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Tanya Schmah

March 5, 2015 Event: Stop Funding Climate Change: Exploring Fossil Free Investing

This entry was posted in Events reinvesting and tagged Re-investing on February 21, 2015 by Tanya Schmah

Hear about the carbon risk facing traditional investment funds; learn how to develop your own fossil free portfolio; and, explore opportunities to invest in local renewable energy projects. Whether you have $1,000 or $1 million, you can profitably invest your money without relying on stocks in fossil fuels. Join […]

Breaking Up with Fossil Fuels: a Love Letter Contest!

This entry was posted in Events Love letter contest on January 18, 2015 by Tanya Schmah

To celebrate Global Divestment Day and Valentine’s Day, Divest Waterloo is hosting a letter writing contest, in collaboration with Alternatives Journal (A\J) and CREW-WR. Write a love letter to renewables or a break-up letter to fossil fuels (or both) and discover why so many people are falling in love with Divestment. Have some […]

US and China sign historic climate deal

This entry was posted in Good news on November 17, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

The US and China have surprised the world by signing a substantial climate agreement. The US pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. China pledges that by 2030 its emissions will have peaked and 20% of its energy will come from non-fossil fuels. […]

Good news / Bad news

This entry was posted in Bad news Good news Tipping points on October 13, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

It’s been a depressing year for anyone watching our climate and the health of the living Earth. Part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has melted past the point of no return, locking in enough sea level rise to drown huge coastal areas. New craters have been found in Siberia […]

Home from the People’s Climate March: Part I

This entry was posted in Events Uncategorized on September 22, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

Exhilarated and exhausted, we arrived home in the wee hours of this morning from the New York City People’s Climate March. What a day it was! 400,000 people, united in a beautiful, boisterous call for a better future. We joined the 300-strong Toronto350 contingent in the “Stop Tar Sands” section. […]

People’s Climate March Waterloo

This entry was posted in Events on September 19, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

Be part of the global People’s Climate March! On Sunday, September 21st at 1:30pm, the march will begin at Waterloo Square and end at the Barrel Yards at Father David Bauer Drive, where there will be display tables, petitions and guest speakers. Groups involved so far include KW Citizens […]

People’s Climate March: September 21, New York City

This entry was posted in Events Good news on September 10, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

The largest climate march in history is planned for September 21, in advance of a major UN summit on the climate crisis. The main march will be in New York, with supporting marches all over the world. See peoplesclimate.org for details. Divest Waterloo will be there in New York! […]

“I’m not a climate scientist, but…”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged comedy deniers on September 10, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

Tired of climate debates between pundits, politicians and industry spokespeople? Try this refreshing hip-hop/rap video from actual climate scientists in Australia. (Warning: profanity)

Mourning the drowned lands

This entry was posted in Bad news Impact of global warming Tipping points on August 14, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

This spring we learned that the melting of parts of the West Antarctica ice sheet has passed a tipping point, and is now unstoppable. (See e.g. this New York Times article.) This by itself will eventually raise the global sea level by over a meter. Further, this will likely lead […]

We are the 77%

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Canada democracy leadership poll renewable energy research on June 18, 2014 by Tanya Schmah

According to this professionally conducted telephone poll: 77% of Canadians support increased taxes on carbon based fuels, with revenues used to fund research and development for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs; and 84% agree that “Rich countries like Canada have a moral obligation to show international leadership by reducing their […]