Check out some images of the Seniors for Climate Action event in Dundas, 1 October 2024.
This section lists the most recent monthly Action Updates for which we have video recordings. See our YouTube channel for older Action Updates and other videos.
Oct 2024
Fair Transit
Tim Nolan (AHA!), Sahra Soudi (DJNO) & Sarah Jama (MPP, Hamilton Centre)
A discussion on how Hamilton’s transit options are failing people with disabilities.
Sep 24
Green Building Standards
Lana Goldberg
STAND.earth
A discussion on how to encourage Hamilton to phase out fossil fuel heating in most buildings by 2028.
Jun 2024
Biodiversity in Hamilton
Brian McHattie & Peter Appleton
Brian and Peter examine the strengths and weaknesses of the latest proposed Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).
May 2024
Civil Disobedience
Matthew Behrens
Homes Not Bombs
Civil disobedience may be upholding a higher law in spite of what the police and courts say.
Hamilton 350 works with numerous allies across the environmental spectrum. We support the following actions that you can take to help make a difference. For scheduled events in our local area, see Upcoming Events.
Action groups are where the real work happens in support of our campaigns. Action groups meet every week or two, depending on the group and current needs. Multiple action groups can work on any one campaign, and multiple campaigns can be associated with any one action group.
Climate
Justice
Focusing on a just transition and ethical practices.
Conservation
Matters
Responding to local attacks on the environment.
Elders 4 Climate
Sanity
Taking climate action for the next generation and beyond.
Fossil Fuel
Resistance
Promoting the transition to renewable energy.
Transit
Matters
Pushing for free, frequent and electric transit.
Other Initiatives
A few other groups provide support and direction for Hamilton 350. These include the Steering Committee (responsible for setting overall goals and direction); the Welcoming Committee (responsible for orienting new members); and Digital Communication (responsible for our website, social media content, email bulletins, and general IT matters).
Later is Too Late!
About 45 seniors and their supporters, including one on stilts, gathered Tuesday at King Street West and Sydenham Street in...
read more▸Letter of Support for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
The Hamilton 350 steering committee is in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land defenders who are on the frontlines of climate...
read more▸Earth Day Weekend
To mark Earth Day weekend, 22 April 2024, a number of supporters gathered outside the offices of MPPs Neil Lumsden...
read more▸The “Dundas Four” under arrest at RBC!
Four members of Hamilton 350's Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) were arrested inside the RBC branch in Dundas at the...
read more▸Five Years of Elders For Climate Sanity
Elders 4 Climate Sanity (E4CS) was founded by six members of Hamilton 350 in the summer of 2018.We wanted to...
read more▸Reject Enbridge’s Proposed Gas Line Subsidy!
Hamilton City Council today unanimously endorsed a motion supporting the OEB’s rejection of Enbridge’s proposed gas pipeline subsidy.Enbridge’s proposal would...
read more▸Bill McKibben debunks the fossil fuel industry’s “natural”…
Hailing Biden’s decision to halt LNG export licences, McKibben explains the sleight of hand used in arguments by the fossil...
read more▸NDP calls for ban on ‘misleading, deceptive’ fossil…
The NDP’s natural resources critic Charlie Angus tabled a private members bill (C-372) in the House of Commons this week....
read more▸Clean Creatives: PR Professionals for a Safe Climate
Over 50 Canadian advertisers and PR agencies have joined a 900-strong global group that has pledged not to work for...
read more▸What does COP28 have to do with me?
The latest UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates (COP28) may seem a long way from our priority...
read more▸Municipal Protected Areas Project
A letter sent by Hamilton 350 member, Don McLean, to Hamilton City Council.
read more▸Fo$$il Bank$ Make Graves Hallowe’en Picket
On Saturday, 28 October, the Elders for Climate Sanity picketed that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and the other Big...
read more▸Enbridge and TC Energy implicated in attempts to…
Enbridge and TC Energy are among the top 10 companies that lobbied most for anti-protest bills since 2017, along with...
read more▸Hamilton Airport 20-year plan misses the boat on…
Hamilton 350 Committee steering committee member Don McLean spoke at the October 6 meeting of the city’s Airport Committee. The...
read more▸Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections
Science, one of the most authoritative journals in the world, published an article in January 2023 providing solid evidence that...
read more▸Don Brown receives Hamilton’s Economic Leadership award
The awards gala program cited Don's "leadership attributes", his skill in raising awareness of the climate emergency, and his work...
read more▸The Elders at Supercrawl
The Elders 4 Climate Sanity and friends took to Supercrawl in September to let passersby know that TD Bank—the festival’s...
read more▸We may have won the battle but the…
Doug Ford has finally decided that the heat’s too much and has backtracked over the Greenbelt debacle. For the latest...
read more▸The Ford government has a selective memory
From the Ontario Headwaters Institute:“Just a few weeks ago, we shared with the public and reminded the government that its...
read more▸What should we do with the Greenbelt?
This item was extracted from an email sent to Hamilton 350 by one of our members.
read more▸350 represents 350 parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.
We are at 422.03 as of September 2024
Hamilton 350 acknowledges that we are on the traditional lands of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississauga peoples, which are governed by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Agreement and are covered by the Great Lakes Purchase of 1792.