Water is necessary and we celebrate it. Let's Protect It. Come have FUN on Sun, Mar 22 in Penticton. It all over the Okanagan Valley! WOW. @sokcofc.bsky.social #water #bcworldwaterweek

Don't Miss This Webinar on EVs! Thurs, Feb 19 at 7PM ONLINE Register for the link www.firstthingsfirstokanagan.com/discussion-s... and you will get the recording afterwards. Ron Groves is a founder of Plug'n Drive, Canadian EV group, supporting people who want to move forward. Later is too Late.

Winter sports stand for health and resilience—not fossil fuel ads. Tell Canada to make Milano Cortina 2026 the last Olympics sponsored by fossil fuels. cape.ca/action/choos... share.nwmd.social/s/Ug2F6LnJ

BC is giving water away to industry. Tell your MLA to modernize industrial water rates. www.watershedsecurity.ca/home/take-ac...

Today we launched our 2025 Climate Action Progress Report, evaluating the #BCgov. The result? 8 failing grades, and 2 grades of minor progress. The worst outcome in 4 years. FULL REPORT: bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-rep... @cape-bc.bsky.social @myseatosky.bsky.social @ubcic.bsky.social

Happy New Year good news!! Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows Applications to build battery storage drive boom as offshore wind projects given go-ahead jump sevenfold year on year. www.theguardian.com/business/202....

0 Good Climate News Stories of 2025. In this special year-end episode, The Angry Clean Energy Guy cuts through the doom and gloom to deliver the definitive list of 2025’s biggest climate victories. HOPE in REAL CHANGE!! youtu.be/Mb4bX6twU9Q?...

WOW! @katharinehayhoe.com gave an amazing keynote at the Calgary Climate Symposium last November. Totally inspirational. Check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pis...

Thanks to @MPHelenaKonanz for meeting with us earlier in the week. We appreciated her attention and questions. We discussed renewable energy and the advantages of an east-west clean energy grid – jobs, health, affordability, and Canadian sovereignty. We look forward to talking again in the new year.

Forest Defenders in Penticton Tues Nov 18 BC Gov't Must Honour Commitments to protect our old-growth and all forests. @savewhatsleft.bsky.social #forestdefenders @bwca.bsky.social sign the petition protectbcforests.ca @sokcofc.bsky.social @ftfokanagan.bsky.social

Earthshot Prize £1 m to climate heroes. 2025 Protect and Restore Nature: re.green, Brazil; Clean Our Air: The city of Bogotá, Colombia; Revive Our Oceans: The High Seas Treaty (Global); Build a Waste-Free World: Lagos Fashion Week, Nigeria; Fix Our Climate: Friendship, Bangladesh. Later is too Late

Check out the Federal Budget. It's NOT good on climate chaos. LOTS of cuts to programs that would be solutions and LOTS of $$ for O&G. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/ppg

Beward of misinformation. Check out Laura, a site to verify true online sources. China’s Disinfo Machine Got an Upgrade open.substack.com/pub/getfactf...

Seniors for Climate South Okanagan is a strong voice for our planetary future. There are solutions. Our mission is to get elected leaders to fund and implement those solutions: renewable energy grids, distributed energy, free public transit, safe active mobility lanes, gas-free building bylaws.

Apple Fundraiser Extended to Sat, Nov 1. One $25 box of apples (unsprayed Macs or Spartans) = $15 towards buses for Outdoor Ed for Gr 2 kids at Queen's Park, Penticton. Go here to order and help science education. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Apple Fundraiser Extended!! to Sat, Nov 1. One $25 box of apples (unsprayed Macs or Spartans) = $15 towards buses for Outdoor Ed for Gr 2 kids at Queen's Park, Penticton. Go here to order and help science education. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Do you know about Doughnut Economics? Join Ben Geselbracht, Nanaimo City Councillor, Nov 13 7PM PST ONLINE with @ftfokanagan.bsky.social We’ll look at practical ways the model can help communities improve their effectiveness in environmental and social goals. Pre-Register tinyurl.com/FTFODiscussion

Undaunted Jane Goodall reminds us that we all matter open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Fossil Fuels will NEVER get a Safe Planet. What's it like to live near an LNG flarestack? Kitimat residents are sounding the alarm. Doctors are warning of serious health risks. "People are getting sick." myseatosky.org/flare Tell regulators: halt LNG expansion until health impacts are studied.

"As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative." #climatesky

@ftfokanagan.bsky.social has a Deep Dive next week on SOLAR. www.firstthingsfirstokanagan.com/discussion-s... READ this article! The political case for rooftop solar www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...

Hundreds of Thousands Mobilize Worldwide to 'Draw the Line' for Climate Action and Justice Penticton joined this global movement to push PM Carney and the Canadian gov't to take action NOW For People For Peace For the Planet. #dtl www.commondreams.org/news/draw-th...

Climate Prayer Flags and TONS of People at Draw the Line Sept 20 Penticton for People's Power Parade for the Planet - Stop Fossil Fuels. Stop Funding War. Fund Jobs and Health Care. #drawtheline @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social @350canada.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

FOUR days to Draw the Line! Our home is on fire. We can put the fire out if the government funds green energy instead of gas pipelines and LNG. Parade Sat Sep 20 Penticton 11 AM North Gyro Park 12:15 Veterans Park by courthouse for songs, stories, and solidarity. Later is too late. #drawtheline

We are collaborating NOW for the FUTURE to create a better, safer, more equitable world and a cleaner planet. Penticton 11AM Sat Sep 20 North Gyro Park. Decorate wheeled mobility. Parade to Veterans Park for SONGS, STORIES, and SOLIDARITY. #drawtheline

SEPT 20 Draw the Line Penticton PARADE from Gyro Park 11AM. Decorate bike, walker, scooter, stroller. Go around Market to Veterans Park for songs and stories about climate, justice, and HOPE. Draw the Line for a future built on peace, clean energy, and fairness. Email [email protected] ALL AGES

Communities across the country are mobilizing on September 20th to demand that Prime Minister Carney and Canada’s governments pick a side: injustice, violence, & climate destruction—or a just & safe future for all of us. Sign up to join a #DrawTheLine action near you: drawtheline.world