Sat, Feb 1, 2014
This event will feature a reading and talk by the author and a member of Jane Finch Action Against Poverty, as well a discussion among those in attendance about the topics touched on in the book.
What: According to a recent estimate by the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 400,000 people die every year as a result of the human-made global warming that has so far been created. The United Nations projects that 3 billion additional people may be pushed into extreme poverty by 2050 if the environmental devastation connected with global warming is not averted. Unless the interrelated problems of climate change and global poverty are dealt with in a timely manner we will turn Earth into a planet that is unable to sustain complex forms of human civilization, or worse. The scale of these problems should make it clear that individualist, lifestyle-centric approaches to activism will not suffice.
Location
Beit Zatoun
612 Markham St
M6G 2L8
Toronto, ONCanada
43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6832" WSee map: Google Maps