This year's Leonard Wolinsky Lectures which will take place on:
Sunday, March 7th, 2pm - 5pm
in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, Executive Learning Centre, Schulich School of Business.
The theme this year is ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PERSPECTIVE. Speakers include:

Professor Martin D. Yaffe - University of North Texas
"Can a Jew Be a Skeptical Environmentalist?"

Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson - Arizona State University
"Nature and Renewal in Modern Jewish Thought"

Dr. Jeremy Benstein - Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership
"Jewish Legal Teachings on Environmental Issues"

For more information you can refer to the attached flyer.
We hope you can join us!

Schulich NetImpact would like to invite you to attend our first annual GreenEdge conference on Saturday, March 6, 2010. The main theme of the conference is clean technology with three areas of focus: green building, renewable energy, and “base of the pyramid”. Some of our confirmed speakers include Tyler Hamilton from the Toronto Star, Andrew Wilcox from Enwave, Anthony Santilli from Bullfrog Power, Nicolas Morgan from Morgan Solar, and many others. The keynote address will be delivered by Peter A. Victor, author of “Managing without Growth”, in which he will discuss the role of clean tech in developing a new economy. This conference will not only be a great opportunity to acquire new knowledge, but it will also be an excellent opportunity to network with students and professionals at the forefront of these emerging industries.
To find more information and to register for the conference, please go to:

GreenEdgeConference.com

Also, please help us to promote GreenEdge 2010 by circulating the attached PDF file to your networks via email or as a printed flyer or poster.
Lastly, some food for thought: With the passing of the Green Energy Act in Ontario last year, already we can see how clean tech is becoming a priority for the provincial government. Just a few weeks ago, the Liberals cemented their commitment to clean tech as a main driver behind the rebuilding of Ontario’s economy, by signing a $7 billion dollar deal with Samsung that will provide 15,000 jobs! Although this deal is somewhat controversial, nonetheless, it confirms that clean tech will be a main sector in the new economy. And undoubtedly, this will have some effect on your career, regardless of your current profession…

So don’t just stand there, join us at GreenEdge 2010 and learn about how the latest developments in clean tech are affecting your career!Early Bird Registration
Get a $5 discount if you register this week only! (until Friday Feb. 12)
Find us at the Marketplace at Schulich or register online at http://www.facebook.com/l/84fc5;www.GreenEdgeConference.com .

NI members - $20
Early Bird - $20
Students - $25
Professionals - $35

Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), York University
presents
Dr. Edmund Chattoe-Brown
Dept of Sociology, University of Leicester, UK

Three lectures, February 17-19, from 10-11:30 am in HNES 142. See the Complex Systems Poster for more details.

For copies of the presentation click here: torontofin (Edmunds' presentation)

Dr. Laszlo Pinter, Director of the Measurement and Assessment Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development Cordially Invites You To Attend:

ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH MEASUREMENT:
2nd National Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network Conference in Toronto

March 2 to 3, 2010

Special Discount Available If You Register By February 18!

Please Note That All Conference Sessions will be held at

Courtyard by Marriott-Downtown Toronto
475 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Phone: 416-924-0611

One of the most profound governance challenges of this century is Accountability through Measurement—how to accurately gauge progress towards social, economic and environmental sustainability. That’s why it’s the theme of our Conference in March 2010.

Don't Miss Special Guest Speakers

Scott Vaughan, Canada's Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Johanne Gélinas, Partner and Leader of Deloitte Canada's Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Group

Enrico Giovannini, President of the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT), and

Hazel Henderson, from Ethical Markets - author, futurist and syndicated columnist

Workshops and plenary discussions are geared for professionals eager to learn practical techniques that demonstrate how to develop and evaluate indicator systems and put them
to use wherever they work.
You’ll discuss everything from Accountability through Measurement and the growing role of community indicators to the positive effects that indicators systems and evidence-based decision-making are achieving in the world, today.

When Tuesday, March 2, 2010 7:30 AM -
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 5:30 PM

Where NOTE NEW LOCATION
Marriott Courtyard, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
Canada

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LEARNING EVENT: A Forum on the CIW’s Draft Environmental Domain

The 30th CSIN Learning Event on CIW’s Draft Environmental Domain will take place on Tuesday February 16, 2010 from 11:00 to 12:30am central time and feature a presentation and discussion with Alexis Morgan of the Pembina Institute. The event will be hosted using a virtual meeting room power by Elluminate Live!(r) 7.0. This Elluminate Live!(r) meeting room has been generously donated to CSIN by Thompson Rivers University.

About the Learning Event

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing| CSIN Learning Event will provide CSIN Members the opportunity to learn about the CIW's draft environmental domain which uses an array of indicators to inform environmental policy and public debate in Canada. The Learning Event, hosted by Alexis Morgan from the Pembina Institute, will also provide an opportunity to for members to provide feedback / input on the domain and play a role in its development.

When
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Central Time Zone

Where
Webinar
As close as your office or home

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Cecilia invited you to "Toronto Mayor David Miller on "Canada, Climate Change and Cities"" on Thursday, February 11 at 2:00pm.

Event: Toronto Mayor David Miller on "Canada, Climate Change and Cities"

Start Time: Thursday, February 11 at 2:00pm
End Time: Thursday, February 11 at 3:30pm
Where: UofT University College, room 163

You can refer to this web page for more information.

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=288614973892&mid=1d62b4aG21ddbd53G98d8ce9G7

Thanks,
The Facebook Team

COG Toronto's Annual Conference

Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
University of Toronto Conference Centre
89 Chestnut St., Toronto

Your Food, Your Choice: Grounds for Change

Check out our website for the latest on the conference program and our speakers. In addition to our keynote, Baerbel Hoehm, the first Agricultural Minister for Germany from the Green Party, sharing insights on what the German Government accomplished under her direction to support organic farming, we have just confirmed Michael Schmidt, the dairy farmer from Durham who was recently acquitted of all criminal charges relating to the sale and distribution of raw milk and raw milk products. We are also looking forward to hearing from Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer who challenged Monsanto, Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence Canada to speak as one of the panel on Land vs Development: Questions about the Greenbelt, Tom Manley, President of Homestead Organics, who will speak on the panel about Slow Money, and Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO Project which is helping retailers take products containing GMO's off their shelves. There will be other great sessions in three streams, one for the Grower, one for the Eater and one for the Reformer, as well as a delicious organic lunch, a special song composed especially for the conference, a reading by Margaret Webb, author of Apples to Oysters: A Food Lover's Tour of Canadian Farms, and a presentation to Wilhelm and Barnhild Pfenning of the Lifetime Organic Hero Award. This conference is not to be missed!

Presented by Canadian Organic Growers in association with The Big Carrot

$65 ($85 after Jan. 31); COG members $55
Rates for seniors, students and unwaged

Organic lunch included !

Info and registration:  www.cogtoronto.org or 416-466-4420

How easy is it to get off our fossil fuel habit? What do the fundamental limits of physics say about sustainable energy? Could a typical developed country live on its own renewables? In the annual J. Tuzo Wilson Lecture, Professor David Mackay of Cambridge University argues that public discussion of energy policy needs numbers, not adjectives. It may not be easy to get off fossil fuels, but it is possible.

8 p.m.
Isabel Bader Theatre
93 Charles Street West

More information call 416-978-5175