stuff to do (in Toronto)

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ANTI-GMO ACTION, Sat Jan 22, noon, Toronto. Giant street

party/performance/extravaganza. Puppets & costumes; music; street theatre &

spectacle; free organic tea; a chance to speak out. In solidarity with the mass

action to take place in Montreal on the same day [listed in Jan 16 edition -ed

]. To respond to the Canadian government's attempt to strip its citizens of the

right to know exactly what they are eating, as well as to force the unfettered

trade on world markets of genetically modified products/organisms (GMO), with

no regard for longterm health and environmental consequences. If you believe in

any of the following: mandatory labelling of foods containing genetically

engineered food products; moratorium on all GE food products, unless it can be

definitively proven that they pose no short/long-term risks to health or the

environment; (currently, no long-term tests have been done on GE crops now

found in the marketplace---despite the emerging evidence of unwanted effects);

the right of all nations to refuse imports of transgenic crops that could pose

health or environmental risks. Canada is one of six countries in the Biosafety

Protocol negotiations (out of a total of 135) trying to force other countries to

import transgenic crops without consideration of possible health and

environmental consequences. Meeting at noon at the Big Carrot, 348 Danforth,

then moving to a special location nearby.

http://www.greenpeace.org/~geneng/reports/bio/intrbio.htm

 

 

REAL FOOD FOR A CHANGE, Tues Jan 25, 7:30pm, Toronto. Wayne Roberts, Ph.D,

Co-author of Real Food for a Change, and a recognized authority on green

business and the environment, will present some alarming facts about what goes

into food -- and practical, hopeful steps we can take through organic eating to

reconnect our food with health, joy, justice and nature. Location: Swansea Town

Hall - Gemmell Room, 95 Lavinia Avenue (southwest of Runnymede subway).

getalife 416-760-8602

 

 

RALLY AGAINST GMO, Tues Jan 25, bus from Toronto to Ottawa. Present petition of

25,000 signatures demanding mandatory GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)

labelling. Bus leaves Big Carrot, 348 Danforth, 5:30am (free). Return to Toronto

by 8pm. Reserve a seat: Julie Daniluk 416-820-2299

 

 

ON REALISM, IDEALISM & THE ENVIRONMENT, Thurs Feb 3, 6pm, Toronto. By Former

Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Eva Ligeti. Special lecture to Douglas H.

Pimlott, one of Canada's foremost environmentalists. Location: Town Hall, Innis

College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave. Free. Reception to follow. Info.

416-978-3424 Jewish Environmental Ethics, Sat Jan 22, 6:30pm,Toronto. A single's

evening on Jewish environmental ethics from classical texts to contemporary

realities. $5. First Narayever, 187 Brunswick 416-927-0546.

 

 

ACTIVISM 101, Fri Feb 4 - Sun Feb 6, Toronto. OPIRG-York presents a Public

Interest School: " Activism 101: A Conference on new strategies for Social

Change " . Includes workshops on political organizing; non-violent civil

disobedience; politics, protesting & policing; video activism; street theater;

art & activism; culture jamming; radio activism; web activism. Film Screening:

The WTO, Fri Feb 4, 7pm-9pm, Nat Taylor Cinema, York University; Activism 101,

Sat Feb 5, Vari A,York University; 8am - 6:30pm; Networking Meeting, Sun Feb 6,

Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.; 10am - 2pm. Info/register: 416-736-5724.

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