Campaigns
Sierra Club Ontario's Challenge to Sprawl campaign is currently focused on Growing The Greenbelt. With the support of the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation and The Salamander Foundation, Sierra Club Ontario is making advances in protecting threatened ecosystems in Peel and Durham Region.
Under the leadership of Sierra Club Peel Chair Peter Orphanos, public and political support for protecting the Credit River Watershed is expanding daily. Durham Region is starting much lower on the learning curve: Durham Regional Council was the only municipality to formally oppose the creation of the Ontario Greenbelt. Sierra Club Ontario's efforts to prevent Durham Region from enacting a growth plan that would destroy natural areas and advance urban sprawl was rewarded with the recent...
The need for a pan-Canadian water strategy in Canada has become extremely urgent. Across the nation, Canadians are recognizing that limits to this seemingly infinite resource exist. The evidence of these intense pressures is manifesting in a visibly changing climate, the degradation of our environment, health problems in Canadian communities, and the tensions surrounding the use of boundary waters with our neighbours to the south.
Climate Change – climate change is significantly changing the timing, flow and availability of water in all our communities. In many regions, changes are taking place much faster than we anticipated. In the mountain ranges of Alberta the glaciers and snowpacks that act like ‘water towers’ for the Prairies are consistently retreating....
Action Grizzly Bear is a campaign initiated by local and international conservation voices focused on advocating the recovery of Alberta’s grizzly bear. It is a grassroots campaign designed to network people concerned about the imperiled grizzly and mobilizes them with the knowledge and tools to take action. At such a critical time for grizzly bears, taking action to recover it will be up to the public. Let the government know we want to continue to call Alberta “grizzly country” and that we want future generations to be able to do the same.
Interprovincial Boundary Survey 1913-1916 Provincial Archives of Alberta, A.10723
Imagine …
… experiencing some of the same wilderness the first peoples and Euro-Canadian explorers did.
… walking in their footsteps, paddling in their strokes.
… visualizing their accounts along with what you experience today.
Discover …
…the wild lands and rivers they knew, which still exist in Alberta today.
Be a part …
… of the vision to keep this natural and cultural history alive through the appreciation and preservation of Alberta’s wild lands and rivers.
Centennial Wilds website
c-wilds-1“Future generations may wonder at our blindness if we neglect to set them aside...
The grizzly bear is an icon of raw pristine wilderness. As Canadians we are fortunate to share the landscape with these unique and powerful creatures. Sadly, in a world that is experiencing an explosion of economic development, the grizzly bear’s core habitat has been invaded and degraded by an ever-expanding network of industrial, residential and recreational activities. This trend has put Alberta on the front lines of extinction for grizzly bears in North America. Today fewer than 500 grizzly bears roam Alberta soil.
Despite a provincial policy to maintain a healthy and viable grizzly bear population and the Endangered Species Conservation Committee’s recommendation (2002) to list the grizzly as threatened in Alberta, the government has yet to make any clear commitment to...
Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing the world in the 21st century.
A change in climate of only just a few degrees could have a profound impact on the world. In fact, Canada is predicted to be one of the hardest hit countries due to our northern location. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and a substantial loss of habitat and biodiversity are very real possibilities by the end of the century if immediate action is not taken.
At the same time, our population continues to grow as do energy demands. Unfortunately, nuclear power is not the solution. Nuclear power plants in Canada are notorious for cost overruns, long-term maintenance problems, and their environmental credentials are deeply flawed.
Sierra Club Canada is...
Bighorn Country - Where the Boreal Meets the Rockies
Located in west-central Alberta, Bighorn Country rests astride that magical zone where the Boreal meets the Rocky Mountains. It is Alberta’s best remaining opportunity to protect a wilderness example of this. Here the Boreal is a biological mixing bowl where a wide variety of plants and animals from the Arctic, Boreal, Rocky Mountains, Parkland and Plains regions come in contact with each other. In the Bighorn, this unique range of biological diversity includes everything from the powerful Grizzly Bear and shy Lynx to the threatened Canadian Toad, the Great Grey Owl and the tiny Calliope and Rufous Humming birds.
Through a coalition of local, national and international groups, Sierra Club of...
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Lead a "Bin Talk" today!
Ottawa’s Green Bin composting pick-up program has begun and we need your help to encourage its success.
The collection of food scraps is the next logical step in our waste diversion efforts and a critical step in our efforts to mitigate climate change. Food scraps buried in a landfill produce large amounts of methane, a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) now believed to be 70-100 times more potent, by volume, than CO2. In addition, we conserve valuable landfill space, reduce odours, and produce a soil--instead of using chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
By leading a “Bin Talk” with your organization, staff or peers you can...
Car Free Day is Toronto's biggest celebration event for sustainable transportation. Each year, CFD takes place in communities in Etobicoke, Mississauga and Toronto, offering a range of exhibits and attractions focusing on sustainable transportation in Toronto.
Our biggest Car Free Day has moved from Yonge & Dundas Square this year to Queen’s Park North. We are planning activities with U of T for their Environment Week. City of Toronto Council supported this event in a 31 to 3 vote on August 27. Activities will include cycling education and bike repair, an Art Battle, community tabling, yoga classes and more! Contact Emma Cane (emmac@sierraclub.ca).
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Say NO to drilling in the Arctic Refuge! As Canadians we understand the need to protect wild spaces and the creatures that reside within them. The United States is considering opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. Canadians, and particularly Prime Minister Stephen Harper, must ensure that Americans are aware that we implore them to permanently protect the Refuge, and not allow oil and gas interests to make them blind to its beauty and importance to native culture. What’s at stake?The Porcupine caribou herd is a herd of 130,000 barren ground caribou. The herd derives its unusual name from its twice annual crossing of the Porcupine River during its fall and spring migrations. The herd's annual migration from its winter range in the boreal forest...