Climate Action Muskoka Update

October 15, 2020

Climate Strikes in Bracebridge and Huntsville  

You are invited to join us tomorrow and every Friday for our weekly Fridays for Future climate strikes. In Huntsville at Town Hall at 37 Main Street E. and at Memorial Park in Bracebridge.

It's great to be raising awareness and helping increase momentum for climate action. Thank you for the honks and friendly waves and thumbs-up!  

Pandemic measures — Two metres apart please

We ask that everyone observe physical distancing guidelines and stay two metres apart. Feel free to bring a lawn chair to ensure physical distancing. Outdoor gatherings are limited to 25, so if we are already at our limit when you arrive 😀please just march! Don't forget to post on social! #climateactionmuskoka #muskoka #fridaysforfuture Thank you!

POLITICAL ACTION OF THE WEEK

So much to do, where to begin?... Starting today, we at Climate Action Muskoka would like to respectfully suggest a political action of the week that YOU can take to help the climate in Muskoka. This week it's...

Call or email your District councillor to urge them to support the Declaration of Climate Emergency Resolution — The vote is scheduled for Monday Oct 19!

Climate Action Muskoka is presenting its Declaration of Climate Emergency Resolution to Muskoka District Council this coming Monday October 19. Later that meeting, the resolution is expected to come up for a vote. 🤞🏼

We are asking you, as a citizen and as a voter, to please contact your District councillor to express your support and to urge them to do the right thing. Read (and endorse!) the resolution. Find your Councillors' contact info.

Here's a recent Muskoka Region article about it: Will the District Declare a Climate Emergency?

THANK YOU to Linda Mathers, Sue McKenzie, Mike Peppard, Len Ring and Melinda Zytaruk for their diligence and hard work in developing and quarterbacking this crucial resolution! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼(Photo by Alison Brownlee/Metroland)

Take the 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge 

Launched on Saturday October 10, the 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge is a commitment to develop your own personal action plan to reduce your carbon footprint by 8% per year, to achieve—yes, a 50% reduction by 2030.

We invite YOU to take the 50% by 2030 pledge!

We've posted a 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge toolkit on the Climate Action Muskoka website to help you along. You start by determining your current footprint using a carbon calculator developed by Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve and then choose ways to reduce your emissions in three major areas: How you power your home; How you travel; and What you eat. We provide a list of suggestions to get you started. There's also a section for kids and teens, and an invitation to add your suggestions to the mix.

Read about how it works and take the pledge! Open to seasonal and full-time residents, as well as businesses and groups. 55 individuals and one business have already signed up! YOU can make a difference. 🎉 

Food Waste Education — Free e-learnings from Second Harvest

The equivalent of a freight train full of food stretching from Ottawa to Winnipeg is wasted every year in Canada. That’s 11.2 million metric tonnes of good, surplus food that goes straight to landfills. In fact, 58% of all food produced in Canada is lost. 

This is socially unjust and ecologically unsustainable. But we can do something about it. Second Harvest is providing free online courses on food waste and how we can reduce it. We all have the power to reduce our food waste where we live and work. Start now. 

About Climate Action Muskoka

Climate Action Muskoka is an inclusive, non-partisan group of citizens concerned about climate change in Muskoka who believe in working together to inspire individuals, groups, and every level of government to make the dramatic changes needed to meet this historic challenge.

You can find us online at www.climateactionmuskoka.org.
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