Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Earth Hour Event

Jenna and Natalie will be holding an electricity-free games night on March 29th, Earth Hour day, starting at 8pm.

If you're coming, please bring snacks to share and candles!

Location: 270 Symington Avenue

To get here by public transit:

Take the Bloor line west to Dundas West station, then take the 128 Symington bus to Antler Street. You will be dropped off on the EAST side of the street. Cross to the west side of the intersection and then walk north.

OR get off at Landsdown station and walk west along Bloor to Symington, about 4 blocks until you get to 270.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Film Screening Series 3

Film: Planet Earth in HD DVD

Anton Purr's
14 Sullivan St.
North of Queen, west of Beverly.

Film: The Corporation

Maria Bowler/ Laval Martin/ Sally Anne Hadzalic's
please call for information
416.901.2038


all at 7.30pm, this Friday, March 14th.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

'The End of Suburbia' notes

James Howard Kustler
-The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man Made Landscape
kustler.com

Richard Heinsberg
-The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
museletter.com

some literature or websites to check:'High Noon for Natural Gas' by Julian Darley

fromthewilderness.com (just read through it, it's interesting)

peakoil.net

simmonsco.intl.com (further information about peak oil from an investment banker)

museletter.com (Richard Heinberg)

calthorpe.com (urban planners)

and a few quotes:

'Suburbia is the mockery of the idea of country living.'

'Peak oil is going to reverse globalization.'

Monday, March 3, 2008

Week 2 of Film Screenings

Arise film screenings this Friday, March 7th @ 7.30PM

Location #1
Please e-mail: xkatgrayx@yahoo.com for location.

Movie: An Inconvenient Truth

Location #2
Jam's House
87 Wade Avenue,
Apt #306
4 minute walk North from Bloor + Lansdowne Station
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=87+wade+avenue+toronto&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Movie: Manufactured Landscapes


These screenings will be followed by discussion about the content of the documentaries, specifically when possible with professionals in the fields discussed. The idea being to educate viewers about these topics and effect change in their own lives, as stewards of the earth.

Snacks are encouraged, preferably homemade, little or no packaging.

Also, should these screenings be well received, we will consider doing further screenings in the vein of ecological awareness and social justice.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Arise 3 week Film Screening Series Begins!

February 29th, 7.30pm at two locations:

Film: Who Killed the Electric Car
14 Sullivan St.
upper floor
Toronto
(east-west street, north of Queen, west of Beverly)

Film: The End of Suburbia
28 Indian Road Crescent
upper floor
(Keele & Bloor area)

With more details to follow about the following weeks leading up to 'Earth Hour', a worldwide effort to reduce energy use to virtually nothing for one whole hour on March 29th.

Go to http://www.smh.com.au/earthhour/2008/ to find out more about how Earth started and what it means this year.

Go to http://www.thestar.com/earthhour?gclid=CKTa_b203pECFRI-QQodaWs3Ww learn more about what Toronto is doing for this event.

These screenings will be followed by discussion about the content of the documentaries, specifically when possible with professionals in the fields discussed. The idea being to educate viewers about these topics and effect change in their own lives, as stewards of the earth.

Snacks are encouraged, preferably homemade, little or no packaging.

Also, should these screenings be well received, we will consider doing further screenings in the vein of ecological awareness and social justice.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Arise Welobikathon

On Sunday, Sep. 30, Arise hosted a sponsored bike ride, the "Arise Welobikathon", to help raise funds Gateway Homeless Shelter in Toronto. We raised over $500! All proceeds go towards providing the shelter with Welobikes that will power the shelter with free green energy. (For more information on Welobike, please visit http://www.welobike.com/).

The day was beautiful and sunny as our nine cyclists biked the Don Valley Trail from Riverside Park to Don Mills and back.

Congratulations to all who participated and sponsored!