CLIMATE ACTION WEEK, Sept 20-27, 2019
EVERYONE IS NEEDED AND WELCOME.
List of events by day:
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FRIDAY SEPT 20:
INTERFAITH GATHERING - CLIMATE CHANGE RALLY
- to honour the victims of climate change:
12 noon, Grand Parade Square on Barrington.
see event details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/757366544721018/
organized by concerned citizens of Halifax -
ALSO:
the YOUTH NATIONAL DIE-IN: (on Friday Sept 20) meeting at 3:30 pm at Mumford Bus Terminal. (then going together to the secret Die-in location for a 4pm start)
The Die-in will happen simultaneously by youth activists across Canada!
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SATURDAY SEPT 21: ART-BUILD at Quinfest 11-3pm,
Quinpool Road, Halifax.
Poster making and more, to prepare for the big rally!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2883491621724951/
ALSO: Community WATER WALK in Tatamagouche - meet at 9am at the Snowmobile Club on Warwick Mtn Rd in Tatamagouche.
email flowingtogethernovascotia@gmail.com -- Hannah Martin,
https://www.facebook.com/events/509054906558892/
ALSO, SAT SEPT 21 in HALIFAX:
Public talk: 'Heading for extinction and what to do about it'.
3:30 to 5pm, Halifax North Memorial Library, on Gottingen St
-by Extinction Rebellion - all welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2527129914043648/
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SUNDAY SEPT 22: COMMUNITY GARDENING - building a vision for the future- we will grow what we want to see in our city.
10am and on - Halifax location TBA -https://www.facebook.com/events/400851284162650/?active_tab=about
ALSO on Sept 22: HALIFAX VEG FEST, 10-5 at the Forum
a plant-based diet is best for the climate.
Sea Shepherd will be there - their aim is to protect the ocean.
https://www.facebook.com/events/467301290720476/
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MONDAY SEPT 23:
Public Talk: 'Heading for extinction and what to do about it'. Halifax Central Library: Lindsay Children's Room, 3-4:30 pm
by Extinction Rebellion - all welcome
https://www.facebook.com/events/393807141516263/
AND (also on Mon Sept 23):
OPEN MIC HOUSE CONCERT:
7pm: 2539 Agricola St. -musical performers TBA -
fundraiser for STOP ALTON GAS legal fund
https://www.facebook.com/events/647018249123691/
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TUESDAY SEPT 24: BAKE SALE! -organized by Our Time Halifax
fundraiser for Water Protectors, Stop Alton Gas legal fund
11-4pm, Dalhousie Campus -McCain Building lobby
organized by Our-Time and The Loaded Ladle
https://www.facebook.com/events/309870626524761/
ALSO:
David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis -Climate First Tour -
in support of the youth rallies across Canada!
7pm Dalhousie Arts Centre - $14 to $26 tickets at:
https://www.climatefirsttour.ca/
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WEDNESDAY SEPT 25: PAINT THE TOWN!
3:30pm, meet outside Halifax Central Library
join the youth and create messages to demand climate action
ALSO
6pm -FILM SCREENING: "Standing Rock Parts 1 and 2"
"Sacred Water" and "Red Power" directed by Michelle Latimer, 2017, 110 minutes) at the Khyber Centre for the Arts.
as part of The Radical Imagination Film and Discussion Series
https://www.facebook.com/events/2388849514688109/?active_tab=about
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THURSDAY SEPT 26: PARTY FOR THE PLANET!
Concerts, poster making, and Sustainable Zero Waste Market
all day - 9am to 9pm Granville Mall - Duke and Granville St
https://www.facebook.com/events/376133056655045/?active_tab=about
ALSO:
Whose Water Is it, Anyway? Book launch and public Talk with Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians -
7pm, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
https://www.facebook.com/events/2125092891119826/
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THE BIG BIG DAY:
FRIDAY SEPT 27: GENERAL STRIKE - EVERYONE NEEDED!
IF YOU CAN ONLY COME TO ONE EVENT, THIS IS THE ONE!
TAKE OFF WORK/STRIKE FROM WORK - WE NEED YOU.
11am meet at Victoria Park (Spring Garden and South Park St)
The marching route will cover some distance, so bring your signs, your voices and your walking shoes! Most of all, bring your neighbours, your friends and your family.
PLEASE COME!!
HELP THE YOUTH DEMAND CLIMATE ACTION NOW!!
PLEASE COME.
I'm serious here, are you getting the point?
PLEASE COME.
**HURRICANE DORIAN NOTE: If Victoria Park is still closed on the 27th, the alternate meeting place for the rally is The Public Gardens, nearby. Keep an eye out for updates please.
ALSO on Friday Sept 27,
after the youth-led rally:
Non-Violent Direct Action Training,
3:30-5:30
Central Library on Spring Garden,
BMO room. free/donations
https://www.facebook.com/events/457763944833521/?ti=icl
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Sunday Sept 28 and Monday 29:
and a cherry on top of the week:
The Deanery Project offers solutions:
NATURAL BUILDING EAST
ECOLOGICAL BUILDING DESIGN CONFERENCE:
funding may be available - please ask them if needed.
https://www.facebook.com/events/371864056695348/
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Contact the youth organizers at:
https://www.instagram.com/schoolstrike4climatehfx/
schoolstrike4climatehfx@gmail.com
twitter @ss4cHFX
This land we live on is Mi'kma'ki - the unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Mi'kmaw People.