Established in 2006, For Our Grandchildren is a Canadian not-for-profit voluntary organization committed to a better world for our children and grandchildren. Our mission is to empower grandparents to take the urgent action needed to address the causes and impending effects of climate change. We are motivated by the fact that it is our grandchildren who will be adversely affected if we fail to make the changes necessary to protect the environment and address climate change.
Special News
We are very grateful that as of May 14, David Suzuki has agreed to join Stephen Lewis and Desmond Tutu as an Honorary Member of the For Our Grandchildren Steering Committee. See our Honorary Members page for more details.
See this recent Blog posting that shows how recent actions of the Canadian government have caused him to resign from the Board of his Foundation to avoid provoking the government into revoking the Foundation’s charitable status.
Recent News
- May 6, 2012. We held our scheduled event, “Sleepwalking to Catastrophe”, a Climate Change Forum and Town Hall meeting, co-sponsored by several other environmental organizations and supported by Bullfrog Power. Well over one hundred persons attended to listen to scheduled speakers and help us decide on specific actions that we should take right now to try and make a difference. We will be reporting to our members and individual supporters in the near future.
- March, 2012. FOG welcomes Stephen Lewis as an honorary member of our steering committee.
- January, 2012. FOG welcomes Archbishop Desmond Tutu as an Honorary Member of our Steering Committee.
- From November 28 – December 9, world leaders convened in Durban for the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference (COP17). The urgent need for decisive, allied, global action against climate change continues to mount, but these summits have failed to produce any such outcomes. On behalf of our grandchildren, we cannot afford to let our political leaders off the hook for allowing this vital opportunity for international collaboration become irrelevant. Please watch the ‘Messages for Durban’ sent to the summit by For Our Grandchildren in the video below.
If the video is slow to load, please click on the ’360p’ on the bar at the bottom and switch to a lower resolution, or click pause, and wait 5-10 minutes for the load to complete. If you have a high-speed connection, consider changing to a high-definition resolution. You can also watch the video full screen by clicking the button in the bottom right-hand corner of the video screen.
Many thanks to our global partners, the Norwegian Grandparents Climate Action, the Grand Panthers (Sweden), and Canadian artist Franke James for their participation in this feature, to the Climate Action Network (Canada) for their support, and to the exceptional video producers, Steven Best (Canada) and Hyenafilm (Norway).
Take Action
If you are concerned about the impending effects of climate change, join grandparents across Canada & around the world to make a difference. Endorse Our Resolutions on critical actions our government needs to take. Read the “Political Change for a Climate in Crisis” resolutions here.
Contributions are most appreciated.
