Mary Anne Schleinich
@interactionfirst.bsky.social
🇨🇦 therapist, dancer, writer, local climate leader- courageously facing reality and committed to the global family. www.marystherapy.ca
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100,000 people came out to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge, police say – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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What's wrong with us? Pretending something isn't true won't make it go away. Turn to @news.rte.ie @theguardian.com & @aljazeera.com. I get more relief there than from the milky statements by @mark-carney.bsky.social. The truth can galvanize action such as this www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
They spent US$4.7 M on 8 Venezuelan men with possible criminal records. Not counting the cost of transport, military bravado and septic tank public opinion, they sent another 266 men with no criminal records to the worst prison known in the Americas. @amnesty.de @amnesty.at @alexneve.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They spent US$4.7 M on 8 Venezuelan men with possible criminal records. Not counting the cost of transport, military bravado and septic tank public opinion, they sent another 266 men with no criminal records to the worst prison known in the Americas. @amnesty.de @amnesty.at @alexneve.bsky.social
No where is safe in @CityofCalgary bc @calgarypolice.bsky.social love flying helicopters, flying low and using their flashlights--none of which reduce speeding, organized crime, domestic violence, nor improve cybersecurity, and seldom, if ever, catch a rogue car chase. @jeromyyyc.bsky.social #yyccc
thinking about this more and more...
you have to go more than 2 blocks off of MLK Between S Orcas St and S Graham St to have housing that would meet the noise requirements in german districts
December 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No where is safe in @CityofCalgary bc @calgarypolice.bsky.social love flying helicopters, flying low and using their flashlights--none of which reduce speeding, organized crime, domestic violence, nor improve cybersecurity, and seldom, if ever, catch a rogue car chase. @jeromyyyc.bsky.social #yyccc
@drluannemetz.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @kathleenganley.bsky.social @shoffmanab.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social @coreyhogan.ca
Petition to the House of Commons e-6811: Enforce the Canada Health Act! Sign House of Commons petition calling on federal government to enforce Canada Health Act (Ontario Premier Doug Ford is violating by allowing illegal user fees in private clinics).
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"If completed new [LNG] projects will produce more than 10 billion tonnes of CO2 p.a. (>25% of all current energy-related emissions), “destroying any hope of achieving global climate goals,” says Reclaim Finance. corporateknights.com/responsible-... @calgaryclimatehub.ca #cdnpoli
Five sustainable finance predictions for 2026 | Corporate Knights
Our lead sustainable finance reporter looks at what’s coming in the year ahead for ESG investing, green funds and the climate transition
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December 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"If completed new [LNG] projects will produce more than 10 billion tonnes of CO2 p.a. (>25% of all current energy-related emissions), “destroying any hope of achieving global climate goals,” says Reclaim Finance. corporateknights.com/responsible-... @calgaryclimatehub.ca #cdnpoli
Quebec↑↑ solar alongside hydro, creating demand for local manufacturing. Provincial policy has increasingly focused on combining utility-scale procurement with incentives for distributed generation. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/22/a... @calgaryclimatehub.ca Boo to dinosaur O&G CEOs+ Mau Smith.
Awendio Solaris plans multi-gigawatt solar manufacturing hub in Canada
Awendio Solaris says it plans to invest about CAD 1 billion ($726.7 million) in a vertically integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility and research center in Montreal, Quebec, targeting ...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Quebec↑↑ solar alongside hydro, creating demand for local manufacturing. Provincial policy has increasingly focused on combining utility-scale procurement with incentives for distributed generation. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/22/a... @calgaryclimatehub.ca Boo to dinosaur O&G CEOs+ Mau Smith.
1,000 solar R&D jobs going to dark, cloudy Montreal and not sunny Calgary!! Wonder why? pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/22/a... @drluannemetz.bsky.social @joececil.bsky.social @lauralynchcbc.bsky.social @elmeligisarah.bsky.social
Awendio Solaris plans multi-gigawatt solar manufacturing hub in Canada
Awendio Solaris says it plans to invest about CAD 1 billion ($726.7 million) in a vertically integrated solar cell and module manufacturing facility and research center in Montreal, Quebec, targeting ...
pv-magazine-usa.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
1,000 solar R&D jobs going to dark, cloudy Montreal and not sunny Calgary!! Wonder why? pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/22/a... @drluannemetz.bsky.social @joececil.bsky.social @lauralynchcbc.bsky.social @elmeligisarah.bsky.social
"Best notes that the region accounts for less than 1% of global emissions but bears disproportionate climate impacts, and says that a swift, well-funded recovery is critical to prevent such prolonged suffering." Last 3 para.s of this article are most important. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The trauma after the storm: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of emotional devastation across Jamaica
Experts are calling for the integration of mental health into climate-disaster policy in the Caribbean as studies show that PTSD risks increase after hurricanes and displacement
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December 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"Best notes that the region accounts for less than 1% of global emissions but bears disproportionate climate impacts, and says that a swift, well-funded recovery is critical to prevent such prolonged suffering." Last 3 para.s of this article are most important. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Come on!! We can do better than this. Buy local. Buy fresh. Grow your own - even in the winter. Make your own bread. Talk to your grocer and city council members! @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
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December 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Come on!! We can do better than this. Buy local. Buy fresh. Grow your own - even in the winter. Make your own bread. Talk to your grocer and city council members! @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Life downstream of the oilsands is complicated.
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The fight for life downstream of Alberta’s oilsands | The Narwhal
In their own words: residents in Fort Chipewyan talk about their experiences — and fears — downstream from the Alberta oilsands’ trillion-litre tailings ponds
https://thenarwhal.ca/fort-chipewyan-residents-portraits/?utm_source=The+Narwhal&utm_campaign=258beaf70b-Dec.+20+2025+—+EOY+OTG+appeal+5+—+past+donors&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f6a05fddb8-258beaf70b-108928277
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Life downstream of the oilsands is complicated.
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thenarwhal.ca/fort-chipewy...
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this is good and should be at a million views by new years eve.
watch and boost it, folks.
tag your friends, neighbors, and legislators
watch and boost it, folks.
tag your friends, neighbors, and legislators
The movie Cycling Cities showcases Europe’s top cycling capitals. @ingwarpero.bsky.social rode to Freiburg, Paris, Ghent, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Hamburg & Copenhagen to see what makes cities bike-friendly and drives sustainable urban mobility. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5jQ...
CYCLING CITIES - Der Film
YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch
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December 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
this is good and should be at a million views by new years eve.
watch and boost it, folks.
tag your friends, neighbors, and legislators
watch and boost it, folks.
tag your friends, neighbors, and legislators
Sick of these weather reports! @anthropocenempg.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @projectcalgary.bsky.social @projectdrawdown.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @lauralynchcbc.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's quite a different thing when architects design buildings and consider the whole space, than when developers build, motivated more by profit motive than professional ethics. @jeromyyyc.bsky.social @mykeatkinson.bsky.social @kimmeyer.bsky.social #yyccc @andrechabot.bsky.social
imagine more bike parking spaces that activate our dark streets and provide public space
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divisare.com/projects/331...
Various Architects · Bicycle Hotel Lillestrøm
The design of the Bicycle hotel in Norway designed by Various Architects meets the functional requirements to provide a safe parking for 400 bicycles. In addition the project gives back to the city th...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's quite a different thing when architects design buildings and consider the whole space, than when developers build, motivated more by profit motive than professional ethics. @jeromyyyc.bsky.social @mykeatkinson.bsky.social @kimmeyer.bsky.social #yyccc @andrechabot.bsky.social
Why does 🇨🇦still supply weaponry to 🇮🇱? Will we stop when it's a blood bath? A genocide? A a ceasefire?
Elbows up and pockets open at all costs @mark-carney.bsky.social?? #cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @cfscquakers.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
Elbows up and pockets open at all costs @mark-carney.bsky.social?? #cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @cfscquakers.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect
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December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why does 🇨🇦still supply weaponry to 🇮🇱? Will we stop when it's a blood bath? A genocide? A a ceasefire?
Elbows up and pockets open at all costs @mark-carney.bsky.social?? #cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @cfscquakers.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
Elbows up and pockets open at all costs @mark-carney.bsky.social?? #cdnpoli
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... @cfscquakers.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
Survival is a community event! Climate change, Madagascar gov. forced people into isolation on land unfit for ag, without water, schools, and into the reach of crocodiles! Urge redress and aid. takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178187/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgw...
@brittwray.bsky.social @amnesty.org
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@brittwray.bsky.social @amnesty.org
W4R 2025: Madagascar - Mr Damisoa
YouTube video by Amnesty International Canada
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December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Survival is a community event! Climate change, Madagascar gov. forced people into isolation on land unfit for ag, without water, schools, and into the reach of crocodiles! Urge redress and aid. takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178187/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgw...
@brittwray.bsky.social @amnesty.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgw...
@brittwray.bsky.social @amnesty.org
Busy protecting corp pocket books at the expense of civilian attention. That's how Liberal Party = Conservative Party in Canada. @mark-carney.bsky.social
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth
Most Canadians want the federal government to do more about climate disinformation, especially during extreme weather, new research shows, even as the Carney government scraps Canada's laws against gr...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Busy protecting corp pocket books at the expense of civilian attention. That's how Liberal Party = Conservative Party in Canada. @mark-carney.bsky.social
Correction! They are in Equador, not El Salvador! Age 10-20, these kids won a 2021 court case against Texaco's gas flares. Now they face violent intimidation. Authorities said they will not investigate unless they stop their activism! @forourkidscanada.bsky.social @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social check out the resources for kids to protect other youth. These courageous kids won a case against flaring gas, but are still persecuted in El Salvador. Learn and act→https://amnesty.ca/write-for-rights/teachers/
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Correction! They are in Equador, not El Salvador! Age 10-20, these kids won a 2021 court case against Texaco's gas flares. Now they face violent intimidation. Authorities said they will not investigate unless they stop their activism! @forourkidscanada.bsky.social @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social check out the resources for kids to protect other youth. These courageous kids won a case against flaring gas, but are still persecuted in El Salvador. Learn and act→https://amnesty.ca/write-for-rights/teachers/
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@forourkidscanada.bsky.social check out the resources for kids to protect other youth. These courageous kids won a case against flaring gas, but are still persecuted in El Salvador. Learn and act→https://amnesty.ca/write-for-rights/teachers/
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
You can also sign all petitions at once. Teach kids!
Reposted by Mary Anne Schleinich
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth
Most Canadians want the federal government to do more about climate disinformation, especially during extreme weather, new research shows, even as the Carney government scraps Canada's laws against gr...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
Don't want to use amazon but can't find it in stock locally? Use bookshop.org/info/about-us - and they will give 25% of the price of the book to independent book store of your choice, covers 🇨🇦too. Great option.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Don't want to use amazon but can't find it in stock locally? Use bookshop.org/info/about-us - and they will give 25% of the price of the book to independent book store of your choice, covers 🇨🇦too. Great option.
Looks like a basic cash grab to me. "Oh look, people really want more democracy. Let's get them to pay for it. (That will help our miserable books.)" @abdanielsmith.bsky.social @ucpews.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Looks like a basic cash grab to me. "Oh look, people really want more democracy. Let's get them to pay for it. (That will help our miserable books.)" @abdanielsmith.bsky.social @ucpews.bsky.social
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Canada’s largest pension investment manager sued over alleged climate risk mismanagement ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
Canada’s largest pension investment manager sued
Young Canadians are taking the sixth largest pension fund manager in the world to court, claiming it is failing to protect their pensions from climate risk.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Canada’s largest pension investment manager sued over alleged climate risk mismanagement ecojustice.ca/news/canadas...
@katharinehayhoe.com talks to Calgary at Climate Symposium. Listen → www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis... @climatehub.bsky.social @forourkidscanada.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @drluannemetz.bsky.social @jeromyyyc.bsky.social @mykeatkinson.bsky.social @albertandp.ca @keiragunn.bsky.social
Keynote: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Global Chief Scientist of Nature United
YouTube video by City of Calgary
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December 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
aka cut accountability, cut environmental responsibility, cut democracy, cut freedom. Welcome (dictator + corruption)x2 where 2=Ab + Ont. @fairvote.ca @markusoff.bsky.social @abresistance.bsky.social @landloversnetwork.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
aka cut accountability, cut environmental responsibility, cut democracy, cut freedom. Welcome (dictator + corruption)x2 where 2=Ab + Ont. @fairvote.ca @markusoff.bsky.social @abresistance.bsky.social @landloversnetwork.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
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if seattle had this we could build mass timber + passivhaus 15- to 20-plexes w/ abundant community space
the numbers work.
the numbers work.
Oregon's new statewide model zoning code includes a huge density bonus for community land trust & limited or shared equity co-op homes if all are affordable at up to 120% of median income.
Putting land into shared ownership for 90+ years gives you 3 additional stories, up to a total of 6!
Putting land into shared ownership for 90+ years gives you 3 additional stories, up to a total of 6!
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
if seattle had this we could build mass timber + passivhaus 15- to 20-plexes w/ abundant community space
the numbers work.
the numbers work.
We need to learn the benefits and introduce it in the most likely government - any level to get started! If we value our democracy and freedom, and if we wish representation and accountability - then we can start with electoral reform! @acoyne.bsky.social @aptnnews.bsky.social
Elizabeth May spent her whole career in politics saying & demonstrating what a responsible federal Canadian leader should be espousing. So why isn’t Canada being led by the Green Party? Could it have something to do with undemocratic political fund raising & lobbying? Proportional Representation!😉
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We need to learn the benefits and introduce it in the most likely government - any level to get started! If we value our democracy and freedom, and if we wish representation and accountability - then we can start with electoral reform! @acoyne.bsky.social @aptnnews.bsky.social