Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Venue: The rare Charitable Research Reserve
Location: 1679 Blair Road
City: Cambridge, Ontario
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.raresites.org
Contact: Brenda Pearce
Email: blpearce@raresites.org
Cost: $8.00 ($3.00 for rare Event Card holders)
To kick off our First Nations Month at rare, John MacDonald, our resident Archaeologist will conduct a slideshow about First Nations people at rare. Over 70 archaeological sites have been recorded on the rare lands, spanning a time range of 9500 years. We will review the various cultures, ways of living, and changes in technology, from the first peoples who arrived here to the first
Date: Wednesday August 4th
Time: 7 PM
Venue: NFB Mediatheque
Location: 150 John St at Richmond St W
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Website: http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2111
Contact: Tanya Koivusalo
Email: nfbmediathequeonf@nfb.ca
Cost: FREE
Participants will arrange cut-out images from magazines to critically address environmental issues and superimpose them on an untouched landscape - remixing the portrayal of our environment and challenging how we think about it.
For participants 18 years of age and older.
Call 416-973-3012 to register.
Date: Course: August 8-14 Practicum: August 16-17, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Cascadia Permaculture Institute
Location: Cottage Grove
City: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Country: USA
Website: http://www.cascadiapermaculture.com
Contact: Jude Hobbs
Email: cascadiapc@gmail.com
Cost: Course: $775-$725 Practicum: $225
Empower yourself to advocate for Change through Whole Systems Design and Teaching.In this dynamic and interactive course, you will learn significant teaching techniques to communicate Permaculture principles and strategies in a wide variety of settings. We are committed to encouraging and inspiring your unique strengths and talents by demonstrating diverse teaching modalities such as
Date: August 12, 2010
Time: 1:30-3 PM PDT
Venue: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Location: Auditorium, 505 Van Ness Ave.
City: San Francisco, CA
Country: USA
Website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/thoughtleaders
Contact: Ted Howard
Email: ted.howard@cpuc.ca.gov
The next California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thought Leaders event will feature Peter Darbee, Chairman, CEO, and President of PG&E. Mr. Darbee will share his perspective on Climate Change for Policymakers and Business Leaders (click here to see his article: http://www.pgecorp.com/corp_responsibility/pdf/climatepaper_final.pdf).
He will also share his thoughts on how an energy
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
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: 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
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 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: 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
