Why Strike??
Introduction
Climate change is one of the most important environmental issues of our time. Climate change is caused by the increase in concentrations of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. These are primarily due to human activities such as the use of fossil fuels or agriculture.
The climate crisis is an emergency and we demand the leaders respond to this.
Basis
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg began the “Fridays For Future” movement. The first climate strike in solidarity with Greta in the Americas happened in Canada on Friday, November 2, 2018. By Friday, December 7, 2018, there were nine youth groups in Canada striking. Many youths in Canada are now striking regularly. There were 98 strikes for Canada’s national strike on Friday, May 3, 2019, and 104 events across Canada on the May 24th global strike. Around the world, youth and adults will unite during the week of September 20-27.
Coolearth Architecture Inc. is joining the movement and will be striking on Friday, Sept. 20th.
A wide variety of factors have an influence on the level of GHG emissions in Canada. Globally, about 78% of GHG emissions from human activity are from the production and consumption of energy. This includes activities such as using gasoline for transportation, non-renewable electricity production, oil and gas production, and heating and cooling of buildings.
In 2015, world leaders adopted the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda, which introduced 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sets out a transformative plan for people and planet. A way of contributing could be, to reduce GHGs used in the heating and cooling of buildings.
How can we Help
Canada’s industrial, transportation, commercial and institutional sectors are large consumers of energy. One of the key benefits of efficiency improvements is that they slow the rate of growth in energy use and reduce GHG emissions.
Energy efficiency is a measure of how effectively energy is used for a given purpose and an important path towards decarbonization.
Creating an air-tight building along with increased insulation, reduce heating/ cooling requirements for a building and using energy-star rated products that reduce the energy load with the addition of solar panels or other similar renewable energy sources, make a net-zero building (zero GHG emissions) more attainable.
Call-to-Action
Unity is Strength!!
Join us on Friday, 20th Sept. Its time to take action!!
Resources
All links/ websites
- https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/greenhouse-gas-emissions.html
- 2. https://fridaysforfuture.ca/
- Wikipedia