Cinco de Mayo May 5 2025 CILU Radio show references & script

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Featured Podcast: Growing Dirt : Kevin Brooks Supports Community Action

DrawDown Project three spheres of needed change:

Waste Less (GHG emmissions to net zero)

Restore Carbon Sinks (healthy ecosystems capture carbon)

Improve Society (many hands make for light work)

Featured Book: Value(s) Building a Better World for All by Mark Carney (2021)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/21/values-by-mark-carney-review-call-for-a-new-kind-of-economics

News of Welcome Climate Action in NWO:

Seven Ontario Youth took Ontario Gov't to court in 2018 saying province's decision to roll back it's climate action jeopardizes their constitutional right to life. Ontario's Superior Court ordered a new trial last Christmas. The Province appealed that decision with the Federal Supreme Court. That appeal was held last week & the Federal Supreme Court decided the Province could not get out of this, the youth's argument is strong and needs to be heard, and now it will be. Seven young people fighting seven years now to hold the Provincial Gov't Accountable for the cost of their Governance Decisions on the future we all share. Thank you! Wow. Pushing for systemic change from within can feel Sysyphisician, but this group keeps regrouping and getting this important point back onto the Agenda. Big News. Legal experts say the case could clarify whether governments in Canada have any constitutional obligation to protect Canadians from climate change (to quote the CBC article you can find on my blog). Of the seven Madison Dyck and Shelby Gagnon live here in Thunder Bay. Thank you friends and neighbours.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ontario-youth-climate-court-challenge-1.7523634

Cinco de Mayo - thought focus on cultural rooting into your place, your history and your home. What I thought Cinco de Mayo is all about for Mexicans. Then I looked it up. The Cinco de Mayo is not as big a deal in Mexico as in the US. Kind of like St Patty's Day and Ireland. Also like St Patty's Day, it's high profile in the US seems to be in no small part thanks to alcohol advertising. But although St. Patty may never have had a snake to drive out of Ireland, Cinco de Mayo marks a true driving out of aggressive invaders.

Cinco de Mayo marks the Battle of Pueblo in 1862. Fifteen years earlier than that battle, Mexico fought for its independance against the United States. Shortly thereafter it suffered a civil war, with the country divided between those that believed Mexico's leadership should be closely tied to the Catholic Church, and those that believed in religious freedom and the division of church and state. Three years into that civil war, with the country on the brink of bankruptcy, France decided to annex Mexico, to claim it as "Latin America", which for them meant allied more with the Latin Language countries of Europe than with the English and Germanic roots of the United States. The Mexicans were not delighted at the prospect of becoming a secondary state, subservient to French interest, and fought for their sovereignty.

I've got to pause here and ask - does this sound at all familiar my 51st state rebel friends?

Was Mexico weary and divided when France first announced their plans to take them over, then invaded. Civil War my friends, three years into it - can't get more divided than that.

And yet, when their sovereignty was challenged, the Mexican's united. The French landed in Veracruz and pushed towards Mexico City, with an army twice the size and way better equipped than poor, long embattled Mexico. Then, a few terrible, bloody months later, 4,000 beat 8,000 much better equipped soldiers. Mexico won, two to one.

On May 5 1862 the Mexicans decisively defeated the French.

That is the anniversary celebrated on the Cinco de Mayo.

music: Cielito Lindos Huesteco by Mariachi Vargas

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Deer hide tanning mentor program at Chippewa Park May 7-11 priority Ft Wllm & indigenous youth. Learn process start to finish w master hide tanner Nate Johnson. Leave w hide you worked! It is a small group but I hear a spot or two might yet be open. If this intrigues you, or makes you think of a young person you think might want to be a part of this, reach out: Email on my blog or contact FWFN bank office. HaileyMacLaurin@FWFN.COM

Food Sovereignty Project Grand Council Treaty #3 May 21 at Coochiching first nation noon to 6
Conducting a pre-feasibility study to assess barriers to food access, create an action plan towards sovereignty. Registration is now open - and what an important, timely conversation to support. Contact maria.montoya@treaty3.caww.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2025/04/nature-tops-list-of-most-resonant-sources-of-national-identity/

According to a poll of over 1500 Canadians done April 14-21 - most Canadians are concerned that the Trump administration may attempt to seize our water, that they believe nature should be funded in order to ensure its protection and preservation, and that those harming nature through commercial activities should not be subsidized

Featured Book: Value(s) Building a Better World for All by Mark Carney (2021) pg 3 & 527-528 Humility

Build Connection to Land & Nature - Attended conference at LU Thurs & Friday (lunch & radio-alternative while at work) biology PhD, post-Doc & Masters. Energy-generation potential in Algae; nature-mimicking technology innovations; using micro-buddies to decompose back to their core (and therefore non-toxic) elements things like tires and leachate from dumps - and even the so-called forever chemicals like we use to coat non-stick frying pans, for instance. The better we pay attention to nature, the more we are both humbled and empowered.

Conversation with Kevin Brooks featured on the podcast - how an academic focused on community empowerment and social change, fell for composting:

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Music: Amanda Martinez - Hasta Que Pueda (until I can)

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Crafting Community For Climate Action - call for donations, and registration for free Saturday Afternoon series starting May 17 from 1-4 at LU's music & visual arts building. Led by local artist: Tuija Hansen with Kayeleigh Larocque, Natalia Moskwa, and Georgia Wilkins. The core of this project asks, “How might we, as artists, act on and inspire positive climate action?” Using recycled materials that are often discarded, we will craft inventive artworks intended for exhibition. In the process, we’ll add value to discarded / non-recyclable materials while becoming more aware of our effects and impact on climate, as artists and makers. Collecting materials NOW (scrapbooking, wrapping, fine, japanese papers - projects include: handstitched fiber vessels; plastic bag crocheted communally into a blanket; fabric scrap mosaic (stitch free!); broken pottery made into mosaic tiles. Parking is FREE Saturdays and the space is WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. TO REGISTER AND FIND OUT MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://www.mindfulmakers.org/.../events/crafting-community

Supported by: Mindful Makers Collective, Goods Co. Market, The Lakehead University Music and Visual Arts Department, Eco-Superior, and the community of Thunder Bay! 

Plus: Drop-in Open Studio maker space: 1-4 pm Tuesdays in May and June, 2025 Bring a creative project and supplies from home to use or share, or create using what supplies are available. Instruction is not provided, but skills sharing among artists is always welcome. Room # MV2006 (upstairs), Lakehead University’s Music and Visual Arts Buildling. City busses stop at the University, and metered parking is available near by for $1.50 / hour. Parking passes are also available at the Pay and Display machine for the same hourly rate. Have questions? Coordinator@MindfulMakers.org

Search for Happiness premiere yesterday - produced & featuring Samantha Plavins. Bhutan. Let it find you. Today church sermon Rev. Deborah Kraft - Grace is always with us, open our hearts and attention to find it. Both: outside our heads, in the world around us. Quality, not quantity.

la vida es un carnaval celia cruz

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TBay Climate Transitions Collaborative deputation to council requesting the City Adopt Green Development Standards -Council passed the following resolution: to review the feasibility of adopting Green Development Standards in the City of Thunder Bay; AND THAT the report include, at minimum, the following:

 A review of GDS models implemented in comparable municipalities, with consideration of tiered or phased-in approaches;

 An analysis of the potential cost implications for new residential development, with particular attention to affordable and entry-level housing;

 Identification of potential funding programs, incentives, or grants that could offset additional costs for homeowners, developers, and non-profit housing providers;

 Engagement with key stakeholders, including the development community, housing organizations, environmental experts, and residents;

 Options to address equity and accessibility, including supports or exemptions for non-market and supportive housing projects;

 An implementation framework outlining possible voluntary, incentivized, and/or mandatory components, including associated timelines.

Report back to Council on or before Q2 2027 - with by-laws to be ratified

Featured Book: Values: Building a Better World For All by Mark Carney

Pg 362 What Leaders Do; Value Base Leadership pg 368-371, 380, 387

Featured Podcast: Kevin Brooks: building cohesive community action

song: Jeffe des Jeffes - by Los Tigres Del Norte

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Cradleboard Exhibit May 10 & May 11 (Mother's Day) 11-4 612 Simpson St.

pay what you can. Indigenous Women Led collection of Cradleboards - the CradleBoard Collective

https://calendar.visitthunderbay.com/default/Detail/2025-05-11-1100-Mothers-Day-Historic-Cradleboard-Exhibit

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Quest - Friday May 9 10-6 & 10 Sat noon - 6 Ft Wllm Gardens Tech & Gaming FREE hands on, demos, gaming

https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/tbay-games/new-events-quest-tech-and-gaming.aspx

SunDay has been officially launched - a day celebrating solar and wind power and leaving fossil fuels behind - will take place on the weekend including Sunday, September 21st. Sun and wind are already the cheapest: we need to move them from "alternative energy" in people's minds to the cheapest and only logical energy. Check Bill McKibben's post for inspiration. We could have a bike and e-bike parade, climate art installations, a climate or proportional representation rally - propose something and commit to leading or co-leading it, and we'll make it happen!

Port Arthur Legion

Sunday: Mother's Day Breakfast $20 adults $12 kids eggs, sausage, potatoes, pancakes, french toast
Friday: Stead & Spud 6oz steak, baked potato, carrots, tea / coffee & desert $20 each
229 Van Norman St. 10 - 1 https://portarthurlegion.ca/

Featured Book: Values by Mark Carney How Canada Can Build Value for All pf 470-471

Music: Natalia Lafourcade El Destino (2002 self titled debut album)

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We now have an official chapter of Fair Vote Canada in Thunder Bay. Fair Vote Thunder Bay!! Only a system of proportional representation will:

- make every vote count

- produce governments that genuinely reflect the will of Canadian voters

- eliminate false majority governments

- eliminate the need for strategic voting

- reduce partisan hostilities and flip-flop legislation (on important environmental issues, among other things)

To support the goals of Fair Vote Canada, which is a non-partisan, non-profit organization, they can find out more by visiting fairvote.ca and/or sign the Declaration of Voters' Rights at https://secure.fairvote.ca/en/declaration

Longest Ballot Protest in Carlton - Pierre Polievre's riding. 91 candidates, 85 of them protesters responded to the Longest Ballot Committee's posts on social media looking for volunteers to run in designated ridings as part of an electoral reform protest.  https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/longest-ballot-protest-carleton-riding Volunteer because they believe the current system — first past the post — needs to be reformed to elect governments that better reflect society and voters. Members of the Longest Ballot committee collected the necessary signatures (each candidate must submit signatures from at least 100 residents of the riding). “All I had to do was fill out the electronic forms on the Elections Canada site and prove I was the actual person and qualified to run.” Many had done this more than once before: municipal, provincial, bi-elections. Growing movement

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 Climate Justice Lakehead is asking students and community members to sign this petition asking Lakehead University to develop a Decarbonization Plan within one year, and then to begin implementing that plan. Joining movement on campuses accross the Country

music: Pa'lante by Salomon Bede

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Initiative to add a garden to the Habit!

The St. John Street Community Garden Expansion Project - Go Fund Me:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-st-john-street-community-garden-expansion

With the support of representatives from the City of Thunder Bay and Scotland Morrison, Lead Pastor of The Urban Abbey, we are raising funds to expand the footprint of the community garden and build a new garden to serve the Urban Abbey's Community Meal program. Funds permitting, we also hope to install a learning garden, permaculture, a seating area, and herb and pollinator gardens. All funds raised will go directly toward purchasing plants, topsoil, gravel, compost, mulch, and building materials.

Best of all, The Urban Abbey has pledged matching funds to make your dollars go twice as far!

Your one-time, tax deductible donation will enhance and beautify the greenspace and deliver fresh, shelf stable produce directly to the Urban Abbey's meal program for years to come. The community garden and the Urban Abbey kitchen garden will be flanked by perennial beds overflowing with Milkweed, Coneflower, Switchgrass, Little Bluestem, Chives, and Black-Eyed Susan, all grown from seed. Also awaiting transplant are hundreds more veggie and herb seedlings that have been growing since early April: Squash, Cucumber, Zucchini, Cabbage, Tomato, Basil, Rosemary, Oregano, and Thyme.

https://www.tbdhu.com/sites/default/files/files/resource/2016-02/Community%20Gardens.pdf - N-149 Community Gardens coalition offers to help groups get gardening - information, tools, advice

https://cerah.lakeheadu.ca/dementiagardens/ - LU & NorthWest Dementia Working Groups. Native Gardens to benefit community, particularly families living with dementia, Green Care model dignified outdoor day program. Seeking donations & volunteers.

music: Lhasa de Sela De Cara A La Pared