Archive for Ecology & sustainability

2009 Oct 22: Solar water workshop at East York Community Centre

Tap the power of the sunToronto-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
East York Community Centre, 1081 Pape Ave
Thursday, 2009 October 22, 6:30 – 8 pm

Let’s do the right thing in Copenhagen

As Canada prepares to send a delegation to Copenhagen later this year to negotiate our position on the successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol, the future of Canada and all humanity depends on the resulting agreement.     Read more »

2009 Oct 20: Climate justice tour

Bollywood star Rahul Bose and Solomon Island youth Christina Ora are on a climate justice tour.  They will be speaking on five different days, from October 15 to 20, in the Toronto area.  Their full schedule is on their blog.  The event closest to our riding is at U of T.

Rahul Bose and Christina Ora
Tuesday, 2009 October 20, 7 pm – 9 pm
East Common Room, Hart House
7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

Solomon Island teenager and award winning public speaker, Christina Ora along with Rahul Bose, Bollywood Star, former Indian Rugby Player and Oxfam Ambassador are coming to Canada to let us know how important our voices are in the fight against climate change.     Read more »

Canada outdone by the Maldives

I’d like to thank my friend Glenn MacIntosh of EcoSanity for his recent posting alerting me to this stunning, heartbreaking address:

President Nasheed of the Maldives appeals to the United Nations to commit to targets of 350 ppm and temperature increases no higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius so that his country might stand a chance of not being swept beneath the seas.     Read more »

Home energy retrofit rebates

Going door to door, I was asked today about where to find out about rebates for energy audits and retrofits.     Read more »