From production to pollution, plastic = problem. Time to choose people over polluters. At upcoming 🇺🇳 #INC4 negotiations, Justin Trudeau Steven Guilbeault MUST take a bold stance and champion a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty ! Greenpeace Canada Send them a message: act.gp/3vuodrf

Happening next weekend May 4/5 at CSI Spadina - the TCAN Climate Action Summit! There'll be panels, workshops and strategizing sessions. Check out the program and get your tickets here! eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-clim…?

#EarthDay was on Monday
#BikeMonth happens this June
#30DaysOfBiking takes place during the month of April
#SustainableUrbanVehicle the new SUV acronym
🚲 #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange It’s True!

“Bicycles Deliver The Freedom That Auto Ads Promise,” Tom Flood

#BikeTO

“We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to profoundly change our relationship with plastics. We cannot waste it.'
 
—Inger Andersen in Ottawa on #EarthDay ahead of this week's #PlasticsTreaty negotiations linkedin.com/posts/andersen…

Renewable energy is key for a healthier planet and a better future for all.

Let’s ride the wave to a world powered by renewables, on Monday’s #EarthDay , and every day.

The future thanks you.

un.org/en/climatechan…

These giant floating solar flowers power 20,000 homes.

See more photos of water-based solar farms from around the world. (from 2023) trib.al/mbfNgkK

Brazil is promoting a Nobel-winning economist’s plan to tax billionaires and corporations to alleviate the pain climate change has caused the planet’s poorest citizens trib.al/2rQZG1b

A plastic drop-off program embraced by 12,000 retail locations and more than 500 brands in the US has been putting packaging into landfills (from 2023) trib.al/O0GuKP9

Today we march in Ottawa, Canada for a historic march to End the Plastics Era and demand a strong and ambitious #PlasticsTreaty .

This #EarthDay 🌎, all eyes are on Ottawa as the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations kick off. Justin Trudeau Steven Guilbeault it’s time to #EndThePlasticEra . That means:
⬇️ Reducing plastic production,
❌ Eliminating unnecessary plastic products,
✔️ Prohibiting chemicals of concern.

We asked community members to support us in building climate resilience for better health and there is still more work to be done.

Let us know! What more can we do to address the health effects of climate change?

Scan the QR code or share your ideas in the replies!

We're expecting another hot summer and active wildfire season ahead and we want to be ready. Join us in assembling Climate Resilience Kits at Community Place Hub (Progress Place) on May 10 at 2 PM.

Are you or someone you know interested in a free kit? Fill out the request form!

Eco-anxiety impacts 40% of Canadians and West Toronto's Keeping Cool Club is a youth-led climate community organizing events like writing workshops and art therapy

Check out their next event at Toronto Public Library this week - events.tplcs.ca/9234

On #EarthDay2024 , we are excited to announce two initiatives to build climate resilience for better health in our communities in West Toronto!

This #EarthDay remember, you are not alone! TEA's own Sarah Buchanan and Emily Alfred spoke to the Toronto Star about how we as individuals don't have to act on environmental issues by ourselves.
Read the full article here: thestar.com/sponsored-sect…

When the Ontario Energy Board said Enbridge Gas and developers should pay for new natural gas connections, the province's rebuke focused on housing costs. Internal documents show other priorities were at play via Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-energy…

This is intense to watch, but is the future our kids will live (or die) in, unless we change. The next few years are crucial. We need everyone to dig in, join a climate group, act as individuals & elect politicians who will act to end #FossilFuels #transition ClimateFast #onpoli

Mayor Olivia Chow & city council are calling on Todd Smith for an environmental assessment of Ontario Power Gen's proposal to ramp-up gas burning at its Portlands Generating Station on the Toronto waterfront. #onpoli #topoli

READ MORE: cleanairalliance.org/mayor-chow/

Please join us in signing this petition calling on Doug Ford to keep his hands off the #OEB , because Ontarians want afforable, green heating. shorturl.at/zBFUX you.leadnow.ca/petitions/supp… via Leadnow

BAD NEWS for #Ontario , BAD NEWS for the planet:
Ontario's IESO confirms that 1/4 of Ontario’s electricity supply in 2030 will be produced by climate-damaging gas.
Read about it in the latest bulletin ᴏɴᴛᴀʀɪᴏ ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴀɪʀ ᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴄᴇ:
cleanairalliance.org/polluting-gas-…