Date: Wednesday September 1st
Time: 7PM
Venue: NFB Cinema
Location: 150 John St at Richmond St W
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2117
Contact: Tanya Koivusalo
Email: nfbmediathequeonf@nfb.ca
Cost: FREE
Directed by Glynis Whiting, 43 min, 2001
In this Glynis Whiting documentary, residents along the Clearwater River in Alberta, opposed to a proposed sour gas well, fear the impact a deadly hydrogen sulphide leak could have on their lives.
A panel discussion will follow the screening, with special guests Maureen Carter-Whitney, Research Director, Canadian Institute for Environmental Law
Date: 30th August to 1st September
Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: National Convention Centre, Canberra
Location: 31 Constitution Av
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Website: http://www.urbandesignaustralia.com.au/
Contact: Sarah Hoekwater
Email: conference@urbandesignaustralia.com.au
Cost: Registration cost can be found on the website
Join us for the 3rd International Urban Design Conference being held from 30th August to 1st September 2010 at the National Convention Centre- Canberra.
The conference theme is “Designs On Our Future”
Australia’s population is projected to increase by 60 per cent in the next 40 years, what impact will this have on our existing cities?
The conference will examine how our new cities
Date: Saturday, August 28 - Sunday, August 29
Time: Saturday: 11am - 9pm, Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Venue: Yonge and Dundas square
Location: Intersection at Yonge and Dundas (near the Eaton Centre)
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.toronto.ca/greentorontofestival/index.htm
Cost: Free!
Toronto’s annual celebration of all things green turns Yonge Street into “green street” with more than 100 exhibitors of green products and services, local food, live music, and more.
Visit Zerofootprint’s booth and learn all about our newest ZEROchallenge school initiative, munch on some organic food from the Farmer’s Market and learn all about Toronto’s greenest companies!
Date: August 28th, 2010
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Venue: George Brown College (St. James Campus)
Location: 200 King Street East
City: Toronto, ON
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.ecomentors.ca/conference
Contact: Josh Stevenson
Email: ecomentors@earthday.ca
Cost: Free
The 2010 EcoMentors Conference is an exciting, interactive and FREE day of workshops and training activities that will inspire you to become an eco-leader in your community.
Highlights include
• FREE registration for all youth (15 to 24)
• FREE travel support for participants over 18
• Keynote address by Simon Jackson, Spirit Bear Youth Coalition founder
• 14 environmental
Date: Thursday, August 26
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p m.
Venue: Marrakesh House
Location: Disclosed upon registration
City: Culver City
Country: Los Angeles
Website: http://solarhappyhour.eventbrite.com/
Contact: Nick Isaacs
Cost: Free
Come to the hottest eco spot in town to learn how to save money on your electricity bill and help the environment! One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s leading group solar purchasing company, is hosting an informational event at Marrakesh House (home of Who Killed the Electric Car? director Chris Paine) on August 26th from 7 to 8:30pm. We’ll be answering any questions you may have
Date: August 21, 2010
Time: TBD
Venue: Kempenfelt Bay
City: Barrie, Ontario
Country: Canada
Website: http://my-ripple-of-hope.blogspot.com/
Contact: Michelle DeJardine
Email: runforpolepole@gmail.com
Cost: Min. $100 donation
Join the Barrie Run for Pole Pole! Support the Pole Pole Foundation, a Democratic Republic of Congo based not-for-profit with a focus on ape conservation. Join the 10k run/walk organized by Canadian volunteer Michelle DeJardine on the scenic waterfront in Barrie, Ontario.
Michelle was inspired after hearing Lisa Shannon speak about the Zerofootprint Foundation’s projects supporting Pole Pole at our event in May. Through the Barrie Run for Pole Pole, she is collecting donations to build schools and hire teachers for the children of Kahuzi Biega park rangers who protect their natural habitat.
Join the run and support this very worthy cause! Visit Michelle’s blog at: http://my-ripple-of-hope.blogspot.com/ and donate securely via PayPal.
Date: Saturday, August 21
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Venue: Tommy Thompson Park
Location: Tommy Thompson Park, foot of Leslie Street, south of Lakeshore Blvd, east of DVP/Gardner junction
City: Toronto
Country: CAD
Website: http://www.butterflyfest.ca
Contact: Andrea
Email: ttp@trca.on.ca
Cost: FREE
Monarch Butterflies migrate over 3,500 kilometres from Canada to Mexico, which begins with the congregration of monarchs at places like Tommy Thompson Park (TTP). Participate in hikes, butterfly tagging, wildflower planting, and more! register at www.butterfltfest.ca
For complete activity lists and registration, visit www.butterflyfest.ca.
Date: August 20 to 31
Time: Daily
Venue: Outdoor park space at First Canadian Place
Location: 100 King Street West
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.torontoartvisions.com
Contact: Tony Magee
Email: torontoartvisions@gmail.com
Cost: Free
Spirit of Diversity International Sculpture Symposium:
The world’s first international sculpture symposium to use recycled marble panels removed from the facade of Toronto’s First Canadian Place takes place outdoors at F.C.P. (100 King St. W) Aug 20 - 31, 2010.
A concurrent exhibit entitled Our Fragile Planet will take place at Leonardo Galleries (133 Avenue Rd., Yorkville) from Aug 20
Date: August 19, 2010
Time: 6pm
Venue: Anarres Natural Health
Location: College & Ossington
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Website: www.anarreshealth.ca/node/423
Contact: Lindsay Gladkowski
Email: lindsay.glad@hotmail.com
Cost: $40.00, By Donation, Sliding Scale Available.
Women’s Healthy Environments Network is teaming up with Certified Natural Health Practitioner, Tracey Tief to assist individuals in creating some natural body products to take us from summer to fall and teach us about year round sun protection.
You will leave with 3 bottles of different lotions and sun protection products of your own creation! We’ll not only learn how to make these
Date: Saturday, August 14 2010
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: The rare Charitable Research Reserve
Location: 1679 Blair Road
City: Cambridge, ON
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.raresites.org
Contact: Brenda Pearce
Email: blpearce@raresites.org
Cost: Cost: $8.00 ($3.00 for rare Event Card holders)
Kathy Absolon is Ojibwe / Anishinaabe kwe from Flying Post First Nation. Kathy will be sharing some of the lessons she has learned from nature, mother earth and the land. These teachings, she believes, carry valuable messages for all of humanity in regards to our relationship with the earth. Kathy will re-attune us to the energies and the medicines nature provides. We recommend you bring
