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2012 Live Green Toronto Speakers Series

Welcome to Live Green Toronto's Speaker Series. Please join us for information, inspiration and conversation at these informal gatherings, and learn more about the people, places and projects that are greening Toronto. We'll feature community projects, Green Toronto Award winners, local food advocates, wildlife enthusiasts and more.

Reservations are not required. Simply bring your curiosity and a desire to learn more about our great green city.

  • Thursday, April 26: Spiders of Toronto
    Speaker: Brad Hubley, Royal Ontario Museum
    Brad Hubley, Entomologist at the ROM, will entertain you with interesting images, facts and insights about the spiders that call Toronto home. Bring your curiosity and your questions about these fascinating 8-legged creatures. Spiders of Toronto is one of illustrated booklets in the City of Toronto's Biodiversity Series. The series was created to help Toronto residents appreciate the wildlife that inhabits Toronto and learn how they can help protect biodiversity. Join us to learn more.
    Time: 1 – 3 p.m.
    Location: Downsview Library, 2793 Keele Street (at Wilson Avenue)

  • Tuesday, May 8: Spiders of Toronto
    Speaker: Brad Hubley, Royal Ontario Museum
    Brad Hubley, Entomologist at the ROM, will entertain you with interesting images, facts and insights about the spiders that call Toronto home. Bring your curiosity and your questions about these fascinating 8-legged creatures. Spiders of Toronto is one of illustrated booklets in the City of Toronto's Biodiversity Series. The series was created to help Toronto residents appreciate the wildlife that inhabits Toronto and learn how they can help protect biodiversity. Join us to learn more.
    Time: 12 noon - 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor

  • Tuesday, May 22: CANCELLED

  • Thursday, June 14: to be announced
    Speaker: tbd
    Time: 12 noon - 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor

  • Friday, September 14: to be announced
    Time: 12 noon – 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor

  • Tuesday, Oct. 2: Spiders of Toronto
    Speaker: Brad Hubley, Royal Ontario Museum
    Brad Hubley, Entomologist at the ROM, will entertain you with interesting images, facts and insights about the spiders that call Toronto home. Bring your curiosity and your questions about these fascinating 8-legged creatures. Spiders of Toronto is one of illustrated booklets in the City of Toronto's Biodiversity Series. The series was created to help Toronto residents appreciate the wildlife that inhabits Toronto and learn how they can help protect biodiversity. Join us to learn more.
    Time: 12 noon – 2 p.m.
    Location: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street (south of Sheppard Avenue, beside the North York Civic Centre)

  • Wednesday, October 24:to be announced
    Time: 12 noon – 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor

  • Tuesday, November 20:to be announced
    Time: 12 noon – 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor

  • Wednesday, December 12:to be announced
    Time: 12 noon – 1 p.m.
    Location: City Hall, 100 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Committee Room 3, second floor