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Spend your March Break with the NFB Mediatheque!

GREEN SCENES
Daily animation workshops and a week-long camp

NFB MEDIATHEQUE
March 15 through March 21

Green Scenes is a series of hands-on animation workshops for children aged 6 to 14 years old and their parents. Workshops are offered twice a day, at 10 AM and 2 PM. Sign up today for only $5 per child. Parents can join the fun at no extra cost. Call 416-973-3012 to reserve a spot today!

FREE FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

A film on how Cuba responded to the challenges of peak oil in the 90's.
Followed by a discussion on creating a more local, low-energy society and
addressing the challenges of climate change in our own neighbourhood.

FREE FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION

Tuesday, March 2nd at 6:30 pm
Annette Street Branch Library
145 Annette St. (E of Pacific, W of Keele)
Community Room 1

Organized by Green 13, Hosted by Annette Branch Library

Please join us in the Friendship Room, Humbercrest United Church, at 7:30 pm this Monday, February 8th. Prabhjit Banga from Earth Day Canada will be our guest speaker and present how we can work as a team to save water, energy, and reduce waste and emissions through the EcoAction Team Program.Together we can inspire one another, and achieve our goal of living more lightly on this Earth. All are welcome!

Thank you for getting on the pre-registration email list for ChangeCampTO 2010.

An Inspiration:

The organizers are inspired in part by Peter Block's A Small Group. Please watch this video overview of his work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIj52Xbd4fY

Peter Block's work is characterized by how it sees problems as an opportunity to build relatedness in the community. He flips conventional thinking on its head in order to create a context where alternative futures are possible. Some examples of this thinking: