Our Legacy. Their Future.
On September 23, county staff presented their report with recommendations for actions to address the climate crisis. The report was in response to a June 24th presentation by For Our Grandchildren and Peterborough Youth Empowerment which requested council to acknowledge the climate emergency and to take concrete action in the area to address it. The … Read more
On 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 Councillor wanted an immediate declaration, not a referral to staff. … Read more
With all the fuss in the world about the Covid 19 crisis, I’ve been thinking a lot about the parallels between it and Climate Change. I’ve been recording my observations when I wake up in a sweat, but I have not added any new ones in a while, so maybe I am done. Here’s what … Read more
“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 pandemic seems to be … Read more
Linda and I watched the film “Planet of the Humans” a few days ago. It’s a very good film and raises some serious questions, especially around biomass energy. However, some of its content is quite misleading, especially regarding solar photovoltaic panels and wind turbines. The film rightly pointed out that a lot of CO2 is … Read more
Project Drawdown defines the moment of Drawdown as “the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. This is the point when we begin the process of stopping further climate change and averting potentially catastrophic warming. It is a critical turning point for life … Read more
On 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 trustee of the Vancouver school board of a similar effort … Read more
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