Written by Michelle Angkasa, our Southwestern Ontario Regional Organizer. In January, I started my last work term as a final year Environment and Business student at the University of Waterloo (UW). I’ve been doing climate justice organising work on the side since 2019 when I started my undergrad. Since then, I’ve worked with a variety of organizations, including youth-led nonprofits, political parties, and governmental and educational institutions. I’ve planned marches, atte

At CRPC, we firmly believe that access to verified information, good faith analysis and data transparency are central to making good decisions about our future as a society, whether at the local or planetary scale. That’s why we’re concerned to see many leaders and media outlets failing to connect the dots between climate change and the more frequent severe weather events and disasters in recent decades. Disastrous flooding, heat waves and storms are some examples. And in rec

On Wednesday June 7, 2023, there were 414 wildfires burning across Canada. In seven out of thirteen provinces and territories, forests were ablaze, including in British Columbia, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. With government modelling predicting this summer to be “an especially severe wildfire season,” it calls into question the disaster preparedness of our communities and what best practices can be implemented to build clima

By Sarah Leduc Reducing our carbon footprint is a key issue in preserving the environment and conserving our planet's precious resources. As travel is a major source of pollution, it is essential to rethink our ways of doing things in order to reduce the harmful effects of the tourism industry. But how can we travel while minimizing our environmental impact? Here are some tips to adopt a more conscious tourism and reduce our carbon footprint, especially when traveling abroad.

By Grant Linney Welcome to The Future We Choose , a series of monthly articles on climate change and what we must do about it. While our attention is on COVID-19, the frequency, duration, and intensity of global extreme weather events—heat domes, droughts, wildfires, atmospheric rivers and flooding—has increased dramatically. Climate scientists tell us that we have eight short years to limit global warming to 1.5 C. We are already at 1.2 C. We must invest in an immediate and