Grassroots Action

Grassroots Action
SCCF Quebec Chapter: now hiring student summer intern
RuiLin Guo — May 18, 2017We are looking for someone to assist with out Quebec Chapter in outreach, networking, coordination, research, and education.
SCCF Atlantic Chapter: now hiring summer staff for Wild Child Forest School!
RuiLin Guo — May 18, 2017We are looking for someone magical with children to help deliver PEI’s first forest school program in Charlottetown. Our ideal candidate would love being outside in all weathers and enjoys playing with kids, with an eye for safety and risk management.
Niagara's Escarpment-Decew Falls Forest, Largest Remaining Woodland in St. Catharines, at Risk of Losing "Natural Area" Designation and Protection
Yvonne Ho — May 7, 2017The Escarpment-Decew Falls Forest - which has been identified as an Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) in the Niagara Region, and is the largest remaining woodland in the City of St. Catharines - has been the subject of a 40-year battle between Brock University and the environmentalists who seek to protect it...
EARTH DAY EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Tagaq's newest video "Nacreous"
Melissa Munro — April 22, 2017Launch of Sierra Club Quebec in 2017
RuiLin Guo — April 18, 2017On est heureux de vous inviter au lancement de Sierra Club Québec en 2017! Bienvenue à tous !
Entrée gratuite ! RSVP à anna.gluhenicaia@gmail.com
Une pochette surprise réservée aux 10 premiers inscrits. Faites vite!
Vin et léger gouter seront servis.
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We are pleased to invite you to the launching of Sierra Club Quebec in 2017! Everyone is welcome.
ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Protect our Greenbelt from Costly Urban Sprawl
Yvonne Ho — March 21, 2017Going from Greenbelt to a ‘Swiss Cheese belt’...
On Monday March 20th, the development industry hosted a lobby day at Queen’s Park to drive home the message that land in and around the Greenbelt is essential to avert the growing housing crisis in Toronto and the GTA. However, we know this is not accurate.
A Victory for Farmlands and the Niagara Escarpment
Yvonne Ho — March 15, 2017"Lost Resources equal lost jobs."
The following article was written by Dr. John Bacher of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS), and originally published on The Media Co-op.
To the Ends of the Earth
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 26, 2017WEDNESDAY, March 1
7:00 - 9:30 pm
NS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, NS
$10 Regular // $5 Youth/Unwaged
Get your TICKETS early on EVENTBRITE or pay at the door! Limited seating.
Urgent Action: Bees are on the brink!
Melissa Munro — February 11, 2017Take Action Now to Protect Bees from Harmful Pesticides!
-- Due to overwhelming response, Health Canada has extended deadline for comments to March 23rd, 2017 --
Fight back against Trump - Join today!
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 31, 2017They will gut.
They will obliterate.
They will burn progress to the ground.
Remembering Dan McDermott - Former Chapter Director, Sierra Club Ontario
Yvonne Ho — January 20, 2017Dan McDermott (May 6, 1947 - January 4, 2017)
Dan McDermott, Sierra Club Canada’s Ontario Chapter Director for 13 years, passed away peacefully on January 4th 2017. It is wonderful to see his influential life mentioned in these posts, which have featured in the news recently with reflections and thoughts on Dan’s life, what he dedicated it to, and his passing three weeks ago.
Dan McDermott: Great Hiker and Defender of Ontario’s Rural Landscapes
Yvonne Ho — January 20, 2017In Defence of the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Open Letter to Federal and Provincial Ministers
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 12, 2017To the federal and provincial governments who have the jurisdiction over this issue, we submit this letter - signed by over 1400 people in under 72 hours. It is time to stand up for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the people who border it's waters, and the thousands of species who call it home.
See Media Release
Tell the federal government to keep its promise and create a new law to give citizens a voice through charities they support. Make your voice heard by Nov 25th!
Melissa Munro — November 16, 2016Make Muskrat Right - It's On all of Us Now
Gretchen Fitzgerald — October 28, 2016Over the past few weeks, protests about the potential for methyl mercury contamination downstream of the Muskrat Falls development in Labrador made national headlines. Sierra Club Canada Foundation has voiced strong opposition to the Muskrat Falls project for years, and tried to show the damage it will cause to wildlife and the Grande River, and the people who live downstream. We also tried to demonstrate that this type of mega-hydro development was not needed to meet our climate objectives, and there were plenty of less damaging, less expensive alternatives. All to no avail. Till now.
Contact Premier Wynne to voice your support for a fully protected and growing Greenbelt
Dan McDermott — October 20, 2016There are positive proposals within the four draft provincial plans, including the Greenbelt plan, open for public comment until October 31st, Urban River Valley additions to note one example. There are also some alarming proposed changes that would allow land to be taken out of the current Greenbelt and handed to the developers. Section 3.4 Settlement Areas of the Greenbelt draft
contains an outline of a proposed process that could do just that and subject the Greenbelt to being turned into a Swiss cheese belt.
Contact Premier Wynne to voice your support for a fully protected and growing Greenbelt
Dan McDermott — October 7, 2016There are positive proposals within the four draft provincial plans, including the Greenbelt plan, open for public comment until October 31st, Urban River Valley additions to note one example. There are also some alarming proposed changes that would allow land to be taken out of the current Greenbelt and handed to the developers. Section 3.4 Settlement Areas of the Greenbelt draft contains an outline of a proposed process that could do just that and subject the Greenbelt to being turned into a Swiss cheese belt.
Shipments of Liquid Nuclear Waste Scheduled to Begin Soon
Peter Smith — September 26, 2016Authorities in Canada and the United States are preparing to ship approximately 150 truckloads of liquid nuclear waste from Chalk River, Ontario to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The material is a mixture of bomb grade uranium together with a witches’ brew of highly radioactive fission products dissolved in nitric acid.