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Fridays for Future Calgary Newsletter - December 14

Welcome to the Fridays For Future Calgary Newsletter! Our newsletter is sent bi-weekly and includes updates from our group, climate and environmental news and ways to take action! If you enjoy this newsletter, tell your friends and family to sign up too!

What We've Been Up To

Although our strikes have once again been put on hold because of COVID-19, we were still able to participate in the #FightFor1Point5 campaign in honour of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, with a digital strike, where Calgarians took photos of themselves and their climate strike sign signs and we complied them in Instagram and Facebook posts calling upon our political leaders to take meaningful action to prevent further contribution to the ever-worsening climate crisis, as well as mitigate its ongoing effects.

You can find the posts in our “Latest Media & Blog Posts” section down below.

Weekly Strikes Are Cancelled Until Further Notice

Due to the continuous rise in COVID-19 cases in Calgary, and the new restrictions put in place by the government, we will not be holding any in person strikes until further notice. We will continue to keep our presence online strong, and we invite you to keep striking digitally with us! Stay tuned!

Latest Media & Blog Posts

“Today, with my signature, I give you our word that Canada's efforts will not cease.” It’s been 5 years since Justin Trudeau signed the Paris Agreement, promising that Canada would do its part to reduce emissions and help prevent further contribution to the ever-worsening climate crisis, as well as mitigate its ongoing effects. Read more and see the full collage on our Instagram.

The shift to electrifying our homes and vehicles has already started, but what about the sources of our electricity? We need to act now to make sure our city-owned utility moves away from adding more GHG emissions to the atmosphere. It's time to ask ENMAX to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050. The Hub is asking for your help. Will you add your name to our open letter to ENMAX?

We are doing a 3 part series on some local small businesses to support this holiday season and this new year (especially for gift giving)! With the new COVID restrictions this week, it’s important to shop and support local. View a list of local businesses on our website.

News

Find out how climate change is affecting our world and what's being done about it.

Students in Alberta have voiced their concerns with the lack of discussion surrounding the climate change crisis in schools. A lack of “climate literacy” in Alberta in comparison to the rest of the country leaves many local youth feeling lost on how to help.

In 2017, the melting of Canada’s Arctic ice caps was predicted to occur by 2022. With that deadline approaching, it seems like this is becoming a very real threat. Due to global warming, NASA has reported that the annual re-freezing of the arctic ice is the slowest ever observed. The melting of the ice caps could have many lasting consequences.

With this being our last newsletter of 2020, let us leave you with a nice list of some of the good things that have happened in Calgary recently.

Tell ENMAX to Commit to Net-Zero by 2050

The Calgary Climate Hub recently released it’s open letter calling upon ENMAX to set 2050 as their target to be Net-Zero. Their goal is 250 signatures, go sign it!

Other ways to take action

We now have a new page on our website which has a extensive list of different ways you can take action from home:
See fridaysforfuturecalgary.ca/take-action

Interested in joining Fridays for Future Calgary?

If you’re under 25 years of age and are interested in becoming more involved in intersectional climate activism in Calgary, we’d love to have you in our group! Depending on your interests, you can join our media committee, newsletter committee, or self-care committee! Message us on Instagram or send us an email and we can schedule a video call for you to meet a few members and get more familiar with what we do.