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For Our Grandchildren’s mission is to engage and mobilize our community to take effective action to combat climate change. In relentless pursuit of this mission, we will advocate/enlist support from our local governments and collaborate effectively with like-minded community organizations.
Recent Peterborough Posts
Peterborough County Climate EmergencyCategories: PeterboroughJuly 1, 2020On Wednesday, June 24, representatives from 4RG and PYE presented the motion below to Peterborough County to study the possibility of declaring a climate emergency. The motion passed with no changes after a long and largely positive discussion.There was only one vote against, because that [Read More...]
Nature books for this time of crisisCategories: Book Review, PeterboroughMay 21, 2020“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting.” — Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” From all accounts, nature seems to be doing just fine as human activity has been dialed down in recent months. In fact, the [Read More...]
The Darlings, an Ordinary Family in Extraordinary TimesMay 13, 2020Craig Darling was born in Peterborough to a family whose roots go back many generations. He wants you to know that he’s not one of those Warsaw Darlings, and not one of the insurance Darlings either, but a true Peterborough Darling. He attended Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School, played on [Read More...]
Students Urge School Boards to declare Climate EmergencyMarch 10, 2020On Tuesday February 25, students from Peterborough Youth Empowerment made simultaneous presentations to school board trustees from two local school boards. Their presentations were based in part on strategies that they developed at a forum in January at which they heard remote presentations from a [Read More...]
Peterborough shows up on Parliament HillCategories: Actions, PeterboroughFebruary 27, 2020On February 21 a contingent of Peterborough supporters from PACA and 4RG made the trek to Ottawa to support John O’Brien’s Green Gramps on the Hill vigil on Parliament Hill. We were joined by Janet McCue and her sister who drummed and sang in support. We had prepared for support from [Read More...]
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4RG in the News
- Drew Monkman on Chex TV
Drew's excellent commentary on the Climate Crisis and its link to our current heat wave.
- Panel Discussion on YourTV
Guy Hanchet and Malaika from Peterborough Youth Empowerment joined Jim Hendry, Taylor Clysdale, and Jeff Leal for a discussion on what Peterborough City;s recent moves to implement the Climate Change Action Plan.
- Public forum on Climate Emergency for Peterborough
4RG and Peterborough Youth Empowerment joined forces with Robert Kiley, Councillor from Kingston, in presenting reasons why now is the right time for Peterborough to declare a Climate Emergency.
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Recent Letters to the Editor
- Peterborough letter: The climate crisis is happening here, now
My insurance bill arrived this week. Included in it was the banner headline “WHY ARE INSURANCE RATES INCREASING?” This was followed by the answers: “One of the biggest factors impacting home insurance rates in Canada is the rise in extreme weather due to climate change.
Since 2013, insurance claims for damage due to natural disasters such as fires, flooding and storms, have doubled compared to the previous six years.” For Car Insurance, it says “Like home insurance, the rise in extreme weather also impacts car insurance rates: bad weather = more accidents = more claims.”
- Increased Carbon Price Is Simply No Longer Enough
We no longer have the luxury of picking only the one most cost-effective measure; in our climate emergency we have to use all the tools available. We need programs that include a combination of tightened regulations to discourage building more fossil fuel infrastructure and incentives to encourage the building of sustainable infrastructure.
- It’s time for passive-house construction
Why is a natural-gas main being provided to a new subdivision being built just south of Peterborough city?
Locking in fossil-fuel use in new houses makes no sense. We know that Canada must reduce its greenhouse gases from fossil-fuels by 45 per cent by 2030, and to net-zero by 2050, to avoid the most costly and dangerous effects of the climate emergency.
