The Manitoba Department of Local Government and communities throughout the province are joining forces to deliver a climate change program and
we're participating.
This is a great opportunity for our community to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions so that local residents can:
vSave Money
vLive Healthier
vSupport Local Economic Development
vProtect our Environment and its Resources for Future Generations
Climate Change Action Plan
Our community is developing a climate change action plan that identifies projects and activities to reduce GHG emissions. We have until the 15 March 2010 to identify projects and activities we would like to include in our Action Plan and we need your input!
How You Can Get Involved
IT'S EASY. Do you have ideas to reduce GHG emissions? Contact Andrea Hatley (677-7766), your Community Climate Change Co-ordinator for more information or to share your ideas. Stay tuned, over the coming months, for community events related to the development of our
local climate change action plan and community based GHG emissions reduction activities.
Our community-led solutions to climate change will be in the areas of:
vactive and alternative transportation venergy efficiency
v landscaping and lawncare v waste reduction
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle.
But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing he will curse me.
Have I done all to keep the air fresh?
Have I cared enough about the water?
Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom?
Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild’s fondness?
Chief Dan George
THOMPSON'S A.C.E. CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN
On the 7th June, Thompson's A.C.E. Climate Change Action Plan was presented to Mayor and Council at the regularly scheduled Council meeting and a resolution to endorse the plan was passed. It's a great plan with many actions to make Thompson a City to be proud of. Thompson's A.C.E. Climate Change Action Plan is a "living" document - which means it will may evolve through updates, be expanded as needed and may be continually edited. The plan will shortly be presented to the community for input on prioritorization of implementation of actions.
Everyone is welcome to peruse the documents and submit their comments: call Andrea Hatley, Climate Change CLER Coordinator, 677-7766 speak with me, leave a message or email clercoordinator@city.thompson.mb.ca
Thompson's A.C.E. Climate Change Action Plan Feedback Survey is available on-line. Click on Thompson's Leaf to participate. Your feedback will guide us in implementing the actions in the plan.
Click the links below to access the documents and appendices:
If you wish to be put on a mailing list for updates and news about Thompson's A.C.E., implementation of actions and events, drop me an email with "A.C.E. News Updates" in the subject line and I'll make sure you are in the loop!
Thompson Business Community
What is your role, what can you do?
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Click on the image to the left to download a preview today.
Note: A link to the entire toolkit will be posted when available.
OTHER COOL VIDEO CLIPS Green Police ... A sign of things to come?
Bob, an ambitious farmer plans to diversify and profit from climate change by turning his land into a seaside resort. By increasing his carbon footprint in ludicrous ways, he draws our attention to everyday actions and behavior around energy use.
Tomorrow's Climate, Today's Challenge This short film, produced by COI for Defra,
shows that if you could see the
greenhouse gases we are creating,
then you'd do something about it.
A short of the film "Blessed Unrest" is our eyes and ears inside the movement at the “front lines” of the seismic re-shaping of our world, from businessmen to bushmen to the beat, pulse and potential of Gen-Y, letting us in on the massive changes from the inside out. It is (r)evolution in the flesh, urgent and blessed, that is real-life, real-time, life-and-death stakes stories of rebirth, resistance, refusal, retreat from violence, redress and restoration happening all over the world and at once.
Blessed Unrest- Listen to a short clip of Paul Hawkin speaking on the emerging movement which we are a part of. In BLESSED UNREST: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, Paul Hawken—bestselling author and one of the world’s leading activists—tells the remarkable history of a global environmental and social justice movement comprised of over 1,000,000 organizations. We are not alone!
Resource Conservation Manitoba: Resource Conservation Manitoba is a non-profit, non-governmental centre for environmental education and applied sustainability.
Manitoba Eco-Network: Connect Manitobans and provides environmental information and education
C.I.E.R.: CIER is a national, First Nation-directed environmental non-profit organisation with charitable status and is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. CIER was founded in 1994 by a small group of First Nation leaders from across Canada who recognised the need for Aboriginal peoples to have the capacity to solve environmental problems affecting their lands and resources.
Safe Routes to School: Our Active & Safe Routes to School web site provides resources, tools, information and links for schools and communities to create their own unique Active & Safe Routes to School program.
Eco-Driver Manitoba: A program designed to help you save money at the pump and at the same time reduce CO2 emissions. It works with whatever vehicle you currently drive!
Manitoba Environmental Youth Network: A website for environmental youth in Manitoba to connect with one another, share ideas and resources, collaborate on projects and stay informed on relevant issues and opportunities.
Manitoba Wildlands: Manitoba Wildlands is a non-profit environmental and public research organization. We work with communities, industry sectors, and environmental organizations for the future of Manitoba's lands and waters. We support establishment of protected areas in Manitoba, with a special focus on our boreal forest regions.
Natural Resources Canada - Atlas, Climate Change: A map series which aims to provide policy makers, researchers and the general public with a geographical perspective to climate change. The series also attempts to integrate human activities and the environment, and links science and government policy.
Green Registry: A portal to climate change resources in Manitoba. This web portal provides organizations, families and individuals with information, guidance, and tools needed to respond to the climate change challenge.
