Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury

Climate action needs you!

Be in Council Chambers Tues Oct 7, 6 pm as Council votes on the Fleet Electrification Plan, moving Sudbury toward 100% electric transit & city fleet by 2035.

Email your Mayor + Councillor to back the plan!

www.liveablesudbury.org/action/conta...

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

N’Swakamok Indigenous Friendship Centre (110 Elm)
6:45am sunrise ceremony
8:00am breakfast
9:00am Every Child Matters Walk

Other events and ceremonies happening across the city. Recommit to understanding the truth of our shared history.

The Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council wants you to know that there’s no better time of the year to get your hands on fresh, locally grown fruits and veggies! 🌽🍅

Find farms, markets and local food retailers with the Greater Sudbury Food Access map:

www.greatersudbury.ca/.../earthc.....

No way! Sudbury Indie Cinema, CLS, and SWANS present the 30th anniversary screening of CLUELESS Saturday September 27 benefiting SWANS.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a donation item and come dressed in their hippest outfit!

There is no ticket price for this screening.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us on our climate cafe and forest wellness walk, with EarthCare Sudbury and Rainbow Routes Association. If you'd like to hear about our next walk, sign up on our website!

www.liveablesudbury.org

Saturday, September 20th, The Little Wooden Library is holding a toy swap. Come swap, share, and give new life to pre-loved treasures while keeping things out of the landfill. Let’s make play more sustainable 💚♻️

A reminder this is taking place this morning. Come and join us!

🌿 Join us Sept 14 2–5 PM at Manidoo Bineshii Dreams, Whitefish. This is a guided garden tour of the medicinal garden and food forest. Pay-what-you-can donation to Manidoo. Supported by WWF-Canada's Seed Orchard Program.

👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3xhujs9u

Just in time for September, here is our Truth and Reconciliation reading list, pulled from some great new books at the Climate Justice Corner. Pick one up at the Main Library!

Field Day at Verdant Fields Farm & Off the Bee'tn Path - EFAO Join the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario and the City of Greater Sudbury for a full-day Field Day highlighting ecological farming and local food systems in Northern Ontario.

Join us Friday Aug 29, 10–4 at Verdant Fields Farm & Off the Bee’tn Path.

Hosted by the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario and the CGS. Come explore ecological farming & local food systems in Northern Ontario.

Register here: shorturl.at/gIbTy

#EcologicalFarming #LocalFood #NorthernOntario

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."

- Margaret Mead

Remember Fairy Creek? That doc showed how BCs old growth forests are part of our history.

Now there’s a new TVO doc, The Last Stand, free online. It explores why intact forests matter, from North America to the Amazon, and the balance between habitat, jobs, and Indigenous rights. shorturl.at/l5iVS

Article of the Week: Solarpunk. This artistic and social movement imagines a brighter, optimistic future where sustainability transforms everyday life. Illustration depicts a futuristic eco-city with green rooftops, waterways, modern buildings, and a blimp in the sky.

Imagine cities powered by renewable energy, buildings overflowing with greenery, and communities in harmony with nature. Solarpunk blends sci-fi, art, and activism to show hopeful, sustainable futures with DIY innovation, solar power, and social inclusiveness.

Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/9BBv

Photos: Downtown Sudbury hopping during confluence of events
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Turtle Paint Along Fundraiser with artist Kaitie Fenerty, Monday August 11, 6pm, Timberwolf Golf Course. Tickets are $60 and proceeds go to the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee. To register, please visit the link: junctioncreek.com/events/paint...

New guide: Decoding Gender Injustice This guide unpacks how global economic policies entrench inequality and provides tools to challenge them. It equips movements to expose systemic harms and push for economic rules that center care, e…

Decoding Gender Injustice explains how global economic policies (in areas like debt, taxation, trade and monetary policy) contribute to gender inequality. It also shows how to use human rights standards and data tools to uncover these injustices and push for change. www.cesr.org/new-guide-de...

Since 2022, negotiations have been underway towards a global treaty to end plastic pollution.

The 5th session of talks #INC5 began in November 2024 and continues this August in Geneva.

Here’s how the process works: www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...

A graphic reading "25 books by Black Canadian authors to read in honour of Emancipation Day" by CBC Books. 5 books are featured.

Today is Emancipation Day in Canada, across the Caribbean, and other regions - marking the day slavery was abolished in the British Empire. My book, The Book of Possibilities, has been featured on a few Emancipation Day reading lists, and I'm grateful!

Lemme tell y'all a bit about the day:

con't... Vermilion Lake south shore, Vermilion River Ward Park, Water Reservoir Hilltop (Minnow Lake), Brady Park (Garson), Camp Wassakwa, Centennial Park (Vermilion River), Moonlight Beach, Naughton Trail Centre, Selkirk Park, Terry Fox Complex (natural area)

con't... Greenway Park (Moonlight area), Lily Creek, Junction Creek (near Twin Forks), Lively Greenspace, Moonglow Greenspace, Oak Forest, Pond Hollow, Robinson Lake wetland, Mountain & Dead Man’s Canyon

City Parks (natural parks, linear parks and ecological reserves): AY Jackson, Bethel Lake, Capreol Highlands, Daisy Lake, Donovan Mountain, Fairbank Lake Road (wooded peninsula on St Poithier Lake), Fielding Park, Former National Defense Lands, Galliard Island (in Ramsey Lake)

Provincial Parks: Daisy, Fairbank, Halfway Lake, Windy Lake, and Chiniguchi Waterway Provincial Parks

Conservation Areas: Lake Laurentian Conservation Area

The protection of many of our natural spaces as parks is formally recognized federally, contributing to the national and international goal of protecting 30% of land and water by 2030, to conserve biodiversity and act on climate change.

Proud to share that 3,057 hectares of Sudbury green space are now protected under Canada’s 30x30 goal. We’re the first city to contribute through the Municipal Protected Areas Program. Public access remains unchanged. This is local climate leadership.You can explore the map here: shorturl.at/d85aa

That was fun! Thank you to the ~55 people who came out for our Littlest Wildlife Walk to explore bee hotels and aquatic insects in the LU greenspace. Much appreciation to Dr. Mateus Pepinelli for sharing his knowledge and research and to his students for helping us all get to know aquatic insects.

Why a United Nations court ruling will impact climate change efforts in northern Ontario | CBC News The United Nations’ top court says countries failing to implement measures to mitigate climate change may be in violation of international law, opening the door for nations harmed by its effects to se...

We recently posted about how the International Court of Justice unanimously said a clean and healthy environment is a human right.

Check out what prof David Pearson from LU has to say abut the implications for Sudbury and Northern Ontario

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🗓️ This week

Seed Saving workshop with Northern Wildflowers & Flour Mill Community Farm July 30, 6-8pm, Flour Mill Farm. Learn seed-saving tips, meet fellow growers, and preserve biodiversity at home.

Admission: Donation to Flour Mill Community Farm

Registration required: tinyurl.com/39wrreyk

🗓️ This week

Art in the Park. Weekly summer program with Myths and Mirrors at Ryan Heights Playground, Tuesdays, 1-4pm, starting July 29. Free snacks and art activities for the whole family.

🗓️ This week

Nature Discovery Backpack launch event, Monday July 28, 10:30-12:30 South End library, with Junction Creek Stewardship Committee and Greater Sudbury Public Library. Nature discovery backpacks can be borrowed from your public library.

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Come check out bee hotels, learn about bee research in the LU greenspace, and dip for aquatic insects at the LU beach, at our next nature walk, this Wednesday, July 30, 6:30pm, led by Dr. Mateus Pepinelli.

Find out more, and register at docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...