thanks Seth! Great working with you on this 👊

Youth Climate Corps Breaks Into Budget 2025 YouTube video by Social Justice Co-op of Newfoundland and Labrador

Since 2024, I've been working w/ a team of young ppl fighting for a new federal jobs program: a Youth Climate Corps 💚

And with the release of Budget 2025, WE WON! 🙌 🥹

We're proud & hopeful, but it's complicated. 👀

Listen to my chat with @adamfwalsh.bsky.social for more

youtu.be/6mje1XxdSEE?...

Across Canada, more and more voices are calling for a Youth Climate Corps. With the federal budget set for November 4, the call is growing louder.

📢 Join the 200+ organizations urging Mark Carney’s government to fund a Youth Climate Corps in Budget 2025.

🔗 Learn more: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca

Momentum is growing for a Youth Climate Corps, a bold new public program to put young people to work protecting our communities & tackling the climate crisis.

It's built for this moment.

Tell Carney: it’s time to fund a Youth Climate Corps!
👉 www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/tell-carney

All candidates election questionnaire 2025 Youth across Newfoundland and Labrador are calling on candidates to share their vision for a just, sustainable, and equitable future. This questionnaire is being led by youth voices from a range of en...

And asking St. John's to become a key partner in helping connect young people in NL with climate work that meets local needs & priorities and follows Indigenous and community leadership. 💪

forms.gle/YL1dSGJVWstD...

All candidates election questionnaire 2025 Youth across Newfoundland and Labrador are calling on candidates to share their vision for a just, sustainable, and equitable future. This questionnaire is being led by youth voices from a range of en...

The NL Chapter of the Youth Climate Corps Campaign for #GoodGreenJobs is urging #NL to step up as the first province to cost match this transformative public jobs program, which would kickstart a #JustTransition and help build resilience to #ExtremeWeather 💚

forms.gle/YL1dSGJVWstD...

Poster for a NL provincial and St. John's municipal election candidate questionaire by groups including Anti Racism Coalition NL, Palestine Action YYT, Mixed Coast Collective, Fridays For Future St. John's, Social Justice Co-op NL and Youth Climate Corps NL. There is a QR code that goes to the same link in the post. There is imagery of people standing with their arms around one another shoulders.

Pleased to work with a diverse and inspiring community of young NLers and mentors on this candidates questionaire for the upcoming NL provincial and St. John's municipal elections. 🗳️

Candidates can respond here:
forms.gle/YL1dSGJVWstD...

A chance to hear from YOUR CANDIDATES! The following have confirmed:

- Mary Shortall (St. John's East)
- Sam Crete (St. John's East)
- David Brazil (St. John's East)
- Otis Crandell (St. John's East)

- Kaelem Tingate (Cape Spear)
- Tom Osbourne (Cape Spear)
- Brenda Walsh (Cape Spear)

Featuring friendly neighbourhood climate voices:

- Jude Benoit
- Doménica Lombeida
- Megan Marie
- Daniel Smith
- Jeff Ronan
- Lea Mary Movelle
- Seth Klein (virtually)

Youth Climate Corps x Neighbours United All Candidates Town Hall A town hall to bring all potential federal and provincial election candidates together with young people & climate activists so candidates can hear from participants on issues of a Just Transition awa...

Come raise your voice for Youth and Climate at this All Candidates Town Hall 🏢 on

Apr 22nd from 7-9:30 PM NDT

at 10 New Gower Street (St. John's City Hall)

and ONLINE!

Rsvp: actionnetwork.org/events/just-...

Please share & help us spread the word 📣

The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps

You can learn more about the national movement for a YCC at goodgreenjobsforall.ca

Youth Climate Corps x Neighbours United All Candidates Town Hall A town hall to bring all potential federal and provincial election candidates together with young people & climate activists so candidates can hear from participants on issues of a Just Transition awa...

This is YOUR chance to be part of the conversation and fight for a sustainable, and just future. Don’t miss out on this!

➡️ RSVP now and save your spot!

bit.ly/just-transition-nl

Let’s do this. ✊💚

#YouthClimateCorps #YouthUnemployment #ClimateAction #GreenJobs

Youth Climate Corps x Neighbours United All Candidates Town Hall A town hall to bring all potential federal and provincial election candidates together with young people & climate activists so candidates can hear from participants on issues of a Just Transition awa...

Together, we can demand good, well-paying green jobs that build a better future for ALL of us! 🌎

🗓️ When:

April 22nd from 7- 930pm NT

📍 Where:

Foran Greene Room at St. John's City Hall, 10 New Gower Street, St. John's, NL, with hybrid option!

Youth Climate Corps x Neighbours United All Candidates Town Hall A town hall to bring all potential federal and provincial election candidates together with young people & climate activists so candidates can hear from participants on issues of a Just Transition awa...

It’s time for a public jobs guarantee for young people: a national Youth Climate Corps that creates good green jobs for young Canadians like YOU! 🌱

🎤 Why should you show up?

Youth unemployment is holding us back — we NEED jobs.

The climate crisis is urgent — we NEED action.

Youth Climate Corps x Neighbours United All Candidates Town Hall A town hall to bring all potential federal and provincial election candidates together with young people & climate activists so candidates can hear from participants on issues of a Just Transition awa...

🌍💚 Join the Fight for Youth Jobs & Climate Action! 💚🌍

Youth unemployment is at a decade-high.
The climate crisis is only getting worse.

But we can change this. 🧵

Metrobus: the good, the bad, and the ugly – The Independent Recent and forthcoming improvements are making St. John’s public bus system more accessible, but there are still some glaring problems

COMMENTARY: Recent and forthcoming improvements are making St. John’s public bus system more accessible, writes John Weber, but there are still some glaring problems.

theindependent.ca/commentary/m...

beyond time for a #JustTransition fr fossil fuels! young people have come together demanding 1 billion $ investment fr federal gov 2 launch a fed jobs guarantee #YoutClimateaCorps 4 young ppl 2 transition into climate related work!

RSVP 4 #NLJustTransition Town Hall at bit.ly/just-transition-nl

talking about hope & action amid escalating crises

(at 1.5x speed to fit video length limits here lol)

Thank you to @adamfwalsh.bsky.social at CBC NL's The Signal for hosting this conversation 📣

Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is common in many parts of the world.

In many urban areas across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, households are increasingly resorting to burning plastic waste for cooking and heating due to the scarcity and high cost of traditional fuels.
theconversation.com/households-a...

This whole quote from @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social’s #emergentstrategy is the energy I’m taking into this #PiscesNewMoon and our event on Thursday night.

We need to dream new dreams together, weave new visions and stories with one another’s - and this New Moon equips us to do just that ✨⛅️🌈🎨

“De Facto Annexation”: Israel Sends Tanks into West Bank, Escalates Violence Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years, as the Israeli military escalates its offensive that has already displaced 40,000 Palestinians. Israeli Defense Minist...

Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years. The Israeli military has already displaced 40,000 Palestinians. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Palestinians will not be allowed to return to their homes.

www.democracynow.org/2025/2/24/is...

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Podcast — Climate Emergency Unit

Feeling overwhelmed by climate news? You're not alone. Climate Emergency Unit’s new podcast, Break In Case of Emergency, breaks down climate policy with organizers & activists across the country & explores audacious solutions. Listen wherever you go for podcasts.
www.climateemergencyunit.ca/podcast

Great piece here by my colleague @erinblondeau.bsky.social

Israeli Tanks Enter Occupied West Bank, Soldiers Kill 2 Palestinian Children in Mounting Assault Israel has sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years as the Israeli military escalates its assault that has already displaced 40,000 Palestinians. Israeli Defense Minister ...

On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the occupied West Bank and was photographed holding a meeting inside a Palestinian home that had been seized by the Israeli military. On Saturday, Israeli forces fatally shot two Palestinian children

www.democracynow.org/2025/2/24/he...

Gaza Ceasefire Remains Precarious as Israel Reneges on Exchange of Captives Hamas is accusing Netanyahu of “intentionally sabotaging” the Gaza ceasefire after Israel reneged on its agreement to release 620 imprisoned Palestinians on Saturday after Hamas released six Israeli h...

Hamas is accusing Netanyahu of “intentionally sabotaging” the Gaza ceasefire after Israel reneged on its agreement to release 620 imprisoned Palestinians on Saturday after Hamas released six Israeli hostages.

www.democracynow.org/2025/2/24/he...

Ghislain Picard says First Nations must not be forgotten in tariff war Ghislain Picard, the outgoing AFN regional chief for Quebec-Labrador, says First Nations must not be forgotten during tariff war with U.S.

'It seems like the government of Quebec is trying to stage a response that has not a single consideration for First Nations peoples' says Picard.

Investigation finds millions meant for women, children fleeing violence was never spent | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

An investigation by the Winnipeg Free Press found hundreds of millions of dollars meant for housing for Indigenous women and children fleeing violence has never been spent.

For more on this, APTN News spoke with investigative reporter Marsha McLeod.