I love this video.  I love this guy… the guy in the hat…



I love this video. 

I love this guy… the guy in the hat is my husband Bob Jonkman, the 2019 Green Party of Canada Candidate in Brantford—Brant, Ontario.  As Canada uses an archaic Winner-Take-All voting system (similar to the US, UK and Australia) he didn’t win.  This time.  

I love this song.  It was a tiny tune created by my favorite contemporary musician, the talented Josh Woodward.  Everything Josh creates is released with a Creative Commons Attribution license.  This video is likewise CC-By.

What this means is that any Green Party can use it.  Free of charge.  

Liner Notes:

For those of you who aren’t up on the Canadian Greens, I’ll give you a little background. 

The video is bookended by the GPC’s awesome leader, Elizabeth May.  She’s been the leader for 13 years, and the fact our Green Party is doing as well as it is has a lot to do with that.  

• Our Green Party’s “Green New Deal” was called “Mission: Possible,” and the opening line is something she said at the Kitchener GPC campaign launch. 
• The minnows are swimming in Cypress Lake, at a favorite camping spot, in  Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory.
• The Tree planting footage was recorded in the spring in Paris, Ontario.  
• The CC-By temperature visualization was created by Antti Lipponen from data provided by Berkeley Earth/Robert Rohde http://berkeleyearth.org/
• The sign waving was in Brantford.
• The footage of Bob talking to people was at the Brant Greens booth at the Paris Fair.  In the background, some of our volunteers are helping kids make their own buttons, a bit of gratis outreach we make as part of our community involvement. 
• The Circle Dance was at a Rise for Climate event in Waterloo
• Bob joined Cambridge candidate Michele Braniff and friends at the Cambridge for for the first “Green Wave” segment
• for “the mountains” I used a clip of Paul Manly, recorded at the 2016 GPC Special General Meeting, before he became the second elected Canadian Green, now the re-elected Member of Parliament for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Electoral District
• for “to the seaway” I used footage of the second elected PEI Greens MLA, Hannah Bell, speaking at the 2018 Green Party of Ontario convention in Guelph (alongside PEI Greens leader Peter Bevan-Baker)
• The second “Green Wave” begins with GPO leader Mike Schreiner  “mainstreeting” in Kitchener with the 2018 provincial election with the five Waterloo Region Greens candidates (Bob Jonkman, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Stacey Danckert and Zdravko Gunjevic) …
• … then cuts to Milton candidate Eleanor Hayward and friends at Elizabeth May’s “Community Matters” town hall in Guelph
• Guelph candidate Steve Dyck speaking to the crowd at the 2019 Platform Release in Guelph
• “Together” takes us back in Kitchener, where southern Ontario GPC Green Candidates Steve Dyck, Michele Braniff, David Weber, Kristin Wright,
Collan Simmons, Stephanie Goertz, Bob Jonkman and Nicholas Wendler join GPC leader Elizabeth May and GPO leader Mike Schreiner in support of the Mike Morrice campaign launch
• Elizabeth May’s back again, tying it all up at the end with a punch line that was part of her answer to a question posed by the youngest Green Party member at the “Community Matters” event in Guelph

Come join the Brant Greens for drinks and a barbeque!Saturday…



Come join the Brant Greens for drinks and a barbeque!

Saturday October 12th
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Steel Wheel Brewery
105 Powerline Road, Brantford, Ontario Canada

BBQ with local organic beef burgs and beyond meat burgs, potato salad, and some munchies. And of course, the full Steel Wheel selection of local craft brew to go with it! Enjoyable evening of local food, good fun, and generous fundraising.

This is also a fundraiser for the Bob Jonkman federal election campaign!

RSVP https://vote.greenparty.ca/rsvp/eve_6d867eb82

Brant Green DrinksMonday, May 13th, 20197:00 – 9:00pmTONIGHT:…



Brant Green Drinks

Monday, May 13th, 2019
7:00 – 9:00pm

TONIGHT: Green Drinks Special Presentation
Dr. Sujata Singh of the Climate Reality Project 

Monday, May 13th, 2019
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Stillwaters Plate and Pour
61 Grand River Street N in Paris.
Check out their tasty menu here!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
When Nobel Laureate Al Gore got the world talking about climate change with An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, it was the beginning of a climate revolution. The former US Vice-President then founded what would become
The Climate Reality Project to move the conversation forward and turn awareness into action all across the Earth.                   

The science is settled. 97% of climate scientists agree that carbon pollution from fossil fuels is warming our planet and throwing natural systems out of balance. Hotter temperatures, stronger storms, rising seas, and so much more, threatening the health of our families, the viability of our communities, and the habitat we pass on to future generations. 

As 16 year old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg said so eloquently, We must act like this is a climate crisis. Because it is. Urgent action is necessary. In politics. In business. In every aspect of our lives. Everywhere. To cut greenhouse gas emissions and speed the global shift to renewables. 

Join us on Monday, May 13th as Dr. Sujata Singh of the Climate Reality Project discusses both the climate crisis and the urgent action we must take, individually, collectively, systemically. 


Who?

people like you interested in

  • environmental issues, 
  • making a difference, 
  • networking, 
  • or just plain having a good time with friends and neighbours!

What?

good drinks, good people, good times!

Where?

Stillwaters Plate & Pour
61 Grand River Street N, Paris
(see calendar below for the rest of the year) 

When?

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
or for as long as folks are around
on the 13th day of each month

Why?

Good drinks, good people, good times!


   Brant Green Drinks is the Brantford/Brant chapter of an organic, self-organizing, international network of environmentally conscious, lively people,
like yourself, from all walks of life.

   There is no formal agenda for our gatherings, just good drinks, good people, and good times. Come out and you’ll be made welcome.

Just say, “are you green?” and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there.

   Green Drinks is a great way of catching up with people you know and also for meeting new friends and making business contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd. The gatherings are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

   So, come along, bring a friend, we’re looking forward to meeting you!   


For more information or if you have any questions,

   please contact organizer Ken Burns: kenburns [at] brantgreens.ca


2019 CALENDAR

Monday, May 13th, 2019
Stillwaters Plate & Pour
61 Grand River Street N, Paris 
7:00 – 9:00pm

Thursday, June 13th
Duke on Park,
505 Park Road North, Brantford

Saturday, July 13th
Legends Tap House & Grill,
1084 Rest Acres Rd, Paris

Tuesday, August 13th
Sociable Kitchen & Tavern
45 King George Road, Brantford

Friday, September 13th
Midtown Kitchen & Coffee Co.
59 Grand River St N, Paris

Sunday, October 13th
Steel Wheel Brewery
105 Powerline Road, Brant

Wednesday, November 13th
Bell City Brewing,
51 Woodyatt Drive, Brantford

Friday, December 13th
Duke on Park,
505 Park Road North, Brantford