1/ You’ve seen the fires You seen the floods You’ve read the news reports You’re scared And now you want to do something about it But what? And how? A (longish) thread

This seems far worse than Just Stop Oil blocking the road for a few minutes.

In the 2001 Census, the average earnings for a full-time worker in Metro Vancouver was $46,806. In the 2021 Census, the number was $82,600. So to summarize: In the last 20 years, incomes went up 76% But home prices went up 468%

As a former emergency manager, I'm thinking of the people working behind the scene under intense pressure, with no end in sight. This work takes a HUGE personal toll. Deep respect & gratitude for those of you involved in responding this (and every) year.

Every month, throughout the year, I choose a day to record all the plants flourishing in our meadow - once an agricultural field. Appreciatively, I pick one of each that can spare a bloom. Today I counted 78 species, most of which are represented here. #WildflowerHour #rewild 💚

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Now the bad news - looks like vertically-integrated smoke models are showing a bigtime dose of wildfire smoke coming in this weekend. PLEASE prepare now for the possibility of smoke even to the surface. #wawx #whatcomcounty rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke…

Is this summer’s fire season hasn’t been enough for you to change behaviour as it relates to climate change, what will it take? One easy and impactful thing: take 8 minutes to write your elected officials. Tell them your vote depends on their actions to address climate change.

We all need to do more to prevent these tragic deaths from happening. It’s just gutting. Literally every one and every agency has to let go of what we think we know and have faith in big swings.

Texas is spending 400 times more on roads than what it’s costing to make all of Paris ‘100% cycle-friendly’. But one more lane, right? (Pr Carlos Moreno | IAE-Paris Sorbonne) x.com/CarlosMorenoFr…

Russians collected & dumped out the last Ukrainian books from the Mariupol library. Now the occupiers are opening there a "center of public initiatives" which is the office for recruiting youth into the "young guard" and "young army" movements Source: P.Andryushchenko

We need cheaper, better bus transit in Victoria. Especially if we truly want to reduce costs & car reliance (ie traffic) so take this survey engage.bctransit.com/transit-experi… #yyj BC Transit

Fantastic photo from this morning by Clarence Joe in Shishalh Sechelt territory #Eclipse

Anna Boberg(1 864-1935), Swedish artist who spent much time painting in Northern Norway, where she had a cabin and lived alone #WomensArt

OK, now this is good! The fed NDP have a motion coming forward Tuesday trying to shift the debate caused by the Lib's boneheaded carbon tax carve-out. This motion lays out a far better approach... 🧵👇

Hat tip to #yyj local biz programs. 👏 "Victoria's downtown vacancy rate is estimated at 12% while other prominent cities have rates of up to over 30%. Toronto's vacancy rate is 14%, Halifax's is at 13%, Winnipeg is at 30% and Edmonton is at 33%." victoriabuzz.com/2023/11/lifebl…

We are losing the public w/ endless discussion of esoteric climate policy—output-based pricing, contracts for difference, carbon tax credits … Enough! Thousands of young people are telling us they are ready to serve. For love of God could we just quickly sign these folks up!👇

Olga Kvasha, contemporary Ukranian painter #WomensArt

I would never have expected that more than 3,000 people would register for a briefing on health in the climate negotiations. Only 500 places were available, so for any still interested: Recording: youtube.com/watch?v=d9SEah… Resources: unccelearn.org/course/view.ph…