October 29th will be a global day of action against fossil fuel financing. In so-called Canada, the action will focus attention on RBC's funding for the Coastal GasLink pipeline which is currently being forced through Wet'suwet'en Territory against the wishes of hereditary leaders. What is Coastal GasLink? The Coastal GasLink project is a 670 kilometre … Continue reading RBCisKillingMe – October 29th
Climate Finance 101
Last week, we hosted a Climate Finance 101 webinar. Before we started we knew we had amazing speakers, a good variety of topics and over 200 people registered, but it went even better than we expected -- so we posted it on youtube for everyone to see! Patrick Derochie covered Shift Action's efforts to speed … Continue reading Climate Finance 101
Climate Finance Awareness Toolkit
Our Tiny Climate-Finance-Hub-That-Could here in Toronto has lots of ideas for actions and has been producing lots of useful materials but the big 5 banks have a GIGANTIC marketing budget, so we need a huge amount of people power to counter their big budget greenwashing. If you want to see what groups are active or … Continue reading Climate Finance Awareness Toolkit
Futurama characters DESTROY bank talking points.
The world needs to reach net-zero emissions in the physical world by 2050. You of all people know that financing leads real world impacts by decades. The old Line 3 Pipeline was built in the 1960s, started operating in 1968 (52 years ago) and is still pumping oil today. The Line 3 expansion project -- … Continue reading Futurama characters DESTROY bank talking points.
BanksAreBurningYou Posters
We've got FOUR POSTER STYLES (including one designed by the youngest member of Climate Pledge Collective) for you to download (PDF) and put up in your neighbourhood. When the weather is nice, postering alone or in a group is actually a very pleasant way to take action on climate change. And since most people don't … Continue reading BanksAreBurningYou Posters
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