Mike Layton

Gas stoves, water heaters and furnaces will all be tossed in the city’s drive to get carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. But who pays? Toronto has a massively ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2040. One city councillor has already done just that.

Happy Earth Day! There are many critical issues we’re facing, and lots to distract us from climate change - let’s not forget the importance of planet earth and let’s not continue to neglect it. From small to large acts - we need all of them. We decarbonized our home www.thestar.com/news/gta/gas...

Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind YouTube video by Bryan Adams

New Bryan Adams single Make Up Your Mind came into my playlist. I assumed it was about out the Trump Tariffs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZIa...

This year I will be participating in the
@SecondHarvestCA
Truck Pull Challenge. Second Harvest is Canada's largest food rescue organization that works to keep food where it belongs - on people's plates and out of landfills. Please donate if you're able. support.secondharvest.ca/site/Donatio...

They managed to deliver most of their contract for several years, but clearly weren’t ready for this. Council was put in an impossible position - vote for a bad contract or a threat we wouldn’t have ANY snow clearing. Either path is a mistake.

here was one of the many motions that lead to universal sidewalk clearing. It took 4-5 years to get it done, we I fought, with others, for it www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...

I don’t think I was on council when it was privatized, but the current contract was recommended by city staff & when we questioned it the staff report said if we didn’t award it we would be ready to remove snow in the winter. We got put in a terrible position as the contract was not without problems

i didn’t. Or I don’t think I did. i’m not sure what vote you’re referring to. the most recent contract wasn’t privatizing snow removal - it had previously been privatized if I recall correctly. I fought tirelessly for universal sidewalk clearly - and we won.

Opinion | That Giant Sucking Sound? It’s Climate Change Devouring Your Home’s Value. A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

You can ignore climate change. The political system can ignore climate change. But the insurance industry cannot ignore climate change.

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Feel honoured to be working on food rescue full time with Second Harvest. Climate-economic-social benefits.

Before making the Bloor lanes permanent, we studied the point of sale data in the pilot area, outside and in a similar area on the danforth - data was clear - spending went up, travel times for cars only modestly impacted while safety improved for ALL road users.

Excited to announce that I have joined the Second Harvest team in their mission to keep food where it belongs: on plates and out of landfills. If you still have room in your budget during the holiday season, please consider supporting our work: secondharvest.ca/donate

Bioblitz event helps advance York University's sustainability goals - YFile Last month, the Office of Sustainability invited the community to explore the diverse species of plants, animals, and other organisms on the Keele and Glendon campuses, and record their findings using...

If you haven't played around with @inaturalist.bsky.social, give it a try. Identify plants and animals in your neighbourhood, on hikes, etc. You can make a game out of it with friends and colleagues by initatiing a bioblitz. We did it at @yorkuniversity.bsky.social www.yorku.ca/yfile/2024/1...

Net-zero coupled with "Passive nature-based climate removal".

Al Gore and Gavin McCormick unveil unprecedented Climate TRACE emissions data at COP29 YouTube video by Climate TRACE

While a sad assessment of where we stand globally in our fight to save people and the planet, this video is useful for engaging communities to get more involved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2d...

An admission of the significant financial and safety costs. The city regularly looks at alternative routes and puts lanes on side streets. Shaw (instead of Ossington), Palmerston (Bathurst), Brunswick (Spadina). Yonge, University and Bloor don't have equivalent options.

When Trump comes calling for our water, Canada must be ready Contrary to Trump's belief, Canada is not merely a faucet.

Thanks to Maude Barlow for this important reflection. We teach "sharing" to our kids. While sharing is a critical concept in our relationship with the US, it hinges on parties respecting the relationship and resources being shared. Water is life and must be respected. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

thanks for the add. Great list!

There is still time to correct this mistake. At a huge cost to Ontario taxpayers, Ford wants to make streets more dangerous for all users, make traffic worse in the short term for marginal long term improvements for a small proportion of road users.

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

@StreetsblogUSA.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/p...

Despite perilous times, I need to believe that hope is possible. Love is possible. And that despite our current circumstances - there are blue skies ahead. Hope this platform doesn’t eventually suck! @bsky.app

We spent decades building support for those few main street bike lanes and convinced conservative mayors to build them. Now the premier in a matter of months Premier could rip them out.