send us off on the Sunshine Walk for Climate Justice last year.  I’m looking forward to this talk in our neighbourhood.

A Time to Speak of Poverty and Climate Change:
A Conversation with Professor Stephen Bede Scharper
Saturday, 2009 October 17, 9 am – noon
Danforth Baptist Church, 60 Bowden St
(corner of Danforth and Bowden, west of Chester station)

Presented by Toronto East KAIROS Committee.
Free admission, info 416-466-0566.

Elizabeth May and George Monbiot debate Bjørn Lomborg and Lord Nigel Lawson on the importance of climate change.

Be it resolved: Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis, and demands a commensurate response.     Read more »

According to the Canadian Press, our government’s attempts to abandon Kyoto resulted in dozens of countries walking out on Canada’s address during the climate talks in Thailand last month.

Toronto-Danforth riding residents are all covered by the City of Toronto Solar Neighbourhoods program.  You can get help plus over $4,000 in government incentives to install a solar water heater.  Learn more at the workshop below.

Solar Neighbourhoods workshop
Danforth-Coxwell Library, 1675 Danforth Ave
Wednesday, 2009 October 14, 6:30 – 8 pm