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Climate change is causing a youth mental health crisis -- and adults are stepping up!

There's growing awareness that Canada's big five banks are funding the climate crisis with their investments in the fossil fuel industry. Victoria grandmother Kathryn Malloy has been working with Gabrielle Wilms, our Banking campaigner, and other parents and grandparents, on issues around banks.

 

MPs pass long-awaited legislation to tackle environmental racism in Canada

Advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection and public health celebrate passage of Bill C-226, the National Strategy on Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act, in the House of Commons.

 

Parents speak up against fossil fuels in schools

Alberta parent Claire Kraatz was so shocked to find a Pathways Alliance workshop promoting fossil fuels on the schedule of a recent teachers' conference. She reached out to the Narwhal to shine a light on the issue of fossil fuel promotion in schools.

 

Parents call for regulation on natural gas in buildings

Amid growing awareness of the impacts of natural gas on our health, Kelly Marie Martin and Geneviève Ferdais, physicians and parents in For Our Kids and Mères au front, wrote this compelling op-ed.

Op-ed: Natural gas use in Montreal buildings should be phased out -- Montreal Gazette

 

Parents weigh in on an emissions cap!

Parents in the For Our Kids network have been sending postcards to their MPs telling them why an emissions cap is all we really want this holiday season. Check out this op-ed from parents across the country on why an emission cap matters. 

If you haven't sent a postcard yet, go here!

 

For Our Kids Montreal at COP15 March

CTV Montreal's December 10, 2022 coverage of the civil society protest for Indigenous rights and biodiversity protection in Montreal during COP15, featuring interview with Alayne Moody from For Our Kids Montreal.  

 

Parents Want Urgent Action at COP15 and beyond

Marianne Ariganello's op-ed in the National Observer talks about what will be lost if we don't take rapid action to protect nature -- at COP15 and beyond. 

Want to read more about For Our Kids' actions during COP15? Read about the March for Biodiversity here and check out Jennifer Smith's op-ed and commentary here. 

Parents come together to protect biodiversity at COP15

For Our Kids Montreal parent Jennifer Smith and Gabrielle Spénard-Bernier, of Mères au Front had their op-ed published in the Montreal Gazette. 

"Parents, grandparents and all who care for children are, therefore, calling on leaders at all levels of government to be courageous to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. All governments — municipal, provincial, and federal — must seize this opportunity to show true leadership."

Read the full article here. 

Parents call for real climate action at COP27

Claire Kraatz of the Calgary For Our Kids team and Jana MacDonald of the Vancouver team joined up to write this op-ed in The National Observer, calling for real climate action from Canada's delegates at COP27 -- commitments that go beyond local political aspirations. 

Read the full article here.