Tony
@tonytremain.bsky.social
Teaching social justice & sustainability in a Toronto high school
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Love the eating ice cream analogy 🍨
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Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director ...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Love the eating ice cream analogy 🍨
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This is a great article by @billmckibben.bsky.social
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is a great article by @billmckibben.bsky.social
I was at the incomparable @billmckibben.bsky.social 's book talk at UofT last night. "Here comes the sun" is an important book in the move towards sustainable energy and electricity use. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807438/here-comes-the-sun-by-bill-mckibben/9781324106234
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was at the incomparable @billmckibben.bsky.social 's book talk at UofT last night. "Here comes the sun" is an important book in the move towards sustainable energy and electricity use. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807438/here-comes-the-sun-by-bill-mckibben/9781324106234
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
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Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: 'The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda'
->The Guardian | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->The Guardian | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: 'The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda'
The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative nation. Bhutan,...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is a game changer
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E111: The Span Plan: Grid Infrastructure in Your Garage
The humble electrical panel is the blocker to a lot of electrification, but Span's sexy smart panels are the unlock
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is a game changer
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Oslo does the same. The city is littered with super heavy flower pots to protect pedestrian areas and to prevent vehicles from building up speed near them
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oslo does the same. The city is littered with super heavy flower pots to protect pedestrian areas and to prevent vehicles from building up speed near them
Here is what is preventing us fighting the climate crisis – and dismantling democracy, by George Monbiot
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here is what is preventing us fighting the climate crisis – and dismantling democracy, by George Monbiot
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Let's make CPP and OAS tax-free. Please sign this petition!
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Request federal government to make CPP and OAS tax-free
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November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let's make CPP and OAS tax-free. Please sign this petition!
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Opinion | I’m a Psychoanalyst. This Is What Technology Is Doing to Us.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
“That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
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November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“That money alone, the increment in the wealth of 10 people, is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide.”
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Fair taxation please:
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Tax the rich — and save the planet
Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo brings her data-driven precision to the climate crisis — and the numbers are damning. While world leaders haggle over finances at endless summits, rising tem...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Fair taxation please:
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"We need to learn from other provinces that eliminated publicly elected school trustees and subsequently reinstated them while addressing perceived problems. In these troubled and complex times, we must guard against the erosion of democracy, especially in the education of our children."
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"We need to learn from other provinces that eliminated publicly elected school trustees and subsequently reinstated them while addressing perceived problems. In these troubled and complex times, we must guard against the erosion of democracy, especially in the education of our children."
Ford making another bad decision, this time about school trustees:
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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus
What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account
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October 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ford making another bad decision, this time about school trustees:
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Reverse the decision on speed cameras in Ontario
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Reverse the decision on speed cameras in Ontario
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October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reverse the decision on speed cameras in Ontario
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It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Happy Friday, Toronto! I just launched a petition calling on Mayor Olivia Chow & Toronto City Council to bring back open streets programs such as #ActiveTO and #OpenStreetsTO by 2026. You can read the call to action on my blog. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2025/05/acti... (1/3)
ACTION ALERT – Sign & Share Toronto’s Open Streets Petition!
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
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May 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Friday, Toronto! I just launched a petition calling on Mayor Olivia Chow & Toronto City Council to bring back open streets programs such as #ActiveTO and #OpenStreetsTO by 2026. You can read the call to action on my blog. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2025/05/acti... (1/3)
Ontario Place for All continues to defend Ontario's public lands from a self-serving and not business-smart government:
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Ontario Place for All is an emerging grassroots community group with a goal of keeping Ontario Place a vibrant, publicly accessible space. We also believe that any changes to Ontario Place be part of ...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ontario Place for All continues to defend Ontario's public lands from a self-serving and not business-smart government:
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Emergency room deaths rose after hospitals bought by private equity firms. "After hospitals were acquired..., patient death rates in emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.... the number of full-time employees fell by an average 11.6%..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Emergency room deaths rose after hospitals bought by private equity firms. "After hospitals were acquired..., patient death rates in emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals.... the number of full-time employees fell by an average 11.6%..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
I've told Ford that Ontario should not make a deal with Musk's Starlink corporation. Please add your name. chng.it/nMttj5LYSp
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Prevent Doug Ford's $100-Million Deal with Elon Musk for Starlink's Use
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September 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've told Ford that Ontario should not make a deal with Musk's Starlink corporation. Please add your name. chng.it/nMttj5LYSp