Here’s a sampling of things for Waterloo Region Greens to do in Earth Month and beyond. (I’ll update the calendar later tonight)
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
2:00pm–4:00pm
Kitchener-Conestoga
Michael Harris MPP Town Hall
Breslau Community Centre,
100 Andover Drive, Breslau
michael.harris@pc.ola.org
226.750.1731
7:00pm–9:00 pm
U of W Sustainability lecture at Kitchener Public Library
KPL Central Branch,
85 Queen St N, Kitchener, Ontario
Canada N2H 2H1
http://kwpeace.ca/event/public-lecture-powershiftwr-transforming-energy-in-waterloo-region/?instance_id=3171
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
8:30am—1:00pm
Energize: Sustainable City Challenge
Sustainability Challenge at UofW
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
http://kwpeace.ca/event/energize-sustainable-city-challenge/?instance_id=3170
6:45pm—8:45pm
Special screening of the documentary COWSPIRACY & Talk
Kitchener Public Library, Central Branch
85 Queen Street North, Kitchener
Divest Waterloo/Citizens’ Climate Lobby Waterloo Region/Food Not Bombs/Climate Vegan
View map of library location
Bus Routes # 8 University – Fairview Park (View Route Map)
Please Register at EventBrite. This a FREE event but seating is limited
http://kwpeace.ca/event/cowspiracy-screening-and-talk/?instance_id=3224
Friday April 21, 2017
7pm—9pm
WRGreens Meet & Greet with Provincial Leader Mike Schreiner
Saturday April 22nd, 2017 ~ EARTH DAY #EarthDay
8:30am—12 noon
Woolwich Community Clean Up
Please contact Ann for a location near you. aroberts@woolwich.ca or 519 669-6027
http://calendar.woolwich.ca/Default/Detail/2017-04-22-Woolwich-Community-Clean-up-Day
9:00am—12 noon
Cambridge Community Clean Up: City Green Booths Open
Pick up your supplies from the City Green Booth nearest you and do your clean up when it’s convenient for you.
Cambridge City Green booth locations :
1. Holiday Inn Drive Tim Hortons parking lot
2. Galt Arena Gardens
3. St. Benedicts/Clemens Mill Library Branch
4. Victoria Park (Salisbury Ave corner of the park just before Highland Public School)
5. Monsignor Doyle Secondary School
https://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-City-Green/events/237639111/
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2:30pm
March For Science
75 King Street South, Waterloo ON
http://marchforscience-kw.ca
Saturday April 29th, 2017
12:00 Noon
People’s Climate March Ottawa
Confederation Park• Laurier Ave W & Elgin St, Ottawa, Canada K1P 5J2
https://actionnetwork.org/events/ottawa-peoples-climate-march
Tuesday May 2nd, 2017
6:30pm
Waterloo Green Party of Canada EDA AGM
TWB Cooperative Brewing,
300 Mill St., Kitchener
https://www.facebook.com/events/205769696588910
7:00pm—9:00pm
Waterloo Greens Pub Night: Discuss International Trade Deals
300 Mill St., Kitchener
Thursday May 11th, 2017
7:00pm—9:00pm
The Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels in Canada
CIGI
67 Erb St W
Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2
Divest Waterloo/CIGI to host an evening with Jeff Rubin, a world-leading energy expert and former chief economist at CIBC World Markets. As a senior fellow CIGI, Jeff has written extensively on the future of the Canadian oil sands and the financial imperative to shift our economy away from fossil fuel dependence. Jeff will be speaking at CIGI to address pension fund managers, members of the finance and insurance industries, and the general public about the financial case for divesting from fuels.
http://kwpeace.ca/event/the-case-for-divesting-from-fossil-fuels-in-canada/?instance_id=3216
Saturday June 3rd, 2017
1:30pm—4:30pm
Alliance Against Poverty Free Transit for Low Income Individuals – Community Forum
in the fully-accessible downstairs hall of Historic St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
137 Queen Street South, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 1W2
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1889874274570672/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1492300444693992
Tickets available at Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/free-transit-for-low-income-individuals-community-forum-tickets-33236845299?aff=efbevent