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Upcoming In-person and On-line Events

Recently recorded online events available now – HERE


Monday, May 16 – 6:30-8:00 pm – Provincial party leaders debate

The four major party leaders are set to debate for the second and final time Monday before Ontarians head to the polls on June 2.

The broadcast debate is set to run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ET and will be hosted at TVO’s headquarters in Toronto.

Participants include: Doug Ford, Andrea Horwath, Steven Del Duca and Mike Schreiner.

watch or listen on CBC TV and CBC News Network

March 29- to May 31 – PROMPT Presents: VOTING TO END POVERTY series!

Voting to End Poverty Series

Join us as we vote to end poverty this provincial election in this free, all-ages 7-session online series. Explore poverty in Parry Sound-Muskoka and what our local candidates plan to do about it.

Register Here

SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 7 – 8PM: Housing
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 – 7 – 8PM: Income & Living Wage
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 – 7 – 8PM: Labour & Decent Work
Tuesday May 10, 2022 – 7 – 8 PM: 1st Candidate Night
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 – 7 – 8 PM: 2nd Candidate Night
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – 7 – 8 PM: 3rd Candidate Night
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 – 7 – 8 PM: 4th Candidate Night  


Thursday May 12 – ‘Ring of Fire’ in Northern Ontario

Recording available soon

‘Development’ of the ‘Ring of Fire’ in Northern Ontario poses a threat to the second largest peatland carbon sink in the world. This webinar features presenters Donna Ashamock, a member of the Cree Nation; affiliated band member with Fort Albany First Nation and McCreebec community member and Dayna Nadine Scott, York University Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, Osgoode Hall Law School. It is organized by Seniors for Climate Action Now! and Environment Haliburton!


April 26, 2022 – Human Health and the Climate Emergency

Recording Available soon


On Tuesday, April 26 at 8 pm, Climate Action Muskoka is collaborating with a number of other Ontario Climate Groups for a presentation featuring Dr Samantha Green of Canadian Physicians for the Environment (CAPE): Human Health and the Climate Emergency. Dr. Green will discuss why the climate emergency is the single biggest threat to human health.





Recently recorded – available now!

Tues May 3 – Doug Ford’s Climate Crimes: A SCAN! ‘Indictment on 33 Counts’

Join Climate Action Muskoka, Environment Haliburton!, Climate Action for Lifelong Learners, and Below 2C for the official virtual unveiling of Ten Climate Reasons to Defeat Ford and a discussion about how climate groups and individuals can use the 33 Climate Crimes documented by Seniors for Climate Action Now! to hold Ford accountable in the June 2 Ontario Election. Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30pm.

Full recording of the entire event -2 hours
SCAN! OnDemand Webinar Excerpt -21 minutes

Feb 8 to May 3 a bi-weekly series Tuesdays at 7:30 pm

Click on the pic for A Walk in the Park With Gil  youtube playlist

A Walk in the Park with Gil is an excellent bi-weekly webinar series in which Gil Penalosa invites knowledgeable international experts to present fascinating stories and successful cases of urban parks around the world.

Gil Penalosa brings his insights as the world-renowned urban designer of Bogota, Columbia’s amazing parks system to the Q and A. He now lives in Toronto. A partnership with 8 80 Cities and World Urban Parks. 

  • Gil’s Bio Watch (1:38s)
  • Feb. 8: Older Adults & Parks – It’s 1/3 of our lives! Register
  • Feb. 22: Playgrounds as Triggers of Community Building. Mi Parque Fdn., Chile and Kaboom, USA. Register
  • March 8: Canada’s Amazing Stanley Park. Donnie Rosa, General Manager, City of Vancouver Parks & Rec. Register
  • March 22: Parks and Greenspaces. How to double a city’s population in the existing footprint. Rob Adams’ 7.5% City. City Architect, Melbourne. Register
  • April 5: Small and Medium Cities also need Great Park Systems. The Victorias: Canada’s & Spain’s. Register
  • April 19: Open Streets / Ciclovias: Meeting as Equals. Sustainable happiness. Healthy. Streets for people. Register
  • May 3: Magnificent Central Park and its Conservancy. Betsy Smith, President and CEO. Register

March 2, 2022 – The High Price of Bad Energy Choices

The high price of bad energy choices

Under the Ford government plans, gas plants will be used to replace aging nuclear reactors and meet new demands for electricity from electric vehicles and home heating. But this will result in soaring greenhouse gas emissions at a time when we should be doing everything we can to combat climate change. Gibbons will lay out an alternative plan for getting Ontario to a zero-carbon electricity grid by 2030.

recording available here

 Getting Ontario to a Zero-carbon Electricity Grid 

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Jan 26-Feb 23, 2022-Wednesdays at 4:00 pm 5 part series

The Best of Two Worlds: Lessons for Sustainability from Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Western Science
Picture of Lake with title Webinar and logo of Muskoka Steamships and Discovery Centre.

This new five-part webinar series from Muskoka Steamship Discovery Centre and Friends of the Muskoka Watershed provides a fascinating new look at how we approach sustainability. Discover how Indigenous practises and western science can contribute to a heathier planet. Meet thoughtful western and Indigenous environmental professionals and listen to their different approaches to stewardship of the environment based on their years of engagement in ecological management. In the case of Indigenous ways, thousands of years! By gaining a better understanding of the two approaches we can improve the potential for a more sustainable future.

Session 1. January 26, 2022, 4:00 pm – What might Hillel, Hiawatha and Hippocrates have thought about the practice of western ecological science: reflections on half a century of research on Ontario lakes Presenter: Dr. Norman Yan

Session 2. Feb 2, 2022, 4:00pm – Anishinaabek Kweok N’bi G’giikendaaswinmin (Our Water Knowledge) Presenter: Susan Chiblow  

Session 3. Feb 9, 2022, 4:00pm – Case studies – working with traditional knowledge and western science eyes Presenters: Neil Hutchinson, Richard Nesbitt, Brenda Parlee, and Caroline Coburn  

Session 4. Feb 16, 2022, 4:00pm – Combining Indigenous knowledge with western science as communities in far northern Ontario seek ways to adapt to climate change Presenter: David Pearson

Session 5. Feb 23, 2022, 4:00pm – The Many Worlds of Knowledge Presenter: Henry Lickers 

Find recordings here

Ford’s Bogus Climate Plan


The Powerpoint slides and script for David’s presentation can be downloaded below.

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What We Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change at Home, at Work, and in Your Finances

Dec 08, 2021  – CBC The Current – Host Matt Galloway  – 

We bring you a special show about climate change and how to fight it at home, at work, and in your finances. We hear from experts, and ordinary Canadians who are already making the change. What changes can you make at home and in your daily life, to help fight climate change?



Webinar: Busting the Fossil Fuel Corridor

There are three massive fossil fuel projects which cross Indigenous lands currently being developed in BC: the Site C-Dam, the Coastal Gas Link pipeline and the Trans Mountain pipeline. Join Raven, West Coast Climate Action Network and three First Nations chiefs to learn about the resistance to these projects being led by Indigenous groups. 

In this compelling on-demand webinar, Chiefs Smogelgem, Roland Willson and Rueben George lay out the issues, give a clear picture of what is at stake, and why all Canadians need to be aware of these  projects and the heart-breaking devastation they are causing. You’ll also come away with some strategies and tools to support Indigenous-led land and water protection. 1h:08m Watch the Webinar



Join Terry Moore for a discussion with Katherine Hayhoe.

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

Interview with Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist and communicator extraordinaire as well as author of a recent book entitled “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World”

You can access this and all episodes as podcasts on the Planet Haliburton page on CanoeFM online, as well as on Spotify, iTunes, iHeartRadio


Webcast: Canada’s Climate Record: Broken Promises, Bright Future? Video links

  • Canada’s Climate Record : Broken Promises, Bright Future? Introduction. – YouTube
  • What is COP26? Gail Greer – YouTube
  • Critique of Canada’s Climate Plan. David Robertson – YouTube
  • Broken Promises, Realistic Futures? Ali Hashemi – YouTube
  • How do we limit warming to 1.5 degrees C.? Danny Harvey – YouTube
  • An insider’s view of Glasgow? Tamara Lorincz – YouTube
  • An analysis of COP26 discussions to date. Mitchell Beer – YouTube
  • What can you do about climate policy? Lyn Adamson – YouTube

Full recording:

Canada’s Climate Record: Broken Promises, Bright Future? November 7, 2021 – YouTube – 1 hour and 5 minutes


COP26 and Net Zero’s Distractions – Webinar

In case you missed CAM’s co-sponsored webinar…Source 

Planet Haliburton Podcast – Net Zero’s Dangerous Distractions

Terry Moore and guest Marc Lee, senior economist with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives delve into “Net Zero” versus “Real Zero” carbon emission reduction targets. You can access this and all episodes as podcasts on the Planet Haliburton page on CanoeFM online, as well as on Spotify, iTunes, iHeartRadio etc. 


Planet Haliburton Podcast – Ecological Overshoot with William Rees

Two illustrations of the earth and Professor William Rees.

There’s been much discussion about the climate emergency as the existential issue of our time. But a growing number of earth-system scientists see this as but one of a series of symptoms of a much larger problem in the relationship between humans and earth’s life-sustaining biosphere—ecological overshoot. This episode of Planet Haliburton features an interview with Professor William Rees, the co-inventor of the “Ecological Footprint” index of human impact on the earth’s carrying capacity, about the root causes of human-caused ecological overshoot and what we can do about it. 51 minutes. You can access this and all episodes as podcasts on the Planet Haliburton page on CanoeFM online, as well as on Spotify, iTunes, iHeartRadio, etc


Making Fossil Fuels History: Can renewables get us there? SCAN! Webinar

Picture of attendees of SCAN! webinar

The Liberal Climate Action Formula is long on extending the life of Big Fossil in Canada and short on powering up a renewable energy transition. This SCAN! event featuring The Energy Mix editor, Mitchell Beer, is a stimulating and thought-provoking presentation on the prospects for a renewable energy-enabled exit from the Climate Emergency for Canada. Please try to view it before you vote to see what is really possible if we put our minds to it and elect a government committed to taking REAL climate action. Watch the video. 1h:36m:47s. 


Ticks and Lyme Disease: A TICKing Time Bomb in Eastern Ontario — Zoom presentation Tuesday June 8, 7 pm. 

Now available on You-tube — here

Staff at the Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere

Friends of the Napanee and Salmon Rivers and the Hastings Stewardship Council are hosting a virtual presentation on the dangers of ticks across Eastern Ontario and how to protect yourself. Presenter Dr. Andrew Peregrine, professor and clinical parasitologist at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, will touch on how to distinguish the bad guys from the benign ones and strategies for avoiding and safely removing ticks; discussion on Lyme Disease in dogs and people, what you can do to reduce your risk, and resources if you are impacted by Lyme Disease.

Every Thursday through to May 27 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Virtual Speaker Series on Sustainability

Muskoka Steamships and Discovery Centre

If you missed an event recordings are available – here

  • Thursday April 22 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm Climate change starting with an international context, bringing it to Muskoka, and finally discussing policy tools to assist in the fight against climate change. Presenter – Dr. Dianne Saxe


The Politics of Carbon Pricing –

A recording of Part One Friday March 26 webinar is available here.

What Does the Supreme Court Decision Mean for the Future of Climate Policy in Canada. At this event, an expert panel will discuss the implications of the ruling on Canada’s climate policy and political calculus; panelists and facilitators include Mia Rabson, Ken Boessenkool, Gerald Butts, Dianne Saxe, Brian Topp, and Dale Beugin.


Friday March 19,2021 – Canada’s Climate Action Plan

If you think Canada has a Climate Action Plan, you need to watch this Webinar.


Climate Solutions 101 presented by Project Drawdown

Your climate solutions journey begins now. Filled with the latest need-to-know science and fascinating insights from global leaders in climate policy, research, investment, and beyond, this video series is a brain-shift toward a brighter climate reality.

Available now. Watch the trailer – Climate Solutions 101 | Project Drawdown


Mobolizing Canada For the Climate Emergency

A Good War

We’re hosting a conversation with Seth Klein and local Green New Deal organizers across the country on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m. ET. Together, we will explore how we can apply the lessons learned from Canada’s war-time transformations to the current climate crisis.

Analysis of the event – here
Watch the recording of the talk – here


Protecting Ontario’s environmental future: What’s next after Bill 229?



Seven young people are taking the Ford government to court

Ecojustice - Canada's largest environmental law charity
Ecojustice | Canada’s largest environmental law charity

Seven young people are taking the Ford government to court because its watered down climate action plan will lead to widespread illness and death, violating Ontarians’ Charter-protected rights to life, liberty, and security of the person. As young people, the applicants say they and people like them will bear the costs of climate inaction more than previous generations. Watch this excellent webinar with two of the young activists taking the Ford government to court. Meet two of the youth and find out why they are doing this – here


Countdown–

More than 50 speakers in five curated sessions
Here’s a great sample, just 7 minutes – How To Be a Good Ancestor

More than 50 speakers in five curated sessions that combine TED’s signature blend of actionable and research-backed ideas, cutting-edge science, and moments of wonder and inspiration. The 5 sessions total 6 hours, pace yourself.
Go to the Countdown site – see a breakdown of programs into manageable segments of a few minutes.


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