This month's Weaver is packed with wonderful information and messages from your Leader and SGP Executive. Stay up to date. Be informed.
Wildfire Inaction and Nuclear Nonsense
This summer, as Saskatchewan experiences its worst wildfire season yet, citizens are appalled by the government’s inadequate response.
Equally shocking for environmentalists is listening to update after update by Scott Moe, never once mentioning the connection between climate change and these fires. He appears, beyond belief, to be acting like these super fires are just a normal cycle for our province, while Denare Beach residents and others lost everything and watched their homes burn to the ground, due to the inaction of Scott Moe and the provincial response.
Petitions - Take Action and Please Sign
You can make a difference.
Together, we can create real change in this province. As people across the province mobilize and add their voices to petitions for change, we build strength and resilience together. Add your voice today.
End Homelessness in Saskatchewan
https://www.saskgreen.ca/end_homelessness_in_saskatchewan
Ending Poverty in Saskatchewan
https://www.saskgreen.ca/ending_poverty_in_saskatchewan
SK must act now to remove asbestos in our drinking water
https://www.saskgreen.ca/asbestos_in_our_drinking_water
SK needs a Wetlands Policy
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_needs_a_wetlands_policy
SK needs Renewable Energy, not nuclear waste.
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_needs_renewable_energy_not_nuclear_waste
SK demands a new approach to healthcare
https://www.saskgreen.ca/sk_demands_a_new_approach_to_healthcare
Saskatchewan Environmental Society:
For decades, SES has been working towards a future powered by renewable energy, not polluting coal, and we won’t stand by while our environment is put at risk.
* graphic supplied by the Saskatchewan Environmental Society
Cynicism Is the Enemy of Action by Rebecca Solnit (author and activist)
Blog Post, by Rebecca Solnit - Discover why cynicism undermines real change. This compelling post exposes cynics as the “near‑enemies” who scorn activists, even as victories—from Senate votes to climate campaigns—prove action works. Reject defeatism, embrace hope, and learn how perseverance sparked transformation.
Indigenous families denied disaster relief for burned trapline cabins: PAGC
Regina Leader Post, July 23, 2025 - Burned Indigenous trapline cabins with historical and cultural significance on northern Saskatchewan treaty lands aren’t eligible for support under existing disaster aid policies, the Prince Albert Grand Council says. It’s asking the provincial government to revise its disaster assistance program to include trapline cabins after one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in Saskatchewan’s history.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
The New Yorker, July 9, 2025 - There are lots of other technologies vying to replace fossil fuels or to reduce climate damage: nuclear power, hydrogen power, carbon capture and storage; along with renewables, all were boosted by spending provisions in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and will be hampered to varying degrees by congressional rollbacks. Some may prove useful in the long run and others illusory, but for now they are statistically swamped by the sheer amount of renewable power coming online. Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world.
'Accidental activist': Florence Stratton's life has informed her pursuit of positive change in Regina
Regina Leader Post, July 9, 2025 - How Canada Wins: The longtime activist is an example of someone who stands up for what she believes in while striving to make Regina a better place to live, especially for those less fortunate.
Youth look to take charge in B.C. Greens leadership race
Kelowna Capital News, July 23, 2025 - The B.C. Green Party leadership contest is underway, and the candidate list is set. With two candidates in their 20s and the third in his mid-40s, it is clear there is a youth movement brewing in the party.
It is not a huge surprise to see younger candidates in a party rooted in environmentalism and social justice. Younger people are more likely to experience the impacts of climate change, and in recent years, many have taken action.
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost
ipolitics, July 2, 2025 - “We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems,” said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. “For me, what we’ve got to do now is hunker down.”
No, David Suzuki hasn't given up on the climate fight — but his battle plan is changing
CBC, July 11, 2025 - Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki made headlines last week when he said in an interview with iPolitics that humanity has lost its fight against climate change. "We're in deep trouble," Suzuki told the outlet. "I've never said this before to the media, but it's too late." Though he made it clear that he hasn't entirely given up, Suzuki says that rather than getting caught up in trying to force change through legal, political and economic systems, we now need to focus on community action.
Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses
Seth Klein, July 12, 2025 - "All of us who work on climate have long walked a razor's edge between hope and despair....We are all wrestling with the jarring and growing disconnect between climate events and our politics. But the climate fight is not something we either win or lose. As the saying goes, it functions as a matter of degrees. Each incremental increase in temperature comes with devastating losses to the people and places we love. But it is also the case that each incremental increase we prevent saves millions."
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