Newsletter: December 2022

December 2022 Newsletter

December 2022 Membership Renewal Time Membership renewal for 2023 is now open - please take a moment to sign up. There is no cost and having lots of members gives us more clout when we are advocating for better climate policies or applying for funding. To renew your membership, simply click here to access the form.  If you do wish to chip in towards our operating costs for the year (website hosting, business cards, etc), we would gratefully accept donations by e-transfer to NanaimoClimateAction@gmail.com."  Climate 911 Interviews Nanaimo Climate Pledge Whelm King, Nanaimo Climate Pledge program manager, sits down with Don Giberson on Climate 911 to discuss his journey to climate activism, the state of the world, the creation of the Nanaimo Climate Pledge, and what actions we can take to be part of the climate solution. Listen here: part 1, part 2 Could Have We Avoided the Climate Crisis if oil companies had acted differently with the information they had decades ago?   “This huge oil and gas company [Imperial Oil] figured out how to solve this [climate] crisis decades ago and then made sure that never happened.”   If you are curious about big oil’s decades old campaign of disinformation, UBC Sustainability hosted an excellent interview with Geoff Dembicki, an investigative journalist and author of The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change.  The host, Dr. Carol Liao, says “you experience a swarm of emotions as you realize we have lost decades because of the spin.” Geoff’s book is the result of several years researching climate change, interviewing key players, and combing through hundreds of industry documents, emails and letters, many of which were confidential but thanks to watchdog groups, such as the Climate Investigations Centre, are now available online.   What can we do? Check out Sue Big Oil, a campaign by West Coast Environmental Law, bringing citizens together with the aim of convincing local governments to jointly launch a class action lawsuit targeting the world’s largest oil companies. They need to pay their fair share of the massive costs created by wildfires, floods, droughts, the displacement of people and the destruction of communities and infrastructure.  -- Review by Laurie Friskie Building Alliances to Strengthen Our Voice   We know that we have the most impact when we partner with other organizations that have a commitment to climate action. One of our partner organizations is Nanaimo GreenFaith Group, part of "an international network of people from diverse faith and spiritual traditions working together to improve local environmental sustainability as well as broader climate solutions for our common home, Earth."   The local GreenFaith group is made up of individuals from over a dozen faith groups within Nanaimo. Over the past few years, they have hosted interfaith ceremonies to mark events such as Earth Day, Peace Day and the beginning of the COP26 conference in Scotland. Several times, they have worked with the City of Nanaimo to plant trees in public places around Nanaimo. Below are pictures from the recent tree planting at Beban Park on November 19.   To follow the work of Nanaimo GreenFaith Group, like their Facebook page. Another Partnership We are pleased to announce that we have recently welcomed Mid-Island Council of Canadians chapter as a partner organization. The national mission of the Council is to bring people together through collective action and grassroots organizing to challenge corporate power and advocate for people, the planet and our democracy.  Looking Ahead... Annual General Meeting -- January 28 Please save the date for our in-person AGM and winter social on the evening of Saturday, January 28th. A brief meeting will be followed by food and fun! Location and time details will be in our January newsletter. Huge March and Rally for Old Growth Trees -- February 25 Elders for Ancient Trees is planning "the largest rally Victoria has seen for years" to put pressure on the BC government to keep their commitment to protect the last old-growth forests in the province. NCAH members will be heading down with our banner, and we'd love for you to join us if you can. Look for further details in future newsletters. block. Change the Support Us! We have an account with the Regional Recycling South Return-It Depot at 839 Old Victoria Road in Nanaimo. You can donate the money from returnable items by asking the clerk to credit the Nanaimo Climate Action Hub account. Thanks in advance for your support. It makes a huge difference!n is a new Teck. Change the text. This newsletter is a publication of the Nanaimo Climate Action Hub. For more information, please click below: Website Facebook Instagram YouTube   Sign up to be a member or volunteer to organize hub events and initiatives:   Membership Sign-up   We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw, Stz'uminus and Snaw-Naw-As First Nations.