Hamilton's Climate Action Group

Action Updates

November 20th, 2024 | 7pm

We’re in the process of uploading the video from November 20th – Defending Hamilton’s Firm Urban Boundary – to the website and our YouTube channel. Watch this space.

Our next Action Update, 2025: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, will be on Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm. Register here for the Zoom link. Alex Wilson, Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 13, and Brian McHattie, HCA board member and former Hamilton City Councillor, will join Hamilton 350’s Don McLean and Lucia Iannantuono in looking ahead at some of the issues facing us in 2025.

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.

Nov 2024
Firm Urban Boundary

Craig Cassar (Councillor, Ward 12); Phil Pothen (Counsel, Environmental Defence)
Defending Hamilton’s firm urban boundary against speculator expansion.

Craig’s slide deck

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).

Getting off gas
Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Fighting Urban Sprawl
Transit for All

Take Action

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.

shift

Tell your pension fund to vote for climate safety at this April’s Big Bank AGMs.
shift

4 April, 1pm ET: Webinar to present key findings from Shift's 2023 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card.
sue-big-oil

11 April, 10pm ET: Join the Sue Big Oil 101 Webinar for an overview of the Sue Big Oil campaign.

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.

Group page 

Conservation
Matters​

Responding to local attacks on the environment.

Group page 

Elders 4 Climate
Sanity

Taking climate action for the next generation and beyond.

Group page  

Fossil Fuel
Resistance​

Promoting the transition to renewable energy.

Group page 

Transit
Matters​

Pushing for free, frequent and electric transit.

Group page 

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).

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Upcoming Events

22
Jan

H350 Action Update

  • https://shorturl.at/IOcHk View on Map
    2025-01-22
    19:00 - 20:30
    23
    Jan

    Conservation Matters

  • https://shorturl.at/bkyHY View on Map
    2025-01-23
    16:00 - 17:00
    30
    Jan

    Conservation Matters

  • https://shorturl.at/bkyHY View on Map
    2025-01-30
    16:00 - 17:00
    31
    Jan

    E4CS Bank Action

    Meet at the York Street entrance to the farmer's market.
  • Jackson Square View on Map
    2025-01-31
    11:30 - 12:30
    06
    Feb

    Conservation Matters

  • https://shorturl.at/bkyHY View on Map
    2025-02-06
    16:00 - 17:00
    06
    Feb

    Climate Justice

  • https://shorturl.at/bkyHY View on Map
    2025-02-06
    17:00 - 18:00

    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

    For this statistic—and much more—see the website CO2-Earth .
    Wampum belt
     

    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.