First Things First Okanagan
@ftfokanagan.bsky.social
Climate Action society in the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada Working on climate solutions for future generations. Join monthly webinars on climate solutions https://linktr.ee/FTFOkanagan
Building a whole development of 4000 homes without GAS! in New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
Why a New Mexico Developer Quit Natural Gas
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February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Building a whole development of 4000 homes without GAS! in New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
Environment Watch: A litany of climate initiatives abandoned
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Environment Watch: A litany of climate initiatives abandoned
Political pressure is needed to redirect economic priorities
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January 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Environment Watch: A litany of climate initiatives abandoned
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Sorry to have to cancel Jan 22 Deep Dive with Benoit Gauthier of Noble Ridge Vineyards. Travel delays caused him to arrive too late to join the meeting. It is rescheduled to January 29. Please join us then. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Sorry to have to cancel Jan 22 Deep Dive with Benoit Gauthier of Noble Ridge Vineyards. Travel delays caused him to arrive too late to join the meeting. It is rescheduled to January 29. Please join us then. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
BC is failing its citizens by ignoring the climate chaos we are perpetuating. The gov't needs to draft stronger policies on environment, emissions, jobs, and food sustainability, and punishments for any industry that puts us at risk. @cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
Today we launched our 2025 Climate Action Progress Report, evaluating the #BCgov.
The result? 8 failing grades, and 2 grades of minor progress. The worst outcome in 4 years.
FULL REPORT: bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-rep...
@cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
The result? 8 failing grades, and 2 grades of minor progress. The worst outcome in 4 years.
FULL REPORT: bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-rep...
@cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
BC is failing its citizens by ignoring the climate chaos we are perpetuating. The gov't needs to draft stronger policies on environment, emissions, jobs, and food sustainability, and punishments for any industry that puts us at risk. @cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social
BC is approving LNG projects without fully studying the health risks. Physicians are reporting growing health concerns: asthma, heart disease and more.
Tell BC to put health first and complete a health impact assessment of LNG and fracking.
cape.ca/action/study...
Tell BC to put health first and complete a health impact assessment of LNG and fracking.
cape.ca/action/study...
Protect Health First: Urge BC to Study LNG’s Health Impacts Before Approving More Projects - CAPE
Send a message to the B.C. Premier and ministers to assess the health impacts of LNG and fracking before approving more projects.
cape.ca
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
BC is approving LNG projects without fully studying the health risks. Physicians are reporting growing health concerns: asthma, heart disease and more.
Tell BC to put health first and complete a health impact assessment of LNG and fracking.
cape.ca/action/study...
Tell BC to put health first and complete a health impact assessment of LNG and fracking.
cape.ca/action/study...
Next Thurs Sustainable Vineyards in the face of Climate Chaos. Sustainable wine? Jan 22 -7-8PM ONLINE. Benoit Gauthier from Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery : how soil health protects plants from drought and cold.
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Next Thurs Sustainable Vineyards in the face of Climate Chaos. Sustainable wine? Jan 22 -7-8PM ONLINE. Benoit Gauthier from Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery : how soil health protects plants from drought and cold.
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Sustainable wine? How to meet climate change in the Okanagan Valley. Jan 22 -7-8PM ONLINE. FTFO and Benoit Gauthier from Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery share how soil health protects plants from drought and cold.
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Discussion Series | FirstThingsFirstOK
FTFO's Deep Dive Discussions - monthly online presentations on climate solutions for the Okanagan and our planetary future.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Sustainable wine? How to meet climate change in the Okanagan Valley. Jan 22 -7-8PM ONLINE. FTFO and Benoit Gauthier from Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery share how soil health protects plants from drought and cold.
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Can't make it? Register for the zoom link/get the recording. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Amber Bracken & The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongfully arresting and detaining her while on assignment and violating both her and the publication’s Charter rights in a high-stakes press freedom case set to unfold over the course of five weeks www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/13/n...
Photojournalist Amber Bracken takes the stand in press freedom trial
On Tuesday, photojournalist Amber Bracken took the witness stand in her joint trial against the RCMP. Bracken and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for Bracken's wrongful arrest and detention and violati...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Amber Bracken & The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongfully arresting and detaining her while on assignment and violating both her and the publication’s Charter rights in a high-stakes press freedom case set to unfold over the course of five weeks www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/13/n...
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"The recent CleanBC Review offers several worthy recommendations, but is also plagued by backsliding, lowering of targets, false solutions, and an overall lack of emergency-level ambition."
Read the reaction by members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign:
Read the reaction by members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign:
Opinion: CleanBC needs a renewal, not a retreat vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"The recent CleanBC Review offers several worthy recommendations, but is also plagued by backsliding, lowering of targets, false solutions, and an overall lack of emergency-level ambition."
Read the reaction by members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign:
Read the reaction by members of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign:
Homeowners Left on Their Own to Deal with Deadly Gas via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Homeowners Left on Their Own to Deal with Deadly Gas | The Tyee
Radon kills thousands in Canada, but BC lags in helping residents minimize risk.
thetyee.ca
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Homeowners Left on Their Own to Deal with Deadly Gas via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Join us Jan 22. Benoit protected his plants and they survived deep cold and drought. How? Soil health measures. Learn more. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Join us Jan 22. Benoit protected his plants and they survived deep cold and drought. How? Soil health measures. Learn more. tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion
Happy New Year Good News! Keep hopeful for a better world. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows
Applications to build battery storage drive boom as offshore wind projects given go-ahead jump sevenfold year on year
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Happy New Year Good News! Keep hopeful for a better world. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
10 Good Climate News Stories of 2025. In this special year-end episode, The Angry Clean Energy Guy cuts through the doom and gloom to deliver the definitive list of 2025’s biggest climate victories. HOPE in REAL CHANGE!!
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December 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
10 Good Climate News Stories of 2025. In this special year-end episode, The Angry Clean Energy Guy cuts through the doom and gloom to deliver the definitive list of 2025’s biggest climate victories. HOPE in REAL CHANGE!!
youtu.be/Mb4bX6twU9Q?...
youtu.be/Mb4bX6twU9Q?...
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/n...
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students
Each year, University of Toronto professor Laura Tozer updates a slide deck that she presents to her graduate students on the state of climate policy in Canada. This year, she is deleting everything.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/24/n...
Myth and the reality of annual allowable cut in BC forests www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
Myth and the reality of annual allowable cut in BC forests
The annual allowable cut is the cornerstone for how the B.C. government manages logging on Crown forested lands.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Myth and the reality of annual allowable cut in BC forests www.castanet.net/news/Inside-...
Got Used Chopsticks? Those Could Become a New Cutting Board via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
Got Used Chopsticks? Those Could Become a New Cutting Board | The Tyee
Fast-expanding ChopValue turns millions of disposable utensils into sustainable products.
thetyee.ca
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Got Used Chopsticks? Those Could Become a New Cutting Board via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, has eliminated gas and oil and replaced it with geothermal and three 5-ton air-to-air heat pumps. The church is now 100% carbon free, with electricity from its rooftop solar panels and its “solar pergola” over the patio.
Climate solutions work!
Climate solutions work!
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa, has eliminated gas and oil and replaced it with geothermal and three 5-ton air-to-air heat pumps. The church is now 100% carbon free, with electricity from its rooftop solar panels and its “solar pergola” over the patio.
Climate solutions work!
Climate solutions work!
A lump of coal for Christmas - 4 cards to choose from. My Sea to Sky @myseatosky.bsky.social
Our politicians have been very naughty this year. Choose a postcard and send Prime Minister Carney and Premier Eby a lump of coal for Christmas.
myseatosky.org/take-action/....
Our politicians have been very naughty this year. Choose a postcard and send Prime Minister Carney and Premier Eby a lump of coal for Christmas.
myseatosky.org/take-action/....
Send a lump of coal for Christmas | My Sea to Sky
Our politicians have been very naughty this year.
myseatosky.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A lump of coal for Christmas - 4 cards to choose from. My Sea to Sky @myseatosky.bsky.social
Our politicians have been very naughty this year. Choose a postcard and send Prime Minister Carney and Premier Eby a lump of coal for Christmas.
myseatosky.org/take-action/....
Our politicians have been very naughty this year. Choose a postcard and send Prime Minister Carney and Premier Eby a lump of coal for Christmas.
myseatosky.org/take-action/....
Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat.
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Tell the Prime Minister: Protect Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules - CAPE
Send a message to the Prime Minister to protect and strengthen Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules instead of dismantling them.
cape.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat.
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.
cape.ca/action/prote...
Climate Fresk is a 3 hour interactive game to share thoughts, feelings and work together on individual actions that lead to
collective actions and systemic change.Collaborate to place 42 cards in order of cause and effect to create a collage (fresk)
REGISTER to book a spot. karendepaoli@yahoo.ca
collective actions and systemic change.Collaborate to place 42 cards in order of cause and effect to create a collage (fresk)
REGISTER to book a spot. karendepaoli@yahoo.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Climate Fresk is a 3 hour interactive game to share thoughts, feelings and work together on individual actions that lead to
collective actions and systemic change.Collaborate to place 42 cards in order of cause and effect to create a collage (fresk)
REGISTER to book a spot. karendepaoli@yahoo.ca
collective actions and systemic change.Collaborate to place 42 cards in order of cause and effect to create a collage (fresk)
REGISTER to book a spot. karendepaoli@yahoo.ca
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Come to the Mall and send a Holiday Card to your elected leaders - kudos, criticisms, hope for the future. Sat Dec 13 from 9 30 to 3 PM Penticton at Cherry Lane Mall at the Food Court @sokcofc.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Come to the Mall and send a Holiday Card to your elected leaders - kudos, criticisms, hope for the future. Sat Dec 13 from 9 30 to 3 PM Penticton at Cherry Lane Mall at the Food Court @sokcofc.bsky.social
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ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lett... LETTER: Pipelines and LNG terminals don’t lead to cleaner future
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/lett... LETTER: Pipelines and LNG terminals don’t lead to cleaner future
WOW! @katharinehayhoe.com gave an amazing keynote at the Calgary Climate Symposium last November. Totally inspirational. Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis...
Keynote: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Global Chief Scientist of Nature United
YouTube video by City of Calgary
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December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
WOW! @katharinehayhoe.com gave an amazing keynote at the Calgary Climate Symposium last November. Totally inspirational. Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis...
Thanks to @MPHelenaKonanz for meeting with us earlier in the week. We appreciated her attention and questions. We discussed renewable energy and the advantages of an east-west clean energy grid – jobs, health, affordability, and Canadian sovereignty. We look forward to talking again in the new year.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thanks to @MPHelenaKonanz for meeting with us earlier in the week. We appreciated her attention and questions. We discussed renewable energy and the advantages of an east-west clean energy grid – jobs, health, affordability, and Canadian sovereignty. We look forward to talking again in the new year.