Our event starts at 11 am on the 2nd floor of the Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue). Come early for coffee and conversation at 10:30 am.
Canadians are among the top producers of waste in the world, generating about 720 kg per capita of waste per year, which is 7% higher than that of the U.S. With the Greater Toronto Area’s population set to grow to 9.7 million people by 2041 and Toronto’s current landfill predicted to close by 2040, there is a need for all of us to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. This week our guest speaker, Ryan Zhang, will talk about the importance of proper waste management, give an overview of what the City of Toronto’s waste management policy and rules are like, and will also provide a demonstration of how to properly sort waste.
Ryan Zhang is currently a second-year student of the Environmental Technology Program at Georgian College. He aspires to become a professional in the environmental field when he graduates and enjoys keeping fish, learning about nature, listening to history podcasts, and obsessively reading Wikipedia articles for fun.
Our musical guests will be Smythe and Taylor (http://www.facebook.com/ smytheandtaylormusic). Smythe and Taylor started their musical journey playing at open mic nights in Houston, Texas. After they both retired from the oil and gas business, they began playing professionally, and have since won several national awards for both performance and original song-writing. Over the last 20 years, they’ve performed for audiences across the USA, Poland, England, France, and the Netherlands. They are currently based in the tiny town of Silver Cliff, Colorado where they volunteer for their local community radio station, and continue to produce symbiotic harmonies, humorous lyrics, and a ‘3-D’ brand of guitar playing.
For this week’s Community Moment we will have Katelyn Strauss.
The Community Moment is a chance for one of our own to share their journey, thoughts about life, or something personal about themselves. It could be light and silly or it could be emotionally heavy. Either way, you’ll learn more about a valued person in our community. Interested in presenting your own Community Moment? Contact Tania at 416oasis@gmail.com.
You can RSVP for this on our Meetup page at:
https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/jdmkqqyzfbnb/