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For Our Kids: Ottawa-Gatineau
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We are a community including parents, grandparents and families who have come together to tackle the climate emergency by participating in family-friendly activism activities.
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Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.
A guerrilla gardener installed a pop-up wetland in the LA River. Here's how — and why
Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A #Climate study by 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸 researchers in @nature.com links "the deadliest type of disaster - #heatwaves - directly to major #fossilfuel companies & their products"

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Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem | CBC News
A new study has linked the deadliest type of disaster — heat waves — directly to major fossil fuel companies and their products.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Our family is getting bigger and bigger. Join our community groups tomorrow to voice your opposition to Bill 60.

🖐️ Hands off our City!
🛣️ Stick to your lane, Doug!
⛑️ Safe streets for people walking, biking, rolling

Why should you care about this? Here’s why. 👇

bikeottawa.ca/2025/11/09/w...
Poster of rally against Bill 60 with logos of participating groups (Bike Ottawa, Strong Towns Ottawa, Kidical Mass Ottawa, School Streets Ottawa and Four Our Kids Ottawa-Gatineau, Ecology Ottawa). Shows a black and white picture of Doug Ford with a bike helmet and the words “Stick to your lane, Doug!”
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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SAVE THE DATE

We’re organising a rally to protest against Bill 60. Details:

Marion Dewar Plaza
City Hall
Thursday, November 13
8:30am

More info here:

bikeottawa.ca/2025/11/09/r...
Rally to protest Bill 60
Dear residents, Next Thursday, Bike Ottawa is organising a rally to protest Bill 60 that, among other things, will ban any new bike lanes involving road reconfiguration. Whether you bike, walk, rol…
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🚨 @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social - we expect you to stand up to Doug Ford and fight for our Speed Safety Cameras
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Our kids and families deserve safe school zones - ASE cameras work! Speed humps and roundabouts won’t fit on arterials
📝Sign our petition today
schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Union contracts can support "solar panels and electrification, expanding indoor air quality monitoring, helping educators integrate climate change into their curriculum, and establishing training for students in clean energy jobs, among other steps"
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Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change.

As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.

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#Teacher #Climate #Unions #Students
Teachers unions leverage contracts to fight climate change
As federal support and financial incentives for climate action wither, this sort of local action is becoming more difficult but also more urgent, advocates say.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Heartbreaking news from NYC: 2 lives lost in basement flooding. Climate change means more intense storms, and our homes aren't safe. Moms, we MUST demand climate-resilient cities NOW to protect our families. 💔

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Two found dead in flooded basements as New York city hit by rainstorm
Separate incidents see bodies pulled from basements in Brooklyn and Manhattan as heavy rain closes roads and causes delays
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November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
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October 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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📣 Today we have updated our summary of net zero targets across 40+ of the world's largest emitters. What do we see?

🛑 Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the design of most net zero targets remains inadequate.

🔗 climateactiontracker.org/global/cat-n...
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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YES - the Ford govt rushed ahead and has introduced legislation to ban speed safety cameras.
NO - it’s not too late!!!
They’ve walked back decisions before!
Sign our petition AND write to the premier (link and email address below). Then SHARE!

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Parents rally to save photo radar in school zones
Ottawa parents and some city councillors stood in the rain Monday to call on Doug Ford to keep photo radar in school zones. CTV’s Josh Marano reports.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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"...environmental education should embrace new, more radical mantras that tackle the root causes of our ecological crises, such as Regulation, Redistribution, and Reparations."

theconversation.com/reduce-reuse...
‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Our kids aren’t made of sugar and neither are we - Bring your umbrellas ☔️ Day of action is going ahead!

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Provincial Day of Action – Oct 20
Save our Safety Cameras Join the Day Provincial Day of Action! 8:15am Oct 20, 2025 Woodroffe Public School 281 Woodroffe Ave Count me in! 8:45am Oct 20, 2025 Queen Elizabeth Public School 689 St La…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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eugeniewaters.bsky.social
Exactly! Signs and flashing lights are completely insufficient. Sign and share: schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...

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October 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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🚨Join us in the fight for safer school zones in Ottawa 🚨

🚸Fund and build sidewalks and protected bike lanes in our neighbourhoods
🏫Make school streets possible
💪Stand strong against Ford and fight to save our automated speed cameras!

✅Sign here schoolstreetsottawa.ca/get-involved...

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Demand Safe School Zones in Ottawa!
Le francais suit It’s a common scene at schools for morning drop off and afternoon pick up times, speeding, distracted driving, close calls and tension on the streets . Many school zones lack…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Canadians' tax dollars should be going toward real climate solutions, not carbon capture pipedreams.
#cdnpoli #solar #climate
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July 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Housing justice is a huge part of climate justice!
leadnowca.bsky.social Leadnow @leadnowca.bsky.social · Oct 6
📣 Say it with us: the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH.

That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.

Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll

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October 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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We're happy to be a part of this challenge. As caregivers getting around without a car might be a challenge. But with challenges comes opportunity. Want to share how you and your family will attempt the #WeekWithoutDriving challenge? We'd love to share!
bikeottawa.bsky.social Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · Sep 10
What if, for one week, you experienced your daily life without relying on a car? How might it change your perspective on the way our community moves?

Join the challenge Sept 29-Oct 5. Experience life without driving. Share your stories.👇 #WeekWithoutDriving #OttCity

bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
Poster of Week Without Driving. On the left, an orange column with images of bikes and shoes. On the right, Week Without Driving with logos of partners: Bike Ottawa, For our Kids Ottawa Gatineau, Strong Towns Ottawa, Ottawa Transit Riders and Ecology Ottawa.
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Join a tour of Overbrook homes to speak to residents about their heat pumps and get your questions answered!
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tour-of-he...

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#Ott
Poster promoting a tour of heat pumps in the Overbrook neighbourhood from 9:30am on Sunday Oct 5th.
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The voices of young people are clear: Youth unemployment isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis shaping their lives & futures.

A Youth Climate Corps could put thousands to work while supporting climate & community.

Tell Carney: Listen to youth & act for a YCC: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney
September 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Canada’s mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that fight climate change.

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Canada's mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that fight climate change - CityNews Montreal
More than 250 elected officials across Canada have signed onto a campaign calling on the federal government to prioritize major infrastructure projects that help in the fight against climate change. C...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
forourkidsog.bsky.social
Ottawa has a bold vision of a greener future with lots of sustainable transportation options including walking and rolling.

Sidewalks are an essential part of this vision. We can't miss out on important opportunities. Thank you to these residents for holding the city to account.
ecologyottawa.bsky.social Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social · Sep 25
It's great to see local residents fighting back against this decision.

As we've said, accessibility and safety are more important than neighbourhood character.

Moreover, deferring sidewalks here would set a bad precedent for a good policy. #OttWalk #OttRoll

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Three Manor Park residents demand the city build sidewalks in lawyer letter
Rideau-Rockliffe ward Coun. Rawlson King exceeded his authority as a city councillor by deferring the sidewalk construction, they argue.
ottawacitizen.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
forourkidsog.bsky.social
We're happy to be a part of this challenge. As caregivers getting around without a car might be a challenge. But with challenges comes opportunity. Want to share how you and your family will attempt the #WeekWithoutDriving challenge? We'd love to share!
bikeottawa.bsky.social Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · Sep 10
What if, for one week, you experienced your daily life without relying on a car? How might it change your perspective on the way our community moves?

Join the challenge Sept 29-Oct 5. Experience life without driving. Share your stories.👇 #WeekWithoutDriving #OttCity

bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
Poster of Week Without Driving. On the left, an orange column with images of bikes and shoes. On the right, Week Without Driving with logos of partners: Bike Ottawa, For our Kids Ottawa Gatineau, Strong Towns Ottawa, Ottawa Transit Riders and Ecology Ottawa.
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Vous aimez faire du vélo et aider les autres en même temps? Nous avons besoin de bénévoles pour diriger nos jeunes cyclistes le long du parcours.

Pour se porter bénévole, c’est ici 👇 2/2

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Kidical Mass (Orleans 2025 – Event Planning) - The New Orleans
Hi all, this page is the central hub for planning for the 2025 Orleans Kidical Mass ride on September 27th. Below you’ll find links to The New Orleans Forum where you can see ongoing discussion about ...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM