Sierra Club BC

@SierraClubBC

Inspiring generations to defend nature & confront climate change, so families, communities & the natural world can prosper together. RT's are not endorsements.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    6 Feb 2021

    B.C. can mitigate climate-related disasters like , and by protecting and restoring intact forests before the worsens. 🌧️☀️🔥 Read the report 📋: Take action 🌲➡️

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  2. 16 hours ago

    We have a lot to learn from our hoppy frog neighbours! 🐸 That's why the (specifically the northern red-legged frog) is the star of our upcoming 'Learn to Draw' webinar! Register for this happening on Feb 17 at 1 p.m. PT🎨➡️

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  3. 18 hours ago

    As Jason MacLean writes, investing more public funding into carbon capture is throwing good money after bad. It's inefficient, highly expensive, and it risks prolonging production instead of reducing it. We need to invest in .

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  4. Feb 11

    Calling folks on Lekwungen territory (Victoria)! If you're looking for some Valentine's Day plans, why not join the vigil for old-growth on Monday? Event details here 🌲⬇

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  5. Feb 11

    BC's environmental assessment process is broken. "It's an opportunity for ministers to convince the public the province is protecting the , when in fact there is little accountability or transparency built into the process," writes

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  6. Feb 10

    Help restore the House of Numst' - a heritage building that will hold the Nuxalk Ancestral Government and . Every bit helps! If you're unable to donate at this time, please consider sharing this with your networks ⬇

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  7. Feb 10

    As impacts worsen, protecting water sources becomes more important. B.C. can mitigate this climate risk by protecting intact that naturally safeguard community . 🚰 Take action 🌲➡️

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  8. Feb 10

    The says it's developing a new strategy to protect watersheds & drinking water from threats posed by & industrial development. The best way to protect watersheds is by reforming BC’s forestry practices. Report➡️

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  9. Retweeted
    Feb 10

    URGENT: it's "..critical that the Climate Preparedness & Adaptation Strategy [..] include measures to protect intact forests & reform practices [..] by implementing all 's 2020 Strategic Review recommendations"

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  10. Feb 9

    Wet'suwet'en hereditary Chief Woos is urging the United Nations to visit the nation's unceded territory to witness Indigenous rights violations as the crisis deepens.

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  11. Feb 9

    155+ organizations, including Sierra Club BC, stand in solidarity with to demand that all 27 banks funding the pipeline divest from the project. Read the letter here ➡️

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  12. Feb 8

    “Today’s throne speech started by acknowledging the , fires & of 2021 but didn’t offer assurances that this gov is ready to do its part to prevent even worse disasters in the future." Read SCBC's response to BC's

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  13. Feb 8

    "Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us." - Robin Wall Kimmerer

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  14. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    Unnatural disasters plague Canada's forests, leaving at least half of our tree species at risk of disappearing

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  15. Feb 8

    "The Yintah embodies more than the physical environment, the animals, plants, water & geography. It is also intertwined with the humans who walk across it. All parts of the territories are interconnected & related to a greater whole," writes

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  16. Feb 7

    Gidimt'en Land Defenders have made a submission to the United Nations about ongoing rights violations by B.C. and Canada. Read the submission supported by over 20 organizations, including Sierra Club BC, here:

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  17. Retweeted
    Feb 7

    It's time for action. We will always take every opportunity and avenue to protect Wedzin Kwa and stand up for our people and yintah. Today we submit to the United Nations for consideration for “The militarization of indigenous land: a human rights focus”

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  18. Feb 7

    Research shows we need to do more to protect the world’s oldest and rarest trees. Studies show they're key to the survival of forest —storing carbon, curbing water runoff, and providing food and shelter for many species.

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  19. Feb 6

    BC is already experiencing extreme weather events due to . The needs to speed up meaningful action to phase out & quickly reform the royalty regime, co-writes SCBC's in a recent op-ed in

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  20. Feb 6

    Real climate action means ending handouts to the oil and gas industry. Full stop. Call on the B.C. government to treat the with the urgency it needs ➡️

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  21. Feb 5

    That’s $17 billion that could have been used to fund a to already available , instead it will be used to further fuel and like heatwaves, fires, storms, droughts & floods

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