CLIMATE STRIKES

FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE

• Every Friday: FridaysforFuture.ca
• Next Global Strike:
  Friday November 29, 2019 FridaysforFuture.ca — “Millions of us will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone.”

Ideas for banners & signs:

• The best protest banners and posters (Guardian)
• More (Google image search)

“People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction. And all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.” — Greta Thunberg (watch at right:

Find a strike or start your own:

• Fridaysforfuture.ca — map
• Fridaysforfuture.org — map
• Previous strike: 
• ClimateStrikeCanada.org
• GlobalClimateStrike.net
• larger cities listed below...

#ClimateStrike #GlobalClimateStrike #YouthStrike4Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

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Climate basics: 350.org/science 

Myths vs  facts: SkepticalScience.com 

Climate change fear, denial: Google.ca/...

Fridays for Future (every Friday) GoodWork.ca/Fridays

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HOW TO CLIMATE STRIKE:

• How to Climate Strike / Promo toolkit / Organize your own (source)
• Do students have the right to strike? Human right to strike | Academics voice support | Right to strike | Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
• Adults: How to stand with young climate strikers
• “Now we need adults to join us too” – Greta Thunberg and 46 youth activists

FIND AN EVENT: 

• Cities & towns across Canada & Worldwide:
• GlobalClimateStrike.net | locations
• Fridaysforfuture.ca — locations 
• FFFCanada: twitter | facebook
• Fridaysforfuture.org — locations
• ClimateStrikeCanada.org | twitter | facebook

• Or search for "Fridays for Future" or "climate strike" and the name of your city or town
• Many events aren't yet listed... ask around your school/community

Dates & links will be updated as time allows... for more see: fridaysforfuture.ca/event-map/

• Toronto — Fridays for Future Toronto | Weekly | Nov 13 | Nov 29  
• Ottawa — Fridays for Future Ottawa | Nov 29 — Black Friday | Ottawa schools)
• Kitchener-Waterloo ON — Climatestrikewr.ca | Guelph ON: Guelph Fridays | Nov 29
• Vancouver — Sustainabiliteens (previous) | Climate Convergence Metro Vancouver 
• Victoria BC — see Fridaysforfuture.ca | (previous) | (previous)
• Edmonton — see Fridaysforfuture.ca | (previous)
• Calgary — Fridays for Future Calgary | Nov 29
• Winnipeg — see Fridaysforfuture.ca | (previous)
• Montreal — La planete s'invite a l'universite 
• Halifax — see Fridaysforfuture.ca | previous: Facebook | The Coast
• More — Abitibi-Témiscamingue – Acton – Barrie – Belleville – Calgary – Campbell River – Chatham-Kent – Collingwood – Courtenay – Duncan – Edmonton – Fredericton – Gatineau – Georgetown – Greenwood – Guelph – Halifax – Hamilton – Joliette – Kamloops – Kimberley – Kingston – Kitchener-Waterloo – Laval – Lethbridge – London – Mission – Montreal – Nanaimo – Nelson – North Bay – Ottawa – Peterborough – Pokemouche – Québec City – Regina – Rimouski – Sherbrooke – St. Catharines – St. John's – St. Thomas – Surrey – Swan River – Thunder Bay – Toronto – Trois-Rivières – UBC – Vancouver – Victoria – Victoriaville – Whistler – Whitby – Williams Lake – Winnipeg – Wolfville – Yellowknife / More: https://fridaysforfuture.ca/event-map/

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LINKS, ORGANIZATIONS, RESOURCES

Greta Thunberg — Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TED talks | Wikipedia | Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

Twitter — #FridaysForFuture | #ClimateStrike | #SchoolStrike4Climate

In the news — David Suzuki | The Guardian (2) | CBC | Star | Huffington Post | Teenage Activists | More... 

Wikipedia — School Strike for Climate | Global Week for Future, September 2019 | List of School Climate Strikes 

Faith & Churches — United Church | KAIROS |  

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Get connected, get involved!

• Participate & volunteer with environmental groups and organizations
• Green jobs, environmental jobs

Climate Change & Environmental Organizations

• Fridays for Future — local groups
• 350.org | local chapters (Canada & worldwide)
• Climate Action Network Canada | Members
• David Suzuki Foundation – Decarbonization
• Environmental Defence – Climate & Clean Economy
• Greenpeace Canada – Transform Energy
• CAPE: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – Sustainable Energy
• Post Carbon Institute – Energy Transition
• EcoJustice – Climate Change & Energy 
• Canadian Environmental Law Association – Green Energy
• Dogwood – No Tankers | Beyond Coal
• ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability – Activities
• Pembina Institute
• Clean Prosperity
• Clean Energy Canada
• Clean Energy BC
• Efficiency Canada
• Global: Renewable energy organizations | Climate change organizations

 

Greta Thunberg — “How dare you?“ 5 minute speech to UN:

On twitter: Greta Thunberg | #HowDareYou | transcript

 

Greta Thunberg — TED Talk:

 

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“Our house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire. [...] I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.” — Greta Thunberg 

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