Welcome to For Our Grandchildren
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...]
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...]
Help Wanted in the fight against Climate ChangeFebruary 26, 2020We are asking if and how you want to be more involved with climate action through For Our Grandchildren. At present, our somewhat fluid organizing committee of about 12 members includes Trish Campbell, Kate Grierson, Guy Hanchet, John Harnett, Jan Laurie, Connie McCracken, Drew Monkman, David and [Read More...]
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4RG in the News
- Drew Monkman on CHEX regarding this year's heat wave.
Drew Monkman interviewed on CHEX TV points out that there have already been 32 days above 30 degrees this summer and reminds us that in the 1990’s, there was an average of only 6 days per summer. This is clear local evidence of the accelerating pace of the climate crisis.
- 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.
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Recent Letters to the Editor
- Economic Recovery Should Support Jobs Not Fossil Fuel Industry
".... doing something wrong is a bad reason to continue doing it. The production of oil from the tarsands is the single largest source, 27 per cent, of Canada’s carbon emissions that are causing the climate crisis. That 27 per cent is the PRODUCTION of tarsands oil, to heat the sands enough to get the oil out of the ground. It does not include the enormous extra emissions when that oil is burned as gas or fuel oil.
- 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.
