Take action today

Type: participation & volunteer opportunities
Organization: Greenpeace Canada
Location: Canada

Whatever taking action looks like to you – from signing a petition, to downloading a toolkit or attending a peaceful protest – together they’re all a vital part of creating the green and peaceful future we all need. To change the world, it’s going to take all of us having the courage to stand up for what we know is right. Begin that journey today.

Things you can do right now

We act with hope and determination. We take on the impossible. We are everyday people connected around the world, embarking on a billion acts of courage. Join us today...

• Oceans: The ocean is not for sale: stop the deep sea mining code. Add your name to demand that Canada lock the seabed out of reach for extractive industries. Take action.
• Climate: Fast-Track Climate Solutions, Not Fossil Fuels. Tell Carney that Canada’s “nation-building” projects should create green energy and affordable homes. Take action.
• Nature: Tell Ontario Premier Doug Ford to Withdraw Bill 5. Tell Premier Ford: stop trading nature for profit, and withdraw Bill 5! Take action.
• Climate: Fight the billionaire takeover. It’s time to resist – starting today. So will you join the fight against the billionaire takeover? Take action.
• Nature: Respect the Amazon – Stop Illegal Gold Mining. Demand that global leaders protect the Amazon from illegal gold mining. Take action.
• Climate: Don’t Trump Canada. Together we can protect Canada from Maple MAGA’s control. Take action.
• Climate: Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes. Add your voice today to protect safe, affordable transportation for all Ontarians. Take action.
• Our Work: Support Greenpeace against Big Oil attacks! Take action.

• Nature: Protect people, not polluters. Take action.
• Climate: Make polluters pay into a Climate Recovery Fund. Make fossil fuel companies pay for the climate disasters they’re fuelling: it’s time for a Climate Recovery Fund. Take action.
• Nature: Tell Canada to support a strong Global Plastics Treaty. If world leaders get it right, a strong Global Plastics Treaty has the potential to end the age of plastic – for good. Join the campaign now! Take action.
• Nature: Call on Canada to pass a strong nature protection law. The environment minister must pass legislation that respects Indigenous rights and safeguards biodiversity. Take action.
• Nature: Stop Deep Sea Mining. We need Canada to stop deep sea mining before it starts. Join the campaign now. Take action.
• Nature: Tell Canada to invest in heat pumps. Add your name and demand that our government provide affordable, modern heat pumps, starting with those hardest hit by the cost to heat and cool their homes. Take action.
• Nature: Create Global Ocean Sanctuaries Now. The Global Ocean Treaty needs 60 countries to sign it into Law by 2025. Sign the petition to ensure Canada is one of them! Take action.
• Nature: Our planet is on fire. Sign the petition now to make your voice heard. Take action.

• Nature: Save the bees, protect our food system! Add your name to demand that Canada take action to protect pollinators from harmful insecticides and herbicides. Take action.
• Nature: Protect Our Forests. Join us and take action: call out this shady corporate logging villain taking over our forests. Take action.
• Climate: Canadian Banks need to stop funding fossil fuels. Canada’s banks must be held accountable for their role in violating Indigenous rights and their contribution to climate change. Take action.
• Nature: Tell Canada to expand the ban on single-use plastics. Canada’s single-use plastic ban only covers 3% of plastic waste. We need a ban list that matches the scale of the waste and pollution crisis! Take action.
• Nature: Hold big polluters accountable for climate disasters. Add your voice to tell fossil fuel companies to pay up for the disasters they are fuelling. Take action.
• Climate: Our banks must stop funding fossil fuels! Tell your MP to #TakeCashOutOfCarbon by adding your name. Take action.
• Nature: Protect the Oceans. The seas provide half of our oxygen, food for a billion people, and a home for some of the most spectacular wildlife on Earth. But the impacts of climate change, pollution and destructive industries mean they’re in more danger than ever. Take action.
• Live Sustainably: Help create plastic-free supermarkets. So much of the plastic packaging and waste we generate we get from our weekly visits to supermarkets. Canada’s major supermarkets aren’t taking any real action to address their massive plastic footprints. Take action.

Get involved

Everyone has the power to win campaigns and to create a more just, fair and sustainable world. There are lots of ways to take action. If you want to make change, here is a good place to start…

• Volunteer — Start volunteering with Greenpeace! Together we spread awareness, bear witness and take action to put an end to the attacks on our planet and its people. Take action.
• Fundraise — Fundraising for Greenpeace is an incredibly powerful way to make a difference and take action for the planet. Take action.
• Greenspeakers — Our Greenspeakers are a dedicated group of Greenpeace-trained volunteers. We’re here to help educate students from grades 1-12 about critical environmental topics. Take action.
• Leave a gift in your will — Leaving a gift in your Will to Greenpeace is a way to put your beliefs into action, long after your lifetime. Any gift, large or small, will help our shared work to create a more green and peaceful future. Take action.
• Donate — Greenpeace is a people-powered, science-based, and action-oriented organization that does not take money from corporations or governments. This means we rely on individual donations from generous people like you to carry out our work. Take action.

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