Climate Change: Listen, Learn & Take Action

Thank you to everyone who attended our November 10th webinar featuring guest speaker extraordinaire -Grant Linney ( aka Climate Grant)!

The webinar recording is available for viewing further below, along with a list of many of the helpful references and resources shared during the presentation.

Here are some helpful resources and opportunities to help you take action on climate change locally:

Action on Climate Resources:

• Lots of locally focused Action on Climate Tips and Resources
  
• Sign up to receive BG’s monthly newsletter including updates on the Burlington Community Climate Action Hub
  
• Learn about and speak up on local issues
  
• Follow BG and the Hub on social media for climate related news, calls to action and events ( BG FB, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin) (HUB FB, Twitter)
  
• Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau here
  
• Make the Switch E-mobility/Electric Vehicle Information here
  
• Heat pump information here and here.
  
• More resources from Grant below the video…

Presentation References:

Videos:

• Science in America Neil de Grasse Tyson – April 2017 here  
• Our House is on Fire Friday for Future Los Angeles-April 2020 here  
• Greta Thunberg – December 2020 here
• Canada at War with the Climate Crisis -June 2021 – here 
• Canadian (Hamilton) Youth on Climate Change- May 2019 – here

Books:

• Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation  Paul Hawken  New York: Penguin Books 2021
• Drawdown:  The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming  Paul Hawken New York: Penguin Books 2017
• A Good War:  Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency  Seth Klein  Toronto: ECW Press 2020
• The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac  London: Manilla Press 2020

More Recommended Books:

• All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis  Ed. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson New York: Random House 2020 … an extraordinary feminist collection
• Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World  Katharine Hayhoe New York: First Signal Publishers 2021
• The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet  Micheal E. MannNew York: Hachette Book Group 2021