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Student upcycles badminton birdies bound for landfill

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · 8d

Anya Yang turns badminton birdies into useful works of art. This 17-year-old Ontario student , co-founded Birdie UP Canada to sell upcycled birdies. The group sends proceeds to World Wildlife Fund. @coveringclimatenow.org @worldwildlife.org @climatedesk.org www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o...

Anya Yang turns badminton birdies bound for the landfill into useful works of art. This 17-year-old highschool student from Markham, Ontario, co-founded Birdie UP Canada to sell upcycled birdies. The ...

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 15d

Opus Dei "on the cusp of ceasing to exist"

A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

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A recent report hints at the imminent suppression of this abusive group

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · 15d

Claire Lee is painting a safer future. This 16-year-old high school student from Surrey, British Columbia, invented a recipe for high-quality, non-toxic, plant-friendly watercolour paints. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/07/o... @climatedesk.org @coveringclimatenow.org @katharinehayhoe.com

Student paints a more environmentally-friendly future

Claire Lee is painting a safer future. This 16-year-old highschool student from Surrey, British Columbia, invented a recipe for high-quality, non-toxic, plant-friendly watercolour paints.

An Inuit community installs Nunavut's first wind turbine

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · 23d

Clara Phillips is helping Nunavut return to quiet. 25-year-old engineer-in-training from Newfoundland leading installation of Nunavut’s first wind turbine and battery. @climatedesk.org @coveringclimatenow.org @katharinehayhoe.com @billmckibben.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/06/o...

Clara Phillips is helping Nunavut return to quiet. As development project manager at Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation, this 25-year-old engineer-in-training from Newfoundland is leading the installat...

Young entrepreneur diverts discarded furniture from landfills

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 30

Saanich, BC-based Elwyn Thom Upcycled sofas feel even more comfortable when you buy at deeply discounted prices knowing you helped divert more than 100,000 pounds of waste from landfills. @climatedesk.org @coveringclimatenow.org www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/29/o...

Saanich, BC-based Elwyn Thom upcycles unwanted couches so they are like new and resells them at deeply discounted prices. His work has diverted more than 100,000 pounds of waste from landfills.

Teen urges others to embrace climate education

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 24

Lily YangLiu social media educator and advocate, ensuring youth voices represented at international climate talks. This 16-year-old also advises the BC government on climate curriculum and is designing a 135-hour climate education program. @climatedesk.org www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/o...

Lily YangLiu is a social media educator and advocate who ensures youth voices are represented at international climate talks. This 16-year-old also advises the BC government on climate curriculum and ...

Students work to waste not, want not

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · Sep 22

"I have spent the last few weeks addressing and preparing for a military invasion by the President of the United States. No, I’m not a soldier or a foreign adversary. I’m the Governor of Illinois"

Be Loud — For America

By Governor JB Pritzker

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 15

If this 16 year old can help her school cut food waste by half we grown ups can do it at home! @climatedesk.org @coveringclimatenow.org @https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/15/opinion/students-waste-food-ontario

Dyanne Jiang is making food waste abnormal. The 16-year-old, Grade 12 student at Appleby College in Oakville, Ont., conceived, co-founded and runs the school’s WasteZero program, empowering students t...

Students work to waste not, want not

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 15

Dyanne Jiang is making food waste abnormal. The 16-year-old Grade 12 student at Appleby College in Oakville, Ont., conceived, co-founded and runs the school’s WasteZero program, empowering students to cut food waste in half over the school year. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/15/o...

Dyanne Jiang is making food waste abnormal. The 16-year-old, Grade 12 student at Appleby College in Oakville, Ont., conceived, co-founded and runs the school’s WasteZero program, empowering students t...

Student helps others step into the future

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 10

We cannot create what we don't imagine. Quinn MacAskill helps us imagine a better future. This 20-year-old Dalhousie University student asks groups, “What is your dream for your community?” Then, she helps participants work together to step into that future. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/08/o...

Quinn MacAskill helps us imagine a better future. This 20-year-old Dalhousie University student asks groups, 'What is your dream for your community?' Then, she helps participants work together to step...

Teen urges others to embrace climate education

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Sep 1

16 year old Lily YangLiu social media whiz helps millions in China link day to day weather and climate, ensures youth heard at international climate talks. advises BC government on climate curriculum and designing a 135-hour climate education program. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/o...

Lily YangLiu is a social media educator and advocate who ensures youth voices are represented at international climate talks. This 16-year-old also advises the BC government on climate curriculum and ...

What kind of Canada do we want to build?

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Aug 14

The economic future will belong to countries that can supply affordable, clean power for their economies, writes @Jamie Biggar www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/13/o...

The economic future will belong to countries that can supply affordable, clean power for their economies.

Students learn to love the ocean

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Aug 12

When kids love the ocean they will protect it. Kanshan Lal is making that happen @seasmart.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/06/o...

Kanchan Lal helps young people fall in love with the ocean. As managing director of Vancouver-based Sea Smart, she oversees programs that inspire thousands of students to explore, understand and prote...

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · Aug 6

I wish as many people wanted to actually click on Teen Vogue stories as like a post about our work being good and important, because this post is almost at 20k likes and that would be pretty good traffic!

Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · Aug 6

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · Jul 5

19 new businesses open in Victoria’s comeback story

19 new stores opened their doors in Victoria since April, signaling that businesses are ready to defy the odds and bank on the city

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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · Jul 30

solar power + indigenous art + building reuse wow! My news to me good news for July 30 #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries nicenews.com/environment/...

Canada Houses the World’s Largest Solar Panel Mural

In Canada, an eco-friendly apartment building now features the world’s largest solar panel mural showcasing Indigenous artwork.

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 29

Some of us talk about the circular economy and some of us actually do it. Canadas National Observer www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/o...

How a young leader is building the circular economy

Abhi Mishra, co-founder of Mosa Technologies, has over the past two years played a key role in diverting more than 40,000 glass bottles from waste bins, instead converting them into beautifully upcycl...

Landmark court ruling a stark rebuke of Canadian position on climate change

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 24

“Canada's pursuit of mega fossil fuel expansion projects stands in stark defiance of the ICJ... This historic ruling is not merely a legal opinion; it's a global mandate that shatters any illusion of continued fossil fuel impunity." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/23/n...

The ICJ finding is a watershed moment in the fight against climate change that should send shivers down the spine of the fossil fuel industry, while threatening to upend the legality of Prime Minister...

How best to arrive at a low-carbon future together

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 23

Most of us want government to do more on climate. But how? Lauretta Pearse depolarises Canada’s energy conversation. At Alberta’s Energy Futures Lab she works o understand how best to arrive at the low-carbon future most want. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/21/o...

Lauretta Pearse is depolarizing Canada’s energy conversation. As a Fellow at Alberta’s Energy Futures Lab (EFL), she is part of a diverse group searching to understand people’s perspectives on how bes...

A French podcast brings climate conversations to young listeners

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sasha Emery brings climate conversations to young francophones. This 22-year-old from Yukon and her Franco-Manitoban friend, Anne-Sophie Règnier, produce the Conversations Climatiques podcast. Talking about climate change brings community and comfort. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/09/o...

Sasha Emery brings climate conversations to young francophones. This 22-year-old from Yukon and her Franco-Manitoban friend, Anne-Sophie Règnier, produce the Conversations Climatiques podcast. Sasha r...

Trump's Tariffs Are Just the Beginning

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 14

open.substack.com/pub/charliea... Charlie Angus is right more often than not. The risk of not taking the risk seriously is too risky. And stupid.

Is Canada the next Ukraine?

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Alberta will never double its oil production

Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 10

Danielle Smith wants to see Alberta double its oil production. The separatists she keeps catering to want to see it increase even higher. They're both delusional — and deliberately avoiding the China-shaped elephant in the room. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/10/o...

Both Danielle Smith and the separatists she keeps enabling want to see Alberta double its oil production. Spoiler: It won't be Mark Carney or the Liberal government that ends up stopping them.

How to craft laws that protect the most vulnerable to climate change

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 7

Jessica Kai Paisley is helping craft international laws that lift the voices of women and others whose vulnerability is multiplied in the presence of climate impacts. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/07/o...

Jessica Kai Paisley is helping craft international laws that lift up the voices of women and others whose vulnerability is multiplied in the presence of climate impacts. This 27-year-old legal scholar...

Will you be in the carbon capture ‘kill zone’?

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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · Jul 7

Being exposed to concentrated carbon dioxide is like being suffocated by a ghost. You can’t see it, can’t smell it, and the only way to tell you’re being poisoned is because you’re struggling to breathe. If you’re exposed long enough, you will die. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/a...

If plans to expand carbon capture technology are pursued, it will mean a network of hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres of concentrated CO2 pipelines running under communities and Indigenous nat...