Event Name: 100 Mile Challenge Kickoff

Starts: Sunday July 5th, 1pm-4pm

Schedule: Formal festivities & speeches will begin at 6 pm.

Venue: Oak Ridge Acres

Location: 2132 Greenfield Rd. R.R.#1, Ayr, ON N0B 1E0

Cost: Free

Event website: http://www.healingpathcentre.com/events.php#1

More Info: What better way to start 100 days of local eating then a massive 100 Mile picnic! Join us on Day 2 for a potluck! Bring a 100% local dish and, if you’d like, bring along the recipe, to give us a head-start on our 100 Mile Recipe Book. So you only have to think of one recipe, and you’ll receive lots more in return!

Contact: info@healingpathcentre.com

Event Name: Simcoe Vegetable and Alternative Crop Open House

Starts: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Schedule: 18 August 2009 (Rain date Thursday, August 20, 2009)

Venue: Simcoe, Ontario, Simcoe Research Station

Location: 1283 Blueline Road

Cost: Free

Event website: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/conferences/20090818.htm

More Info: Please RSVP by August 14th by calling 519-426-7127 Ext. 323.

Contact: 519-426-7127 Ext 323

Event Name: Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment 2009 Conference.

Date: 17-18th November 2009

Start and end time: Start 8.45am - 16.30pm.

Schedule:
* Legislation update on REACH, EuP, RoHS, WEEE and Batteries directives and their equivalents in major world markets
*Conflicts between directives and their legal interpretation
*Environmental compliance - how to achieve it for electrical/electronic products the challenges in meeting worldwide regulations
*EuP review of LOT studies, discussion of standby power - how it will affect industry from the product and plant perspective
*Standards update.

Venue: Sheraton Skyline Hotel.
Location: Heathrow, UK.

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Event Name: Strawberry Festival and Grand Opening of the Bloor Borden Farmers’ Market

Starts: 6:00 pm

Schedule: Formal festivities & speeches will begin at 6 pm.

Venue: Green P lot, Lippincott and Bloor St. (near Bathurst St.)

Location: Toronto

Cost: Free

Event website: www.farmersmarketsontario.com

More Info: Come & shop, have a coffee from the Coffee Shed and met your neighbours in our new social area.

Contact: fmo@farmersmarketsontario.com

Starts: Saturday, June 27, 2009, from 7:00 - 11:00 pm

Organizer: Waterkeeper Alliance

Venue: The Winter Garden at The World Trade Center

Location: 220 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281

Cost: $75 per person

Event website: www.waterkeeper.org

More Info: Waterkeeper Alliance - the international champion of clean
water and strong communities, with 190 programs on six continents - will
celebrate its 10th Anniversary in New York, the birthplace of the
Waterkeeper movement. The celebration will bring together Waterkeepers
and their supporters from around the world, including the New York Clean
Water Advocates Hudson Riverkeeper, NY/NJ Baykeeper, and Long Island
Soundkeeper, to commemorate a decade of clean water advocacy.

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Event Name: Seminar on Integral Leadership for Sustainable Evolution

Starts: 1:00 pm on Aug. 4 - 1:00 pm Aug. 9, 2009

Daily Schedue:
7:30 Morning Practice 8:30 — Breakfast — 9:30 Wisdom Meditation
11:00 Applied Theory session 12:30 — Lunch — 14:00 Embodiment practice
14:30 Applied Theory session 17:00 Reflection & Integration session 18:00 —
Dinner — 20:00 Evening workshops

Organizer: Experience Integral Foundation

Venue: Venwoude

Location: Vuursche Steeg 1, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

Cost: € 695 (individual) / € 795 (business)

Event website: http://www.experienceintegral.org

More Info: The purpose of this event is to assist emerging leaders and agents of change (consultants, politicians, artists, bankers, students,entrepreneurs, etc) worldwide with taking the next step in their contribution to a sustainable evolution on our planet.

This is THE SEMINAR for emerging leaders and change makers all over the globe!

Event Name: The 2009 Junction Arts Festival: Weaving Mosaics!

Starts: September 9 - 13

Organizer: Junction Forum for Art & Culture

Venue: Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue (weekend
street closure: September 12 and 13).

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Cost: free

Event website: http://www.junctionartsfest.com

More Info: The Junction Arts Festival presents five free days of eclectic culture and a multitude of unique dance, visual, literary and musical arts in many different forms.

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Event Name: 2009 Climate Change: Legislation, Regulation & Emissions Reporting

Starts: September 21-22, 2009

Organizer: Canadian Standards Association

Venue: Marriott Courtyard
475 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4Y 1X7
Canada

Location: Toronto

Cost: $995
*Save $100 before July 31

Event website: https://learningcentre.csa.ca/lc_site/be.asp?gid=50016245&tid=50041499

More Info: Hear directly from government, industry and standards experts on the new direction for business planning, how to reduce and report emissions, and the tools you need to create an effective Greenhouse Gas Management Plan that will benefit your organization.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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Event Name: Leslieville Tree Festival

Starts: June 20, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Schedule: Events include: a Heritage Toronto walking tour; music: Juno-nominated Green Toronto winner Chris McKhool; kids crafts and activities; local art and handmade crafts; and outdoor yoga!

Organizer: LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests)

Venue: Leslie Grove Park
Queen & Jones

Location: Toronto

Cost: free

Event website: http://leaftoronto.org/leslieville-tree-festival

More Info: When the community of Leslieville joined the City of York in 1884, it provided old Toronto with fresh food from market gardens, bricks from
the clayworks operations, and thousands of trees from namesake George
Leslie’s nursery to shade the city’s ever-growing streets and parks.

**Join LEAF in celebrating the urban forest and the spirit of old
Leslieville on June 20, and help us pay tribute to a neighbourhood that
has maintained a unique community spirit and local charm to this day.

Event Name: Green Gown Award Masterclass

Starts: 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm, 23 June, 2009

Schedule: Choose 2 of 4 workshops to attend

Organizer: The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges

Venue: Imperial College

Location: London

Cost: £50

Event website: http://www.eauc.org.uk/the_best_of_2008_green_gown_award_master_class

More Info: Four workshops focus on greening university and college campuses, engaging students and the community, incorporating environmental stewardship into university curriculums, and leading by example.

8 institutions that were recognized for their sustainability excellence in 2008 will be presenting at these workshops. This is your chance to hear the secrets of their success!