Join the Seniors for Climate Spring Day of Action
Last year, Climate Legacy was proud to be one of the six sponsoring groups that co-founded Seniors for Climate and their October 1st Seniors Day of Climate Action. That project united thousands of seniors in 76 communities across the country to come together and demand immediate change. This spring, we’re excited to once again be working with Seniors for Climate as they plan another cross-country action – this time for Earth Day! On the week …
Now Open – New Climate Legacy Volunteer Position
Partnership Programme Developer and Leader Climate Legacy is looking for several volunteers to work with us to develop partnerships with a range of voluntary and professional organizations to strengthen their climate advocacy and action. The job means working with the steering committee members to identify potential partnerships and build relationships with these organizations to jointlydevelop activities to reach out to their members. Examples of such activities currently include webinars, speakers, articles in their newsletters, stimulating …
Climate disinformation, broadcast to millions
In November 2024, the creator behind the blockbuster Yellowstone and its many prequels and spinoffs premiered a new television drama called Landman. The show flew under my radar until almost a month after its release, when a clip from the show went viral online. In that clip the main character – an oilman played by Billy Bob Thornton – goes on a three-minute screed claiming that wind turbines are an essentially useless energy source and false climate solution. …
Heading to the Supreme Court Would be “Game 7 of the Stanley Cup” for Ontario Climate Case
For decades now, governments and corporations have been promising to take action on climate change. Over and over again they’ve delivered speeches, filled conference halls, made pledges and set targets, and yet 2024 was another year of record oil and gas extraction in Canada, and record CO2 emissions globally. More recently, their false promises and evasion have given way to outright hostility towards climate targets. Just last week in the U.S., Donald Trump signed an executive order …
Sharing Your Stories on Climate and Health
Despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, many people still believe that the worst impacts of climate change are a distant problem. This might be because when scientists really started uniting around the need to reduce fossil fuels, it was the 80s and we did have some time before our lives would start being dramatically affected by rising temperatures. But that was nearly half a century ago, and now our governments’ inaction has come home …
We want to hear from you! How has climate change already affected your health?
It’s hardly revolutionary to say that climate change is already here. This summer and fall brought one extreme weather event after another, and where I live, it’s now late November without a single snowfall (20 years ago, it wasn't unusual to be bundled up against a blizzard as early as Halloween). Temperatures are clearly rising, and still, many people don’t seem alarmed. Climate Legacy is frequently reading new research from groups like Re.Climate, EcoAnalytics, and others, and …
When Voting for Climate Means Voting for the Economy
Right now, everyone seems to have elections on their minds. BC has just wrapped up an unusual provincial election, the U.S. presidential election ends in just under a week, and Canada’s next federal election is a year away at the absolute most. A vote is cast. Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons,Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr One thing that these elections all have in common is that any meaningful discussion of climate change is being pushed aside in favor of other …
Sharing Three Years’ Worth of Climate Legacy Infographics
One of the ways Climate Legacy supports our network is by providing ready-to-use resources that members can repurpose for their own projects. Those resources include our webinars, our calendar of upcoming climate events (updated each month), and even this newsletter, which we often repurpose as individual, shareable stories on the ‘News’ section of our website. This month, we’ve added a new resource to our website – a collection of more than 30 climate and seniors-focused infographics made by …
50+ Canadian Climate Groups are Organizing for October 1st
Author: Eric Murphy Each year, October 1st is Canada’s National Seniors Day, and the International Day of Older Persons. It’s not typically a high-profile occasion – the Government of Canada website suggests that on the 1st, people may take some time to ‘say thank you, run some errands for a senior, have a video call,’ or ‘take a walk together.’ This year, groups of seniors from across Canada are planning a different sort of October …
Is a “Green” Lawn Possible?
Author: Eric Murphy At the beginning of July, I visited my family in rural Ontario for the long weekend. This is the time of the year when lawns are at their greenest, and often requiring the most maintenance and care. Walking around our small town and its many backroads, I saw lawn after lawn – some were left wild and overgrown, but far more looked meticulously maintained, with sprinklers providing a steady stream of water. …