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Month: October 2024
Great News! Ontario’s Top Court Orders New Hearing in Youth Climate Case
This has the potential for major implications in holding Ontario and other provinces accountable for climate commitments under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Read about it here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-appeal-court-youth-led-climate-case-decision-1.7354795
Celebrate the Founding of Hamilton’s Newest Housing Co-op on November 2
One of the bright spots amid Hamilton’s housing crisis has been the creation of the Caroline Street Housing Co-operative. When residents of an older 21-unit apartment building learned it was for sale, they managed to negotiate to buy their own building to save its affordable rents and create a tenant-managed co-op. Learn more on Saturday … Read more
Two Great Speakers + Local Tenants’ Stories = One Exciting Housing Event on Friday November 15
You don’t want to miss Keys to Affordable Housing: A Hamilton-Burlington Tenants’ Forum. The proportion of renters is rising, as are rents and evictions. We’ll hear of the challenges and proposed solutions from local tenants, from Toronto tenant organizer Sharlene Henry (born in Hamilton), and from housing policy expert Dr. Carolyn Whitzman (a McMaster grad), … Read more
What is Forest Bathing and How Does it Connect to Deep Listening?
The term emerged in Japan in the 1980s as a physiological and psychological exercise called shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing” or “taking in the forest atmosphere”). The purpose was twofold: to offer an eco-antidote to tech-boom burnout and to inspire residents to reconnect with and protect the country’s forests. National Geographic, Oct. 18, 2019 Click here to … Read more