BUY LOCAL WEEK Dec 1-7 and HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Anarres newsletters are sent only once per month and (almost) always contain a bonus user-friendly article on a wholistic health topic.

I welcome your suggestions or comments.

Be well!

Tracey TieF

416 535 9620

1. Upcoming Workshops and Events: DIY Workshops and Sales galore!!!!

2. Specials for December, 2008: PWYC Hypnotherapy, CDs, DIY Holiday and Keener Cards, Paper Packing Tape PLUS bath salts, candles, oils, supplements, books...

3. Testimonial of The Month: Most interesting staff educational ever!

4. News: Etsy Shop, Holiday Anti-Freak Out Plan, and new incense

5. Bonus Article: It's Not Just a Good Gift For The Baby Jesus!

6. Be the Change You Want To See in the World Action Alerts: My Toronto Includes Wind Energy, Sing Along With Santa Claus, Community Right To Know By-Law

1. Upcoming Workshops and Events

What: Parkdale Project Read's Art and Craft Sale Fundraiser
When: Saturday, November 29, 10 am to 5 pm
Where: 1209 King Street West #2 at Dufferin
Activities: Choral performance 4 to 5 pm, Children's face painting and more from 2 pm.

Original art, knit wear, jewelry, pottery, baked goods, cards, photography, snacks, raffle prizes, learner's books & children activities, including making your very own button and much more…

WHO: Creative Women's Entrepreneurial Alliance of Toronto
WHAT: Women's Business Networking Event
WHERE: C'est What Restaurant, 67 Front St. (at Church), Toronto
WHEN: Sunday, November 30. 1 pm to 4pm
COST: $10 RSVP: www.torontocreatives.ca
FORMAT: 1-2 pm, mingling and registration; 2-3pm, Keynote. 3-4 pm "speed networking"

I will be providing reflexology massages to 6 lucky draw prize winners! Are you a creative woman who has turned a lifelong passion into a sustainable living? Perhaps you design websites or build furniture. Maybe you are a management consultant, a freelance writer, a café owner, a massage therapist or a dog groomer. Maybe you just like a good story. Whatever your business or creative interests, please join us for our very first networking event on November 30, with a keynote address by eco-entrepreneur, Beth Mairs. The intent of the event is to create a space for self-employed women to find contacts, customers and collaborators. Who is this event for? Any enterprising woman with a creative streak and a social conscience who is interested in meeting like-minds.

The following is a course my colleague Tarek Bibi is teaching. If you are interested, please let Tarek know you saw it announced in my newsletter.

What: Certified Past Life Regression Therapist
Where: Eglinton West Station
Who: Tarek Bibi, NGH Certified Hypnotist, NGH Certified Hypnosis Instructor
Rise and Shine Hypnosis "Changing the Universe One Mind at a Time"
647-340-5774 riseandshinehypnotherapy@gmail.com www.riseandshinehypnosis.com

If you enjoy helping people and would like to learn techniques to permanently create lasting changes in your own and other peoples lives using holistic methods while earning a new stream of income, then hypnotherapy might be for you. Learn hypnosis by an instructor who has developed easy and efficient techniques to get to the root of the problem and to completely heal it. Rise and shine's special promotion to Anarres Health subscribers: register a friend to be a certified past life regression therapist and enroll for free. Increase your income and explore the fascinating world of past lives. Limited seating. Promotion ends December 30th 2008. To register, contact: riseandshinehypnotherapy@gmail.com

What: Toronto Island Christmas Bazaar
When: Dec 5 Gala evening & 6 Saturday 11 am to 5 pm
Where: The Algonquin Island Association Club House

What: The Sassy Little Craft Show
When: Dec 6 & 7, Saturday and Sunday, 7pm-midnight
Where: The Victory Cafe 581 Markham Street (Bloor and Bathurst)
Contact: Christa and Audrey thesassylittlecraftshow@gmail.com

"This ain't your granny's church basement!" I am a bitchin' craft night where the kind of person who likes to support artists, own one-of-a-kind stuff, shop, drink, and dance 'til the wee hours is at their happiest. You'll find only the coolest, edgiest, hippest handmade goods at this craft party. Hosted by PARTNERS IN CRAFT: The tackiest chicks in town. Sassy shout out to everyone! Come on out for the Sassy Little Craft Show!

What: St Matthias Church Craft Sale "Plenty of great gifts to purchase at affordable prices"
When: December 7, Sunday, Noon to 3 pm
Where: St Matthias-Bellwoods Church, 45 Bellwoods Ave N of Queen
Contact: 416 603-7630 saintmatthias@sympatico.ca

Fair Trade Goods, Jewellery, Candles, Clothing, and lots more. A great place to get affordable guilt-free, but not gilt-free Christmas gifts.

What: YMCA Self Employment 4th Annual Holiday Trade Show
When: Wednesday, December 10, 10 am to 3 pm
Where: YMCA of Greater Toronto, 42 Charles St. 4th Fl., Toronto

What: OOOPS! Gingerbread Fair

When: Friday, December 12, 3:30 to 7 pm
Where: Ossington Old Orchard Public School, 380 Ossington Avenue So of College

What: Holiday Shopping Spree: where Art meets Craft with no Crap

When: Saturday, December 13, 1 to 5 pm
Where: 69 Olive Gallery, Home of the Marks of Perception Art School, North Bloor / East Bathurst.
Cost: FREE Contact: www.debwiles.com

Meet the creator of Anarres Natural Health products: Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner. Sample cocoa, shea, almond, and avocado butters and wonderful bath and body products made naturally without compromise. Shop for lotions, creams, massage and bath oils,soaps, essential oils, and palm wax candles. Anarres Natural Health is a member of Green Enterprise Toronto and supports local, Fair Trade, and Certified Organic suppliers.

DIY HOLIDAY GIFT MAKING TIME IS HERE! Anarres workshops in December will have you creating one-of-a-kind healthy gifts for your loved ones. Make soaps, tub truffles, bath salts, salt and sugar scrubs, sensual and healing oils or healing face masks... or get a group of 6 friends together and book your own customized workshop!

What: Organic Glycerine Soap Workshop
When: Monday, December 1, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road, Map: http://www.aangen.com/contact.asp
Cost: $25, plus $5 materials Register at: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp
Contact: Phone: 416.519.9800 E-mail: info@aangen.com

Love to use or give those beautiful clear glycerine soaps with flowers, or toy spiders, photos, or secret messages inside? The vast majority of melt and pour soaps have preservatives and sodium laurel sulphates in them, but Anarres serves up healthful-ness in light amber coloured vegetable glycerine soap made with organically grown oils. You'll learn how to melt, pour, set, cut and package 6 soaps hand made by you. We'll experiment with adding goodies like natural clays for colour, butters such as cocoa and shea for skin benefits and flowers, messages or ornaments for fun. You'll come away with skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of an artisan soap addiction!

What: Bath Salts, Scrubs and Bath Oils Workshop
When: Wednesday, December 3, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington
Cost: $50, $30 pre registered, 2 for $25 each.

Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com
Rubber Duckie isn't the only thing that makes bath time lots of fun! This hands on workshop will have you getting down and dirty with carrier oils, epsom salts, essential oils, sea salts and other natural ingredients. You'll learn how to identify your skin's needs, and choose the ingredients that will work best for your health and sanity. You'll make custom bath salts, scrubs and bath oils that can benefit you from head to toe. You'll come away with two priceless custom made gifts, and skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of a petroleum-filled and dyed carcinogenic bath product!

What: Healing and Sensual Oils Workshop
When: Monday, December 8, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road, Map: http://www.aangen.com/contact.asp
Cost: $25, plus $5 materials Register at: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp
Contact: Phone: 416.519.9800 E-mail: info@aangen.com

It's time to snuggle in for winter, and enjoy moisturizing, cuddling or gifting - with healing and sensual oils. Learn how to grind rose petals into natural nourishing colourants, infuse dried marigold flowers into unsurpassed healing calendula infused oil and create exquisite meditative and aphrodisiac oils from infused resins. You'll learn how to obtain, harvest and infuse flowers, petals and resins. We'll create a variety of ointments and oil products from calendula and frankincense infused oils. You'll come away with two 100 ml bottles of healing or sensual oil you have blended yourself, plus skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of a handful of little pots and a massage oil!

What: Make Your Own Natural Perfumes
When: To Be Determined by Participants
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington

Cost: $50, $30 pre registered, 2 for $25 each.

Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com

Humankind has been developing the art and science of perfumery since the time of the Neanderthal. Learn the basics of the art of perfumery using life giving carrier oils, flower waters and extracts and luxurious essential oils. You'll learn about top, middle and base notes, select a perfume type, and concoct your own entrancing, energizing or therapeutic scent from a selection of dozens of pure essential oils. You'll come away with 10 ml of your custom perfume to keep or give as a gift, plus skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of a toxic commercial perfume.

What: Tub Truffles Workshop
When: To Be Determined by Participants
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington

Cost: $50, $30 pre registered, 2 for $25 each.

Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com

Rubber Duckie isn't the only thing that makes bath time lots of fun! This hands on workshop will have you getting down and dirty with carrier oils, natural clays, essential oils, and other natural ingredients. You'll learn how to identify your skin's needs, and choose the ingredients that will work best for your health and sanity. You'll make custom tub truffles that moisturize after they do they bath bomb dance! You'll come away with a dozen priceless custom made tub truffles to use yourself or give as gifts, and skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of a synthetic dyed carcinogenic bath product!

What: The Love Lab: DIY Natural Lube and Mojo Massage Oils!
When: Monday, December 15, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington
Cost: $50, $30 pre registered, 2 for $25 each.

Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com

Get that petroleum off your crotch! PEG is NOT your friend! Neither is propylene glycol, glycerin, colouring, fragrances or any of those unreadable chemical ingredients that appear on the labels of commercial sexual lubricants, if they appear on the label at all. Aside from the harmful ingredients and punishing price tag, the lubes come in non refillable plastic, toxifying our planet a further 575 years after use! Come and get your customized Mojo Massage Oil and DIY with Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner. You'll learn about slippery, water-based, safe, tasty and healing ingredients, and make your own lube for the cost of half a tube! Make your own mojo to fit your mood. What a gift for you AND your beloved!

What: Holiday Gift Panic Lab!
When: To Be Determined by Participants
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington

Cost: $50, $30 pre registered, 2 for $25 each.

Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com

Come, relax and have fun m,aking those last minute gifts from wholesome ingrendients. This hands on workshop will have you getting down and dirty with carrier oils, natural clays, essential oils, and other natural ingredients. You'll learn how to identify your skin's needs, and choose the ingredients that will work best for your health and sanity. You'll make custom tub truffles that moisturize after they do they bath bomb dance! You'll come away with a dozen priceless custom made tub truffles to use yourself or give as gifts, and skills that can serve you for a lifetime for a fraction of the cost of a synthetic dyed carcinogenic bath product!

Anarres in-Clinic Workshops are also offered by request, your space or mine:
BOOK A PARTY (5 friends!), CLASS OR WORKSHOP Call for more info: 416 535 9620

Anarres' workshops are relaxing and fun and take place at Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington. Classes are limited to six participants so that everyone gets a semi private lesson experience. There's fruit, veggies and dip to snack on, and, as always, a choice of cool crystal water or refreshing tea. There are always goodies to take home, as well as new found knowledge and skills.

2. Specials for December, 2008:

Anarres now offers Hypnotherapy for Healing:

Hypnotism is a state of attentive, receptive relaxation in which we can speak to our vast subconscious mind without the interfering chatter of the conscious mind. Clients design the session with me, build powerful suggestions, remain conscious throughout the session and learn to reinforce changes with exercises to do in daily life. In November, I passed my National Guild of Hypnotists exam, and became a Certified Consulting Hypnotist. I am now in the practicum phase and offering 100 hours of hypnotherapy at free-will donation rates. Pay me what it's worth to you to lose your cravings, give up unwanted habits with ease, improve your nutrition and build the body you want, overcome fears and barriers of every sort. Whether you want to try one session and experience the effects unfold over the coming month, or you want to book a 3, 6 or ten session change program, contact me soon to take advantage of the pay-what-you-can scale. After these 100 hours, I will be charging a sliding scale of $100 to $200 an hour in accordance with guild standards. Contact: anarreshealth@gmail.com Tracey TieF 416 535 9620 Feel free to forward this offer to your friends and colleagues.

New!!! Hypnotherapy CDs
One of the safest and fastest ways to change your life for the better is by using hypnosis. Whether you are healing your past or manifesting your future, hypnosis can definitely help create the results you desire effortlessly. The ever expanding collection of Life Changing Hypnosis CDs includes: Stress, Body Image, Weight loss, Stop Smoking, Life Purpose, Past Life Regression, Become a Money Magnet, HIV/AIDS and Strengthening the Immune System, ADD, The Art of Listening: Communication in the Household, Asthma, Bed Wetting, Study Habits, Angel Guide Communication, Confidence, Anti-Aging, Phobias. Coming soon are CDs for: Akashic Records, DNA Activation, Subconscious Healing, Lucid Dreaming, Communicate with Loved ones that Have Passed Away, Forgiveness. Customized CDs are also available. Imagine having your mind powered for exactly everything you want!
Retail only: CD or mp3 $50 Full money back guarantee

Tarek's Special:$45 Become a Money Magnet December January Experiencing Joy

Ask me about the Professional NGH Hypnosis Certification Course taught by Rise and Shine Hyonotherapy's Tarek Bibi. Visit this link for further information: riseandshinehypnosis.com

New and Special!

DIY Keener Card: Want to DIY all your holiday gifts? Want to subscribe to workshops all year long? I am selling Keener Cards good for 1 year that will get you priority pre-paid registration for ten Anarres Labs or Workshops. Ten Workshops will cost you $500 if you pay one by one, and $300 if you pre-pay.

The pre paid Keener Card gets you Ten Workshops or Labs for only $250! Tell your Mom! Tell your Dad! Tell Saint Nicholas! All you want for Christmas/Hannukah is a Keener Card!

KRAFT PAPER PACKING TAPE: Want to pack those Holiday parcels without horrifying amounts of smelly killer plastic tape? Go old school with me! I searched and searched and found a local supplier of this elusive kraft paper packing tape and now I want to share my case with you! It's 60 pound kraft paper (that natural brown) with water activated gummed adhesive. It's fun! It works! It looks fantastic! I am wholesaling each eco-friendliest 2 inch wide by 600 foot long roll for $7 Wholesale! I adore this stuff Try it!

ASK me to email you my catalogue and get a FREE gift with your order!
See my products at my new shop on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6325449

Not New, but Still Very Special!

Poya Ayurvedic Dosha Massage Oils:
Therapeutic grade essential oils blended with almond oil.
Boxes include explanation of doshas, common uses and directions. Originating from the India 5000 years ago, Ayurveda consists of three main elements Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, making up the human body. Known as doshas, each dosha governs an essential structure of the human body. Choose Vata, Pitta or Kapha Oil. ON SALE: 2 for $28, Set of 3 for $40

Bath Salts
Bottles of concentrated bath salty bliss made with dead sea salts, epsom salts, natural sodas and moisturizing oils, detoxifying clays and intoxicating essential oils. Sprinkle a few tablespoons in the bath with you and enjoy! ON SALE $5 each while supplies last!
Choose from: 200 g Bracing Basil in green or Coconut Curry in clear glass bottle.

Loofah Bath/Shower Sets
Each set contains a big natural loofah scrubber on a wooden handle, three tub truffles and a truffle soap. Proudly packaged in 100% vegetable cellulose clear cellophane-look and repurposed cello bags. ON SALE! WAS $8 for 5 items, NOW $5!!!

Anarres Organic Glycerine Soaps are made from all organically grown oils, with NO SLS, MDM Hydantoin or propylene glycol. Proudly packaged in 100% vegetable cellulose clear cellophane-look bags. Choose from Almond Butter, Avocado Lime, Calendula Orange, Cypress Shea, Lavender Marshmallow or Rich Rose. ON SALE: 4 bars for $10

Poya Essential Oils 10 varieties with instructions and descriptions
15 ml in opaque white conical glass bottle with gold cap ON SALE: 5 for $40, 10 for $70

Reed Diffusers: diffuse gently and safely without a flame! Just add oil and essential oil...
ON SALE: $2 package of 10 $3 with an amber glass Nirvana bottle.

Chakra Votives: Long lasting essential oil scented palm wax votives ON SALE: 4 for $10

Zeolite: This supplement is a compound volcanic mineral, and safely yet powerfully detoxifies the body by attaching to, and shedding, harmful heavy metals and unhealthy, abnormal cells. ON SALE: $40 for two

The Little Green Book of Big Savings $4,000 worth of coupons in one purse-sized book
WAS $20 NOW only $15!!! You can get your money back with just one visit to a participating business!!!

The Creamy Craft of Cosmetic Making with Essential Oils and their Friends and
The Baby Boomers Beauty Bible by Jan Benham, shows you everything you need to know to make your own healthful aromatherapy bath and body products from scratch. Get your Holiday gift making underway. Buy both ON SALE for $36

MENTION THAT YOU READ IT IN THE ANARRES NEWSLETTER AND RECEIVE:

A Chico Reusable shopping bag that fits in a pocket: Buy $50 worth of Gifts, Products, Gift Certificates or Services and get one FREE: It's useful! It's colourful! It's pretty! It's strong!

FREE 30 minute consultation for your first appointment when you tell me you saw it here or enjoy a treatment with the first half hour free.

That's a $30 value either way!

Referrals: Refer a friend for body or energy work and you will both get 10% off any Anarres service. PLEASE REMIND ME!!! I forget!!!

3. Testimonials of The Month: Workshop and Healing

Just wanted to let you know that your workshop was the most entertaining staff education we've had. Thank you.
~ Janet H, community worker and Non Toxic Living Workshop participant, Toronto

Tracey.
Thank you for your help with my healing over the last many months. I am impressed with your knowledge of the body and its healing. You are very good at what you do. You give 100 percent in your sessions, which I have always appreciated. Your kindness and genuineness are blatant and your training and abilities superior. I also really like how you follow up with extra material that you think might benefit. Thank you for the many helpful tips. I think I know a fair bit about natural healing, but have without fail continued to learn new ideas from you at every session. I would like to remain in touch and want to continue to receive your newsletters so that I might, among other things, take some of you workshops and remain updated. I wish to continue to utilize your aromatherapy skills for my facial creams, cleansers, scents and so forth. With deep appreciation for our shared passion of the natural environment and environmental causes, and a special thank you for your ongoing advocacy in that regard.
~ Jane, health care worker and lymphatic drainage client, Toronto

Did you know that all my custom products are Satisfaction Guaranteed? If it doesn't work for you, I'll keep working for you! Just bring back your original product and I'll reformulate it with you until it does what I said it would!

If you have a testimonial you'd be willing to share, please send it to: anarreshealth@gmail.com If I use it in my promotions, I'll thank you with a free half hour treatment for your time and effort.

4. News

In November, I was interviewed over the phone by Arthur Gron of Learning in the City. Here are my personal favourite sound bites:

...I love to teach people to make things from scratch as well, so I don't believe in trade secrets when it comes to body products, so it's a bit of my mission to show people how to do things for themselves ... most people feel like they have been given secrets, things no one else would tell them before ... it's pretty neat to, within the span of an hour or two to go from zero to having something that's unique that's been created...

Find it here: http://www.learninginthecity.com/Interviews/index.php?InterviewID=19

Hear it here: www.web.ca/~arthurgron/sc/stories/traceytief/TraceyTiefShortVersion.mp3

DIY Keener Card: Want to DIY all your holiday gifts? Want to subscribe to workshops all year long? I am selling Keener Cards good for 1 year that will get you priority pre-paid registration for ten Anarres Labs or Workshops. Ten Workshops will cost you $500 if you pay one by one, and $300 if you pre-pay. The pre paid Keener Card gets you Ten Workshops or Labs for only $250! Tell your Mom! Tell your Dad! Tell Saint Nicholas! All you want for Christmas/Eid.Hannukah is a Keener Card!

KRAFT PACKING TAPE: Want to pack those Christmas parcels without horrifying amounts of smelly killer plastic tape? Go old school with me! I searched and searched and found a local supplier of this elusive kraft paper packing tape and now I want to share my case with you! It's 60 pound kraft paper (that natural brown) with water activated gummed adhesive. I am wholesaling each eco-friendliest 2 inch wide by 600 foot long roll for $3.10.

Holiday Freak Out Looming? Please don't freak... I've got a plan!

Step 1: Breathe Deeply and ground yourself to the Big Mother (not your wallet, the Earth!)

Step 2: Unground yourself, check my Etsy store , or ask for my latest Anarres Catalogue by email: anarreshealth@gmail.com

Step 3: Open the handy dandy PDF and think of all the gifts you need to give, and how absolutely fabulous it would be to give affordable custom and hand made gifts for those you love, or those you simply feel obligated to*. Everyone uses body products! Don't hesitate to ask me to make after shave - I'd love to!

Step 4: Email me with what you want, and I'll invoice you by PayPal. You can still pay any other way you want, but we'll both have an invoice to refer to. Then I'll make up your order and have it ready for pick up, or post it if needed. If you prefer, you can book up to an hour in the clinic with me to make up your custom orders and shop.

* All qualify equally for the good vibes of hand made, high quality products, and the incomparable good karma to you of locally-made, ethically sourced gifts.

For every $50 you spend, I'll throw in a free gift to give or enjoy all by yourself.

Pomander (Orange, Clove and Ginger) Incense: Pack of 10 sticks or cones $4.50

SHOP and see my catalogue at my new Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6325449

If you have been a client of Anarres, please fill out my survey and get a free gift for your efforts!
http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=lmciapzee4kh616303254

Please consider completing my anonymous client survey:

Tell me you completed it and I'll give you a free gift for your efforts! Please let me know the next time you come to the clinic so that I can give it to you.
http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=lmciapzee4kh616303254

Thanks to Baby Mind and Spirit for inviting me to write be a regular columnist for the Straight Talk section of this online Green parenting resource. http://www.babymindandspirit.com

5. Bonus Article: Frankincense: It's Not Just a Good Gift For The Baby Jesus!

Frankincense news from Wikipedia:

As of May 2008 FASEB Journal announced that Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have determined that frankincense smoke is a psychoactive drug that relieves depression and anxiety in mice.[3] The researchers found that the chemical compound incensole acetate is responsible for the effects.[3]

An enriched extract of "Indian Frankincense" was used in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of patients with osteoarthritis. Patients receiving the extract showed significant improvement in as little as seven days. The compound caused no major adverse effects and, according to the study authors, is safe for human consumption and long-term use.[4]

Tracey TieF is a Registered Aromatherapy Health Practitioner, among other things!

~ Frankincense Frereana essential oil is available to Anarres clients wholesale for a stunning $.28 a millilitre!

~ Frankincense Resin Granules are $5 per 100 g.

~ Make your own frankincense infused oil at the Healing and Sensual Oils Workshop on Monday, December 8, 6 to 8 pm at Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road, http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp

Say you saw it here and get a 10% discount off your total Anarres order!

6. Be the Change You Want To See in the World Action Alerts:

URGENT! My Toronto Includes Wind Energy!

Anarres Natural Health and my family's home is entirely powered through wind energy through my purchase of shares in wind turbines in Southern Ontario, including the majestic wind turbine at the CNE. It's hard to comprehend, but Toronto's renewable energy future is up for grabs, now that small wind genration is being stopped in favour of nuclear development. WindShare wants to put wind mills off the shores of Toronto. Some people are trying to convince the Province of Ontario that Torontonians don't want windmills. With your help, we can tell the government Torontonians want green, renewable power.
Please sign the petition in support of windmills in the Lake by going to: www.torontoenvironment.org/windmills/petition

And please write a letter to the Ontario government letting them know you support Toronto Hydro's plan to put a wind measuring device in Lake Ontario. For a sample letter, please go to www.torontoenvironment.org/windmills/sampleletter.

For general information, please visit: www.torontoenvironment.org/windmills

Sing Along With Santa Claus: Join us December 10 to remind the Canadian public, government officials, and federal court judges that secret trials and deportations to torture cannot be subject to amendments and tinkering: they must be abolished. Toronto Event: Gather at CSIS, 277 Front Street West at John Street, with Santa Claus on Wednesday, December 10, 4:30-5:30 pm, for a Sing-Out Against Secret Trials. Join us for new renditions of those holiday favourites, including Rudolf the Racist MP, Struggling in a Winter Wonderland, CSIS Spies are Tracking You Down, and the classic chestnut, The 12 Days of IRPA. Info: tasc@web.ca

Getting Involved.
1. Already, events are planned in London, Toronto, Fredericton, Ottawa, and Montreal. If you would like to hold an event in your community, contact us at tasc@web.ca, and we can help you with press releases, handouts for your action, and specific suggestions.

2. Join Federal Court Watch, a new initiative that invites you as a member of the public into the courts to monitor and document the abuses that go on in the public portions of these Kafkaesque trials. See http://www.adilinfo.org/en/federal-court-watch

Endorsed by: Campaign to Stop Secret Trials in Canada, Justice for Adil, Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee
TWO WAYS TO TAKE ACTION FOR PREVENTION

TAKE 10 MINUTES AND BE HEARD....
And please forward this to friends and family!

1. Ontario Government – Pesticide Ban
Earlier this year, WHEN joined hundreds of others and provided comments in support of a provincial pesticide ban, and helped make it a reality. The province has now released strong, health-protective regulations to implement this ban. This is good news, but the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment is concerned that the regulations will be under considerable pressure from the chemical industry.
We need to help keep the government's will strong so they don't back down. Take a few minutes and fill out the government's website comment box

Tell the government...

1. I strongly support the pesticide regulations and hope they will come into effect by Spring, 2009.
2. The regulations will help Ontario industry become innovators in non-toxic lawn care, creating economic growth and green jobs.
3. I hope the government will also require golf courses to reduce pesticide use. (once you have completed your comment, click "save" to submit your comments)
To learn more about Ontario's pesticide ban, click here

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2. City of Toronto - Community Right to Know
Toronto's City Council is going to vote on the Community-Right-to-Know (CRTK) Bylaw at their December session. WHEN has been an advocate of CRTK and supported the Toronto Environmental Alliance in its bid to get Toronto to pass a precedent-setting bylaw that would require businesses to publicly report what toxic chemicals they use and release.

Council's vote in December is the very last hurdle! Please send an email to your Councillor urging them to vote YES to right to know. Don't know your Councillor's name or need their email address?
click here

Your email can be a simple as this:

Dear Councillor, I want you to know that I support the Community Right to Know Bylaw. I urge you to Take Action for Prevention and vote YES to the right to know at the December Council session. Thank you.

To learn more about CRTK, click here