2017 (Green) Party in The Park!

20 July 201727 July 2017 Laurel L. Russwurm event, Green Party of Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, Mike Schreiner

Whether you’re an official Green Party of Ontario member, a GPO supporter, or even if you’re just a thinker green thoughts, you’re invited to Riverside Park in Guelph for a (Green) Party In The Park.

Anyone is welcome, even if you’re just curious about the Party that convinced the Government of Ontario to bump up the rates (from $3.71 per million litres to $53.71 per million litres) commercial watertakers like Nestlé pay for our municipal water. That’s still too little — it’s still only about a third of what we pay, but it’s a pretty impressive achievement for a party without a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. If Ontario wants better, we’ll need to start actually voting Green.

The official reason for the party is a Guelph Green Party of Ontario nomination meeting which will launch Mike Schreiner‘s bid to become the first Green Party member in Queen’s Park!

Come on out and meet Mike! Join the free fun with an RSVP:

RSVP ~ (Green) Party In The Park ~ 2017

Fun

connect with the green community

Food

from Schmuck Truck and Bluewater Creamery

Keynote

from newly elected BCGreens MLA Adam Olsen

Kidzone

with bubbles and facepaint!

Live Music

from the awesome Joni Nehrita

and the Andrew Craig Trio

Spread the word in your own neighbourhood!
Print a poster or two and post them on Grocery Store & other Community Bulletin Boards
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Discover the Fun at Open Streets Sunday!

15 July 201715 July 2017 Laurel L. Russwurm event Discovery Pass, Open Streets, Parks Canada

There’s always lots to see and do at Open Streets Uptown Waterloo.

Look For the Waterloo Greens booth at the Open Streets Marketplace in Waterloo Public Square!

Drop by the WRGreens Booth chat about green issues, find out more about the local green goings on, or just to say “hi.”

Draw!!! We’ll be drawing for free Parks Canada Discovery Passes throughout the afternoon. The Discovery Pass is good for free admission to these Parks Canada Sites throughout this year.

Waterloo Region sites include WoodsideWoodside National Historic Site and Waterloo Pioneers Memorial Tower. Some of the other Ontario sites include HMCS Haida National Historic Site, Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site, Queenston Heights National Historic Site, and my own favourite, Bruce Peninsula National Park. And there are other National Parks spread across Canada.

Because of the ongoing LRT construction disruption, Open Streets has taken to the trails for this year. Here’s the map:

Hope to see you there!

[reblogged from Kitchener—Conestoga Greens]

WR Greens at the Nonviolence Day In The Park

6 July 20176 July 2017 Bob Jonkman Festival, Waterloo Region Day In The Park, Kitchener, Roos Island, Victoria Park, WR Nonviolence

Green Parties the world over share the same core values. The Green Party of Canada lists them as:

Non-Violence
Sustainability
Social Justice
Ecological Wisdom
Participatory Democracy
Respect for Diversity

Join the Waterloo Region Greens as we celebrate the first of these, Nonviolence, at the WR Nonviolence Day In The Park, this Sunday, 9 July from noon to 5:00pm at Roos Island in Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario Map.