Leading up to the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights in April and COP16 in Mexico, we are asking organizations to endorse the POST-COP15 TIME TO BE BOLD Declaration.

We now stand on the cusp of the bleakest periods where we are confronted with the zero point of systemic collapse.

Now is the time to be bold. No more compromise.

To add your organization’s endorsement please send an email to openyoureyes [at] sympatico [dot] castating the name of your organization and country.

Please include the name and position of person with signing authority.

In solidarity,

Joan Russow, PhD | Global Compliance Research Project
Cory Morningstar | Canadians Action on Climate Change

Climate Justice Groups – See endorsements to date (below declaration) and online at: timetobebold.wordpress.com  

To sign on as an individual: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/post-cop15-time-to-be-bold

Alberta’s grizzly bear is a threatened species that needs special protection. In 2002, Alberta’s Endangered Species Conservation Committee (ESCC), representing scientists, universities, First Nations, industries, hunters, conservationists and ranchers, recommended that the grizzly bear be listed as a Threatened species under Alberta’s Wildlife Act. Unfortunately, the government so far has failed to implement this recommendation and Alberta’s grizzlies continue to suffer from a wide array of threats.

At roughly 600 bears, Alberta’s grizzly population remains far below provincially and internationally recognized thresholds.

The province has embarked on a further status review and, eight years later, it will ask the ESCC once again to re-examine whether the grizzly bear should be listed as a protected species.

Once the status review is complete it will be up to Mel Knight, the newly appointed Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, to decide if the grizzly bear will be listed as Threatened and given legal protection.

Please take a moment to contact Sustainable Resource Development Minister Mel Knight and let him know your thoughts on grizzly bear recovery, including legal listing and habitat protection.

 Learn more at CPAWS Southern Alberta

Alberta’s grizzly bear is a threatened species that needs special protection.  In 2002, Alberta’s Endangered Species Conservation Committee (ESCC), representing scientists, universities, First Nations, industries, hunters, conservationists and ranchers, recommended that the grizzly bear be listed as a Threatened species under Alberta’s Wildlife Act. Unfortunately, the government so far has failed to implement this recommendation and Alberta’s grizzlies continue to suffer from a wide array of threats.

If you live in Alberta please help us and sign the petition below.

We are a group of farmers and residents living in and around Fort Saskatchewan which has been designated “the Industrial Heartland Area.”

Our group is called Citizens for Responsible Development. We are working to reduce the pollution to our air, water, and soil caused by tarsands upgraders and to protect the health of our families, natural areas, and some of the most fertile farmland in the entire country.

As you’ve likely seen in the news, CPAWS is warning that Boreal woodland caribou in Alberta’s oil sands region will perish unless the province moves to protect at least half of this area’s intact forests and wetlands.

• Read our news release and CPAWS’ open letter to Premier Stelmach
• See media coverage at the Globe, where you can add your comments, and in Canwest papers across Canada

Since 1993, nearly half of the Boreal woodland caribou in the area where the oil sands industry is concentrated have disappeared. You can make a difference. Please sign the petition now to protect at least 50% of Alberta’s Lower Athabasca planning region.

This region, part of CPAWS’s Athabasca Heartland campaign, contains some of the most pristine wilderness in the province. It’s threatened by heavy industrial development, including Alberta’s oil sands.

Take action!

• Sign the petition to protect Alberta’s last great wilderness: for people, for wildlife, forever.

Parks Canada is preparing a new management plan for Jasper National Park that will guide its activities for the next ten to fifteen years.

If you share some of CPAWS’ concerns about this plan, please take a moment to send your comments to Parks Canada.

As with Banff, CPAWS is concerned that the new plan could open the door to new, non-traditional uses at the expense of Jasper’s sensitive wildlife, ecosystems and traditional visitor experiences.

We’re also concerned that the new plan could could permit a private recreational airstrip to re-open and new gravel pits, and commercial activities to operate in ecologically sensitive wilderness areas. We’re recommending that the park plan support the recovery of threatened caribou and grizzly bear populations while offering traditional low-impact park experiences for all visitors.

Take action!

• Find out more about CPAWS’ position and how you can comment on the draft plan.
• Support CPAWS’ work on parks and protected areas across Canada

Update: The December 11 vigil has decided to amalgamate with the December 12 vigil taking place at the Alberta Legislature from 5:30 - 6:30 pm.

The weekend of Dec 11-13 marks the mid-way point of the climate talks taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. To mark the occasion people around the world will gather in solemn solidarity with the nations and peoples for whom delay on climate action could mean extinction. 

Location

This event will be a short, simple, dignified, family-friendly candlelight vigil for the planet on the steps of the magnificently-lit Alberta Legislature. And it could be the most important thing you do for the planet all year. Please share with your friends and family.

This December world leaders are gathering in Copenhagen to forge a new international climate agreement - essentially our global game plan to stop dangerous climate change. But not just any deal is good enough - it has to be a Real Deal: and that means Fair, Ambitious and Binding.

Location

CPAWS Northern Alberta is inviting you to join us at…

Parks Canada’s Jasper National Park Annual Planning Forum

Thursday, November 26, 2009

• 5 - 7:00 pm Open House
• 7-8:15pm Presentations
  • Year in Review
  • Parks Management Plan Review
  • Q&A Discussion Session
• 8:15-9:00pm Open House continues 

Parks Canada is preparing a new management plan for our National Parks that will guide its activities for the next ten to fifteen years. This plan is important for Jasper National Park. It will also set the direction that could be taken for all of the other Rocky Mountain parks, including Banff National Park.

Location

Action Grizzly Bear

On November 2^nd, Action Grizzly Bear will be presenting to the Standing Committee on Resources and Environment. The invitation to appear in front of this committee is a tremendous opportunity to reach those key Alberta decision makers who are in a direct position to influence government action on grizzly bear recovery. We need your help to make sure our message is heard loud and clear.