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by Charles Eisenstein

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THE CLIMATE CHARTER

Hamilton introduces the first community Climate Change Charter in Ontario.  Clean Air Hamilton, Green Venture, Environment Hamilton and other community groups have teamed up to introduce and endorse Hamilton’s Climate Change Action Charter in the community.

“There are an increasing number of cities and regions from around the world that are developing their own actions to deal with climate change” states Brian McCarry, Chair of Clean Air Hamilton. “Climate change is increasingly being tackled at a local level. We are pleased to partner with organizations and individuals in the community of Hamilton to support and introduce this Charter”.

The Charter has won support from a number of business, academic and environmental groups in Hamilton. The Community Climate Change Action Charter is a voluntary statement that acknowledges the reality of climate change and asks commitment to measure and set targets for the reduction of emissions at the personal, organizational and community level.  The Charter is available online at: http://climatechangehamilton.ca/.

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This is an invitation to help build a movement.

We are a group of people from Hamilton, Ontario – young and old, scientists and writers and activists – who have one thing in common. We know the most important number on earth: 350.

350 parts per million is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere if we want to forestall catastrophic climate change.

As part of the global 350.org movement, we are using that number to focus attention and force action on the worst crisis humans have ever faced.

In October of 2009, we coordinated a day of workshops that culminated in a march to the Federal Building on Bay St. N. It was one of 5200 simultaneous rallies and demonstrations in 181 countries, part of a global effort that CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.”

In December 2009 we held a candlelight walk along James St. N. as part of a global call for candlelight vigils to encourage world leaders to make the right choices at the Copenhagen climate conference.

For Thanksgiving 2010 we  put together our “Climate Carrot” and “Garlic Bus” campaigns, to make a clear connection between imported food, short-sighted local planning decisions, and climate change. Again, it’s part of a larger message being sent by communities across the world to our leaders: “If we can get to work on solutions to the climate crisis, so can you.” View this video of the Garlic Bus event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAmryFnUG-g

On December 4th 2010 we marched for the victims of climate chaos in 2010 – the Pakistan floods  and the Russian forest fires among them. Carrying mock coffins and handing out flyers we reminded people of the carbon load created by their Christmas consumption and encouraged them to donate to one of the aid organizations helping victims of climate change instead.

We’re uniting local efforts to a global cause…and we need you! Find out what’s happening, get involved and help spread the word!