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Savehockey.ca
Ever want to fight greenhouse gas emissions simply by lacing up your skates?
Well now you can!!!
To find out more read below or go to www.savehockey.ca
If you are in or are coming to Montreal - we need players, referees, and a cheering audience for an event we are staging outside the UN climate conference tentatively scheduled for Nov. 30th.
If you're interested, would like to help out, or want to donate gear contact Rosa at director@syc-cjs.org, or Mike at itstimetoriseup@gmail.com.
Below is a list of the roles and resources that we need.
If you aren't in Montreal but still want to slow global climate change - you can participate by holding a small rally and/or a hockey game on Dec. 3rd (the International Day of Action on Climate Change - www.globalclimatecampaign.org. A group in London is organizing a march to a rink where they will have hockey players speak on climate change before they lace up their skates and play a game.
Why hockey?
Well climate change is destroying our ability to play hockey outdoors go to www.savehockey.ca for more information. (It would be AMAZING!!! To have games right across the country).
Here is what we need:
Roles:
* Players to play in the actual game (on roller blades)
* A Referee
* An announcer
* People to help construct a rink
* People to help infuse french into the script
Resources needed:
* Hockey equipment (pads for 10 players and 2 goalies)
* Two hockey nets
* A portable PA system
* A puck or ball
* 10 sticks, 2 goalie sticks
* A truck (to transport)
* A foldable table.
* Hockey noise makers
* A portable ghetto
* The hockey night in Canada theme music.
Overview:
From the 28th of November to the 10th of December delegates from around the world will be coming together in Montreal for what is likely the most important conference on climate change ever convened. The conference will not only be to update the progress made on commitments outlined in the Kyoto protocol but hopefully to set new commitments for the future. If no commitments are made there is a very real chance that not only will there be no plan to reduce the increasingly devastating effects of global warming but existing initiatives may also collapse eg. the carbon market.
In the lead-up to and during the Montreal conference it is important that we get as many people interested in the process as possible. This means reaching out to previously untapped communities to put as much pressure on the Canadian government to produce a new agreement as possible.
In this vein we are launching a campaign to save hockey. What does hockey have to do with climate change? The increase in global temperatures caused by climate change will have a tremendous effect on outdoor hockey because ice quantity and quality will diminish. Fewer continuous cold days means that it is more difficult to produce a good ice surface. Ice that is produced can be slushy and will not last as long. Without ice, there can be no outdoor hockey, and future Wayne Gretzky's may never hone their skills in the backyard rink.
While we readily acknowledge the serious issues of climate change we must also acknowledge that new attempts must be made to reach out to currently uninterested groups. "Save Hockey, Fight Climate Change" aims to do just that. It touches on a major Canadian value and brings the seriousness of the climate change issue to new people.
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