Climate Legacy

Climate Legacy is a network and resource to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action through their voice, their skills and their money.

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Canada has just 4 years to protect 30% of its lands and waters—but progress is lagging, with only small gains so far. New Indigenous-led conservation plans could be key, if funding follows. 🌎

https://t.co/21oqy5nCR2

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Climate concern hasn’t disappeared, but public conversation has.

Join Seniors for Climate & MP @s_guilbeault for a conversation about where Canada goes next, & how we break through climate silence.

#LetsTalkClimate #LaterIsTooLate

📅 Feb 25
👉Register: https://t.co/Kkzzh8ldLV

[Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!) @Seniors_CAN]

Are electric cars really an environmental success story? The reality is that EV batteries require the mining of lithium, a water-intensive, highly controversial process that is fiercely contested in rural and Indigenous communities of the global South.
https://t.co/Dhua3GGijM]

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Trump is turning the last protected areas of nature into a graveyard for nature
Opening up millions of acres of Arctic Refuge to mining
Millions of miles of Alaska ocean to deep sea mining
Millions of acres of Tongass forest in Alaska to logging

[RMontpellier Below2°C @Below2C_]

The news conference is organized by the group My Climate Plan.
https://t.co/2z5eaLlNT8

[Dr Tom Montgomery @DrTOMontgomery]

#Arctic

A caribou mother cradles her newborn protectively in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

This has been their territory since the late Pleistocene, but today the Trump Administration announced plans to auction off these treasured lands to oil and gas leasing.

This means the entire 1.56 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be opened to: airstrips, roads, thumper trucks, drilling rigs, noise, pollution and pipelines — destruction of one of the last refuges for wildlife on Earth.

[350 Canada @350Canada]

Artist unknown but forever relevant 🫠

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

5. Listen to and amplify Indigenous voices.

📃 Here is a press release from Indigenous leadership: https://t.co/5tQIt7dfAk

Echo their voices in any letters or emails you send. 📣

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Ford's latest bill would give his friends special permissions to ignore laws that protect us and the environment.

Here is a thread on ways to take action to push back against #Bill5 in Ontario. 🧵

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

4. Sarah Christie, who runs a podcast called Earth Care has downloadable pre-written letters and postcards written from the perspective of endangered species!

🔗 Earth Care website: https://t.co/aIDYhcjYDD

💌 Printable postcards and letters to mail: https://t.co/dmJHwxxXEl

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

"The dangerous wildfires that forced 10s of thousands to evacuate & prompted provincial emergency declarations in Manitoba + Saskatchewan were driven by an early-season #HeatWave made at least 5 times more likely by #ClimateChange."

https://t.co/cqdqBmmcYi

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Stay in the loop about upcoming similar events: https://t.co/v4m112xfk0

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

We recently held an intergenerational dialogue on #ClimateMovements! 🌿

"If we can keep building bridges, listening to the wisdom of those who came before us, & lifting up the voices rising now, then maybe—just maybe—we'll find the strength we need to meet this moment together."

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

Can new homes be energy efficient, low emission, climate resilient and affordable? B.C. non-profits show it can be done https://t.co/Fqm8ZsHgwS

[Lyba Spring @lybaspring]

@Seniors_CAN There’s more to wildfire smoke than charred sticks and leaves. Our forests have long been mined, operations that loaded soils and waterways with toxic metals like lead and mercury, especially before clean-air standards kicked in 50 years ago.
https://t.co/H1Se2773af

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Betting on LNG expansion in Canada risks our economic future. With high costs, oversupply, and limited demand, it's a short-term fix. 🛢️⛽️

What should we focus on instead?

#LNGExpansion #LNG #Energy

https://t.co/c6UcH5dAwR

[Climate Legacy @climatelegacyca]

Are you an older Canadian wanting to be more engaged in #ClimateAction? 🌲

Check out our up-to-date event calendar to find climate events across Canada (or virtual)! 🗓️

https://t.co/4NQ6u5cWAx