Janet Patterson
@anythingbtbeige.bsky.social
Making art and encouraging respect for planetary biodiversity. Hiker. Quilter. Community Volunteer.
"Major mining companies are always looking for new projects to replace depleting reserves, he said. Yet none have taken a stake in the Ring of Fire."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...
Experts say Ford is misleading people about the Ring of Fire
The Ford government is promoting northern development, including the Ring of Fire, through a massive advertising campaign that is costing taxpayers millions — but is getting attention for the wrong re...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Major mining companies are always looking for new projects to replace depleting reserves, he said. Yet none have taken a stake in the Ring of Fire."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...
I got a surprise when I entered this subway car this morning (even though the outside was "wrapped" in festive graphics. The whole train was decorated this way! #ttc #holidayCheer #Toronto #candycanes
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I got a surprise when I entered this subway car this morning (even though the outside was "wrapped" in festive graphics. The whole train was decorated this way! #ttc #holidayCheer #Toronto #candycanes
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“We live in a province that doesn’t have a climate plan. For the first time in almost two decades there are no legislative requirements to help prevent climate breakdown; drive.google.com/file/d/15525... #onpoli
M-251202-Tue-0900_Tabuns-Climate.mp4
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December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“We live in a province that doesn’t have a climate plan. For the first time in almost two decades there are no legislative requirements to help prevent climate breakdown; drive.google.com/file/d/15525... #onpoli
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
act.stand.earth
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
What will it take for people to care enough about species #extinction to take bold action?
When nature suffers, so does humanity.
One million species are at risk of extinction, and ecosystem degradation is affecting 40% of the global population.
Stay up to date with the latest solutions and actions #ForPeopleForPlanet: https://ow.ly/X1NJ50XzUS8
One million species are at risk of extinction, and ecosystem degradation is affecting 40% of the global population.
Stay up to date with the latest solutions and actions #ForPeopleForPlanet: https://ow.ly/X1NJ50XzUS8
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What will it take for people to care enough about species #extinction to take bold action?
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Tell Prime Minister Carney and other federal leaders you want a non-nuclear, clean, affordable, and safe renewable future.
And that you oppose direct taxpayer-funded investments in new nuclear reactors.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #onpoli #abpoli #nbpoli #skpoli
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And that you oppose direct taxpayer-funded investments in new nuclear reactors.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #onpoli #abpoli #nbpoli #skpoli
stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesno...
RenewablesNotNuclear
PM Carney: Canadians want a non-nuclear, clean, affordable, and safe renewable future.
stop-smrs.weebly.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Ford must go.
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ford must go.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/yo...
Young Canadians are suing to protect the CPP. Join them in demanding action on climate risk.
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is supposed to protect our future. But instead, the people managing our national retirement fund are gambling billions on oil, gas, coal and pipelines – putting the finan...
you.leadnow.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/yo...
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
act.stand.earth
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
Love my #neighbourhood in every season, but #autumn is especially lovely. #toronto #cedarvale #nature
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Love my #neighbourhood in every season, but #autumn is especially lovely. #toronto #cedarvale #nature
Moody #birdart
The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Moody #birdart
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/-...
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard before a critical vote later this year.
act.stand.earth
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social and @stand.earth in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on #climatechange: act.stand.earth/page/88238/-...
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Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to info@OntarioHC.ca ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare.
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to info@OntarioHC.ca ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare.
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
#FungiFriday contribution today is a splendid Turkey Tail formed in a circular array. Love those stripes! #autumn #nature #forestwalk
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#FungiFriday contribution today is a splendid Turkey Tail formed in a circular array. Love those stripes! #autumn #nature #forestwalk
If you're fascinated by what can be created with colour and cloth, you'll want to come to this show - Nov. 14 & 15 in #Toronto. #quilts #textileArt
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you're fascinated by what can be created with colour and cloth, you'll want to come to this show - Nov. 14 & 15 in #Toronto. #quilts #textileArt
"But when Premier #DougFord took office in 2018, the Labour Ministry instructed staff not to initiate any new proactive inspections aimed at preventing #wagetheft and other employment standards violations, in what it said was a temporary measure."
@thestar.com by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.
@thestar.com by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"But when Premier #DougFord took office in 2018, the Labour Ministry instructed staff not to initiate any new proactive inspections aimed at preventing #wagetheft and other employment standards violations, in what it said was a temporary measure."
@thestar.com by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.
@thestar.com by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.
I counted 23 #turtles on the log in the foreground, while hiking in #RougeNationalUrbanPark, near #Toronto #Canada #nature
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I counted 23 #turtles on the log in the foreground, while hiking in #RougeNationalUrbanPark, near #Toronto #Canada #nature
"... the right policies and support for workers could result in tens of thousands of #cleaneconomy jobs added by 2030, reaching hundreds of thousands by 2050 — far outstripping jobs lost from the #oilandgas sector."
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling... @pembina.org
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling... @pembina.org
Drilling Down | Pembina Institute
For many years, Canada’s oil and natural gas resources have been leveraged to provide thousands of jobs, billions of dollars of economic output, and well-paid work for generations of employees, especi...
www.pembina.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"... the right policies and support for workers could result in tens of thousands of #cleaneconomy jobs added by 2030, reaching hundreds of thousands by 2050 — far outstripping jobs lost from the #oilandgas sector."
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling... @pembina.org
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling... @pembina.org
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🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff
Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor
www.thestar.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼
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If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth largest emitter of CO2.
These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis.
This #WorldCarFreeDay we imagine cities built for people.
These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis.
This #WorldCarFreeDay we imagine cities built for people.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth largest emitter of CO2.
These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis.
This #WorldCarFreeDay we imagine cities built for people.
These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis.
This #WorldCarFreeDay we imagine cities built for people.
Some towering black spruce near Kirkland Lake, for #ForestFriday #nature
September 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Some towering black spruce near Kirkland Lake, for #ForestFriday #nature
September 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM