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Seniors For Climate Action NOW! Guelph mobilizes seniors to advocate for climate justice, promoting renewable energy and social equity while opposing fossil fuels and environmental injustice for a sustainable future.

Mission to Marsh film screening. &nbsp;Wetlands get a bum rap - considered mucky and mosquito infested. But peatlands, fens, swamps, bogs, and marshes are &nbsp;unsung heroes of our planet: reservoirs of vast volumes of carbon and immense biodiversity. &nbsp;This film tugs at the heart, informs and inspires.&nbsp; Relevance to Ontario? &nbsp;&quot;Roughly 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., lies the one of the most carbon-rich peatlands on the planet...known as the Hudson Bay Lowlands &mdash; or the &quot;breathing lands&quot; to nearby First Nations.&quot; The area has become synonymous with a proposed mining development known as the Ring of Fire.&quot; (Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada)Both the Provincial and Federal governments have their sights on mining in this globally significant wetland complex, the 2nd largest peatland in the world. Discussion to follow the film. Panelists include:Jeremy Shute is a professional planner with Shared Value Solutions, as well as a mediator, facilitator and cartographer. &nbsp;He has studied and published books about the underground rivers/creeks in the Guelph area. &nbsp; Dr. Susan Glasauer&nbsp;is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Science at U of G. Her research area is wetlands, biogeochemistry, metals, microbiology and soil chemistry. Her current work involves bioremediation of wetlands and the changing capacity of wetlands to store carbon in response to the climate crisis.&nbsp; Elizabeth Snell&#39;s work involving southern Ontario wetlands included mapping extent and loss, participating in developing the Ontario Wetland Evaluation, assessing lake level effects on Great Lakes wetlands, and rating wetland vulnerability to climate change. &nbsp;Liz is a member of SCAN! Guelph.&nbsp;

Mission to Marsh

<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color:rgb(1, 1, 1);color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:Mulish, sans-serif;line-height:1.5">Later is Too Late is a window into the fears and hopes of ordinary people across Canada facing the existential threat of the climate crisis and working to be part of the solutions. “It really scares me for my grandchildren,” and “we are motivated by our love of our grandchildren,” say participants.  The film documents the first ever National Seniors Day climate action, organized by Seniors for Climate, on October 1, 2024. Seniors, youth, Indigenous elders, environmental and climate justice activists across Turtle Island rallied in 76 communities from Pugwash NS to Victoria BC to Yellowknife NT.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color:rgb(1, 1, 1);color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:Mulish, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color:rgb(1, 1, 1);color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:Mulish, sans-serif;line-height:1.5">Director Nancy Nicol (professor emerita, York University) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a long history of works on human rights and social justice. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color:rgb(1, 1, 1);color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:Mulish, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-size:20px;font-weight:500;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;caret-color:rgb(1, 1, 1);color:rgb(1, 1, 1);font-family:Mulish, sans-serif;line-height:1.5">Later is Too Late is a participatory climate documentary co-produced by Nancy Nicol and Seniors for Climate. Seniors for Climate organizers and videographers in communities across Canada shared documentation of their events with Nancy, from which she created, Later is Too Late, a powerful documentary that tells a story of climate activism and hope for a better future.

Later is Too Late - a powerful documentary of climate activism and hope

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Seniors for Climate Action Now! Guelph is a group of older adults working in Guelph to build a community of climate activists through education about climate issues and bring about the changes that we want to see and that need to happen to address the deteriorating and increasingly severe conditions of our planet and climate.

Seniors For Climate Action NOW! Guelph

Seniors For Climate Action NOW! Guelph

Seniors For Climate Action NOW! Guelph

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