Environment
COVID-19
As with many things, discussions and action on the environment have taken a backseat to efforts aimed at ending the pandemic.
However, in contrast to the pain and tragedy of the pandemic, the world has been given an unprecedented opportunity to observe what happens when modern day life comes to a standstill. In particular, levels of air pollution dropped dramatically across Canada in a very short time when lockdowns were imposed across the country. Similar and, in many cases, more dramatic drops were seen around the world.
Scientists are already studying the changes, albeit temporary, to the atmosphere and to other areas of the environment and trying to learn things that we would not have been able to learn before things shut down.
Hopefully, from the tragedy of the pandemic can come some good in the fight for the environment and against climate change.
As a topic of conversation, the Environment is huge. Not just in importance, but in the sheer number of topics within the overall conversation.
There is climate change, of course, which receives much of the attention these days. But the environment is about much more than ‘only’ climate change. Recycling, pollution in our waterways, plastics in the oceans, deforestation…the list goes on.
This section of the site is devoted to all things environment. It is your place to discuss the issues (respectfully, of course) and to coordinate with each other on topics that are important to you.
And don’t forget to take action. Let the government know what you want done.
Take Action
Start by expecting more. Once we have made that shift in our thinking, and we realize that we deserve more, then we can get together and demand more.
Connect with other Canadians, and demand more from your elected officials, who are the only ones with the power to force the changes we want.
Ultimately, it is your responsibility to tell the elected officials what you want. It is their responsibility to make it happen. Assuming, of course, they want to get re-elected.