Jennifer WallaceJennifer Wallace

Earth Repair

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Our theme for November has been “Repair”. This week we focus on efforts to repair the damage done to urban rivers and streams in the past. These projects restore natural habitat and help communities respond to the impacts of climate change.  Earlier this month a major milestone was achieved in the restoration of the Don … Read more

Tell City Council that the Solution to Homelessness is Homes NOT Tougher Laws

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Some Ontario mayors have asked Premier Ford to use the notwithstanding clause to cancel the human rights of people experiencing homelessness and living in encampments. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has organized a campaign to oppose this and push for real solutions to homelessness. At  https://action.caeh.ca/homelessness-crisis-not-crime?utm_campaign=eml_071124_caeh_ont_notwithsta&utm_medium=email&utm_source=caeh you can sign a letter to our city … Read more

Tomorrow, live in the sanctuary and livestreamed, Keys to Affordable Housing 

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Our biggest and we hope best public event on the challenges of affordable housing and the solutions is tomorrow evening, 6-9 in our sanctuary. Doors open at 5:45. If you haven’t, please register at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/keys-to-affordable-housing-a-hamilton-burlington-tenant-forum-tickets-1060413889489 and come and bring friends. If you can’t attend in person, please email housing@uuhamilton.ca and we’ll send you the … Read more

Book Recommendation for November

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November’s book is, How to be a Climate Optimist: A blueprint for a better world by Chris Turner “This is a book that moves past the despair and futile anger over ecological collapse and harnesses that passion toward the project of building a twenty-first century quality of life that surpasses the twentieth-century version in every way.” Copies … Read more