Our ski club is highly dependent on the weather so our members are keenly aware of climate change and its implications. We are also concerned about our club activities’ impact on climate change.
Recent initiatives to reduce our club’s carbon footprint include:
- retrofitted one of the park’s ATVs with tracks. This will allow us to replace one snowmobile with this ATV. It is a more efficient, less polluting machine that is also much better at navigating the terrain and conditions in the park. Better trails and better for the environment!
- supported the Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation and Our Perth Trees for tree planting.
We encourage members to donate to the Club’s Green fund at registration.
Climate change is the defining crisis of our time and it is happening even more quickly than we feared. But we are far from powerless in the face of this global threat. As Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out in September, “the climate emergency is a race we are losing, but it is a race we can win”.
No corner of the globe is immune from the devastating consequences of climate change. Rising temperatures are fueling environmental degradation, natural disasters, weather extremes, food and water insecurity, economic disruption, conflict, and terrorism. Sea levels are rising, the Arctic is melting, coral reefs are dying, oceans are acidifying, and forests are burning. [insert: Locally we have witnessed a dramatic reduction in the length of the ski season over the last few years.] It is clear that business as usual is not good enough. As the infinite cost of climate change reaches irreversible highs, now is the time for bold collective action.
https://www.un.org/en/un75/climate-crisis-race-we-can-win
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