Sorry for the late notice, but tonight is the longest night of the year.  And as every year on the winter solstice, Kensington market comes alive with an interactive, commercial free celebration where the night is lit up with candles, lanterns and a raging bonfire to end it off.

Kensington Festival of Lights
Friday, 2007 December 21, 6 pm sharp
corner of Augusta and Oxford
in Kensington Market
416 598-3729 — redpepper.spectacle@sympatico.ca

Unite to ignite the longest, darkest night

Joina cavalcade of costumed characters, giant puppets, stiltwalkers and firebreathers in a luminescent lantern-lit carnival parade in Toronto’s legendary Kensington Market.  Journey through narrow streets, encounter surprise theatrics on rooftops and in storefronts — revel in a fiery solstice send-off at Bellevue Square Park.

Bang a drum or a pot or pan, ring a bell, sing a song, carry a lantern, wear a costume …this is a participatory event!

Come celebrate the return of light!  Handmade and commercial-free since 1988.

The Priorities for Ontario Coalition is comprised of thirteen leading environmental groups in Ontario, including the Sierra Club of Canada (Ontario), Greenpeace and the Pembina Institute.  It advocates for policy changes in six policy areas loosely related to the environment.  Their site charts the parties stand in meeting its objectives in all six of the policy areas identified.  It should be no surprise that the Green Party looks very good from this perspective.

Please come to the debate sponsored by the Priorities for Ontario Coalition.  Victoria Serda will be representing the Green Party of Ontario.

Priorities for Ontario Debate
Wednesday, 2007 October 3, 7pm
(doors open at 6:30)
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West
(1 block south of Bloor, just east of the ROM)
free

This is an event put on by the Toronto Green Community:

Are you concerned about rising energy costs, environmental degradation and the health effects of sick buildings? There are affordable, attainable and local solutions to these problems. Come join us to hear author and teacher Chris Magwood discuss “Straw Bale and Sustainable Building Strategies” and how and why these have been implemented across Ontario.

Straw Bale and Sustainable Building Strategies
Monday, 2006 November 27, 7:00 pm
Northern District Library building
40 Orchard View Blvd, room 224
(west off Yonge, just north of Eglinton)
RSVP: info@ntgc.ca.ca or 416-781-7663
Free

Lana Choi has alerted me to this event.  Sounds interesting.  They are looking to spotlight leading environmental innovators in many cities across Canada.  Toronto’s turn is coming up on November 14.

Worldchanging Toronto at the Berkeley
Tuesday, 2006 November 14, 7 pm
315 Queen St East
RSVP WorldchangingToronto@Gmail.com

This is a Coalition for a Green Economy event.  Coalition events are always at City Hall, and in my experience involve kindly people calmly introducing bright ideas for a better future, followed by crossing the street and getting all tipsy and giggly at a pub.

Biogas Opportunities and Challenges for Ontario
Highlights of Canadian Biogas Association’s “Farming for the Future” 2006 Conference at Trent University
Monday, 2006 October 23 at 7:30pm to 10:00pm.
City Hall, 100 Queen St W at Bay St, committee room 1.
Free.