Stuff From Other Environmental Groups (January)
FROM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Building with Nature: to save money, help people and the planet, and solve the climate crisis – this Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre explains it all!. Nature-based solutions can help… but only if NOT connected to human uses. Also, natural infrastructure can help communities adapt to a changing climate!
Mine Closure and Sustainability: A new blog outlines the main challenges for government and industry!
FROM EVERGREEN
Energy-reduction Retrofits: They can reduce GHGs almost to zero in some apartments and townhouses. Or, tear down and new passive housing construction is done instead… but, aggressive reduction targets must be set up by government and funding must be available, long term. More details here!
FROM CBC NEWS “WHAT ON EARTH?”
Find old issues here!
Online Shopping: It contributes to climate change! Buy local instead, or order more items at one time, not one-at-a-time. For the full article, go here (2nd story)!
Building More Roads to Ease Congestion: Bad idea. It just creates more congestion in a few years... Read how here!
Below Ground Ecosystem Carbon Storage: The North West Territories contain 55 billion tonnes of soil carbon. Read why it needs to stay intact here (2nd story)!
Homes Retrofitted to Float During Floods: here!
Zero-Waste Xmas Trees: And they take up NO space! Read about them here (2nd story)!
FROM CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CAPE):
Health and COP26: Canada is now committed to low-carbon, resilient health systems. After the World Health Organization’s Health Programme was brought forward at the COP26 meetings, Canada was signing it within just a few days, but our government believes their emissions plans are already sufficient (?)… CAPE’s new campaign to end fossil fuel advertising will show that burning of fossil fuels is as dangerous to health as smoking!
FROM WEST COAST CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK (WE-CAN)
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