Action Updates
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.
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
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).
Upcoming Events
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 .
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.