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A community hub for collaboration, co-creation, and co-working that puts people and planet first.

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Would you like to learn how to get more involved in the future of democracy?✨With elections on the horizon, our future is in our hands. There’s never been a better time to learn how democracy works and how you can be part of it.

🗳️ FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
@wecreate.ourfutures
Saturday, Oct 17th • 11AM - 4PM
📍 Atrium [Ground Floor]

Democracy isn’t just a box we tick on election day. It’s something we can practice every single day.

At We Create Our Futures, we’re exploring what democracy can look like in action: how we show up to vote, how we find new ways to take part, and how our systems might grow when more people have a real say in shaping their communities.

Part fair, part conversation, part civic imagination lab.
Because democracy grows when we tend it together 🌱

#democracy #elections #solarpunk #torontoevents #torontofestival taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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🧵🌱FUTURE OF CREATION • DAY 3 @wecreate.ourfutures ✂️🌎
📍Room 301 • Sunday Oct 18th • 11AM - 5PM

What if we created more, wasted less, and reimagined what’s already in our hands?

Welcome to the Future of Creation: a space dedicated to crafting, reworking, repairing, and bringing new ideas to life!

Join us for a full afternoon of hands-on workshops, creative activations, and community connection where you can learn new skills, share knowledge, and make something of your own.

🪡 WHAT TO EXPECT:

♻️ The Shared Bag — Sewing machines, textiles & other crafty pieces ready for you to get creative, rework materials, and explore new possibilities. @thesharedbag

🔧 Mini Repair Café | 11 AM–2 PM
📍Viola Desmond Room (Room 301)
Bring a small item or piece that needs repairing and explore ways to give it a second life instead of throwing it away. @repaircafeto

🧵 Sewing 101 | 12–1 PM • Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and discover how to get started on your next creative project. @katrina.anastasia

🧶 Knitting & Crochet Circle | 1PM - 3PM • Connect, create, and share skills with fellow makers. Jane & Charlotte

🪡 The Mending Lab | 2:30PM - 4PM • Give your well-loved pieces a new life through repair and creative mending. @lauracoulterlow @marycarlaquintazzi.studio

🪴 Plants 101 | 2:15PM - 2:45PM
📍Viola Desmond Room (Room 301)
Learn the basics of growing, tending and caring for your plants and yourself. @katrina.anastasia

🏡 Future Villages: Regenerative Communities where all humans thrive with nature | 3PM - 4:30pm
📍Viola Desmond Room (Room 301)
A conversation with Jean-Marc La Flamme @kootenaybusiness

🧷 Button Making with @odds.n.ends.333 • Get creative and make something uniquely yours.

🌿 Futuring with Nature • Art X Nature @futuring_with_nature 🎨

Come with a project, a question, a piece that needs mending, or just an open mind. Leave with new skills, fresh inspiration, and the possibility of creating something you never imagined before.

@wecreate.ourfutures
Oct 16-18
3-Day Climate, Culture & Art Festival
Toronto @csitoronto

#solarpunk #sewing #art #diy #wecreateourfutures taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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🌱🍴FUTURE OF FOOD @wecreate.ourfutures 🌎

Good food, good people, and a taste of the future we want to create!

Food connects us all, and the way we grow, share, and enjoy it can help shape a more sustainable and compassionate world.

At We Create Our Futures, we’re bringing together food workshops, local vegan vendors, and delicious plant-based treats to nourish the community all weekend long💚

🥕 FUTURE OF FOOD WORKSHOPS

Join us Day 2 • Saturday, October 17, for a full stack of food-focused workshops exploring new ideas, skills, and possibilities for a more sustainable food future!

🗓️ Saturday, October 17 | 11 AM–5 PM [Day 2]
📍 Viola Desmond Room (Room 301)
🌱 Presented by @flavour.harvest , supported by @the.ccfe

🏡 HOME ECONOMICS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 🌱
What if everyday living became a little more sustainable, resourceful, and connected?

Join us for Home Economics on Day 3, a space exploring practical ways to save money, reduce waste, preserve food, and reimagine how we live together. In partnership with @thedepanneur , discover ideas and skills that bring sustainability home, from making the most of what we have to imagining more connected ways of living.
@tonyasurman @zestyplan @jinglepeardeli

🗓️Sunday, October 18 | 12PM - 5PM
📍 Room 501 [5th Floor]
Day 3 of We Create Our Futures 2026

🥗 VEGAN FOOD & TREATS ALL WEEKEND

Come hungry and discover delicious plant-based options from our food vendors and local makers!

🌿 Animal Liberation Kitchen — vegan food and beverages available all weekend @animal.liberation.kitchen @alk.catering

🍽️ Jinglepear Deli — vegan food to keep you fuelled @jinglepeardeli

🧁 The Vegan Oven Bakery — Vegan treats on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 @theveganoven.bakery

🍰 Brown Sugar Bakery — Sweet treats on Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 @veganbrownsugar

Whether you’re stopping by for a bite between workshops, grabbing a sweet treat while exploring the festival, or discovering new plant-based favourites, there’s something delicious waiting for you.

♻️ SUSTAINABLE SIPS, REUSABLE DISHWARE WITH MUUSE! @muuse.ca

#VeganToronto #PlantBased #SustainableFood #ClimateCulture #solarpunk taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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Curious about how we can make our homes more resilient, energy-efficient, and better prepared for extreme weather?

Whether it’s for your own home, your family, or you simply want to learn what resources are available, join us for CSI’s free Home Resilience Hub on Sunday, October 18.

We’re bringing together organizations and experts who can answer questions about home resilience, energy efficiency, retrofits, energy audits, solar and climate preparedness, and help make it easier to understand where to start.

Participating organizations include:

Energy Neighbour (@energyneighbour) • The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) • Cut Your Home Carbon (@cutyourhomecarbon) • Jouleia (@jouleiahome) • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) (@trca_hq) • Sustainable Buildings Canada (@sustbldgcan) • AdaptTO • City of Toronto (@cityofto) • Toronto Home Energy Network (@tohomeenergy) • Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) • Windfall Ecology Centre (@windfallcentre)

🗓️ Sunday, October 18, 11 AM - 4 PM
📍 Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina Ave., Toronto)

RSVP (it’s free!) – link in bio!

Thank you to our sponsor, RBC (@rbc) for making the Home Resilience Hub possible. This event is part of CSI's We Create Our Futures festival from October 16-18, 2026. by @csitoronto

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🌿🍹 “THE SOLARPUNK” — OUR SIGNATURE MOCKTAIL! 🌎✨

We’re raising a glass to a future where community, creativity, and sustainability come together!

For the opening night of We Create Our Futures 2026, we’re serving up something special: “THE SOLARPUNK”, a botanical-inspired mocktail made with Søbrii non-alcoholics @sobrii0 and crafted by the Botanical Mocktologist herself, @theorganikrebel

🍹 Only 50 available for our limited edition specialty mocktail “THE SOLARPUNK”
Arrive early, grab a @muuse.ca cup, and come get refreshed at our @wecreate.ourfutures bar!

🍻 SIP LOCAL WITH GOODLOT!

We’re excited to feature GoodLot Farm @goodlot.beer, an award-winning, organic, solar-powered farm and brewery in Caledon, Ontario. Family-owned and operated since 2009, GoodLot creates hyper-local, sustainable beverages using their own farm-to-barrel ingredients.
A toast to keeping things local and doing things sustainably!

♻️ SUSTAINABLE SIPS, REUSABLE DISHWARE WITH MUUSE!

We’re also partnering with @muuse.ca , who will be providing reusable glassware and dishware throughout the entire weekend.

Because creating a more sustainable future means rethinking the little things, too, including how we serve our food and drinks!

📅 Friday, October 16 | 6–11 PM
🎨 ARTIVISM — Opening Night
📍 Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave, Toronto

Come for the Solarpunk Fashion Show, explore the art gallery and sustainable marketplace, connect with community, and enjoy thoughtfully crafted drinks served with the planet in mind.

🌱 Local ingredients. Reusable cups. Creative spirits. A more regenerative future.

🌎 We Create Our Futures | October 16–18, 2026
@wecreate.ourfutures

All illustrations hand drawn by @azuravesta @biophile.media
Design @neuage.design

#solarpunk #torontoevents #mocktails #localbrewery #localbrew taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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Come check out the Future of Democracy, The Solarpunk Fashion Show, & sooo much more at @wecreate.ourfutures happening Oct 16-18th (this weekend)✨

Can’t wait to see you there!

#solarpunk #torontoevents #artivism #newearth taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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🌱 FUTURES FAIR • @wecreate.ourfutures SUSTAINABLE MARKETPLACE 🌎

Shop local. Support conscious makers.
Buy into the future we want to live in! ✨

Discover the Futures Fair, our main marketplace bringing together 20+ local, sustainable vendors offering thoughtful goods, creative finds, and earth-conscious alternatives.

It’s a chance to meet the people behind the products, support small businesses doing things differently, and find something special while investing in a more sustainable future.

🛍️ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 | 6–11 PM
📍 Room 101 | Centre for Social Innovation
192 Spadina Ave, Toronto

& the marketplace doesn’t stop there! You’ll find even more sustainable vendors and creative offerings throughout the weekend at We Create Our Futures.

🌎We Create Our Futures is a 3-day Climate, Culture & Arts festival bringing together community, creativity, and climate solutions. Through art, fashion, music, workshops, markets, and meaningful connection, we’re exploring what a more regenerative, connected, and hopeful future can look like, and how we can create it together.

Every purchase, conversation, and connection is an opportunity to support the world we want to see.

Come discover something new, support local changemakers, and be part of creating a future where it’s cool to care. 🌱

🌎@wecreate.ourfutures
📅 October 16–18, 2026
📍 Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto
🔗 Explore the festival schedule and get your tickets through the link in our bio!

#Solarpunk #ShopLocalToronto #SustainableShopping #ConsciousConsumer #climateculture taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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AI for Good, Coffee Series is part of AI for Good at CSI, a growing hub connecting people, sectors and organizations working toward responsible AI and positive futures.

This is a morning coffee series with leaders, practitioners, and builders from across nonprofits, technology, philanthropy, social enterprise, and institutions across sectors and industries for conversation and connection around the future of AI for good.

We'll feature a guest talk from Blackbaud (@blackbaud), the world's largest AI platform for social impact, exploring agentic AI tools for mission-driven organizations and what emerging AI capabilities could mean for fundraising, engagement and operations.

Meet people experimenting with AI in their organizations, exchange practical ideas and explore conversations around AI adoption, responsible AI, fundraising and engagement, data and impact, and emerging sector needs.

You'll also be able to connect with organizations helping shape this work across the social impact ecosystem at CSI, including Imagine Canada (@imaginecanada), Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience (ccndresilience), LogicalOutcomes, Dihan Chandra at AI Curious, Multiverse Computing, and many others helping to shape AI for Good.

Find this event and register through our CSI Community Events Calendar (link in bio)! by @csitoronto

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THE FULL WEEKEND IS HERE🌱 @wecreate.ourfutures
OCT 16-18, 2026 @csitoronto
Swipe through to see all final schedules 🌱

Three days. Community. Collaboration.
One shared question: What kind of future do we want to create?

From Solarpunk fashion and live performances to workshops, art, food, film, clothing swaps, future-focused conversations, community spaces and practical tools for creating change,
We Create Our Futures 2026 is a place to explore what’s possible when we imagine and build together🌱

🎨FRIDAY — “ARTIVISM” — OCT 16TH
Opening celebration, Talks by @tonyasurman & @adamlewis5 , Solarpunk Fashion Show (4 Designers), Live Performance by @the.ancient.youth , Solarpunk Gallery 15+ artists, Futures Fair (Sustainable Market Place) [10+ vendors • Room 101] dance & more.

🌎SATURDAY — “CONNECTION” — OCT 17TH
Future of Democracy, Future of Food, Workshops, Wellness Activations, Future of Film [Movie Night], Clothing swap, Solarpunk Social, Live Performances and Community Connection.

🏠SUNDAY — “ALIGNED ACTION” — OCT 18th [FREE/PWYC]
Resilient Homes Hub, Repair Café @repaircafeto , Good Investing Fair, Workshops, Discussions, Future of Creation @thesharedbag , Home Economics @thedepanneur and practical ways to bring the future into everyday life.

October 16–18 | CSI Spadina | Toronto
@csitoronto X @wecreate.ourfutures

Sunday is FREE / Pay What You Can.
🌱Tickets for Friday + Saturday are available now.

Come for one day. Come for all three. Come curious.

The future isn’t something we wait for.
It’s something we create.

Get your tickets and come co-create it with us🌱🌱

All illustrations hand drawn by @azuravesta @biophile.media
Graphic design by @neuage.design

#solarpunk #torontoevents #climateaction #artivism #sustinablefashion taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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All that we imagine can become reality🌟 let’s bring our dreams and visions to life at @wecreate.ourfutures , A 3 day Solarpunk festival happening in the heart of downtown Toronto!!🌎🍃❤️

what kind of a world do you want to imagine into being?

#solarpunk #hopecore #newearth #imagineaworld taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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Join us at the inaugural Home Resilience Hub on October 18 to explore ways to make your home more climate-ready, from flood resilience and energy efficiency to rebates and home improvements.

You'll get to hear from local experts from 12pm-1pm, including:

- Jaime Dawson Royal Bank of Canada @rbc
- Jessica Obodoechi, The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)
- Abraham Wairisal, City of Toronto @cityofto
- Eve Wyatt,Toronto Home Energy Network @tohomeenergy
- Lisa Der, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority @trca_hq

Connect with 10+ other organisations helping to support you in a resilient home with 15-minute deep dives available with our experts.
Sunday, October 18, Doors open 11am

Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina Ave., Toronto)

Register your spot below & other events Link in Bio:
https://luma.com/centrefor-ljyx Photo of Jaime Dawson as a featured speaker at the Home Resilience Clinic taken in Centre for Social Innovation by @csitoronto

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Let us know in the comments what you are most excited about for @wecreate.ourfutures !!🌎🍃

We Create Our Futures is JUST around the corner and there are sooo many amazing activations on the horizon. Make sure to check out the full schedule if you haven’t already!

#torontoactivism #climateculture #solarpunk taken in Toronto, Ontario by @csitoronto

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