Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
@tracypurpose.bsky.social
Cree & Canadian. Lifelong reader and remedial student of life. Lover of nature. Hater of oligarchs and the willfully ignorant. Gen X former latchkey kid. Kahkewistahaw FN.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
In case you missed our latest episode of 'Whatever This Is': Danielle Smith is heading into her worst month yet.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
In case you missed our latest episode of 'Whatever This Is': Danielle Smith is heading into her worst month yet.
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
Follow us for more. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
The Tapajós supported Indigenous people for millennia, but now vessels, pollution and waves may disrupt their lives.
news.mongabay.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
A Short-eared Owl sweeps over a golden meadow with focus and precision.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Short-eared Owl sweeps over a golden meadow with focus and precision.
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
Cliffs of Moher, watching the last of the days sunlight put on a show.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Cliffs of Moher, watching the last of the days sunlight put on a show.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
🔴 Human Rights Watch says Israel has carried out largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967, emptying the Jenin, Tulkarem, & Nur Shams refugee camps during “Operation Iron Wall” in early 2025.
About 32,000 Palestinians were expelled at gunpoint, often w/ drones overhead & snipers...
About 32,000 Palestinians were expelled at gunpoint, often w/ drones overhead & snipers...
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🔴 Human Rights Watch says Israel has carried out largest forced displacement in the West Bank since 1967, emptying the Jenin, Tulkarem, & Nur Shams refugee camps during “Operation Iron Wall” in early 2025.
About 32,000 Palestinians were expelled at gunpoint, often w/ drones overhead & snipers...
About 32,000 Palestinians were expelled at gunpoint, often w/ drones overhead & snipers...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
Peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest and most widespread raptors, recovered spectacularly after pesticides that nearly drove them to extinction were banned and captive-bred birds were rewilded, making the effort a remarkable conservation success story.
Scientists slam Canada-US proposal to lower trade protections for peregrine falcons
The crow-sized, slate-blue-backed peregrine falcon, with its bright yellow feet, soars across the skies from Greenland’s Arctic tundra to the steppe plains of Patagonia in South America. Falco…
news.mongabay.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest and most widespread raptors, recovered spectacularly after pesticides that nearly drove them to extinction were banned and captive-bred birds were rewilded, making the effort a remarkable conservation success story.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
Native American farmers in the southwestern U.S. have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops in high-desert environments.
This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.
This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.
From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts
In 1985, with two young daughters and little money, Roxanne Swentzell, a Native American sculptor and ceramic artist, returned from her studies in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, to her Santa…
news.mongabay.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Native American farmers in the southwestern U.S. have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops in high-desert environments.
This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.
This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...
“Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement does not absolve the U.S. of its climate obligations.”
“Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement does not absolve the U.S. of its climate obligations.”
A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30 - Inside Climate News
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
insideclimatenews.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...
“Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement does not absolve the U.S. of its climate obligations.”
“Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement does not absolve the U.S. of its climate obligations.”
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
It was a magnificent day on PEI.
Here are some photos from today’s hike and the evening sky from the yard.
Hope you found joy and inspiration in your day.
Here are some photos from today’s hike and the evening sky from the yard.
Hope you found joy and inspiration in your day.
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It was a magnificent day on PEI.
Here are some photos from today’s hike and the evening sky from the yard.
Hope you found joy and inspiration in your day.
Here are some photos from today’s hike and the evening sky from the yard.
Hope you found joy and inspiration in your day.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
A couple of extra shots of my morning commute today. It sure beats driving!
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A couple of extra shots of my morning commute today. It sure beats driving!
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
"The science is clear: We can and must bring temperatures back down to 1.5 [degrees Celsius] after any temporary overshoot." – Simon Stiell, UN climate chief
It is CRITICAL that @mark-carney.bsky.social focuses on solutions NOT pipelines. It's now or never👇
act.gp/483SeNB #COP30 #ClimateActionNow
It is CRITICAL that @mark-carney.bsky.social focuses on solutions NOT pipelines. It's now or never👇
act.gp/483SeNB #COP30 #ClimateActionNow
Fast-track climate solutions, not fossil fuels
Add your name to tell Carney that Canada’s “nation-building” projects should create green energy and affordable homes.
act.gp
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"The science is clear: We can and must bring temperatures back down to 1.5 [degrees Celsius] after any temporary overshoot." – Simon Stiell, UN climate chief
It is CRITICAL that @mark-carney.bsky.social focuses on solutions NOT pipelines. It's now or never👇
act.gp/483SeNB #COP30 #ClimateActionNow
It is CRITICAL that @mark-carney.bsky.social focuses on solutions NOT pipelines. It's now or never👇
act.gp/483SeNB #COP30 #ClimateActionNow
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
#ClimateActionNOW #COP30
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
#ClimateActionNOW #COP30
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
#ClimateActionNOW #COP30
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
#ClimateActionNOW #COP30
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
If you aren’t already supporting Trans Action Alberta and the CCLA, now is a very good time to start.
transactionalberta.ca
transactionalberta.ca
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you aren’t already supporting Trans Action Alberta and the CCLA, now is a very good time to start.
transactionalberta.ca
transactionalberta.ca
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Condemns Alberta’s Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Undermine Rights of Trans and Gender Diverse Youth - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten t...
ccla.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) strongly condemns the Alberta government’s introduction of legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to shield three laws that directly threaten the rights of trans and gender-diverse people in the province.”
ccla.org/press-releas...
ccla.org/press-releas...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
In a bid to eliminate "red tape," the Carney budget just stripped away one of the few ways Canadian regulators review the pesticides that go on your food.
Carney's 'very sneaky' push to weaken Canada's pesticide laws
The Carney government is quietly proposing to eliminate a key pillar of pesticide health and safety evaluations as part of the 2026 budget. The change will stop the government from doing periodic eval...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
If we reduce global CO2 emissions over the next ten years at the rate at which we increased them from 2000 to 2010, we will be pretty close to aligning with the 2C budget
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If we reduce global CO2 emissions over the next ten years at the rate at which we increased them from 2000 to 2010, we will be pretty close to aligning with the 2C budget
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
share.google
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Why are we on repeat here?
share.google/tX0kljiyYfOn...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
In January the island’s beaches were inundated with waves of plastic pollution, a phenomenon that has been getting worse by the year. Plastic is derived from fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Plastic paradise: on the frontlines of the fight to clean up pollution in Bali – in pictures
Photographer and film-maker Sean Gallagher documents the increasing tide of rubbish washing up on beaches and riverbanks
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In January the island’s beaches were inundated with waves of plastic pollution, a phenomenon that has been getting worse by the year. Plastic is derived from fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
"Fossil fuel executives are the arsonists of the climate crisis. They cannot be trusted to help extinguish the fire,” Collin Rees, U.S. campaign manager at @oilchange.bsky.social told @desmog.com from #COP30
www.desmog.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/14/u...
US Oil Executives Flock to COP30
Top American oil and gas producers are using trade groups to gain access to this year’s COP30 climate summit in the absence of an official U.S. delegation, DeSmog can report. ExxonMobil and Chevron — ...
www.desmog.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Fossil fuel executives are the arsonists of the climate crisis. They cannot be trusted to help extinguish the fire,” Collin Rees, U.S. campaign manager at @oilchange.bsky.social told @desmog.com from #COP30
www.desmog.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/14/u...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown. An angry looking male Linnet objecting to being photographed in the bath.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StareDown. An angry looking male Linnet objecting to being photographed in the bath.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
How #plants decide when to #flower: Scientists discover a phosphorus-responsive switch
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#gardening #farming #soil
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#gardening #farming #soil
How plants decide when to flower: Scientists discover a phosphorus-responsive switch
Phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilizers, is running out. The world's food systems depend on phosphorus mined from limited reserves, yet much of what is applied to fields washes away, leaving soils...
phys.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
How #plants decide when to #flower: Scientists discover a phosphorus-responsive switch
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#gardening #farming #soil
phys.org/news/2025-11...
#gardening #farming #soil
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
I've made a plan to sign this petition & IMO you should too
“Should the government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?”
We can't leave this to the teachers
They need our support
#ableg
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
“Should the government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?”
We can't leave this to the teachers
They need our support
#ableg
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I've made a plan to sign this petition & IMO you should too
“Should the government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?”
We can't leave this to the teachers
They need our support
#ableg
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
“Should the government of Alberta end its current practice of allocating public funds to accredited independent (private) schools?”
We can't leave this to the teachers
They need our support
#ableg
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
Reposted by Tracy on purpose 🇨🇦
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM