"This is something that's not going to end or be fixed in my lifetime. It's about passing on the fight to protect these places we love & the environment for future generations. So that’s like a constant source of inspiration for me."
- #PhillipMeintzer of the #AlbertaWildernessAssociation

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/333024/link/
#yyc #abpoli #Climate #Activism #Advocacy #Volunteering #Hope #Inspiration #Conservation #Environment

The Big Why: Activist Origin Stories

Albertans on Advocacy, Hope and 2025

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The Big Why: Activist Origin Stories

Albertans on Advocacy, Hope and 2025

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Phillip Meintzer (@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social)

Conservation Specialist @ Alberta Wilderness Association Settler on Treaty 7 Land Degrowth, Decolonization, Ecosocialism Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿 https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/

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One of the great many challenges climate activists face are crushing setbacks in a world often determined to make every mistake & never learn from them. We asked some of Calgary's best how they overcome adversity and step up the fight on #TheBigWhy https://youtu.be/KD79PFtQfM4
#yyc #Climate #ClimateChange #Conservation #Environment #Environmentalism #Activists #Preservation #AlbertaWildernessAssociation #CPAWS #NatureCalgary #GreenCalgary #ArushaCentre #SustainableCalgary #ArushaCentre #LandLovers
The Big Why - Tackling Adversity

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The Big Why - Tackling Adversity

Host Bentley's goal on November 6 was to bring together a few inspiring Calgary people from the climate and climate adjacent world and ask them -what inspire...

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"Under a deal set up all the way back in 2001 by #Alberta's provincial government, a logging company called #SprayLakeSawmills acquired the rights to chop down the equivalent of 2K football fields of #KananaskisCountry’s #UpperHighwood area forests."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/309464/link/

#NaturalCapital #Kananaskis #Clearcut #Logging #Forests #biodiversity #Climate #watersheds #KCountry #YYC #CPAWS #AlbertaWildernessAssociation

Kananaskis clearcuts: outdated laws, new threats

How obsolete regulations and practices are endangering one of Alberta’s most unique and beloved wildlands

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Fallout after Calgary city council considers saying ‘bye bye’ to single-use bylaw
Reaction has been swift and mixed to the possible repeal of a controversial City of Calgary bylaw on single use items.
#globalnews #Consumer #Money #Politics #AlbertaWildernessAssociation
https://globalnews.ca/news/10264642/fallout-calgary-city-council-single-use-bylaw-vote/
Fallout after Calgary city council considers saying ‘bye bye’ to single-use bylaw

Reaction has been swift and mixed to the possible repeal of a controversial City of Calgary bylaw on single use items.

Global News
Fallout after Calgary city council considers saying ‘bye bye’ to single-use bylaw
Reaction has been swift and mixed to the possible repeal of a controversial City of Calgary bylaw on single use items.
#globalnews #Consumer #Money #Politics #AlbertaWildernessAssociation
https://globalnews.ca/news/10264642/fallout-calgary-city-council-single-use-bylaw-vote/
Fallout after Calgary city council considers saying ‘bye bye’ to single-use bylaw

Reaction has been swift and mixed to the possible repeal of a controversial City of Calgary bylaw on single use items.

Global News