Our Legacy. Their Future.
We 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 Patricia Morton, Linda and Alan Slavin, and Steve … Read more
On Monday, January 13, Peterborough high-school students organized a public workshop to ask the school boards to declare a Climate Emergency and introduce more climate-change science into the curriculum. Sixty people were in attendance at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Frank St., including students, members of the school boards, teachers, parents, and others. The … Read more
On Thursday evening excited Peterborough-area voters joined other concerned Canadians from more than 150 communities across Canada holding town hall meetings on a Green New Deal to respond to the societal, economic and environmental disruption coming with the climate emergency. The Canadian Green New Deal, similar in principle to the one being discussed in the … Read more
4RG has signed on to the letter below from Parents for the Future to indicate our support for the youth who are attracting attention to the failure of the adult world to deal with climate change. This map shows a world-wide picture of how Fridays for Future has already caught on. In Canada Fridays for … Read more
As reported in our March 18th blog (The Biggest Merchant of Doubt), Exxon Mobil asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for permission to bar a shareholder resolution sponsored by two large pension funds. The resolution would have required Exxon to set emissions targets aligned with “greenhouse gas reduction goals established by the Paris … Read more
La déclaration : Les Grands-Parents préoccupés lancent un appel en faveur du climat Ensemble, les Mouvements Pour nos petits-enfants (4RG, Canada) et Campagne des grands-parents pour le climat (GCC, Norvège) ont élaboré une « Déclaration destinée aux responsables politiques nationaux et internationaux de la part des grands-Parents préoccupés – unis pour un futur durable en faveur de … Read more
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