Surrey For Future

4 Surrey For Future teams joined yesterday's Global Day of Climate Action with #bannerdrops in #surreybc to #FightClimateInjustice. We demand a livable future!

Some images from the first banner build just yesterday. I would show you the whole thing unfurled, but at 20 feet it's not something I can do easily! You'll have to wait until September 25th

#climateanxiety collides with #climatereality when you can’t go outside for a walk or breathe deeply to calm down because of smoke from the #climatefires. Today in #surreybc.

Here’s a hint for September 25th.

Surrey has been losing tree canopy as long as we have been recording it, but the city counts this as being "stable"! Call or write your mayor and council telling them you want to protect the Green City Fund and trees in Surrey! https://www.surreyforfuture.ca/greencityfund

Trying out the latest styles for #covid19 and the #climatecrisis today in #surrey. An N95 mask for the wildfire smoke and a reusable mask to cover the exhalation valve. With a picturesque playground in the background if you can make it out through the haze. #climategrief

At the last meeting of Surrey council before the summer break, Linda Annis Surrey City Council put forward a notice of motion to provide statutory protection for Surrey's Green City Program. This important funding source provides money to plant trees across Surrey! PLEASE send a letter of support for this motion to council so that they know Surrey citizens care about their trees. Click through for a list of council emails, a backgrounder, and a sample email to send to council. Make sure to customize the email if you have the time, it has much more impact if you do!

For Our Kids is a supportive and creative climate advocacy group aimed at parents and grandparents. This thank you card from the future was their August action. If you are looking for a fun way to get involved with climate advocacy, please reach out to them. Surrey for Future has had great experiences working with them!

Did you know that TMX will snake through the north end of Surrey past Surrey Bend Regional Park? This park is unique in that it is "one of the few remaining large, undyked sections of the lower Fraser River..." which results in some "unique ecological effects." It's also home to Slender-spiked mannagrass, a species native only to BC. Slender-spiked mannagrass is an at-risk plant species as it easily hybridizes with various introduced plant species such as floating mannagrass.

Bill Morneau is said to be one of the primary decision-makers when it comes to buying the TransMountain pipeline (TMX), and one of the fossil fuel industry’s closest allies in cabinet. Since COVID, he has been hiding the pipeline’s increasing costs, so... https://350.org/canada/tmxcost/