Clean North e-news - URGENT Action Alert!

[Kathie Brosemer <kathie@cleannorth.org>]

URGENT REQUEST: LOCAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE


Once you're in a hole, you stop digging. The hardest step is admitting that 
you are in a hole. Good news! The UN panel on climate change, considered to 
be world authorities, announced their findings in Paris last Friday. We can 
no longer pretend that human-induced climate change is not happening and 
people everywhere are lending their hands and their voices to be part of 
the solution.


More good news! Right now in Sault Ste. Marie we have an opportunity to 
make a difference. The City of SSM is hosting an open house regarding their 
project to further expand Trunk Road. We know that this will increase and 
speed up traffic in an already pedestrian/bicycle-hostile environment.


Sault Ste Marie is "blessed" with having the second highest km/road per 
capita in the province. One of the main causes of global warming is our 
dependency on automobiles which is very much based on how we design and 
build our cities.  Now that we have admitted that global warming is real 
and caused by human behaviour, we need to change direction.


We say that until the City has a coordinated plan to address escalating 
climate change and the declining health of our population, due in part to 
environmental pollution and lack of exercise, let's STOP expanding our 
roads. Let's STOP digging the hole.


The City is seeking public input so let's share our vision for the future 
of Sault Ste. Marie. We have the opportunity now to be world leaders in 
creating a thoughtful urban design that values places for people over 
places for cars, that encourages healthy lifestyles, community involvement, 
interaction between young and old, meaningful work opportunities and that 
genuinely supports our environment.


We can do more than stop digging. Together, we can climb out of the hole 
and build a better world for ourselves and our children.


Public Open House

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Civic Centre

3 pm to 7 pm

99 Foster Drive, Russ Ramsay Room, Third Floor



For more information, please call or email:

André Riopel

942-3119   back.motion@on.aibn.com


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I awake each morning torn between a desire to save the world, and a desire
to savour the world.  This makes it hard to plan my day.
                          -  E.B. White