Music Teacher, 4/5 Classroom Teacher, wife, mother of 3 boys, lover of Nature, baking with Sourdough and the Arts. Tweets are my own.
John Mahood Public School
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Sign the urgent public letter to stop deep-sea mining before it destroys ocean life. only.one/act/mining?utm_sour…
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I just signed this petition, please join me: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tel… via @leadnowca
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An Open Letter in Response to WRDSB Parent Concerns (St. Jacobs Public School) stj.wrdsb.ca/2023/01/20/an-o…
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Michele Smith retweeted
Optical gas imaging captured invisible #methane from AB & SK oil&gas facilities. Methane accounts for > 1/4 of today’s #GlobalWarming - we can't meet our #climate targets without driving down these emissions. Help make visible by sharing. Read more > ow.ly/lkte50LFlAT
.@fordnation and @Sflecce are violating workers' charter-protected rights to bargain and strike. Add your name in solidarity with education workers: act.leadnow.ca/edu-workers-s… #OnPoli #39KIsNotEnough
Canadian wild fish are in trouble. The Canadian government data shows there are 33 critically depleted stocks, but new @oceana_canada research shows there could be as many as 58. Demand that the Canadian Fisheries Minister stops overfishing at only.one/stop-overfishing.
Michele Smith retweeted
Industry & government are using the massive and growing volume of the tailings ponds as justification for a new set of regulations that could allow for tailings water to be released into the Athabasca River.
Read more & take action #WaterwaysNotWaterWaste
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"Saving the stems" to provide nesting space for cavity-nesting insects begins in the fall. All you have to do this season is leave dead plant stalks alone and intact through the winter.
Then you can start the process in the spring with barely any work at all:
ALT Spring: Cut back dead flower stalks leaving stem stubble of varying height, 8 to 24 inches. Female bees will find cut or naturally occurring open stems and start a nest. Bees lay eggs with pollen balls for larvae to eat.
ALT Summer: Bee larvae develop in the cut dead stems during the growing season. New growth of the perennial hides the stem stubble.
ALT Fall and winter: This year, you have both new flower stalks and the previously cut ones. Bees developing in the cut stems hibernate during the winter. Again, leave new flower stalks intact until spring.
ALT Spring: Adult bees emerge from the stems they’ve been developing in. Cut back dead flower stalks again to start the cycle over. Adult bees start new nests. Old stem stubble will naturally decompose.
Let's break our addiction to synthetic fertilizers & build a low emissions food system to support local communities. Let's invest in farmers & organic methods. 🧑🌾 act.gp/3ROZkMI
📢 @mclaudebibeau, don't listen to lobbyists, listen to science!
@GreenpeaceCA
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Michele Smith retweeted
The Ontario government is letting our public healthcare system collapse to make you frustrated. To make you think a private for-profit healthcare system would be better. To make you want to give up on an equitable healthcare system for all...Don't let them fool you!
Michele Smith retweeted
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about! You need to listen to @ETFOpresident and stop fear-mongering!
My message to parents is clear: this government will do whatever it takes to ensure your kids return to normal and stable classrooms. Full stop.
@CUPEOntario needs to immediately halt this march to a potential strike in September and focus on keeping kids in class.
.@mary_ng, you have the power to save communities and wildlife from deforestation. Halt the trade deal with Indonesia now: act.gp/3yqiqyk #DirtyPalmOil
Agriculture was the only major sector in Canada to actually increase greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. A BIG CULPRIT = synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. 😒
📢 @mclaudebibeau, we need to cut fertilizer emissions by 50%!
#ClimateScience #NitrogenFertilizer @GreenpeaceCA
Michele Smith retweeted
Join #GrassyNarrows at #RiverRun2022 next Thursday! Register if you haven’t already: freegrassy.net/riverrun2022/
Michele Smith retweeted
Join #GrassyNarrows at #RiverRun2022 next Thursday! Register if you haven’t already: freegrassy.net/riverrun2022/
Michele Smith retweeted
How can we stop entanglement?
“It’s estimated that globally, over 300,000 whales, dolphins & porpoises die every year from entanglement in marine debris and commercial fishing gear – a number that is increasing due to these stronger ropes.”😥
Read More: ow.ly/7f7X50JLGRa
SAVE Silver Creek Wetland - STOP an environmental disaster on the shores of Collingwood! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/m9xRzjs9 via @CdnChange