Transition Kings County

Building resilience in the age of climate change

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Respect for nature (including humans) should be a key principal in all decisions @KingsCountyNS

Council should move the county, and all businesses, toward carbon neutrality.

And, a locally-sourced, healthy, affordable food and water supply should be available to all citizens.

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Let the N.S. gov’t know what you think about them spending $30 million of our tax dollars on fracking.

I say don’t step on that slippery slope.

It’s better to leave fossil fuels in the ground.

Offshore wind is the way to go.

https://t.co/1GFwuIu3ON

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Glyphosate News:
This is what’s sprayed on farm fields and forests in Nova Scotia. Source: Globe & Mail

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This 72-acre forest was home to many bird species and was ‘liquidated’ in a couple of weeks during their nesting season.

The wasteland grows

#habitatloss
#deforestation

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The wasteland grows. This forest (in red) has been clear-cut, destroying precious habitat on the Valley floor. And for what? Corn to feed cows?
#deforestation
#habitatloss

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Hats off for Larry Bogan
He has made an amazing effort to show us the awesomeness of wild nature in the Chain Lakes area of Kings County — demonstrating that it deserves to be protected from human development.

See: https://t.co/4U9qSJm35e

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Source: Globe & Mail

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Let’s do it

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This, from an international conference on tipping points at University of Exeter

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It’s shaping up to be another beautiful day here on the Fundy shore of Kings County, Nooooooova Scooootia.

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Destroying natural habitat in the Annapolis Valley for a $47-million interchange on Hwy 101 at Cambridge

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@StanWillenbring @ThrillaRilla369 Tomorrow’s another day

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@StanWillenbring @MarloVanMarck Here’s my latest walk in the woods encounter

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Actively repair your connection to wild nature . . . and help solve the extinction crisis.

https://t.co/r5Zh1e6MK2

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Elizabeth May was in Chester, N.S. yesterday to speak to about 70 people who are members of the oldest conservation society in Canada — Friends of Nature

[Geoengineering Info @geoengineering1]

🚨A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ is released from the surfaces of rivers at a rate of 1.2 billion tonnes per year.

Details🧵1/8

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Wanna help the bees?
This presentation is today

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@StanWillenbring @RossKneeDeep We have a nice one in Cambridge, Nova Scotia

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Want to avoid dodgy carbon credits?
Follow these guidelines:

https://t.co/SMXnYIZXO1

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Could this help prevent greenwashing?

https://t.co/skKL4pa0YO