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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Author: Eric Murphy Across generations, travel has never been bigger. Vacations have proven resilient to inflation, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and for many, the almost inevitable carbon footprint that accompanies longer trips. Most of us already know that mile for mile, flying is the most carbon intensive way to travel, and for many travelers, long flights are one of the most damaging actions they will take in a given year.   But for so many …

Climate Legacy is excited to announce that we are hosting a new webinar on June 18th. You can findthe poster, registration link, and full event details below. How the Swiss Women Won: A Conversation with Pia Hollenstein on KlimaSeniorinnen’s Groundbreaking Climate Case For the past nine years, KlimaSeniorinnen, an association of 2,400 Swiss women over the age of 64, has been working to take Switzerland to court for its climate inaction. This April, they won …

In the dog days of summer, shopping at a local farmers’ market feels like visiting a lush oasis – especially if you live in a neighborhood otherwise hemmed in by grocery stores owned by the Weston family. The rows of seasonal produce bursting with colour certainly beat fluorescent lighting and products picked prematurely and shipped halfway around the world.  If you’ve explored local markets over the past few years, you may have run into food that was …

Decarbonizing Canada’s Economy – How the Transition will Affect Workers At the beginning of 2023, the World Economic Forum reported that 12.7 million people now work in the global renewable energy sector. As Canada undertakes its own green transition, many new jobs may spring up here as well. Other jobs will be lost in the fossil fuel and other sectors. However, the nature and scope of the  transition is far from guaranteed, and we can’t …

Join Climate Legacy, The Group of 78, and Farmers for Climate Solutions on June 22nd at 7pm EDT for a webinar about regenerative agriculture! According to Agriculture Canada, 10 percent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions are from crop and livestock production. At the same time, agriculture can help slow climate change by harmlessly storing carbon in the soil. This means that Canadian farms have the potential to go from carbon emitters to significant carbon sinks. …

Climate Legacy is pleased to announce that we are co-hosting two new climate and finance-focused webinars with The Group of 78.  Event 1: The Energy Transition Registration through Zeffy April 18th, 2pm Understanding the energy transition is the first step to identifying the role you can play in getting us there. Learn about what the shift to a zero-carbon economy will look like (including debunking common myths), understand the major milestones we need to meet in Canada, and get …