Leslie Garrett🌻🌻

Editor: @bluedotliving. Words in @TheAtlantic, @washingtonpost, @aeonmag, many more. Author kids' books & The Virtuous Consumer. ❤️ cats. Also dogs. She/her.

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@tankadhakal @bluedotliving Thanks for such a good story. Indeed — hope but with cautions.

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@dieworkwear The only reason to periodically check in here is @dieworkwear

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@eyeonthefly Too dense, I think. Maybe main points and then a link or QR code to take people to your site?

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

Hey #Toronto! @bluedotliving, featuring solutions-based stories of climate-focused changemakers right in our community, is going live in TO tomorrow. Sign up for our newsletter, which comes out bi-weekly and kicks off Nov. 26: https://t.co/yTqvqnGrE1 #climatechange #solutions

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@leyylaaah @bluedotliving Great story! Keep 'em coming.

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

Shoutout to the dogged reporting of @thenarwhalca reporters! Ford backing down is, in large part, thanks to you keeping us informed.

[Mike De Souza @mikedesouza]

Never underestimate the value & importance of journalism in a free democracy. My colleagues @balkissoon @EmmaMci & @fatimabsyed were relentless, holding power to account. Today marks the second anniversary of @thenarwhalca Ontario bureau: https://t.co/NfBY3cXeuU #onpoli

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“No power at all.” That’s the candid answer from UN head @antonioguterres on what power he really has. “No power & there’s no money. What we have is a voice… I have the obligation to make it loud… We have a level of division among superpowers that has no precedent since WWII.”

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Premier Ford told ministers to:

✔️scrap the province’s cap-and-trade program
✔️fight the federal government on the price on carbon ✔️remove environmental laws
✔️prioritize businesses over clean air and water
✔️kill investments in green technologies/energy

Who is ok with this?

https://t.co/DcxNsmAnzu

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@andreamloewen @MayorMorgan @LdnOntBikeCafe I’m so sorry for you and your son. Terrifying. My son was hit (also okay but bike ruined) by a driver 2 years ago who fled scene on Sarnia Rd. Cycling should not be this dangerous.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

This is a map of the Province of Ontario.

The Greenbelt is a sliver of land in the context of the Province. I was going to draw it on the map but it was as thin as a pencil line at this scale. But an important pencil line - it is the richest farmland in the entire province. It is also the Carolinian forest - which contains an extremely high biodiversity of species, over 500 of which are considered rare on a global scale.

The Greenbelt was created to ensure we didn't pave over this rich farmland. It was created to halt sprawl.

The #GreenbeltGrab has never been about a shortage of land. Look at this Province! There is so much abundant land that isn't Greenbelt.

The #GreenbeltGiveaway has never been about building housing, either. It is about the profit, the uplift in value, that comes from re-designating agricultural land to residential land.

Uplift in value. At the expense of prime, irreplaceable agricultural land. That's what this is about.

[Pack for a Purpose @PackforaPurpose]

The Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of the Toucan Rescue Ranch focuses on the care, rehabilitation, and study of Costa Rican wildlife. Pack supplies when you visit @ToucanRescue #PackforaPurpose https://t.co/cflcDnoEQQ

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@NajmehTima @ecomaeve @OliviaRudgard @adamvaughan_uk @phoeb0 @pgreenfielduk @ItsRachelDobbs @meganekenyon @KiraTaylor15 @_Zimmerfrau @UrsoFederiica @jacktgraham @joeloyo @CapurrodDaniel @adele_peters @Luke_edie @URealfonzo @cgiller @unkyoka @lyllayounes @bluedotliving Open to anyone with a great solutions-based #climate story.

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@weischoice Yes, please. Hold til end of September.

[EDF @EnvDefenseFund]

The world’s first #Inuit protected area could finally become a reality. “Built on Inuit values and culture, this new type of conservation area would allow Indigenous people to continue traditional practices of hunting and fishing.” 👏 👏 👏 https://t.co/EkyfQ4HREl #indigenous

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

#GreenbeltGrab

This was never about homes. This is a land play. A modern day gold rush, enabled by the rule bending of a government entrusted with protection of our farmland and drinking water.

The false outrage in this statement is a tell.

#GreenbeltScandal

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@weischoice typically yes, but would love to hear from some who are

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@weischoice Hey Sonia, I think you already passed along my call for pitches. We pay $250/"dispatch" (400-800 words). Thanks to you and others, I'm getting lots of great pitches so ask people to forgive me if it takes awhile to reply. (Also please ask people to look at site before pitching.)

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@ecomaeve @OliviaRudgard @adamvaughan_uk @phoeb0 @pgreenfielduk @ItsRachelDobbs @meganekenyon @KiraTaylor15 @_Zimmerfrau @UrsoFederiica @jacktgraham @joeloyo @CapurrodDaniel @adele_peters @Luke_edie @URealfonzo @cgiller @unkyoka @lyllayounes @bluedotliving Please send pitches to [email protected]

[Leslie Garrett🌻🌻 @leslieagarrett]

@ecomaeve @OliviaRudgard @adamvaughan_uk @phoeb0 @pgreenfielduk @ItsRachelDobbs @meganekenyon @KiraTaylor15 @_Zimmerfrau @UrsoFederiica @jacktgraham @joeloyo @CapurrodDaniel @adele_peters @Luke_edie @URealfonzo @cgiller @unkyoka @lyllayounes Not going to be there but open to pitches from anyone who's there and comes away with a great local, solutions-based #climate story for @bluedotliving

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

I asked the video wizard Colby Richardson to make a book trailer for Doppelganger. He went and made a beautiful and trippy work of art.

I’m so grateful.

Welcome to The Mirror World…🪞