SOY ECO-QUEERS COMMITTEE

Eco-Queers ran regular meetings for two years from 2000-2002. Eco-Queers was an open group for youth, queers and anyone who cared about the planet to meet, activate, share, network and build! We met once every few months and had an active e-mail list serve. During the course of it's life, Eco-Queers organized a number of special events and actions including The Eco-Queers Rooftop Garden Tour and Greening a Queer Planet (see below) a forum on environmental issues.

Eco-Queers also organized the first ever recycling program for Pride Toronto in 2001. Pride Toronto continues this recycling initiative today. AM - this will allow us to take the Greening a Queer Planet event off the Past Events/Projects page and put it under Eco-Queers. When we do this, please can you remove this sentence in the last paragraph: "Greening a Queer Planet: where pink is green was organized by the SOY Eco-Queers Committee which meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 pm at the 519 Community Centre - 519 Church Street."

GREENING A QUEER PLANET: WHERE PINK IS GREEN

This dynamic and exciting environmental panel was organized by the SOY "Eco-Queers" Committee and was held on Wednesday November 22 2000 from 7-9 pm at the 519 Community Center, 519 Church St. It was a pay-what-you-can-event and over 75 people attended. Discussion ranged from animal liberation to urban sprawl to the relation between homophobia, racism and environmentalism.
See photos from the event.

FEATURED SPEAKERS
Elizabeth Christie: a lawyer with the Sierra Legal Defense Fund.
Mark Haslam: the creator of "Planet in Focus: Toronto Environmental Film & Video Festival".
Florence Heung: the Educator in Residence at the Catalyst Centre.
Mirha-Soleil Ross: a transsexual sex worker who produces a weekly radio program, Animal Voices.
The moderator was Ken Watson , an environmental consultant who coordinates environmental development projects.