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BLOG: A Thank You to All the Unsung Heroes by Cathy Lacroix
Read moreAll our members at Citizens’ Climate Lobby are unsung heroes. We don’t do this work for profit or for glory, we do it because it’s the right thing to do. We can be part of something that really matters. I remember hearing Marshall Saunders say that he used to think the important people would take care of the important things. Apparently, that must make us the important people because our politicians have let us down on the climate issue. We’re the ones doing the work.
MEDIA RELEASE: Toronto Youth Strike for Climate: Student Demand Voice on Climate Plan
Read moreJanuary 11, 2019 (Toronto, ON): Climatefast, FridaysforFuture GTA and Citizens’ Climate Lobby Toronto are holding a Youth Climate Rally at Queen’s Park Friday, January 11, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. This rally is being held in solidarity with 11 other climate rallies across Canada as part of the global FridaysforFuture climate movement inspired by the teenage Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg.
BLOG: I’m Skipping School for Climate Emergency!
Read moreI’m in grade 11, and for one day a month, I skip school. Such action would normally be considered a petty teenage rebellion. However, with the threat of climate catastrophe hurtling towards us, we are not living in normal times. There is nothing radical about my desire for a livable future.
MEDIA RELEASE Sudbury’s “Fridays For Future” Brings Concerns to the Medical Community
Read moreOn Friday, January 11, 2019, youth are striking outside Health Sciences North/ Horizon Santé-Nord (HSN), Northern Ontario’s largest hospital. They will also be speaking with Dominic Giroux, President of HSN, about how the climate crisis is the greatest health threat in the 21st century. The youth will be specifically focusing on the recommendations made by the Canadian Lancet Countdown.
BLOG: Citizens’ Climate Lobby – The Cure for Climate Trauma
Read moreFinally, I told the story of lobbying in Washington and how on the first day I had a small list of representatives to visit and did not volunteer to do more because I feared for the headaches. After lobbying three times on the first day I never felt more hopeful and empowered after talking about climate change and did not have a headache. I went on to lobby in as many offices as I could manage to squeeze in my schedule.