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OCTOBER CLIMATE CHALLENGE: MITIGATE YOUR MEAT CONSUMPTION
The environmental cost of producing meat is high. One serving (85g) of beef a day for an entire year produces about 2600kg of CO2, which is roughly equivalent to driving 10000km or burning 1100...
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Time for some hard facts from the latest IPCC report. If the average POW member (current average age is 36) has a normal lifespan of 81 years, they’ll live into the 2060’s. In the...
Read More ShareSEPTEMBER CLIMATE CHALLENGE: LET'S GET POLITICAL
These challenges so far have talked about a few different ways that an individual can change their actions to help lessen the effects of climate change. While individual change is important, the most effective...
Read More SharePARIS FOR DUMMIES - PART 2
THE PARIS AGREEMENT: NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS & FEDERAL ELECTIONS Important pieces, technological and financial solutions, political will and a cultural shift will come together to form the puzzle outlined in the Paris Agreement; carbon neutrality...
Read More Share#GOFACTYOURSELF: IT'S TIME TO FACTBACK!
A SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL TO #FACTBACK AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS.
Read More ShareKEY FINDINGS FROM THE IPCC REPORT
“CODE RED FOR HUMANITY”. According to the IPCC report released yesterday by the world’s top climate scientists, we’re on the verge of a tipping point toward irreversible runaway climate change.
Read More ShareHOW THE OTTAWA CHAPTER ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE
Ottawa Chapter Lead Fraser Blackwell reflects on how the local chapter adapted to the global pandemic and kept volunteers interested and motivated for climate action throughout the past year.
Read More ShareBECAUSE IPCC
LOL, IMO, BTW, WTF, TBH, TBD………….Let’s add IPCC to the list of text abbreviations you might use or see this week.
Read More ShareAUGUST CLIMATE CHALLENGE: WATER CONSERVATION
“In outer space, we look for life by searching for water, yet we have taken our own for granted. Earth is a planet brimming with water, yet less than 3 per cent of it...
Read More SharePARIS FOR DUMMIES - PART 1
On December 12, 2020, the world celebrated the five-year anniversary of the signing of the landmark Paris Agreement. In the lead-up to the snap federal election this fall, POW Canada is going to re-introduce...
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