Tues February 2nd 7:30-8:30pm
MONARCH MIGRATION: Across a Continent on a Wing and a Prayer
Flashy in orange and black, Monarch butterflies turn heads. What truly captures the imagination, however, is their extraordinary annual journey from local roadsides and meadows to the remote highlands of Mexico. UWO biologist Jeremy McNeil traces their amazing life story. Central Library, 251 Dundas St. ~ Wolf Performance Hall
Sat February 6th 1-3pm
FOTCSI's Annual General Meeting: Annual General Meeting of Friends of the Coves Subwatershed Inc. Landon Branch of the London Public Library, 167 Wortley Road
Tues February 9th 7:30-8:30pm
WETLAND WILDFLOWERS: Ingeniously Adapted to Life with Wet Feet
Life in abundance thrives in watery places – marshes, swamps, ponds and more. Robust yet delicately beautiful, wetland wildflowers surmount challenging conditions, thanks to air bladders, floating leaves and other tricks. UWO botanist Jane Bowles reveals their strategies and their world. Central Library, 251 Dundas St. ~ Wolf Performance Hall
Thurs Feb 11th 7-8:30pm
Talk: Social Justice - Climate-Driven Natural Disasters
Professor Gordon McBean, CM, PhD, FRSC - University of Western Ontario, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Professor McBean is a climate scientist. He shared in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is a Member of the Order of Canada and chairs the international Science Committee for the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Program and the Board for START International (building regional research capacity in Africa and Asia).
Hosted by: Social Justice Committee, St. Mike's Parish Church, Community Hall, 515 Cheapside Street (near Maitland Street)
Tues February 16th 6:30pm arrivals, 7pm speaker
GREENDRINKS LONDON: Ian Colin James - Fly Fishing & the Thames River
Ian Colin James is a fly fishing guide, national best selling author and a conservationist. In January of 2009, he began teaching the first accredited fly fishing course in Canada at Fanshawe College. Ian is well known for his quick, dry Scottish wit and his after dinner speaking engagements have taken him all across Canada and the USA. Ian has been involved in the Springbank Dam fiasco for 8 years and that's what he is going to chat about at GreenDrinks. If you want to know anything about the fish and the wildlife along the Thames River, this is probably your best chance to find out as Ian spends a lot of time guiding there.
Where: Morrissey House, 359 Dundas Street (downtown between Waterloo and Colborne).
Tues February 16th 7:30–8:30pm
London’s Amazing Tree Quest: Our Forest, Your Trees
Boulevard, backyard and parkland trees team up to create London’s urban forest. In 2009 ReForest London organized a contest to discover the city’s most distinctive trees – from the spectacular to the spooky. The City in partnership with the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture also conducted a statistical analysis of our trees. Ivan Listar, London’s Urban Forester, presents the fascinating results of the Quest and interesting facts about our urban forest. Central Library, 251 Dundas St. ~ Wolf Performance Hall
Tues February 16th 10-2pm
Green Jobs Now
Do environmentally friendly companies and green jobs have a place now and in the future of London and Middlesex's economic development plan? Join local green innovators, educators, employers and employees to learn about environmental initiatives, training, and job creation. Participants will have a chance to listen, learn, and ask questions. Central 1st Floor Stevenson & Hunt (A+B) Drop In, Free, No Registration Required
Sat February 20th 9-5pm
Seedy Saturday: Unleash Your Inner Gardener
Where: Parish Hall of Trinity Anglican Church in Port Burwell.
Organized by former Londoners Sean Hurley and Bev Wagar in support of Seeds of Diversity Canada.
Workshop and presentation highlights include:
Seed starting Workshop
Heirloom Seed Vendors
Kim Delaney Hawthorn Organic Farm “ Growing your dreams: Favourite Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers”
Ken McMullen of Spring Arbour Farm “Heirloom Flowers”
Horticulturalist, Daisy Moore “Gardening by Choice, Chance and Necessity”
Tickets cost $20 for the whole day including a dinner using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients….or $10 without the dinner. For more detailed information and to purchase tickets for this event, please visit this website: http://theviennacafe.ca/seedysaturdays/. Please book early as tickets for this event will sell out.
Sun February 21st 1:30pm
McIlwraith Field Naturalists. GIBBONS PARK STROLL. Meet the guide in the parking lot at the bottom of the hill at the west end of Grosvenor Street to go for a stroll along the river. Call 519-438-5879 if more information is required.
Sun February 21st 9-11am
Sustainable Living Open House
Where: 48 Strachan Street Port Burwell.
Organized by Matt Redsell., Mat is an avid enthusiast and innovator where sustainable living is concerned and he has offered a tour (for up to 15 people) of his facility at no cost. Suggested donation is $5.
Mat has much practical experience not limited to the following:
On site Bio-diesel production,
On site Windmill construction
Solar electric cells
On site Passive Solar Heating
Evacuated tube solar water heating
More information relating to Mat and his sustainable living experiments can be found here: http://continuo.com/sustainable living/sustainable living.htm.
We encourage people to car share their way down to the events and hopefully the Transition Town Facebook group can assist in facilitating discussion in that regard.
Finally, for individuals unable to attend these events due to combined costs of ticket price and accommodation issues, please contact Transition London: Transtionlondon@gmail.com
Mon February 22nd 4:30-6:00pm
UWO PUBLIC LECTURE: The 2 degrees challenge: Climate catastrophe or sustainable inspiration?
Who: David Noble, Founder & Principal of 2 degrees C,
Where: Middlesex College Room 110
Public Lecture - All Welcome
Fresh from the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, activist David Noble, will give a firsthand perspective as a participant. What was achieved? Anything, or was it just a lot of hot air? What were the conference outcomes? How does the world view climate change? Two degrees C of global warming over pre-industrial global average temperatures is viewed as a critical threshold above which the risks of catastrophic climate change increase dramatically. Are we moving in the right 2 degree direction?
David Noble is founder and principal of 2degreesC, a global organization with a core team in Canada that works with and through a network of partners, clients and friends all around the world. It is dedicated to advancing collective action and transformational change in response to the global climate crisis.
Copenhagen was David’s fifth international climate negotiation. He has trained with Al Gore and is a presenter with the Climate Project, has been a keynote and featured presenter to diverse audiences in 10 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. He has worked on more than 60 projects spanning the public, private and youth sectors, academia, and various professional sectors.
David’s articles appear frequently in professional and general interest publications, and he has contributed to several national and international reports, including a UNICEF report on the human security impacts of climate change on children. He co-edited and wrote for, Stepping up to the Climate Change Challenge: Perspectives on local government leadership, policy and practice, distributed to nearly 4,000 Mayors and chief administrators in municipalities across Canada.
David Noble is a man of passion and purpose. Audiences have called his talks energetic, exciting, motivating, inspiring, hopeful, and not to be missed!
We are pleased to invite everyone to participate in this special speaker event.
Tues February 23rd 7:30–9:30pm
Light Rail Transit for London ~ Public Meeting
Rails for London Kathyrn Nikota and Dean Tolton, graduates of the Integrated Land Planning Technologies program of Fanshawe College present their proposal for a Light Rail Transit System for London. Their research demonstrates how LRT systems create friendly, safe and exciting places to live. Attend the presentation this coming Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:30 in the Stevenson & Hunt Room of the Central Library. Our great-grandparents enjoyed three light rail systems in the early 20th century here in London. Streetcars were operated by the London Street Railway Co. The Southwestern Traction Line provided light rail service from it's depot on Horton St. to Pt. Stanley via Lambeth, Glanworth, & St. Thomas. The London and Port Stanley Railway, also based in the SoHo area and electrified by Sir Adam Beck, was the finest electric system in Canada. A display in the London Room of the Central Library created by London Historian Alice Gibb provides historical background on the Traction Line and the London &Port Stanley Railway. Bombardier of Canada is a leader in the field of Light Rail Transit, supplying trainsets for use in LRT systems all over the world. We have the technology. This presentation is sponsored by the Friends of Public Transit Contact: Stephen Harding (519) 451-8252. Venue: Central Library, Stevenson & Hunt Room
Tues February 23rd 7:30–8:30pm
“THE COVES” OF LONDON: A Secluded Natural Gem
The quiet oxbow ponds and wetlands of The Coves Environmentally Significant Area are remnants of an ancient meander of the Thames. Jaclyn Goodwillie, of Friends of the Coves Subwatershed, invites us inside for a peek into this oasis of wildlife in south London. Central Library, 251 Dundas St. ~ Wolf Performance Hall
Wed February 24th 6-9:30pm
Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Charity Dinner
A charity dinner benefiting Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is being hosted by Jeve's Pet Care at Waldo's on King in London. Enjoy a delicious dinner, wildlife presentation, silent auction, door prizes and musical entertainment. Tickets are $30 and seating is limited. Contact Jeve at 519-204-5383 to purchase tickets or donate auction items. Look forward to seeing you there!!!
Sat February 27th 1-4pm
"Seeding" Hands-On Workshop - London City Farm Network
Dear Gardening Enthusiast: This season our farming project is developing extended season and will be planting seeds in trays to jump start! We are looking for folks who would like to spend a quiet afternoon learning to seed in the greenhouse located at 1501 Dundas Street - just past Trails End Farmer's Market. We will be arranging for car pool, so please RSVP Rose White at rosemary.white.cf@gmail.com to reserve a ride or to let us know you have room in your vehicle.
We will also be making space available for rent if you would like to seed your own garden this year. The cost is $.75 per square foot. First come basis - space is limited.
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