What is a Climate Emergency? The Climate Mobilization is an international campaign to get governments to finally sit up and pay attention to the fact that we are facing a climate emergency. The movement is calling for World-War-2-scale mobilization across society to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and aims to focus on cities first because … Continue reading Toronto Climate Emergency
Climatepledgecollective X Fridaysforfuture
Protests are great for getting attention and building connections, but we need concrete actions ASAP -- so Climate Pledge Collection is always working to turn attention into actions both big and small. At yesterday's Fridaysforfuture at Queen's Park, we tried a poster-size version of our pledge system with prizes, surprises and noises -- carnival style. … Continue reading Climatepledgecollective X Fridaysforfuture
Low-Carbon Luxury – 3 – Meaning
(Part 1 here) The fifth tenet of low-carbon luxury is meaning. Low-carbon luxury asks us to pursue meaning directly, instead of chasing after second-hand meanings in consumer goods. What does it mean to pursue meaning directly? First of all, you must be on the look out for meaning, you must notice when you feel fulfilled. … Continue reading Low-Carbon Luxury – 3 – Meaning
New Year’s Resolution: Burn Less Carbon
It's time for all of us to turn over a new leaf and burn less carbon in 2019. This graph shows why it’s so important that we start cutting immediately. If we had started reducing emissions around 2000 we would have had until AFTER 2100 to get to net-zero. If we keep delaying action for another … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution: Burn Less Carbon
Low Carbon Luxury – 2 – Be Mindful
If you haven't read Part One you can find it here. Welcome back. What have we agreed to so far? We are going to try to work less, so we can live more. We are going to try to buy less, so we have more time. And we are going to breath deeply to slow … Continue reading Low Carbon Luxury – 2 – Be Mindful
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