Working together to mitigate and prepare for climate change in Muskoka
Weekly Newsletter
We have been sending out a newsletter every Thursday evening since October 2019; confirming our weekly climate strikes and keeping you informed about what’s happening in climate action in Muskoka and beyond. Additionally, we very occasionally send a special alert if we have news that just can’t wait.
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Our Past Newsletters
January 21, 2021. Online Climate Strike Info | Muskoka Drawdown — Food Waste > Food Rescue | Political Action of the Week — BankSwitch | New 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge — Shop Local | Damaging Effects of Winter Salt on Trees — From Muskoka Region. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.January 14, 2021 | No In-Person Climate Strikes until further notice | Take Your Climate Strike Online — BankSwitch Campaign | Brief report on CAM’s latest meeting | Kudos to CAM volunteers from District climate staffer | How to be a Good Ancestor — TED Talk. Click image above to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser window.January 7, 2021 | We’re baaack! Climate strikes resume tomorrow! And other CAM news. Here’s our latest newsletter. Muskoka Region looks at CAM for 2021 | Invitation to join us for our 2021 planning meeting and BankSwitch campaign presentation Jan 10 | Bet Smith’s new song and video — Forgive You | New 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge: Repair EVERYTHING. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser window. December 31, 2020 — Happy New Year, everyone! | We will NOT be climate striking tomorrow (January 1) | Make the 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge your New Year’s Resolution | Save the Date—CAM Planning Meeting and BankSwitch Campaign Presentation January 10 | NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference January 5-9 (Free Jan 7-9) | A Conversation on the Crisis of Climate Feedback Loops, with the Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg and leading scientists. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab. December 24, 2020 — Happy holidays from all of us at CAM. | We will NOT be climate striking on Friday December 25 or Friday January 1, 2021. | CAM’s Muskoka Drawdown—Green Houses, podcast now available | A New Leaf: Muskoka’s Climate Strategy gets the green light from District Council | Webinar: #GenClimateAction — How youth-led climate litigation is making Canadian legal history. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab. December 18, 2020 | Above: Climate change Christmas cartoon from New York Times. | Make Your Own Ugly Holiday Sweater | Political action of the week – Sign Lead Now’s ‘Cancel TMX’ petition | ASHMuskoka Ash Drive this Saturday | Muskoka Watershed Council wants to hear from you! | Update: A New Leaf—Muskoka’s Climate Strategy returns to District Council on December 21. Click image above to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.December 10, 2020 | Lesley and Oliver climate striking in Huntsville. In this issue: Confirming tomorrow’s climate strikes in Bracebridge and Huntsville | Invitation to Virtual Christmas Concert | New 50% by 2030 Challenge – The Carbon Footprint of What you Wear | Political Action of the Week – Shop Local! | Len Ring’s latest Letter to the Editor | The Paris Climate Accord — Five Years On. Click image above to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab. December 3, 2020 | Confirming tomorrow’s climate strikes in Bracebridge and Huntsville | Congratulations to Linda Mathers for volunteer award | Have you taken the 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge? | Political Action of the week: BankSwitch — Pressure Canadian Banks to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels. Click the image above to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.November 26, 2020 | Confirming climate strikes in Huntsville and Bracebridge on Friday November 27 | A New Leaf, Muskoka’s Climate Strategy | Special Guests at Muskoka Watershed Council Meeting | Political Action of the Week: Take a Stand Against Plastic | New for 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge — The ‘Foodprint’ of Food Packaging | Canada must not continue to miss climate action targets – Letter to the editor by CAM’s Lesley Hastie. Click the image above to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab. November 19, 2020 | Confirming Fridays for Future Climate Strikes in Huntsville and Bracebridge | ASHMuskoka Drive this Saturday | Political Action of the Week — Conservation Authorities Under Threat | Got an Old Car? Donate it to the Sierra Club Foundation | On the Brink — Animals Facing Extinction. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.November 12, 2020. Climate strikers in Bracebridge. Be a hero. Take climate action now. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.November 5, 2020. Climate strikers at Town Hall in Huntsville. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.October 29, 2020. Location of Fridays for Future climate strikes in this part of Ontario. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.October 22, 2020. Len’s new 50% by 2030 Community Carbon Challenge banner. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.October 15, 2020. Climate striking at Memorial Park in Bracebridge. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.October 8, 2020. Climate strikers in Huntsville. Click image to view newsletter. (Pictures are the same but the newsletters are different.) Opens in a new browser tab.October 1, 2020. Click image to view newsletter. (The pictures are the same but the newsletters are different.) Opens in a new browser tab. September 24, 2020. Bracebridge climate strikers. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.September 17, 2020. Climate striking in Huntsville. Click link to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.September 10, 2020. One year of climate strikes (more or less, given the pandemic.) This picture is from September 2019. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab. September 3, 2020. Linda at the climate strike in Bracebridge. Click image to view newsletter. Opens in a new browser tab.
