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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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
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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Michele Smith retweeted
"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.
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.
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
Michele Smith retweeted
URGENT: I just joined over 3 MILLION people urging the President of Tanzania @SuluhuSamia and Prime Minister @majaliwa_kassim to #STOP the eviction of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands. Join here & RT #NoMaasaiEviction #StandWithMaasai
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Michele Smith retweeted
Fun fact: #Bats🦇 are more closely related to humans than they are to rodents!
You can #HelpTheBats this spring by joining our Canadian bat box study! Learn more at: ow.ly/EMBF50J7YCs
Michele Smith retweeted
One meeting wasn’t long enough to hear from all the people who signed up to oppose the proposed Hallman Pit gravel mining operation in Wilmot. bit.ly/3uTardf
Michele Smith retweeted
Food production is driving nature loss and #ClimateChange 🌡️
Our global food systems are facing a crisis and immediate action is needed.
Together, we can do our part for people and the planet 💚
Michele Smith retweeted
Why has Ford spent tax dollars to keep cabinet minister's mandate letters from the public since shortly after he took office? Because he's afraid we'll disapprove. That much is clear.
Transparency, now. Ontarians deserve to know their government's priorities.
#onpoli #onted
NEW: Premier Doug Ford’s government is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its case to keep cabinet ministers’ mandate letters secret. #onpoli
Story by @CBCToronto’s @nicolebrockbank cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o…
Michele Smith retweeted
Learning to "live with COVID" doesn't mean we ignore COVID...It means we upgrade ventilation. Offer PCR tests. Wear masks to protect each other. Provide paid sick days for workers. Build trust to increase vaccine uptake....It doesn't mean we ignore it. It means we deal with it!
Michele Smith retweeted
Appalling disproportionate response:
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Michele Smith retweeted
What the Ontario government is basically saying to people with weak immune systems, the elderly, people with Disabilities, young children & the vulnerable: We don't care if you get COVID anymore. You're on your own.
Michele Smith retweeted
So let me get this straight: The Ontario government literally underspent by $5.5 billion this year (including $1.3 billion unspent on healthcare & $1.1 billion unspent on social supports like ODSP) during a COVID-19 crisis, overdose death crisis & a housing crisis?
Enraging.