Working with organizations and individuals to build a cleaner, better future.
Stand with the Friends of the Attawapiskat River in calling for the protection of inherent Indigenous rights and the waters of the Hudson and James Bay lowlands. Send a message to Canada and Ontario letting them know that developing the Ring of Fire will lead to unprecedented cumulative impacts and threaten the land that has been home to Indigenous nations since time immemorial.
Call For Immediate Ban In the Rocky Mountains on All Strip Mining Activities
Strip mining in all its forms, including mountain top removal mining, causes irreversible damage to the environment, especially in the mountain environments of western Canada. The Rocky Mountains are a unique environment and truly a Canadian national treasure and the source of water relied on by Canadians in the most water-stressed regions of the nation.
Trudeau: Time to end drinking water advisories in First Nations
Call on the federal government to fulfill their promise made in 2015 to put an end to all long-term drinking water advisories in all First Nations.
Tell Canada’s leaders to redress environmental racism
MPs will soon vote on Canada’s first environmental racism law. The National Anti-Environmental Racism Coalition brings together organizations in the environment and climate change sectors, community advocates and allies like the David Suzuki Foundation that are working to shine a light on the discriminatory effects of pollution and climate change impacts.
Urge the Government of Ontario to stop its misuse of Minister’s Zoning Orders
Wetlands are critical to building community resilience to climate change impacts such as flooding. Public participation in land use decisions is vital to ensure they are in the public interest rather than the interest of a few developers. Please join Ontario Nature in urging the Government of Ontario to respect and uphold protections for PSWs and to stop its misuse of MZOs.
Tell Canadian banks to stop funding fossil fuel companies
Every year, Canadian banks provide tens of billions of dollars to fossil fuel companies. And some of this money is yours — banks invest it when you trust them with your savings. It’s quite simple: without money from banks, oil & gas and coal companies can’t keep polluting the planet.
Southern Ontario has already lost 75% of its original wetlands. Wetlands aren’t just pretty places where birds migrate. These marshes and swamps store carbon, filter our water, and prevent flooding, which is becoming worse due to climate change. Sign onto the letter to save wetlands from reckless development.
Submit a Comment on Ontario’s Proposed Blue Box Regulations
The proposed regulations could let producers off the hook for managing some of the hardest to recycle materials, leave some residents out of the program, and set low targets for collection and recycling that only make our current recycling and waste problems worse. Speak up for regulations that ensure companies are truly held accountable and pushed to solve the recycling and pollution problems they helped to create.
Canada Should Ban Bee-killing Neonics NOW!
Neonics are notoriously toxic to bees, as well as other beneficial organisms including aquatic insects like mayflies in food chain. While European Union banned all outdoor uses of four main neonics, Canada’s plan to phase out the three main neonics stalls.
Save Ontario’s Deposit Return Program for Beer, Wine and Liquor Containers
Ontario’s most successful recycling program is at risk. The Province is considering allowing producers of alcoholic beverages to opt-out of the existing deposit return program (DRP) and instead collect their materials through the Blue Box. Tell Premier Ford and Minister Yurek to save Ontario’s deposit return program for beer, wine and liquor containers.
McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s: Stop wrapping food in toxic PFAS chemicals
Recent testing found PFAS chemicals in the fry bags, burger boxes, paper wrapping and salad bowls at McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s. PFAS chemicals are linked to cancer, liver damage, decreased fertility, asthma, and certain kinds of cardiovascular conditions. Join us in telling McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s to stop packaging their food in toxic PFAS chemicals.
Our world is facing a plastic crisis. Plastic is everywhere and in everything. Tell the Canadian government it must meet its commitment to ban unnecessary single-use plastics by 2021.