(This campaign reminds me a lot of this.)
From Canadians.org:
Canada is a cold country and we need energy to stay warm and to heat our homes. But Canada’s lack of an energy policy is like sending someone out into the cold with only one mitten – one hand stays warm while the other freezes.
Without west-to-east pipelines, we do not have a way to get energy to all parts of the country. All Canadians deal with the impacts of an energy market focused on sending the majority of our oil and gas south to the energy-hungry United States, no matter what the environmental or societal cost to Canadians.
Take action!
Send one mitten to Prime Minister Stephen Harper or your local Member of Parliament and tell them that you support a Canadian Energy Strategy that will give Canadians secure energy supplies, guaranteed access to energy reserves in times of need, and strong policies that protect our environment and focus on finding alternative, less harmful energy solutions.
Thousands of mittens from Canadians across the country will send a strong message that politicians cannot let corporations and the market set the agenda, focusing on big business needs, and privatizing public services, while ignoring the energy security needs of Canadians.
Send a mitten with your own message in support of a Canadian Energy Strategy. Take a picture with your mitten and e-mail it to us at mitten@canadians.org so we can show how people across the country are taking a stand and demanding government action.
Send your mitten in support of a Canadian Energy Strategy now!
Mail it to: Office of the Prime Minister, 80 Wellington Street, Ottawa K1A 0A2.
Download the PDF for more information here.
(Mostly unrelated, check out this sleeping bag made out of mittens, or “Mitten Bag,” made by Canadian artist Karina Bergmans.)
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An energy strategy, yes, but what the Council of Canadians is proposing is actually a petroleum reserve. Campaigning for mitten sending at the local market, they informed me they wanted 60 million barrels of oil stored up somewhere (they weren't sure where). 60 million! What about investing that money in windmills or solar power instead?
Posted by Natalie
January 26, 2008, 10 PM
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