Janet Patterson
@anythingbtbeige.bsky.social
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Making art and encouraging respect for planetary biodiversity. Hiker. Quilter. Community Volunteer.
The world needs to wake up! Investing in
#solar
and
#wind
and other
#renewableEnergy
sources is cheaper and safer than nuclear
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3 days ago
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Today’s
#hike
on Wards Island focusing on winter ducks, with
@torontonature.bsky.social
7 days ago
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Janet Patterson
19 days ago
BREAKING: @OntarioPCParty convention today @fordnation was asked: “Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?” Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy
#OnPoli
#GrassyNarrows
#OPC2026
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Snow day in
#toronto
26 days ago
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Janet Patterson
The Narwhal
27 days ago
Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal.’ Get the story behind the story in our latest newsletter:
thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...
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LNG Canada’s ‘integrity issue’ in Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal
Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected — while repeatedly saying the situation is ‘normal’
https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-lng-canada-integrity-issue/
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Love this
#birdart
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27 days ago
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Premiere of a gut wrenching
#documentary
revealing the extent of environmental impact that the US
#military
has all over the planet.
#toronto
.
27 days ago
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Hiking despite today's -23C wind chill. The trick is wearing many layers and keeping in motion!
about 1 month ago
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charming
#birdart
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about 1 month ago
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Pixie Cup
#lichen
showing its survival skills in winter in
#ontario
Canada.
about 1 month ago
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"We all deserve to feel that the government is acting in our best interests, whether we’re crazy lefties or not."
@lizrenzetti.bsky.social
nails it.
#DitchDougFord
#Ontario
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Elizabeth Renzetti: This is what Doug Ford is really saying when he rants at Ontarians
For a man who calls himself a man of the people, the province’s premier doesn’t seem to like the people of Ontario much.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/this-is-what-doug-ford-is-really-saying-when-he-rants-at-ontarians/article_aa0343ae-93d6-4ec8-8640-ab95e709955b.html
about 1 month ago
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This analysis gives me hope, because “The
#climate
movement is bigger than any one nation”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US
For much of the last 30 years, the rest of the world has been forced to persevere with climate action in the face of US intransigence
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/a-colossal-own-goal-trumps-exit-from-global-climate-treaties-will-have-little-effect-outside-us
about 1 month ago
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What a familiar sight!
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about 2 months ago
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"Major mining companies are always looking for new projects to replace depleting reserves, he said. Yet none have taken a stake in the Ring of Fire."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/a...
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Experts say Ford is misleading people about the Ring of Fire
The Ford government is promoting northern development, including the Ring of Fire, through a massive advertising campaign that is costing taxpayers millions — but is getting attention for the wrong re...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/22/analysis/ontario-ring-of-fire-ads-misleading
about 2 months ago
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I got a surprise when I entered this subway car this morning (even though the outside was "wrapped" in festive graphics. The whole train was decorated this way!
#ttc
#holidayCheer
#Toronto
#candycanes
2 months ago
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Janet Patterson
Bob Wood
3 months ago
“We live in a province that doesn’t have a climate plan. For the first time in almost two decades there are no legislative requirements to help prevent climate breakdown;
drive.google.com/file/d/15525...
#onpoli
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M-251202-Tue-0900_Tabuns-Climate.mp4
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15525io-oWCTOSxoEWp8jOXak51_d2zZv/view
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This morning’s
#sunrise
in
#toronto
3 months ago
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Join me and
@toenviro.bsky.social
and
@stand.earth
in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on
#climatechange
:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
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Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
https://act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky
3 months ago
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What will it take for people to care enough about species
#extinction
to take bold action?
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3 months ago
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I looked up and saw this impressive
#birdart
while visiting 401 Richmond recently - a restored heritage building full of art inspiration in
#toronto
3 months ago
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Janet Patterson
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
9 months ago
Tell Prime Minister Carney and other federal leaders you want a non-nuclear, clean, affordable, and safe renewable future. And that you oppose direct taxpayer-funded investments in new nuclear reactors.
#cdnpoli
#canpoli
#onpoli
#abpoli
#nbpoli
#skpoli
stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesno...
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RenewablesNotNuclear
PM Carney: Canadians want a non-nuclear, clean, affordable, and safe renewable future.
https://stop-smrs.weebly.com/renewablesnotnuclear.html
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Ford must go.
3 months ago
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/yo...
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Young Canadians are suing to protect the CPP. Join them in demanding action on climate risk.
The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is supposed to protect our future. But instead, the people managing our national retirement fund are gambling billions on oil, gas, coal and pipelines – putting the finan...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/young-canadians-are-suing-to-protect-the-cpp-join-them-in-demanding-action-on-climate-risk?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=ac1b682b-9440-4555-9d09-d3a102375057
3 months ago
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Join me and
@toenviro.bsky.social
and
@stand.earth
in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on
#climatechange
:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/d...
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Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
https://act.stand.earth/page/88238/data/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky
3 months ago
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Love my
#neighbourhood
in every season, but
#autumn
is especially lovely.
#toronto
#cedarvale
#nature
3 months ago
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Moody
#birdart
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3 months ago
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Join me and
@toenviro.bsky.social
and
@stand.earth
in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on
#climatechange
:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/-...
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Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard before a critical vote later this year.
https://act.stand.earth/page/88238/-/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky
4 months ago
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Janet Patterson
Ontario Health Coalition
4 months ago
Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to
[email protected]
ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare. Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli
#ontario
#healthcare
#dougford
#toronto
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#FungiFriday
contribution today is a splendid Turkey Tail formed in a circular array. Love those stripes!
#autumn
#nature
#forestwalk
4 months ago
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If you're fascinated by what can be created with colour and cloth, you'll want to come to this show - Nov. 14 & 15 in
#Toronto
.
#quilts
#textileArt
4 months ago
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Shaggy Mane. My thumb for reference. I wondered whether it was the last one standing, after someone collected its mates?
#fungi
#nature
#autumn
4 months ago
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"But when Premier
#DougFord
took office in 2018, the Labour Ministry instructed staff not to initiate any new proactive inspections aimed at preventing
#wagetheft
and other employment standards violations, in what it said was a temporary measure."
@thestar.com
by Ghada Alsharif in today's paper.
4 months ago
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I counted 23
#turtles
on the log in the foreground, while hiking in
#RougeNationalUrbanPark
, near
#Toronto
#Canada
#nature
4 months ago
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"... the right policies and support for workers could result in tens of thousands of
#cleaneconomy
jobs added by 2030, reaching hundreds of thousands by 2050 — far outstripping jobs lost from the
#oilandgas
sector."
www.pembina.org/pub/drilling...
@pembina.org
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Drilling Down | Pembina Institute
For many years, Canada’s oil and natural gas resources have been leveraged to provide thousands of jobs, billions of dollars of economic output, and well-paid work for generations of employees, especi...
https://www.pembina.org/pub/drilling-down?fbclid=IwY2xjawNQgNRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUVThITFU2cWJ4MGx5TkF4AR5n6btibKWMd0Hvkf_4soyRT1rj4QBUS8BnsfMVQx8copay1QgU-AqZo-53Iw_aem_XwVYEjXQhzzFo8HZex1lRg
5 months ago
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Janet Patterson
Shawn Micallef
5 months ago
🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼
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Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff
Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/how-toronto-can-take-a-lesson-from-van-halen-and-learn-to-sweat-the-small/article_bebde516-1198-4d71-b0d3-557fdc7386f4.html
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Janet Patterson
Greenpeace International 🌍
5 months ago
If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth largest emitter of CO2. These oversized cars are choking our cities and fuelling the climate crisis. This
#WorldCarFreeDay
we imagine cities built for people.
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Some towering black spruce near Kirkland Lake, for
#ForestFriday
#nature
5 months ago
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What a beauty for
#FungiFriday
!
#embroidery
#madebyhand
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5 months ago
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Janet Patterson
Greenpeace International 🌍
5 months ago
Europe’s ancient Carpathian forests face a new wave of destruction. Greenpeace scaled an IKEA megastore in Poland to say loud and clear: no furniture should come from 200-year-old trees. IKEA must stop sourcing wood from precious forests — and help protect them.
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Ancient Carpathian forest faces a new wave of IKEA-linked destruction
Greenpeace warns that a new wave of logging is about to begin in the ancient Rusca Montană Forest. Activists scaled one of the biggest IKEA stores in Poland.
http://bit.ly/4gw3whi
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My first time discovering a huge Lobster mushroom (hypomyces lactifluorum) while in Esker Lakes provincial park recently.
#FungiFriday
#nature
#forest
#hiking
5 months ago
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I am not sure what specific type of bees these are on the
#sunflower
, but
@inaturalist.bsky.social
says they're in the Genus Melissodes
#nature
#Toronto
6 months ago
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Very pleased to see
#Toronto
being more serious about
#nofireworks
in our parks.
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
7 months ago
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In a few days, the UN will meet to decide whether or not they turn off the plastic tap or let it flow.
@juliedabrusin.bsky.social
and Canada must lead the way and secure a binding and ambitious
#PlasticsTreaty
. Let's
#BreakFreeFromPlastic
NOW! 👉
act.gp/3H923Ar
@greenpeaceca.bsky.social
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Support a Global Plastics Treaty!
Ask world leaders to support a strong global plastics treaty!
https://act.gp/3H923Ar
7 months ago
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Morning walk before the day heats up unbearably. Content to walk rather than burn
#fossilfuels
and take time to observe the little things.
#NatureAppreciation
#TorontoRavines
#spiderweb
7 months ago
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Janet Patterson
7 months ago
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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I agree - it's time to be bold and rebuild trust.
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7 months ago
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#ammonites
are fascinating!
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7 months ago
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Janet Patterson
How-Sen Chong
7 months ago
Today, Toronto is experiencing both a heat warning *and* an air quality warning because forest fires. If your home has no indoor cooling, what are you supposed to do? Green buildings and eliminating fossil fuels is no longer a nice-to-have. We need action or this will get worse.
#topoli
#onpoli
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www.inaturalist.org/observations...
“small magpie”
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Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)
Small Magpie from King Edward Ave, South Bruce Peninsula, ON, CA on July 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM by Janet Patterson
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294888230
8 months ago
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I love using
#seledges
to make quilt blocks! This was a group effort.
#quilts
#quilting
#fabricscraps
8 months ago
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