Author: Matthew Lie - Paehlke

Thanks to your ridiculously generous support, we've signed a contract with Pattison Media and we will have one 100 climate crisis posters on the TTC! When we launched, raising $10,000 in 17 days seemed absurdly ambitious -- but we're in the 'try everything' camp when it comes to climate action, so we tried. AND YOU … Continue reading We Did it!!

We have a plan to put ads on the TTC that tell the truth about our climate crisis. We have a graphic designer willing to do the design for free! We have a loose concept -- simply sharing hard-hitting climate facts that are being under-reported, such as the water crisis in Chennai. We have consulted … Continue reading Help us put Climate Crisis ads on the subway!

There is a lot of organizing energy in Toronto these days.  Climate Justice Toronto -- which is partly an offshoot of the Powershift conference and the Our Time movement -- recently named itself and their meetings are humming. Canadian Climate Challenge launched a new home base for Canadian Climate Action news with an excellent events calendar. … Continue reading Two New Toronto Climate Websites and One New Climate Action Group

We're hosting another Climate Picnic in Walter Saunders Memorial Park (near Eglinton West Station) on June 8 at 11 am!  Most details are TBA but you can follow along on the Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1293781314107063/. There will also be a Climate Picnic in Ottawa on June 1!  FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1166284583533705/

Our Climate Picnic last week has filled us with hope and soaked our nervous bones in lovely sounds and sunshine.   And it wouldn't have happened without the help of so many people.  We had some great organizers and volunteers including Sue, Ira, Clarence and Brianne.  Sue was especially generous in lining up the circus performers … Continue reading Climate Picnic Thank Yous!