Climate Justice London

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30 May 2011: Don’t frack with us! A rally against shale fracking

• This rally is about threats from fracking around London, Ontario. We will start to gather at 5:30pm, and community statements will start at 6pm. This rally will be at city hall (300 Dufferin st.) on Monday, May 30th. Fracking is a toxic, dangerous, and wasteful form of natural gas extraction that we may see . The water pollution is the worst of the fracking impacts. Tap water has become flammable after fracking is done to break gas out of nearby shale rock. A stew of toxic chemicals is pumped into each gas well, and radium is one of many underground substances that can be unintentionally released during this extraction.

19 May 2011: Rally – “Don’t Frack with Our Water”

• There will be an anti-fracking rally outside Holiday Inn Sarnia, at 1498 Venetian Blvd., in Point Edward.  Major global players of the Shale Gas Industry are converging at the Holiday Inn to determine the future of Shale Gas in our province. We are protesting these plans in order to protect our water.  Hydraulic Fracturing (aka FRACKING) is an extraction process that uses incredible amounts of water and numerous carcinogenic, endocrine disrupting, flammable, and otherwise poisonous chemicals to collect natural gas that lies in shale bodies below the ground. These chemicals are left behind in the process of drilling, and contaminate any water bodies they become a part of.  We still can stop all of this from happening in Ontario.

14 May 2011: Stop Signs — Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay

• On Saturday, May 14, at 6pm, at the East Village Arts Co-op (757 Dundas St.). Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi will be visiting to speak with us about the topics covered in Stop Signs – a book about how automobile-dominated transportation is irritating, irrational, irresponsible and increasingly inhuman. The event is free, but donations towards the East Village Arts Co-op always are appreciated. This presentation and discussion is co-sponsored by Climate Justice London, the East Village Arts Co-op, From My Bottom Step,  the People for Peace, Iconoclast Media, and the Amazon Collective.

11 May 2011: Protest Barrick speaking tour

• On Wednesday, May 11th, at 6pm, come hear the voices and stories of communities directly impacted by Barrick’s operations around the world. This event will take place at the Cross Cultural Learner Centre, in meeting room C (at 505 Dundas st.). Barrick Gold is the world’s largest gold mining company. This corporation takes advantage of weak regulations to rob indigenous peoples of their land and livelihoods, while destroying sensitive natural environments, and supporting brutal military and security operations. This event is sponsored by the Latin American-Canadian Solidarity Association.  Here is the Facebook event posting.

6 May 2011: EVAC Japan Relief Film Series: Dreams

• On Friday May 6th, at 7pm, please join us at the East Village Arts Co-op (757 Dundas St.) Again, funds will be raised for NOUMINREN, an association of small scale farmers in Japan who are working on the ground to support the victims of March 11th Tohoku Earthquake/Tsunami and nuclear refugees of Fukushima. The organization is also providing support for its members to rebuild their ways of life and means of production while mobilizing to demand compensation from TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), a company responsible for the ongoing nuclear crisis. This time we are screening Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990), a beautiful fantasy/sci-fi which consists of eight short stories based on dreams Kurosawa saw.

3 May 2011: Green Scams workshop

• Who is ripping us off? When aren’t we getting environmental benefits that we’re told to expect from ‘green’ products, projects, or investments? An interactive workshop about these big questions will be held at the Black Shire pub (511 Talbot Street; see map) on Tuesday, May 3rd, at 7pm. Everyone is invited to an interactive workshop about this topic. Toward the end of the event, we will discuss how we can take action, to respond to the green scams that we’ll talk about. This is the Facebook posting for the event.  The poster for the event is here.

22 April 2011: EVAC Japan Relief Film Series — Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke)

• On Friday, April 22nd, at 7pm. Please join us at the East Village Arts Co-op (757 Dundas St.) for a second film night to raise funds for the survivors of the earthquake/tsunami and nuclear refugees of Fukushima. This time we are screening Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke, an animated epic that depicts the fierce struggle between humans and spirits of the forest as well as internal contradictions within both sides. The film also asks the philosophical question of what it means to live in the midst of antagonism between human civilization and the natural world and suggests the way in which it can end. All donations collected at this event will go to Japan Family Farmers Movement (NOUMINREN).

20 April 2011: Meadowlilly Woods public participation meeting

• At 7pm at city hall City Hall (300 Dufferin Avenue) in the Council Chambers, join concerned community members in speaking up for Meadowlily Woods at the public participation meeting being held with the Built and Natural Environment Committee concerning the future of Meadowlily. A plan is underway to decide the development options of the area of land next to Meadowlily Woods. The scale of development at this stage ranges from plans of many residential/small commercial development to large scale commercial development of big box mentality. Here is a video and some music about these issues.

20 April 2011: Action against extraction

• On Wednesday, April 20th we’ll be riding back into the streets for more partying at the pumps! We’ll start gathering at Victoria Park by 5:30pm, and then we’ll be riding out by 6:00pm. Here‘s a video and some photos from our riding/rallying last fall. Climate Justice London is calling this Party at the Pumps to join the day of action against extraction. We’re looking to partner with local groups who are concerned with the worldwide impacts from fossil fuel and mining extractive industries. Here is the Facebook posting for this rallying and action.

15 April 2011: Planning meeting

• To plan the upcoming Party at the Pumps, we’ll meet on Friday at 5:30, at the Covent Garden Market, in the upstairs seating area. Everyone is welcome. There will be stickers, and there will be cardboard for sign-making.

4 April 2011: Land of Destiny film, arts, and discussion event

• A FREE showing of Land of Destiny, followed by Q&A with the director, and with members of the community that is profiled in the film. Photos from the area also will be shown. This event will take place at 7pm in the Council Chambers, on the third floor of the University ‘Community’ Centre (UCC 315) at UWO.  Land of Destiny is a film about the health, jobs, families, and the everyday lives of residents of Sarnia, Ontario. The film is a portrait of a working-class city in paralysis, and a look at when and what people fight for. Members of the Aamjiwnaang Green Teens will be joining us to share their creative responses.  Here is the Facebook posting for this event.

1 April 2011: Arts of Justice

• The King’s Social Justice and Peace Club’s first annual Art of Justice celebration to be hosted at EVAC (757 Dundas St) on Thursday, April 1st, 2011 at 5pm. We invite you to share a free meal with us accompanied by local music and art. Everyone is welcome!! The social justice and peace club is a group of young students working together to ignite passion in others to learn about social justice issues and to challenge mainstream thinking. On a broader scale, we would like to see our local community come together as one.

22 March 2011: Burning Water screening and discussion, for World Water Day

• At 6:30 pm at the Black Shire Pub (511 Talbot Street). After some mix & mingle time, the film Burning Water will be shown at 7pm. Come learn about “fracking” — a method to extract oil and gas from underground deposits using water pressure and fill in methods that are known to contaminate ground water. The film will be followed by some discussion. This event is organized by the Council of Canadians.

18 March 2011: A planning meeting!

• This Friday we’ll be meeting at 6pm, at the Coffee Culture on Dundas, near Wellington. We welcome people who want to come as representatives of other groups that we can collaborate with … and our group is always open, of course.

11 March 2011: Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution — Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-Petrol World

• In the evening, and/or the afternoon, join us for talks with alternative energy expert, Kolya Abramsky. As the world’s energy system is on the verge of far reaching change, it is also coming up for grabs. A worldwide struggle over who controls the sector, and for what purposes, is intensifying. The first event is at 3pm at the university’s North Campus Building (NCB), in Room 117. The second event is at 7pm at the London Public Library Central Branch (251 Dundas St.), in Steven Hunt room B. On Facebook there are event postings here and here.

5 March 2011: Arts of resistance

• At 5pm at the East Village Arts Co-op there was an interactive workshop Beehive Design Collective, who used their True Cost of Coal banner to solicit ideas and input from everyone in the room, and not just the ‘experts.’ Here is the Facebook posting about this event.

4 March 2011: An environmental justice and arts event in Sarnia

• This event took plac at the Urban Nature Centre in downtown Sarnia (184 Christina Street N.). The Beehive Design Collective came to share their stories and artwork, and arts from Aamjiwnaang youth also were part of the event. The Beehive brought a 16 foot by 8 foot coal banner that comes from discussions, story-tellings, and song-sharings that have taken place over two years, between the Beehive Collective and folks in Appalachia whose lives and livelihoods have been impacted by the coal industry. This story is about people and nature under attack, but it also is about the better world our communities are building and defending every day, in many ways.

3 March 2011: The Beehive Design Collective presents… Mesoamerica Resiste!

• At 7:30pm in the Wemple lounge at King’s College (see map – http://tinyurl.com/4g9wdh9), the Beehive collective will be sharing some of their stories and drawings. Their Mesoamerica Resiste graphics depict many stories of resistance to Project Mesoamerica, a massive infrastructure project that aims to pave the way for Free Trade in Mexico, Central America and Colombia. This project formerly was known as the PPP (Plan Puebla Panama). The name of this Graphics Campaign, Mesoamerica Resiste, reflects efforts to go beyond illustrating corporate globalization plans to illustrate, document and share diverse stories of survival, community development, collective action and inspiration. This presentation is sponsored by the Centre for Social Concern.

3 March 2011: The Beehive Design Collective on ‘free’ trade and cutbacks in the Americas

• At 3:00pm at Huron college, in room W112 (see map – http://tinyurl.com/4uavg45), the Beehive collective will be sharing more of their stories and art work. Like the infamous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the heavy contested and now collapsed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was one attempt to eliminate the remaining “barriers” to the free flow of money, goods, and services across borders in the Western Hemisphere, excluding Cuba, in an attempt to create ONE huge, integrated web of “open markets.” Although the FTAA itself, Free Trade agreements continue to threaten Human Rights and environmental protection. The Beehive will use the FTAA graphic to explore the bigger issues around Free Trade. The recent G20 Summit, and the ongoing rounds of cutbacks are among this series of connected issues.

1 March 2011: People’s Assembly follow-up meeting

• In December, locals discussed how to overcome obstacles to climate justice. To talk about how to put those ideas — and others — into practice, we will be meeting next Tuesday (March 1st) at 7pm inside the Central library, at the seating area near the Red Roaster.

14 February 2011: Beloved Community film screening and discussion

• Join us for a free film about life around Sarnia-Lambton’s “Chemical Valley.” Community members and researchers will also be present to share their experiences, and to answer questions. This event will be held in the Council Chambers of the University Community Centre (UCC 315) at UWO. The film Beloved Community looks at a Great Lakes oil town facing a toxic legacy head-on. The centre of Canada’s petrochemical industry, the bills for Sarnia’s economic wealth are well past due – with compromised environmental and community health. These industries were built around the Aamjiwnaang native reserve, and the employees in the plants are among the most impacted locals.  Here is the Facebook posting for this event.

9 February 2011: Planning meeting

• At 6:30pm we will be meeting at Coffee Culture on Dundas at Wellington. We will be preparing for the upcoming movie screening, and other events.

13 January 2011: Confronting Ignatieff and the Liberals

• During Michael Ignatieff’s photo op at the Victoria Park skating rink, there was a protest that King’s social justice students took the lead on bringing together.

11 January 2011: Blood and Oil — at the Fanshawe Social Justice Film Festival

• Our group will be showing the documentary Blood and Oil on Tuesday, January 11th, at 8pm, at Fanshawe College, Room B1071 (B building). The full film festival runs from Monday to Wednesday, and there are films at 6pm and 8pm. Here is the Facebook event post for the full festival. Blood and Oil shows how oil motives are behind America’s military engagements in the Middle East.  The web site for the film is here.

28 December 2010: Climate justice cafe

• People will be gathering at the Coffee Culture on Dundas (just W. of Wellington) for some informal conversation about climate justice activism. Here is more info.

10 December 2010: More World, Less Bank!

• Join us Friday, December 10th upstairs at the Covent Garden Market at 5:30pm. We will walk over to the RBC around the corner at 6pm, reclaim the space to share food and information and have.  Banks are a fundamental part of the capitalist system that is destroying our planet and exploiting people. During our potluck we would like to discuss these issues and how we can contribute to fundamental change. In particular, RBC is the main financier of the Albertan Tar Sands, from which we demand they withdraw their support immediately.  Food Not Bombs will have eats for everyone, and we’re having a potluck too.  Any creative and fun contributions, such as music or games, would also be greatly appreciated! Our protest gathering is an answer to the call-out for 1000 Cancuns. Feel free to bring any banners, literature, music, games, food or other fun you see fit!

9 December 2010: Climate justice meeting

• On Thursday at 6:30pm we’ll be at the Coffee Culture on Dundas (across from the central library). We’ll be talking about our Friday action, and we’ll be talking about what we can do in the future. Everyone is welcome to come join us, to talk about what you want to do.

4 December 2010: People’s Assembly for Climate Justice

• On Saturday 4 December 2010, from 1pm to 4pm, at the Black Shire Pub, 511 Talbot [see map]. People’s Assemblies on Climate Justice are movement-building and organizing events. A gathering of people that will transform awareness into action through climate justice actions in our community.Our group is one of several which are endorsing this event.

25 November 2010: Amnesty Speakers’ Series – Lubicon Cree

• Thursday, November 25th, at the university — in UCC 37. Join Amnesty International in demanding justice for the Lubicon Cree of northern Alberta. Massive oil and gas development has almost wiped out the traditional economy and way of life of the Lubicon. Billions of dollars of oil and gas has been taken from their land, yet the Lubicon have been plunged into poverty. Join us as we learn more about the struggle for justice of the Lubicon Cree. Come and hear about a story of environmental destruction and shocking discrimination. Guest Speaker: Maija Raudsepp. Refreshments Provided.

13 November 2010: Building a Global Movement for Climate Justice – Lessons from Bolivia

• This Toronto event took place between 10am and 5pm in the Sidney Smith Hall (Room 2118), on 100 St. George St. The sessions are titled The Cochabamba Declaration, Environmental (In)Justice in Our Communities, and Building a Climate Justice Alternative. There will be presentations and workshops. Here is the Facebook posting.

10 November 2010: People’s assembly organizing meeting

• On Wednesday there will be meeting in the Coffee Culture on Dundas (just east of Wellington). Activists from a number of local environmental and social justice organizations are beginning to organize a People’s Assembly on Climate Justice to be held in London in early December. These assemblies are movement-building and organizing events. A gathering of people that will transform awareness into action through climate justice actions in your community.

8 November 2010: The Social (In)Justice of Canadian Mining at Home and Abroad

• This event will be held at 7pm in the Vitali Student Lounge Wemple Building, 266 Epworth Ave. London. How do we carry on the struggle for justice in the Canadian extractive sector following the defeat of Liberal MP John McKay’s bill C-300 An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas Corporations in Developing Countries? Joan Kuyek is a writer, researcher and educator living in Ottawa. All are welcome! Admission is free and Accessible.

29 October 2010: Halloween party on wheels!!

• We’re having another critical mass ride, and some of us will be dressing up for Halloween. Let’s show people in the streets how fun biking can be! Decorating your bike would another way to do that. Here is a Facebook posting for the ride.

23 October 2010: Diversity of tactics panel

• A panel discussion at 6pm, at Tolpuddle (380 Adelaide St North) — Toban Black, Alex Balch, Mick Sweetman, Mark Corbiere, Lindsay Bomberry, and moderated by Patti Dalton of the London District Labour Council. This discussion is part of the anarchist bookfair, but everyone is welcome to come.

23 October 2010: Community and environmentalism workshop

• What does environmentalism have to do with grassroots community networks, projects, democracy, and protests? Toban from Climate Justice London will be facilitating an open conversation about that question at EVAC (757 Dundas St East) at 11am. We will talk about ways that communities can apply pressure to make change happen. We could talk about: Rising Tide North America, climate camps, and the climate justice movement; tar sands protests, and other mining protests; as well as direct action and civil disobedience. We also will talk about local, constructive projects that communities can collaborate on. We might talk about: community gardening, bicycling, and composting; Transition Towns; or permaculture. This workshop is part of the anarchist bookfair, but you don’t have to be an anarchist to participate.

22 October 2010: Climate justice meeting

• At 5pm, the group will be having an open meeting at the Covent Garden Market, in the upstairs seating area. The agenda still is very open.

12 October 2010: Rallying for clean air, drinkable water, and fertile land for everyone, everywhere

• At 6pm, cyclists will be gathering at the Victoria Park bandshell for a bike rally. During our ride, there was a protest at a Shell gas station, which we visited to call for green energy and transportation. A gas station is a symbol of a destructive system which has to be fundamentally changed. We rallied to demand clean air, drinkable water, and fertile land for everyone, everywhere.  These bike rallies were called to join a global day of action for climate justice.  For our local actions, we have collaborated with the Latin-American Canadian Solidarity Association (LACASA).  A Facebook event post about the bike rallies is here.

10 October 2010: Work Party London – Fall Planting at an Organic Farm

• On 10/10/10 locals wiill work on a local organic farm to plant garlic and contribute to the local food supply. Garlic is a symbol in Ontario of how difficult it has become to obtain food that is grown locally. Here is more information.

9 October 2010: Planning meeting

• we’ll be having a planning meeting to prepare more for the October 12th rallies. We’ll meet on Saturday at 3pm in the Covent Garden Market.  The meeting will be at the tables in the upstairs seating area.

2 October 2010: L.O.O.K. It’s a Party!

• A Waste free Music/Art event focused on working on community development projects that give people the chance to listen, inform and celebrate humanities progression by forging momentum towards sustainability and solidarity. We will do this by holding our arts ecofest partnered with a unique unity circle / mini conference on Saturday, October 2nd 2010, and it will take place on Dundas st, in London at Queens Park. Here is the Facebook posting for the event.

30 September 2010: Enbridge protest in Sarnia

• Two of us made it to a protest in Sarnia — beside the Aamjiwnaang native reserve, and the St. Clair river, where an Enbridge pipeline had been damaged. Photos and background information are posted here.

24 September 2010: Critical mass bike rally

• Some of us rode in through the streets together again this month.

12 September 2010: Protesting dirty industry, in solidarity with Montreal climate camp activists

• We had protest actions at two RBC locations, in solidarity with Montreal climate camp activists who were confronting representatives of dirty industries at a World Energy Congress.

8 September 2010: Activist potluck

• There was an activist potluck on Wednesday at noon at the university. We gathered at the University College hill to bring an activist presence to orientation week — to try to at least let the newer students know that us activists exist.

27 August 2010: Critical mass riding for climate justice

• In the evening there was a critical mass bike rally around the streets of London. Our ride was linked to a climate justice day of action call-out (which is toward the bottom of this Ecojustice declaration).

26 August 2010: Films about indigenous peoples, deforestation, and endangered animals

• At 7pm two films will be shown at the East Village Arts Co-op (757 Dundas st). “Orang Rimba” tells the story of Indigenous peoples impacted by deforestation; and “Green” tells the emotional story of a female orangutan in Indonesia and how the everyday products we buy here at home are affecting beautiful creatures like her. After the films there will be discussion about taking action. Here the Facebook posting for this event.

18-22 August 2010: Climate camp convergence days

• One of us is made it to the climate camp in Dunham, Quebec.  Climate Justice Montreal had sent out an open invitation for environmental justice activists. Here is the Facebook posting for the convergence days. This related publication from Climate Justice Montreal is about climate camps, and the tar sands campaigning that is connected with camp in Quebec.

10 August 2010: Power of Community & Cultivating Change films

• Tuesday Aeolian Hall will be hosting a documentary screening and discussion around the film Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, which looks at how Cubans transitioned from using an industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. Maybe we’ll come up with some ideas for our own community? Here is the Facebook posting for this event.

30 July 2010: Critical mass bike rally

• Some locals took to the streets on their wheels together this month.

29 July 2010: Climate justice meeting

• On Thursday we’re meeting at 3pm at the Covent Garden Market, in the upstairs seating area. Everyone is welcome to come out to talk.

17 July 2010: Civil liberties rally

• At 1pm there will be a rally at city hall to demand the civil liberties that were attacked at the G20 Summit in Toronto. Here is the Facebook posting for the protest. Activists from our group will be joining that rally, and one of us will be speaking about how oil issues are connected with civil liberties and the Summit. We also were invovled in preparing a local statement, about police conduct and detention conditions at the summit, which will be read at the rally.

17 July 2010: Stop the tar sands day!

• Come join us at Richmond & King (a block south of Dundas) at 11am for a protest against tar sands investments from RBC (the Royal Bank of Canada), the leading financier of the dirtiest project on earth.  We’re rallying together this Saturday for an international day of action against the tar sands. We don’t have any particular plans for action at the RBC office/branch, but we do have banners, and flyers, and other materials. Here is the Facebook posting for our protest event.

17 May 2010: Group meeting

• We’re having a meeting on Monday at 5pm, inside the central library (on 251 Dundas st.), in the seating area near the Red Roaster.  Everyone is welcome to come out.

1 April 2010: Fossil Fools Day

• Some local activists organized blitz actions against 3 branches of the Royal Bank of Canada.  Photos and info. are posted here.
• Critical Mass London, April 1st Fossil Fool’s Day Special Edition : “Join us with your lovely bicycles and other non-fueled wheels to challenge fossil foolery; the unsustainable car-centric urban infrastructure, carbon market shenanigans and continued assaults on our communities and ecosystem!” Cyclists started gathering by the band-shell around 5:30 and the ride commenced after 6:00pm. Photos are posted here and here. And here is the Facebook event posting.

30 March 2010: An event about Grassy Narrows issues, and native activism

• Our group arranged this event about logging conflicts around an Aboriginal community in northern Ontario. The event is at 7pm, in the Wemple building student lounge, at King’s University College. After an overview of the history of Grassy Narrows — highlighting the issues of treaty rights, logging and mercury contamination — we will have a conversation about various native activism. This event will be hosted by The Centre for Social Concern. Here is a more detailed Facebook event posting.

29 March 2010: Eco-socialism and eco-Marxism reading discussion

• On Monday at 7pm, people will be meeting to talk about this very short article, from Joel Kovel – “Why Ecosocialism Today?“. This meeting will be at the downtown William’s coffee place, on 578 Richmond Street, beside Victoria Park. Everyone is welcome to come out.

26 March 2010: Climate movement reading get-together

• Some of us will be meeting this Friday (the 26th) at 11am at the Covent Garden Market to talk about a short zine publication called “The Climate Movement is Dead. Long Live the Climate Movement”.  We’ll be meeting in the upstairs seating area in the Market. You can download the PDF from this page; or you can view the PDF online by clicking here. This is the Facebook event posting — with more information.

23 March 2010: Fossil Fools Day meeting

• On Tuesday (March 23rd) at 6pm some of us will be meeting at the Empowerment Centre, at 636 Queens Ave, to make plans for the April 1st Fossil Fools Day of action. (People from Climate Justice London will be at that meeting, but our group didn’t call the meeting; and people who haven’t been part of our group already have been talking about Fossil Fools plans too.)

15 March 2010: H2oil

• H2oil will be shown at the Central Library on Monday, March 15th at 7pm, in the Stevenson and Hunt Room.  Here is the Facebook event posting.  Cinema Politica London is showing this film, and we are helping to tell people about the screening.

8 March 2010: Group meeting

• Climate Justice London is meeting at the Central library at 6pm, in the seating area near the Red Roaster (which likely will be closed). Everyone is welcome to come out.

3 March 2010: Toronto protesting for a national day of action

• Climate Justice London members will be working with others in London and Toronto to make arrangements for local activists to head out to Toronto for protests against RBC, on the day they held their annual general meeting.  In Toronto, London activists will be joining Rainforest Action Network (RAN) campaigners and other activists who will be opposing RBC’s tar sands financing.

1 March 2010: A tar sands day of action protest

• We organized a die-in and a rally at the RBC branch/office building downtown for a national day of action. Photos, remarks, and two videos are posted here.

16 February 2010: Green jobs fair

• Green Jobs Now? Information and Education Fair – Not a job fair.
  London Public Library: Stevenson and Hunt Room: 9:30 registration (and two hours of free parking)
• Employer panel: 10 am to 12 noon: Put your questions to the employers:
• Light lunch
• Educational panel: 12:30 to 2 pm: Put your questions to the educators

15 February 2010: Climate justice meeting

• Climate Justice London is meeting this Monday at 6pm.  The location isn’t yet finalized.  (We’ve just found out that the central library will be closed, and we haven’t decided on a new location yet.)

13 February 2010: Day of action

• Around 11am local activists will be joining a day of action against the tar sands, Olympics sponsors, indigenous oppression, and Olympics greenwashing. Climate Justice London will be part of this protest — which some local activists started to plan out during an Activist Assembly meeting. Here is the Facebook event posting.

12 February 2010: Pre-action get together

• At 3:30 there will be a get-together at the Covent Garden Market to prepare for the day of action the next day. Sign-making will be one activity that we will be getting together there to do.

11 February 2010: The Olympics and the Ugly Truth

• 7:00 to 10:00pm in the Wemple Student Lounge Extension at King’s University College –
  This event is meant to educate students about the good of the games, as well as the bad. There will be wine, there will be cheese. The organizers promose that the event will be “controversial and informing”. Apparently there will be time for informal discussion about the sides of the Olympics that people at the “Ugly Truth” event want to focus on.

4 February 2010: Activism workshop

• Our climate justice group is one of the co-sponsors arranging a FREE activism workshop — delivered by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) tar sands campaigners who will be visiting London. This workshop will be in the EVAC space (at 757 Dundas St. E.) at 5:30 pm. The people delivering the workshop will draw from their backgrounds as tar sands campaigners to offer activism skills and knowledge which also can be applied by people tackling other causes. The Facebook event page is here.
• After the workshop there will be a presentation about the tar sands campaign, and how you can plug in!    Free pizza will be provided.

21 January 2010: Climate Justice London meeting

• We had a public meeting at the downtown library; we sent a message about it out through our former announcements list

11 December 2009: Climate vigil

• A candle vigil for survival at the Victoria Park Bandshell, at 6:00 pm, on December 11th. A few words of encouragement and hope, lighting of the candles, silent vigil and a reflective walk around the park ending with everyone coming together at the bandshell. (Here is the Facebook event posting.) This London vigil is part of much wider 350.org international climate mobilizing that weekend – http://www.350.org/weekend

30 November 2009: RBC leafletting

• Our campaign against RBC tar sands financing was taken directly into a local RBC branch for the first time. In solidarity with climate justice activists across North America, and in recognition of the 10th anniversary of of the protests against the WTO in Seattle, we distributed leaflets and information to RBC customers and tellers in the downtown RBC branch. We also posted flyers on ATMs to explain that money from RBC ATMs, and we leafletted just outside of the bank entrance.

24 November 2009: Crude Impact film screening

• A free screening of Crude Impact at 3:30pm ‘Labatt’ Health Sciences Building (Room 35), at The University of Western Ontario. We are co-screening this film with Cinema Politica (London), EnviroWestern, and Amnesty International at UWO. You can view the poster [pdf] here.  The Facebook posting for this event is here.

27 October 2009: Climate justice meeting

• We are meeting this Tuesday at 10am, inside the Central Library, in the lounge area near the Red Roaster coffee shop. If you have ideas and energy, or if you just want to find out about what the Climate Justice group is all about, then we hope to see you this Tuesday. (Here is the Facebook event posting for this meeting.)

24 October 2009: The local “Here Comes the Sun” campaign deadline

• The London-based Here Comes the Sun campaign aims to convince 350 London citizens to begin using solar energy at their homes, as part of the 350.org campaign against global warming, and related climate changes. Climate Justice London shares the commitment to promote solar power, among other energy sources which are more sustainable. We also support the broader 350.org project’s call to reduce CO2 levels — to below 350ppm.  For information on how you can participate, please visit the web sites of both Here Comes the Sun and 350.org.

24 October 2009: Local events for the International Day of Climate Action

• At 10:00 am – A gathering at the John Paul II track! (Highbury and Oxford)
• At 1:30 pm – A panel discussion on “Climate Change and Activism in London and Beyond” at the Wolf Performance Hall in the Central Library

18 October 2009: Climate Justice London meeting

• We are meeting this Sunday at 4pm at the downtown William’s (between Victoria Park and Richmond). If you think you might be able to help out, or if you just want to find out about what the Climate Justice group is all about, we hope to see you there.

16 October 2009: The Age of Stupid screening at UWO

• 7pm, University Community Centre (UCC), Council Chambers (3rd floor, rm 315)
  Donations $5 – $10

28 September 2009: Organizing Meeting

• All supporters of climate justice are invited to get involved in Climate Justice London, and Monday 28 September would be a good time to start.
• We are meeting to organize some exciting upcoming activities, including a co-sponsored film-showing and other outreach and activist events on and off the UWO campus.
• Time and Location: At 10:30am sharp, we will meet up just inside the doors that lead from the “Concrete Beach” area into the atrium just inside the UCC. From there, we’ll find a place to sit and begin our meeting. If you have any questions, email <climate.justice.london@gmail.com>

21 September 2009: Banner drop

• A Canadians for Action on Climate Change banner drop to promote the 350.org campaign.

24 August 2009: Climate Justice London Organizing Meeting

• Join us for our next organizing meeting, on Monday 24 August 2009, at 6:30pm, inside the London Central Library, in the lounge area on the library side of the coffee shop.

29 August 2009: ‘Pedal for the Planet’ in London

• www.pedalfortheplanet.ca
• Are you interested in cycling?  If so, contact Emma Cane, Coordinator, Sierra Club Ontario

9 August 2009: Community Garden Walking Tour

• Get started growing your own food, with your friends and neighbours! A walking tour of three community gardens in London.
• Date: Sunday, August 9th
  Starts: 2:00 pm, at Peace Gardens, Forks of the Thames, West end of King St.
  Ends: 5:00 pm, back at Peace Gardens, with shared refreshments and conversation
• Co-sponsored by Climate Justice London and Post-Carbon London

28 July 2009: Climate Justice London Organizing Meeting

• Join us for our next organizing meeting, on Tuesday 28 July 2009, at 6:30pm, inside the London Central Library, in the lounge area on the library side of the coffee shop.

22 June 2009: Public Participation Meeting

• The Environment and Transportation Committee (ETC) will hold a public participation meeting to receive delegations and their comments regarding amendments proposed to the City of London’s Idling Control By-law (By-law PH-9). The meeting will take place Monday, June 22, 2009 at  7:00 p.m. in Committee Rooms #1 & #2, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 300 Dufferin Avenue. Enacted on August 3, 1999,  there will be two versions of the proposed Idling Control By-law amendments presented to the public participation meeting. PLEASE COME OUT TO THIS EVENT and show City Councillors that Londoners take this issue seriously.

8 June 2009: Founding Meeting

• Join us for the first meeting of Climate Justice London,on Monday 8 June 2009, at 6:30pm, at the East Village Arts Cooperative (EVAC), 757 Dundas Street East (map).