"NaramataSlow Seed Swap Snail is a community seed swap collaboration between NaramataSlow and Okanagan Seed Savers. It’s a free seed swap for anyone and everyone. Leave some seeds, take some seeds."
"It’s located at the Naramata Permaculture Farm Garden (Ellis Avenue between 4th and 5th Street, Naramata, BC), an open public food garden for anyone who wants to come and garden or forage for edibles."

#SeedSwap #Seeds #Okanagan #BC #gardening #Naramata #SeedLibrary

https://seeds.ca/d/?k=9ca62f3fc2d02322c5f4cae4d972491400004302

"That means at a sufficiently rated charger, typically rated at 350kW, the IONIQ 5 can charge from 10 to 80 per cent charge in just 18 minutes."

"IONIQ 5 features 400V and 800V charging technology. What that means is the IONIQ 5 will be able to charge at up to 221 kW (for the Long Range versions)."

https://electrictowcars.com/hyundai-ioniq-5/

#EV

Saw this on an EV website just now. This should be a more common practice!

#EV #CO2 #ClimateCrisis

"Without increased government action, the world will still emit twice the greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 than is allowed under the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Agreement."

Every fraction of a degree matters, whether or not 1.5C is an attainable limit.

https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/despite-glasgow-climate-pact-2030-climate-target-updates-have-stalled/

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionTracker

We urgently need to be cutting emissions in BC. The blue bars in the graph represent our actual emissions. So far they are not going down steeply!

"signatories published an open letter calling on the BC government to commit to ten urgent climate actions to confront the climate emergency...This report card evaluates the BC government’s progress..."

https://bcclimateemergency.ca/report-card

#bcpoli
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateStrike #xr #FridaysForFuture #divest

"...global stranded assets as present value of future lost profits in the upstream oil and gas sector exceed US$1 trillion under plausible changes in expectations about the effects of climate policy."

"Rich country stakeholders therefore have a major stake in how the transition in oil and gas production is managed, as ongoing supporters of the fossil-fuel economy and potentially exposed owners of stranded assets"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01356-y

#BankingOnClimateChaos #ClimateCrisis #divest

"Canada’s national retirement fund, the Canada Pension Plan, continues to invest billions in the oil, gas, coal and pipeline companies fueling the climate crisis."

"The #CPP is one of the largest pension funds in the world, managing $523 billion in Canadians’ retirement savings."

Tell the CPP to protect your pension and the planet.

https://www.shiftaction.ca/shiftcpp

#BankingOnClimateChaos #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

"Falling behind on climate change puts your pension at risk. The climate crisis presents serious risks for many industries, companies and the wider economy-- which could impact your retirement savings."

"If you want your pension fund to protect your retirement savings and tackle the climate crisis, take action now."

https://www.shiftaction.ca/take-action

#ElectrifyEverything #CleanEnergy #GreenEconomy #ClimateCrisis

"we commissioned independent economist Robyn Allan to dig further into Trans Mountain’s publicly available financial records. The result of her work was published in a new report"

"We found that the federal government is using corporate shells and accounting magic to hide Trans Mountain’s losses from Canadians, while creating the illusion of commercial viability with classic sleight of hand."

https://wcel.org/blog/hocus-pocus-how-trans-mountains-accounting-magic-creates-illusion-commercial-viability

#StopTMX
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateStrike #xr #fff #divest

#FossilGas
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated that burning gas is the third most carbon-intensive method of generating electricity."

"... gas production and consumption must drop by 40% worldwide over the next decade."

"50 percent: Portion of the increase in greenhouse gas emissions for which gas is responsible since 2016."

https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/why-natural-gas-is-dangerous-for-the-climate/

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateStrike #xr #fff #divest