[KWPeace-groups] 22 Upcoming events for peace, earth and justice... yay it's almost spring!

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello!

FYI… 22 Upcoming events for peace, earth and justice - most at in KW but a few are in Toronto, Guelph & Hamilton.

Note: the United Nations' (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is March 21, World Water Day is March 22, One-Year Anniversary of March of Our Lives is March 24, and Earth Hour is March 30. March is Women’s History Month plus it’s almost spring!

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TODAY! DISRUPTING CRISIS, UNSETTLING URGENCY: AN INDIGENOUS CRITICISM OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TIME IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
March 11 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs • Room 1-42
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 Canada
Free
Climate change activism and scientific assessments often emphasizes that humans must grasp the urgency of taking swift and decisive actions to address an environmental crisis. Yet many such conceptions of urgency obscure the factors that Indigenous peoples have called out as the most pressing concerns about climate justice. This obfuscation explains, in part, why climate change advocacy remains largely unrelated to Indigenous efforts to achieve justice and engage in decolonial actions. Kyle Whyte will show why a politics of urgency can be based in assumptions about the relationship among time (temporality) and environmental change that are antithetical to allyship with Indigenous peoples. He will contrast the temporality of urgency with some Indigenous traditions of temporality that center moral qualities of kinship relationships, such as consent, trust and reciprocity, and suggest that such Indigenous traditions articulate crucial conditions for climate and environmental justice, moving forward.
About the speaker: Kyle Whyte is the Timnick Chair in the Humanities and a professor in the departments of Philosophy and Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. His research addresses moral and political issues concerning climate policy and Indigenous peoples, the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and science organizations, and problems of Indigenous justice in public and academic discussions of food sovereignty, environmental justice, and the anthropocene. He is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Kyle is involved in a number of projects and organizations that advance Indigenous research methodologies, including the Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup, Sustainable Development Institute of the College of Menominee Nation, Tribal Climate Camp, and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence. He is a recipient of the Bunyan Bryant Award for Academic Excellence from Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice.
More info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/disrupting-crisis-unsettling-urgency-an-indigenous-criticism-of-assumptions-about-time-in-environmental-advocacy/

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U.S.-VIETNAMESE CLIMATE SECURITY COOPERATION
March 12 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Featuring: Robert. K. Brigham
Balsillie School of International Affairs • Room 1-23
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 Canada
Vietnam is among the globe’s top ten countries most negatively affected by climate change and extreme weather events. How has the United States partnered with state and local actors in Vietnam to increase climate security and reduce Hanoi’s vulnerability? Is it enough?
About the speaker
Robert. K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, joined the Vassar College faculty in 1994. He is a specialist on the history of US foreign relations. He is author or co-author of nine books, among them Reckless: Henry Kissinger and the Tragedy of Vietnam (PublicAffairs, 2018); Iraq, Vietnam, and the Limits of American Power (PublicAffairs, 2008); and Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy (PublicAffairs, 1999), written with former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight of the University of Waterloo at the Balsillie School. Brigham’s current research interest is the nexus between security and climate change.
Free, more info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/u-s-vietnamese-climate-security-cooperation/

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PREVENTING AN AI ARMS RACE
When: 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12
6:00 Refreshments/ 6:30-8:30 Panel Discussion
Where: MaRS Discovery District, 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7
Room: CR-3
Free Event. Organized by Project Ploughshares
Join us in Toronto on March 12 to find out more about the ways to prevent an AI arms race and the need for a treaty banning autonomous weapons. Free event and complimentary refreshments!
Some more info: Concerns about an artificial intelligence (AI) arms race between advanced militaries have been raised by many experts and analysts, including SpaceX founder Elon Musk and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Scientists and engineers are also becoming increasingly vocal in discussions on the weaponization of AI, urging governments to develop regulations to prohibit certain applications of AI in weapons technology. What are some ways to prevent an AI arms race? How can we ensure #AIforGood and #TechforGood?
“Lethal autonomous weapons have characteristics quite different from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and the unilateral actions of a single group could too easily spark an arms race that the international community lacks the technical tools and global governance systems to manage. Stigmatizing and preventing such an arms race should be a high priority for national and global security." - Lethal Autonomous Weapons Pledge
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/preventing-an-ai-arms-race-tickets-57545100946

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“DAM BUSTERS: CANADIAN AIRMEN AND THE SECRET RAID AGAINST NAZI GERMANY”
LCMSDS Presents Laurier Military Speaker Series, 2019
Ted Barris, Mar. 13, 7:00pm at the LCMSDS
LCMSDS
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada
On May 16, 1943, one hundred and thirty-three airmen took off in Lancaster bombers on a night sortie, code-named “Operation Chastise.” Their targets – the Ruhr River dams whose massive water reservoirs powered Nazi Germany’s military industrial complex. Of the nineteen bombers outbound, eight did not return. Operation Chastise cost the lives of fifty-three airmen, including fourteen Canadians. Of the sixteen RCAF men who survived, seven received military decorations for valour. Barris will recount the dramatic story of these Commonwealth bomber crews tasked with the high-risk operation against an enemy prepared to defend the Fatherland to the death.
Ted Barris is an award-winning journalist, author, and broadcaster. He has written 18 best-selling non-fiction books, including Victory at Vimy and Breaking the Silence. His 17th book, The Great Escape: A Canadian Story, won the 2014 Libris Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award. Barris is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
More info: http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/speaker-series-ted-barris-dam-busters-canadian-airmen-and-the-secret-raid-against-nazi-germany-march-13th-7pm/

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FOOD METRICS 3.0: UNEARTHING HIDDEN DATA
March 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CIGI • Room A1-20
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 Canada
Organized by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Since 2011, the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Food Policy has released a Food Metrics Report which provides a snapshot of data from across City agencies on food-related programming and trends. The report has expanded every year to include the broad range of programs and initiatives that the City is doing to address food insecurity; improve City food procurement and food service, increase healthy food access and awareness, and support a more sustainable and just food system. In a review of New York City’s 2018 Food Metrics Report, Dr. Nevin Cohen and his team at the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, identified a number of food metrics that would deepen our understanding of the food system and yet are often overlooked. These hidden food metrics—that are produced by city agencies but often buried in low-profile documents—could be used by interested citizens, policymakers, and advocates to monitor important aspects of the food system, lobby for new resources, support effective initiatives, and design and implement complementary programs. In this talk, Cohen will discuss these hidden food metrics and what they can tell us about the food system.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A with Barbara Emanuel from the Toronto Public Health’s Toronto Food Strategy.
Registration is required.
A reception with light refreshments will follow talk.
About the speaker: Nevin Cohen is Associate Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health, and Research Director of CUNY’s Urban Food Policy Institute. His scholarship explores the policies, governance systems, practices, and infrastructure to support socially just, healthy, ecologically resilient, and economically viable urban and regional food systems.
More info and to RSVP: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/food-metrics-3-0-unearthing-hidden-data/

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"WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY", THE 18TH ANNUAL MAHATMA GANDHI LECTURE ON NONVIOLENCE WITH 2011 NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, LEYMAH GBOWEE
Thursday, March 14, 2019
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Health Sciences Centre, (HSC) 1A1
McMaster University, Hamilton
Presented by The Peace Studies Program and Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
More details: https://peacestudies.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2019/01/21/18th-annual-gandhi-lecture-on-nonviolence-with-2011-nobel-peace-laureate-leymah-gbowee/

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FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE STRIKE: KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Friday, March 15 – International Day of Action
12:30-1:30pm
Waterloo City Hall, 100 Regina St S - Waterloo, ON
Friday strikes happening all over the world
Organized by Climate Save
https://www.facebook.com/events/752240388474829/

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GLOBAL SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE: PATHWAYS TO LOCAL CHANGE
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 — 8:30 AM TO 4:30 PM EDT
STC - Science Teaching Complex
200 University Ave West
University of Waterloo
Join Waterloo's inaugural Global Solutions Conference, hosted by the student-led Impact Alliance and supported by the Sustainability Office, SDSN Canada, Waterloo Global Science Initiative, and other campus partners.
The conference aims to equip participants with a deeper understanding of sustainable development and the transformative power it can have in making an impact in the communities we live in.
Presenters and special guests include:
- The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of Government in the House of Commons
- Jean Andrey, Dean of Environment
- Pearl Sullivan, Dean of Engineering
- Dominique Souris, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Climate Lab
Cost $15-20. More details and to RSVP: https://uwaterloo.ca/events/events/global-solutions-conference-pathways-local-change

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WOMEN'S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR
March 20, 7pm, Original.
Princess Theatre
6 Princess St, Waterloo
The Women's Adventure Film Tour has arrived in Canada for the first time ever! Online tickets ($18) on sale now!
Women's Adventure Film Tour features some of the world's most inspiring women in adventure. This festival is a celebration of the fantastic women around us who are doing extraordinary things. The events aim to promote diversity and inclusion in the outdoor industry and Women, Men and Children are all welcome!
Each screening includes a series of inspirational short films featuring women in stories about climbing, mountaineering, skiing, diving, mountain biking, surfing and more.
In a global first the Women's Adventure Film Tour was launched to sell-out crowds in Australia in 2017, before touring selected locations in Asia and the United Kingdom. We are pleased to be now bringing the Women's Adventure Film Tour to Canada for the first time.
Follow the Facebook page for more updates....
https://www.princesscinemas.com/event/womens-adventure-film-tour-0

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RIVERS AND RESTITUTION: THE POLITICS OF POST-CONFLICT BASELINING AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ECOLOGICAL MEMORY
Free public lecture with Kristina Lyons
March 21
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Paul Martin Centre, Laurier University
Hosted by the Anthropology Program, the Anthropology Students’ Association, the Department of Global Studies and the Department of English and Film Studies.
Issues of war crimes, violence, and dispossession have primarily focused on humans as victims and actors within legal frameworks concerned with the defense and violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. In Colombia public debates have recently emerged over the ways in which soils, rivers, forests, seeds, living beings and other “natural resources” are also casualties and scenes of war and require reparative treatment in the country’s post-peace accord and transitional justice process. This paper employs the strategies of poetic ethnography to address a series of speculative questions: What kinds of environmental standards emerge in efforts to integrate a river’s right to expand, pulsate, and return to its previous course? In what ways might the reconstruction of ecological memory in zones of war/disaster shift practices of restitution and justice? How do citizen-led environmental observatories become alternative democratic forums for local peace-building efforts and the creation of emerging “environmental publics” in times of conflict and transition?
Kristina Lyons is assistant professor of Anthropology and Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been awarded the Cultural Horizons Prize by the Society for Cultural Anthropology and the Junior Scholar Award and Rappaport Prize by the Anthropology and environment section of the American Anthropological Association. Her writing has been published in journals such as Cultural Anthropology, Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, and the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
More details: https://adc.wlu.ca/activedata/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4424&information_id=13407

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UN INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Public event hosted by Cross Cultures
Thursday, March 21, 2019
8:45 AM – 11 PM, Lots of events taking place that day
Kitchener City Hall
200 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4G7
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/406295773471283/

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TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL REFUGEE SYSTEM: AN EVENING WITH LLOYD AXWORTHY
Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm
Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada
Public Event: Community Event
Speaker: Lloyd Axworthy
To RSVP and for more info: https://www.cigionline.org/events/transforming-global-refugee-system-evening-lloyd-axworthy

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BLEED RED, GO GREEN: EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE MENSTRUATION
Thurs. March 21st | 6-8PM | DAWB 3-106
NOTE: You must register for this workshop using the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bleed-red-go-green-exploring-sustainable-menstruation-tickets-57405685952
Come out to learn about menstruating sustainably. We'll cover the intersections of menstruation and environmental justice, including how disposable pads and tampons impact the environment and your body and alternative products you can use. Featuring guest speakers from DivaCup, SHORE, and LSPIRG, this interactive workshop will provide you with the information and materials (i.e., a free product!) you need to start menstruating sustainably! And there will be free dinner provided!

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WORLD WATER DAY 2019
Hosted by the Water Institute
Science Teaching Complex (STC), University of Waterloo
Leaving no one behind: Water for all
Join the Water Institute for a full day of activities as we explore together how to find viable solutions for marginalized people living without safe water.
Friday, March 22
University of Waterloo. Free Event. More details and to RSVP:
https://uwaterloo.ca/world-water-day/

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WHAT THE CHALLENGE OF CLEAN WATER AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD TELLS US ABOUT OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR PLANET
Public Lecture by Bob Rae, former Ontario premier
Friday, March 22
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Water Institute RBC Distinguished Lecture
Friday, March 22
University of Waterloo. STC 1012. Free Event. More details and to RSVP:
https://uwaterloo.ca/world-water-day/

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ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES AT UW
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 — 11:30 AM TO 1:30 PM EDT
Location: AL - Arts Lecture Hall
Room 105
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo
On Friday March 22nd, we will be hosting another seminar for our Environment Seminar Series! In AL 105 from 11:30a.m. - 1:30p.m., we will have two speakers: Jason Thistlethwaite and Jessica Blythe. Lunch will be served at 11:30a.m., with the two half-hour talks beginning around 12:00p.m.
Join us in learning more from two experts in their field. We hope to see you there!
Jason Thistlethwaite: “A neoliberal distraction: Why you are not responsible for climate change risk"
Governments across the world are embracing risk governance in their approach to disaster management and climate change adaptation. I will describe how this process privatizes risk among citizens and communities who lack the resources and capacity to support risk reduction. Effective disaster and climate change risk governance requires an expansion of government authority that will only emerge if the assumptions behind risk governance are politicized within the public realm.
Jessica Blythe: (Re)politicizing transformations to sustainability
The notion of transformation has captured the imagination of sustainability thinkers.  Yet, much of the emergent transformation discourse is characterized by a normative tone that presents radical change as both apolitical and inevitable.  Transformations, I suggest, are ultimately shaped by multiple actors, with multiple forms of power, pursuing multiple objectives across scales and, as such, are usefully understood as inherently political and subjective.
Cost: Free. More info: https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/events/seminar-series-mar-22

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GLOBAL HEALTH: BRIDGING THE DISCIPLINARY DIVIDES WORKSHOP
March 25 @ 8:00 am - March 26 @ 5:00 pm
Workshop organizers: Karen Grepin, Valerie Percival, Amy Patterson, Garrett Wallace Brown, Owain Williams, and James Orbinski
The BSIA is hosting a two day workshop from March 25-26, 2019. The theme of the workshop is “Global Health: Bridging the Disciplinary Divides.” The objective of the workshop is to examine how different disciplines approach, analyse and understand key global health challenges; if and how these different approaches impede research and policy progress; and how to overcome interdisciplinary divisions to make progress in research and policy on global health issues. We hope that the outcomes of the conference will include journal articles as well as the establishment of an International Consortium on Social Science and Global Health. If you are interested in participating, please contact one of the workshop organizers, Amber Warnat at AmberWarnat at cmail.carleton.ca<mailto:AmberWarnat at cmail.carleton.ca>.
More details: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/global-health-bridging-the-disciplinary-divides-workshop/

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2019 HAGEY LECTURE: LIVING INDIGENOUS LAW IN CANADA
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 — 7:00 PM EDT
FED - Federation Hall
200 University Avenue West
Universityof Waterloo
John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, will deliver the 2019 Hagey Lecture, “Living Indigenous Law in Canada,” at the University of Waterloo on March 25.
Borrows' forthcoming book, Law’s Indigenous Ethics, examines how Indigenous law can shed light on Canadian law's approach to treaties, Aboriginal title, legal education, and the continuing legacy of residential schools. The Anishinaabe legal lens for this event is organized around seven grandmother/grandfather teachings: love, truth, bravery, humility, wisdom, honesty and respect. Anishinaabe stories, language, theories and practices are blended with detailed analysis of Canadian case law, statutes, policies and constitutional practices to illustrate the possibilities and limits of the grandmother/grandfather teachings.
A catered reception will follow the lecture, during which you can purchase books by the speaker.
Free event, more details and to RSVP: https://uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectures/events/2019-hagey-lecture-living-indigenous-law-canada

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DREAMING OF A VETTER WORLD
Playing at Princess Original
Wed, Mar 27 - 7:00 pm
Princess Theatre
6 Princess St, Waterloo
“If there is one person who embodies how far organic farming and food have come, it is David Vetter. An organic farmer in Marquette, Nebraska for more than 40 years, Vetter grew organic when few people were. He started with a spiritual commitment to being a good steward of the land, to making his soil healthy and fertile, and to growing organic crops and livestock without agricultural chemicals. He succeeded. His business, Grain Place Foods, is a thriving organic grain processor.
“David Vetter’s journey as an organic farmer is told in an inspiring new documentary by filmmaker Bonnie Hawthorne, Dreaming of a Vetter World, whose executive producer is noted film actor Steve Buscemi.
“The film chronicles the history of the Vetters’ farm, starting with David’s father Don, who, concerned about the toxicity of agricultural chemicals, stopped using them in the early 1950s. “In 1953, I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to do this anymore,” Don says in the film.
“Dreaming of a Vetter World is a primer on regenerative agriculture for any farmer and the value of organic farming for everyone else. Mostly, it is an inspiring story of how one humble man succeeded against all odds, and made a positive difference in the world.” - The Organic and Non-GMO Report
More info: https://www.princesscinemas.com/movie/dreaming-of-a-vetter-world


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CINEMA SERIES: "MENSTRUAL MAN" AND "PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE."
Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm
Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada
Public Event: Cinema Series
About "Menstrual Man"
Arunachalam Muruganantham was a school dropout who, after discovering his wife's rudimentary means of managing her period, went on a quest to provide low cost sanitary towels to rural Indian women. With limited resources at his disposal, he adopted extreme methods to conduct his research. At first he was labelled a pervert and shunned. Today, Muruganantham is hailed as a visionary who is empowering rural women across India. Menstrual Man tells the inspiring story of an unlikely hero who stood up for India’s ignored. A critical and audience favourite, the film underscores the importance of empowering women to combat poverty, and the power in every individual to make a difference.
About "Period. End of Sentence."
Winner of the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Period. End Of Sentence. follows girls and women in Hapur, India and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village. One young woman tells her dreams of becoming a police officer. Another girl discusses the taboo of menstruation, the importance of education, and how she had to drop out of school when she got her period. Soon, many women in Hanpur are determined to work on the pad machine (which will earn them more money than their prior work in the fields), and to create a micro-economy to support themselves for the very first time.
About the Cinema Series:
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Grand River Film Festival, and THEMUSEUM to deliver public film screening events throughout the year. Free event, more details and to RSVP: https://www.cigionline.org/events/cinema-series-menstrual-man-and-period-end-sentence

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RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE – AN EVENING WITH RICHARD HEINBERG
Public · Hosted by Transition Guelph
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 7 PM – 9 PM
Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute
289 College Avenue West, Guelph, Ontario N1G 1S9
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/247580692798707/

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EMPTY PLANET: PREPARING FOR THE GLOBAL POPULATION DECLINE
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 7:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm
Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada
Public Event: Community Event
Speakers: Darrell Bricker John Ibbitson
According to the United Nations, the world’s population reached seven billion in late 2011. For many, this landmark was seen as a clear sign of crisis: an indication that humans are reproducing unchecked, leading us into a future of increasing poverty, food shortages, conflict, and environmental degradation. But a growing group of demographers is convinced that the UN is wrong: the planet faces not a population bomb, but a population bust. For most of history, population decline has been the result of catastrophe—environmental events, famine, or disease. Now, however, fertility rates are falling for a different reason: we’re choosing to have fewer kids.
“In roughly three decades, the global population will begin to decline,” say Darrel Bricker and John Ibbitson in their new book EMPTY PLANET: The Shock of Global Population Decline. “Once that decline begins, it will never end.”
Amidst warnings of overpopulation, such a trend might seem like a good thing, especially for the environment. But, a declining population will also lead to massive economic upheaval, with fewer people available each year to buy houses and cars and baby strollers, and fewer taxpayers available to support the health-care needs of an aging population. And when some of the big superpowers, like Russia and China, start losing population, the tensions could strain hopes for world peace.
In this presentation, Bricker and Ibbitson assert that to combat depopulation, nations must embrace both values - though the first is difficult and the second, for some, may prove impossible.
More details and to RSVP:  https://www.cigionline.org/events/empty-planet-preparing-global-population-decline

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,

Tamara Lorincz

PS. In Toronto at the end of the month…

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CANADA OUT OF NATO
No to the Military Alliance; Yes to Peace and Disarmament!
Wednesday, March 27
12:00-1:00 pm
60 Harbour St., Toronto
(corner with Bay St. near the Queen's Quay Ferry Docks Terminal)

Every month this year, the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) will be holding a peace vigil outside the NATO Association of Canada headquarters in downtown Toronto corner of Harbour St and Bay St. This year is the 70th anniversary of this male-dominated military alliance and Cold War relic that threatens our security. NATO has been involved in illegal interventions in Serbia and Afghanistan and destabilizing operations in Libya, Ukraine, Latvia and Poland etc...  NATO members are the world's largest weapons manufacturers and arms companies like Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics fund the NATO Association of Canada. NATO puts intense pressure on Canada every year to increase military spending, which diverts public funding away from urgent social and environmental needs. NATO relies on a dangerous nuclear arsenal and refuses to disarm. VOW is calling for the Canadian government to withdraw from NATO and work through the United Nations on disarmament and the Sustainable Development Goals that will bring genuine human security. No to NATO; yes to peace, nonviolence and sustainability!

Organized by the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
https://www.facebook.com/events/843219112691625/