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Sustainable street art

moss graffiti at it`s finest

Graffiti is a meaningful form of artistic protest that can reach a populous audience who might not otherwise be aware of an issue. But when your issue is the environment, using chemical spray paints as a medium can defeat the message. For many activists, sustainable street art is the answer.

Moss art

To make moss art, get a blender set up and ready to go. Pour 700ml of lukewarm water into the blender, then Crumble three handfuls of moss (can be found between the cracks in pavement, on drainpipe covers, urban backyards, anywhere it's damp and shady) in the water.

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Redeye

Roots to Grow: The need for radical spaces in movement-building

November 23, 2011
| The Occupy movement is based on the premise that radical things happen once people have a physical space. Lisa Moore explores the theme of radical spaces and their role in movement-building.

14:46 minutes (13.53 MB)

Friends of Landsdowne Park appeal P3 approval

| October 19, 2011

Bikers take up a whole lane day

Jul 16 2011 - 7:30am
Jul 16 2011 - 11:30am

Location

Everywhere! Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W

People are meeting up in cafes, parks, street corners and neighbourhoods across the city! They will be taking a ride in the middle of the road all over the city! Make sure the roads you're riding on don't already have bike lanes -- we want to use them! But roads without bike lanes are fair game. Bike Lanes Save Lives! And the way City Hall is acting, we ain't getting any respect!

More info and RSVP on the Facebook page.

Columnists

What's in a name?

What's in a name? Take socialism.

When I see how opinion leaders all agree the NDP should erase it from party documents, I start thinking they should keep it. Anything that irritates so many sententious people must have a secret ingredient.

The word itself is malleable. It doesn't carry specific historical baggage like communism, Stalinism or fascism. It's more like newspaper, which used to have a lot to do with news and paper. Now it's harder to figure out what's news and it isn't always paper. Newspapers are often out there in the ether, another word that used to mean something else.

Pivot Legal Society

Pivot's social change through Vancouver public space

February 16, 2011
| John Richardson, founder of the Pivot Legal Society, delivers a short talk at Change Through on Pivot's role in using Vancouver public space for social change.

9:37 minutes (8.81 MB)

Dave Meslin on 'redefining apathy'

At TEDxToronto Dave Meslin argues that apathy as we think we know it doesn't exist -- we live in a world that actively discourages engagement. Video by TEDx Talks.

Decoder

Decoder - Episode 5

April 22, 2010
| On this episode – do cameras belong in the courtroom? ...we visit a classroom where students are encouraged to use iPods in class… and is the best teacher of internet safety the internet itself?

29:55 minutes (27.39 MB)

Green Culture Festival

Bellevue Square Park in Kensington Market recently played host to the Green Culture Festival. (Photo: John Bonnar)

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Redeye

Mapping surveillance cameras in Vancouver

August 19, 2009
| On August 23, the Vancouver Public Space Network is going to do a count of all the video cameras in Vancouver's downtown eastside and central business district.

14:26 minutes (13.22 MB)
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