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Green Economy Network

@GreenEconNet

A coalition of trade unions, environmental groups, faith & social justice organizations fighting for a #JustTransition to the green economy of the future

 Ottawa, Ontario
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Joined November 2015
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Green Economy Network@GreenEconNetOct 25
New episode of Class & Climate: Fighting Unemployment with Toni Gilpin. substack.com/profile/2480443…
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Green Economy Network@GreenEconNetJun 26
GEN presents a new episode of Class & Climate with guest @Matthuber78 on the problems of ecological economics and "degrowth" greeneconomynet.ca/class-cli…
Class & Climate: On Degrowth with Matt Huber

Class & Climate: On Degrowth with Matt Huber

Author and professor Matt Huber argues that solving the climate crisis doesn’t require economic “degrowth”.

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@broadbentJun 23
NEW on Class & Climate: @Matthuber78 (author of 'Climate Change as Class War' from @VersoBooks) argues that solving the climate crisis doesn’t require economic "degrowth". Hear the full episode of Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy 🌱 perspectivesjournal.ca/matt-…
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@broadbentMay 12
"Electrification means everything in the climate crisis." @GreenEconNet‘s interviews @DavidSuzukiFDN's Stephen Thomas on the Class & Climate podcast on the political challenges and possibilities for building Canada's electricity grid. FULL EPISODE 🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/elect…
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@broadbentMay 27
How are unions protecting workers’ health amid the climate crisis? Listen to the @GreenEconNet's May Day discussion on worker safety on the new 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' podcast 🌱 perspectivesjournal.ca/worke…
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@broadbentApr 10
On Class & Climate, @GreenEconNet's national convenor Em Thompson sits down with Martin Empson to discuss how UN Climate Change Conferences have bureaucratized climate organizing. Listen to the new episode 🔗⬇️ perspectivesjournal.ca/marti…
Class & Climate: The COP Folly with Martin Empson | Perspectives Journal

Class & Climate: The COP Folly with Martin Empson | Perspectives Journal

The UK-based climate activist and writer explains how the Conferences of Parties have bureaucratized climate organizing.

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Green Economy Network@GreenEconNet6 Dec 2025
New: Canada's COP30 policies do not match #COP30 commitments. greeneconomynet.ca/canadas-c…
Canada’s Climate Actions Do Not Match COP30 Commitments

Canada’s Climate Actions Do Not Match COP30 Commitments

Ahead of COP30, climate scientists called out governments for  retreating on emissions reduction measures in the face of a deepening climate emergency – and, with the 2025 budget, Canada’s government...

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@broadbent6 Jun 2025
🎙New Class & Climate episode: @a_vansi + @kolinjivadi join @GreenEconNet's Nick Pearce to take on the “sustainability class” and show why green consumption isn’t enough. Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/the-s…
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Les Perreaux@perreaux29 May 2025
Brendan Haley: A national grid should accelerate – not stifle – the energy transition policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
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New from @ccpa: We hear a lot of talk about how Canada needs to build up the capacity for greater sovereignty and independence. We should be asking whose sovereignty we mean. By Sondos Kataite policyalternatives.ca/news-r…
Where do Indigenous nations fit in renewed Canadian nationalism? | CCPA

Where do Indigenous nations fit in renewed Canadian nationalism? | CCPA

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@broadbent2 May 2025
A green economy runs on clean transit—and good jobs. 🚊🌱 Blandine Sebileau (@equiterre) joins Class & Climate's Nick Pearce (@GreenEconNet) to talk climate, cost of living & why better transit matters. 🎧 perspectivesjournal.ca/clima…
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Canadian Labour@CanadianLabour1 May 2025
Happy May Day! ✊ Today we celebrate what we’ve built and what’s coming next. 40,000+ have joined #WorkersTogether. 3 million workers are behind us. Let’s keep organizing, keep fighting, and keep building worker power. #MayDay #CanLab
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"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained." — Helen Keller
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Green Economy Network@GreenEconNet24 Apr 2025
The energy transition runs on union power. On the latest podcast episode of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' (w/@broadbent), we learn how energy workers experience the climate crisis firsthand. LISTEN: perspectivesjournal.ca/union…
Class & Climate: Union Power with Brandon Dyck, IBEW | Perspectives Journal

Class & Climate: Union Power with Brandon Dyck, IBEW | Perspectives Journal

The energy transition runs on union power. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is one of the labour unions that will generate the electricity needed to seize the potential and...

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@broadbent24 Apr 2025
The energy transition runs on union power. On the latest podcast episode of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' (w/ @GreenEconNet) how do electrical workers experience climate change firsthand? LISTEN: perspectivesjournal.ca/union…
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@broadbent14 Apr 2025
New podcast episode! 🎧 Lindsay Amundsen (@LindsayAmundsen) from @CBTU_Canada joins @_NicholasPearce on @GreenEconNet's 'Class & Climate' to talk building trades, training, and what a real just transition looks like for Canadian workers. 🎙️ Listen now: perspectivesjournal.ca/build…
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@broadbent3 Apr 2025
The April Broadbent Bulletin is out! 🚨 @jenhassum on Trump’s tariffs, key updates on #Broadbent2025 Progress Summit, and the launch of 'Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy' a new podcast with @GreenEconNet. Check your inbox or read it now: broadbentinstitute.ca/broadb…
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@broadbent28 Mar 2025
New podcast alert! Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy from Perspectives Journal and @GreenEconNet Ep 1 ft. @JimboStanford & @hadrianmk on green industrial policy vs Trump’s tariffs & carbon market failure is out now. perspectivesjournal.ca/green…
Class & Climate: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood | Perspec...

Class & Climate: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood | Perspec...

Our new podcast series maps how climate action can deliver jobs and long-term affordability for workers.

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@UniforTheUnion19 Mar 2025
Unifor joins with more than 100 groups including @cupenat and @CanadianLabour to call for urgent & comprehensive EI reforms in the face of Trump's tariffs. unifor.org/news/all-news/ei-…
EI reforms urgently needed as Trump tariffs take hold: labour and community groups

EI reforms urgently needed as Trump tariffs take hold: labour and community groups

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Unifor, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Interprovincial EI Working Group are demanding urgent improvements to Canada’s Employment Insurance...

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Green Economy Network@GreenEconNet4 Mar 2025
The Trump tariffs are a wake up call to bet big on big a green industrial strategy that protects jobs. Read our op-ed making the case for a pro-worker energy transition: nationalobserver.com/2025/02…
The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival

The world’s dumbest trade war makes going green a matter of survival

Putting up thousands of wind turbines and hundreds of solar farms, means more jobs, less global warming and less reliance on the boom and bust oil and gas sector that handcuffs us to the U.S.

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