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Heat waves, forest fires, floods and Coronavirus…enough to make you sweat
We’ve seen COVID-19 take lives, affect the most vulnerable, destroy families, put immense pressure on health systems around the world. The virus has had unprecedented physical, psychological and financial consequences.
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Top Five Reasons Your MP Should Support a Green and Just Recovery
Elected officials are getting an earful from polluting corporations looking for bailouts and environmental rollbacks, so we need you to help balance the scales. Here are five reasons to support…
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Enough is Enough. Why Greenpeace Is Speaking Out About Systemic Racism.
“It’s 2020. Enough is enough.”
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Anti-Racism Toolkit for Environmentalists
The environmental community will not stay silent in the face of systemic injustice. We must act and speak in solidarity with the Black communities and the movement for BIPOC lives. Fighting for a green and peaceful future includes speaking out against the unjust, racist and systemic violence Black and Indigenous people face every day in…
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3 anti-racist policies that should be part of the COVID-19 economic recovery
COVID-19 recovery plans must be anti-racist. Here’s a look at just 3 (of the many) options on the table proposed by the movement for Black lives, including defunding the police, social programs, and free transit.
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CALL TO ACTION – Defund the Police in Canada
Join Black and Indigenous groups in Canada in their calls to defund police violence and invest in healthy, peaceful communities instead.
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Despite COVID-19, Quebecers want government to do more and reject calls to abolish environmental regulations
A Léger poll, conducted from May 29th to June 2nd [1] and commissioned by the Communauté de pratique sur la communication climatique au Québec [2], shows that Quebecers prioritize social…
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The Makers: Vancouver’s Kristina Kearley on the frontlines of COVID-19 … a green & just recovery
Canask is an informal collective that’s working to flatten the COVID-19 curve by redistributing donations of masks and other personal protective equipment. We sat down with Coordinator Kristina Kearley to talk about a just transition from the pandemic.
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Report of the National Inquiry on MMIWG: One year later, where’s the action?
A year ago this week, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls launched its report. Where are we now?
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White supremacy is destroying the environment, but that’s not why we fight it
As we mourn the countless Black lives lost at the hands of police, I feel compelled to speak up about white supremacy and police violence against Black and Indigenous communities here in Canada.
