The bad news is our world desperately needs saving. The good news is that #ClimateActionHero is an ever-growing demographic. The good news is we're winning. The bad news is we're not winning fast enough. Take heart and knuckle down. Make 2023 count.
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Good news is there's more people moving from denialism, obstruction, apathy & obliviousness to first realizing they're going to have to become active in some capacity to actually stepping up and being part of the solution. And that there's a one way trip, baby. So here's hope.
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All this comes to a head not just in our lifetimes but in the next decade. A populace intolerable of relatively basic, tame steps to contain the deadliest pandemic of our lifetimes has harsh realities racing inbound from the #ClimateEmergency. We'll be tested like never before
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There's a leadership deficit but it's not *just* a leadership deficit. There's also a decades-old, organized, funded push to devalue science, data, facts & expertise. It's a hearts and minds battle between fixing everything that's broken vs weaponized ignorance & proto-fascism
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It's not whether it's possible to save our future. It is. The question is do we want to. That's what remains to be seen. Less about climate science or technology & more about sociology & unfortunately politics, with an economic system that rewards apathy & making things worse.
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'How a Depression-era jobs program could help the U.S. tackle global warming' (2020)
"In 1933, with the country deep in the Great Depression, the United States government created the Civilian Conservation Corps, a work program that gave young men jobs transforming the American landscape. They built trails and roads, fought fires and maintained critical infrastructure, among many, many other projects."
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So we can create a #JustTransition for impacted industry workers because it's the right thing to do or because it's the prosperous thing to do. Either motivation is fine. Advocating for no plan whatsoever is not. This video from @MarkhamHislop is yet another important reason why we can't afford *not* to care for folks impacted by a rapidly changing world: https://youtu.be/O9wTg7EP-Uk
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Here in #Alberta we don't have to start from square one. Want to ensure our #OilAndGas workers don't get left behind in the #EnergyTransition the whole world is moving towards faster than ever #IronAndEarth has already laid the foundation in their #ProsperousTransitionPlan. So let's do it.
Read their plan here: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ironandearth/pages/1702/attachments/original/1635867585/PTP_ExecSummary.pdf?1635867585
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If you're passionate about a #JustTransition (or designed or prosperous or what-have-you) for Canada's oil/gas workers you need to check out #IronAndEarth. Like so much else in the #ClimateEmergency the answers are known & good folks have already started on them. All they need now is YOU.
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When you remove the politics from it #Alberta's #OilAndGas workers want what everybody else wants: to know their futures are secured & that they can build a life & provide for their loved ones. #IronAndEarth polling from May of 2021 reveals a strong majority are seeing the writing on the wall & want steps taken.
Polling: https://www.ironandearth.org/prosperous_transition_plan
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Calgary Climate Hub
