"We need critical mass. We need your help to get #yyccc & ultimately Calgary where it needs to be: which is a prosperous, climate-smart city that leaves no citizens behind & that our children want to build a life in. Those are the stakes."
https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyc #YYCBudget

And here is the Hub's one-pager

"Budget 2022: Net-Zero Launch
Background, Outcomes, and Positions"

Read more here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/city_budget_22

#yyccc #yyc #YYCBudget

If aren't addressing Calgary's community-wide GHG emissions we are failing to address the challenge. We don't want to fail. We want to win. Read more here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/city_budget_22 #yyccc #yyc #YYCBudget

As for the Hub, here's what we're looking for. If this is our #NetZeroLaunch we need to act like it. Read more here: https://calgaryclimatehub.ca/city_budget_22 #yyccc #yyc #YYCBudget

"This budget will dictate this city council’s climate work until the next council takes over in just 4 years time, #NetZeroLaunch most certainly included. Whether it’s an actual launch or a failure to launch, that all goes down NOW." https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyc #yyccc #YYCBudget

"As for the Hub we’re leaving it all on the field with a veritable suite of different ways you can make a difference RIGHT NOW. I urge you to find the solution that matches your ambition & bandwidth & to share to your full network."
https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyc #yyccc #YYCBudget

All of which leads to the following conclusion which to me is unescapable:

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#yyc #yyccc #yycbudget

It works on four year cycles. Next week decides whether we went for it or we didn't. It's the greatest challenge/opportunity we've ever faced. The eyes of History are upon us. Will we nail it or is it a failure to launch? I prefer nailing it. And you? /3
#yyc #yyccc #yycbudget

"For cities a budget is what the short term future is built on. If it's important things get done in that short term for us to accomplish our medium/long term goals, you'd be hard-pressed to find something more important than this budget."

#YYCBudget #yyc #yyccc https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/littlest-fish-in-a-big-pond-211639/

All of which leads to the following conclusion which to me is unescapable:

#yyc #yyccc #yycbudget

"We’ve also stumbled in creating yet more sprawl with a bunch of new communities on the far outskirts of town rather than completing what’s already been started, which makes no sense from either an economic or climate perspective"
https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyc #yyccc #YYCBudget

It works on four year cycles. Next week decides whether we went for it or we didn't. It's the greatest challenge/opportunity we've ever faced. The eyes of History are upon us. Will we nail it or is it a failure to launch? I prefer nailing it. And you? /3
#yyc #yyccc #yycbudget

"This budget either launches Calgary's smart/prosperous #NetZeroTransition or kicks the can down the road to 2026 & beyond. Good news is the local level is where any citizen (so YOU) can have the best opportunity to achieve impactful change." #YYCBudget #yyc #yyccc https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/littlest-fish-in-a-big-pond-211639/

“Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”
-American President Joe Biden
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#yyc #yyccc #yycbudget

On what remains of the Bird Site we should all be using the #yyccc hashtag to be pouring over the #YYCBudget together but it's currently subsumed (& rightly) with the ever-worsening #SeanChuDisgrace. It's exactly why a councillor with even a shred of respect for this city would've resigned a long time ago #yyc

Budget week in Calgary is coming fast. Remember:

-Polling shows a strong majority of Calgarians think we should LEAD on the energy transition
-We declared a climate emergency
-We made a #NetZero2050 pledge
-We passed a city climate strategy
-This is Calgary's #NetZero launch whether we like it or not so it better be good

https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyc #yyccc #YYCBudget

"The most change you yourself can make happen and see before your very eyes is at the community, municipal or city level, which is why I want to close tonight's show with a few words about the Calgary budget session of 2022." #yyccc #yyc #YYCBudget https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/littlest-fish-in-a-big-pond-211639/

One way you can really help out is reading up on the importance of this #YYCBudget then sharing it with those friends, family, co-workers etc that share your values. Start with this 🧵or check out the Hub's blog about it & share far & wide! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/city_budget_22 #yyc #yyccc

The most important budget session in Calgary's history is very nearly upon us and the Hub's made it as easy as we know how to enable YOU to let city council know what's important. They need to hear from you. Here's a reminder of the stakes. #YYCBudget #yyccc #yyc https://youtu.be/oU7zKlZoih0

Our latest #ACOC is LIVE! Join #SustainableCalgary's Noel Keough, the Alberta Wilderness Association's Phillip Meintzer and the Hub's E.D. Angela MacIntyre for our #YYCbudget coverage kickoff. It's a VERY important time & this'll get you UP TO SPEED! https://youtu.be/pXAQMNcBnZI #yyccc #yyc