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NOW Editors picks: Summer actions

Those G20 honchos of the world meeting here June 26 and 27 need a good talking to, so choose your slogans, dream up some guerrilla action and start your papier mache. Yes, there will be protests in all manner of public places. Resistance highlights include the People’s Summit (June 18-20), various themed marches, the Shout Out For Global Justice forum (June 25) with Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein and others, and the People First parade (June 26). Plus a bunch more. See g20.torontomobilize.org for schedule.

It takes some branching out to keep our urban forests in full foliage, so head over to LEAF’s annual celebration and team up with volunteer tree planters and supporters. Discover how we can expand the gorgeous green canopy that covers the city and get tips on how to grow your own roots. Munch on hors d’oeuvres and get into the groove with live music by Wilderness of Manitoba and Forest City Lovers, June 11, 6-10 pm. $25, Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie, yourleaf.org.

Sure, the stuff fills our sinuses, but the pollen distributed by bees, butterflies, bats and birds is critical to the food biz. Since one-third of all the fruits or veggies we eat require the services of a pollinator, you should show a little respect. So come honour International Pollinator Week, June 21 to 27, including workshops on attracting bees, a multimedia tour of how the buzzing ones inhabit our city and a marketplace with local honey, bee houses and other goodies plus a Pollinator’s Cabaret. Events shift between the Gladstone (1214 Queen West) and Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview). $5 or pwyc, pollinatorweek@gmail.com.

Got some old duds junking up your cupboard? Pack up your gently used clothes, shoes and accessories and trundle over to the Global Youth Network’s Clothing Swap. Pick up what you need and toss in what you don’t. Proceeds go toward sending volunteers to work with community groups in Kenya. June 19, 10 am-4 pm. Women $13, with clothes $8 men $10, with clothes $5. Bloor United Church (300 Bloor West). dawna_jp@hotmail.com.

It’s not your usual car-free Sunday in Kensington, June 27. Get ready for a mess of festive folk spilling onto the thoroughfares – without an official street closure this time around. You can thank G20 security for that. Yup, they really think costumes, music, storytelling, dancing and giant road Scrabble threaten summit proceedings. So head over and make them just a titch nervous, noon to 10 pm. Free. Kensington Market, College and Augusta, pskensington.ca.

Get out your knitting needles and pick up some stitches with Wise Daughters Craft Market and Streetknit to break a world record for the number of knitters in one place. They’re going for 1,000 folks to take the title, but it’s not just about a stat: the June 12, 1-4 pm, event is also turning out wool mittens, socks, hats and scarves to distribute to the city’s homeless. Help make knitting history, Junction Square (2954 Dundas West). Free. streetknit.ca.

Take an evening to get cycling-inspired by an edgy doc – Alan Kohl’s Roadsworth: Crossing the Line, about a Montreal stencil artist’s secret campaign on city streets. The evening includes a panel on bike culture with Ontario Clean Air Alliance’s Angela Bischoff, Takethetooker’s Hamish Wilson and Streets Are for People’s Michael Louis Johnson, June 10, 7 pm. Free. NFB Mediatheque (150 John). nfb.ca/mediatheque.

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