Tides Canada » Events http://tidescanada.org Tides provides solutions to donors and organizations passionate about changing the world. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Funding Program for Social Enterprise http://www.socialinnovation.ca/enp-orientation http://www.socialinnovation.ca/enp-orientation#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:04:09 +0000 admin http://tidescanadafoundation.org/?p=134 TORONTO July

Enterprising Non-Profits Toronto is designed to seed and support social enterprise in the Greater Toronto Area. They will distribute matching grants of up to $10,000 to nonprofits and registered charities.

To apply for funding you must attend an orientation
1st Orientation is on July 10

]]> http://www.socialinnovation.ca/enp-orientation/feed/ Sharing for Social Change http://www.socialinnovation.ca/sharingforsocialchange http://www.socialinnovation.ca/sharingforsocialchange#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:48:55 +0000 admin http://tidescanadafoundation.org/?p=118 SHARING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: An Exploration of Shared Space and Shared Service Models in Ontario’s Non-Profit Sector

Hosted by: Tides Canada, Sage Centre and The Centre for Social Innovation

TORONTO June 18 2008
MaRS Discovery District, TORONTO

]]> http://www.socialinnovation.ca/sharingforsocialchange/feed/ Canadian Premier of The Edge of Eden Living with Grizzlies http://tidescanada.org/2007/05/22/canadian-premier-of-the-edge-of-eden-living-with-grizzlies/ http://tidescanada.org/2007/05/22/canadian-premier-of-the-edge-of-eden-living-with-grizzlies/#comments Tue, 22 May 2007 13:17:51 +0000 admin http://tidescanadafoundation.org/?p=128 Opening night gala DOXA, Canada’s largest Documentary Film Festival features Sage Centre’s Charlie Russell and his groundbreaking work with wild bears. View the PDF.

]]> http://tidescanada.org/2007/05/22/canadian-premier-of-the-edge-of-eden-living-with-grizzlies/feed/ Special Event - April 4th, 2007 http://tidescanada.org/2007/04/04/special-event-april-4th-2007/ http://tidescanada.org/2007/04/04/special-event-april-4th-2007/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:46:10 +0000 admin http://tidescanadafoundation.org/?p=130 On Wednesday, April 4th, 2007, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at the Vancouver Museum, Tides Canada Foundation welcomed Terry Tamminen for a reading and discussion on his newest book, ‘Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction’.

Terry Tamminen is California Governor Schwarzenegger’s environmental advisor and has previously been the head of the California Environmental Protection Agency, and a former state cabinet secretary. His book, "Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction" is an excellent read that offers a first hand, passionate, fact-packed overview of the undeniable evidence against Big Oil while calling for new energy policies to shift away from fossil fuel dependency and promote conservation.

Highlighted with numerous statistics, each chapter examines our fossil fuel dependency in real cost — not just through dollars and cents, but in compromised health resulting from exposure to toxic air pollution, environmental degradation, social injustice, and instability provoked by the pursuit of oil.

LIVES PER GALLON The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction

Terry’s new book, Lives Per Gallon, is an unblinking assessment of the true price of petroleum and a prescription for change. The choice is clear: continuing paying with our health, or kick our addiction and evolve beyond an oil-dependent economy. …More

 

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