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Category Archives: People Power
The community delivers the best solutions
The Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts will be no more in just a few short years. This has the potential to very positively reshape Northeast False Creek and Vancouver’s first neighbourhood — Strathcona. One of the biggest issues city planners and … Continue reading
March 15 student strikes for climate action — join the rally as an ally!
I am very inspired by Greta Thunberg. She’s the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist who sat, alone, on the cobblestones of the Swedish parliament one Friday last August, demanding action on climate change. She’s sat there almost every Friday since — … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, Canadian politics, civil disobedience, climate change, economy, education, events, Green Party, NDP, People Power, pipelines, press release, solidarity, sustainability, UBC, Vancouver
Tagged Aalto University, Andrew Weaver, Clean BC, D-mat, environmental justice, Greta Thunberg, IGES, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, KR Foundation, Paris Agreement, Sitra, Sustainabiliteens, Sustainabiliteens Vancouver, UNIPCC, United Nations, World Resources Forum
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Unanimous vote on Vancouver tenants’ rights is a game changer
On Tuesday, December 4, COPE Councillor Jean Swanson tenants’ protection motion finally came before city council for a vote. In the week leading up to the vote, more than 300 tenants spoke eloquently to council about the need for protection … Continue reading
Posted in affordable housing, British Columbia, City Hall, COPE, developers, gentrification, Green Party, homelessness, NDP, NPA, People Power, Planning, social justice, Vancouver, Vancouver election, Vision Vancouver
Tagged Jean Swanson, Relocation and Protection Policy, renoviction
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