COMUNICADOS DE IMPRENSA | 2024

Rainbow Lake becomes the first town in Canada to endorse the call for a Plant Based Treaty em resposta à emergência climática

Contatos com a imprensa:

• Gereen Anderson, Plant Based Treaty Canadian Liaison [email protected]
• Anita Krajnc, coordenadora de campanha global, [email protected]

Arquivos de mídia: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d2MNeuNO68yh2SnxuC07iEhl42JRBB0J

Contatos com a imprensa:

• Gereen Anderson, Plant Based Treaty Canadian Liaison, [email protected]
• Anita Krajnc, coordenadora de campanha global, [email protected] 

Arquivos de mídia: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d2MNeuNO68yh2SnxuC07iEhl42JRBB0J

(Tarpon Springs, FL – 18 de fevereiro de 2024) - Rainbow Lake endorsed the Plant Based Treaty, becoming the first town in Canada to join the initiative to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from the food system and attributed deforestation, a key driver of the climate emergency. The proposed treaty is backed by 26 municipal governments worldwide, including Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Edinburgh. 

Em um artigo do movimento endorsing the Plant Based Treaty, the council has agreed to incorporate Plant Based Treaty into their Climate Action Plan. They will put informative posters in their community and would like to see more locally grown fruits and vegetables in community gardens and greenhouses as produce is currently not sold in the town. 

Em um artigo do afirmação, Mark Kastiro, Interim Chief Administrative Officer, who introduced Plant Based Treaty to the municipality, said, “The Town of Rainbow Lake is a small northern resource town, committed to making a global difference. We have a number of initiatives focused on reducing our carbon footprint with the goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Between our geothermal activities and initiatives such as the Plant Based Treaty, our goal is to become the type of community environmentally conscious families can be proud to live in.”

Gereen Anderson, Plant Based Treaty Canada Liaison, said, “We are excited about Canada’s first endorsement coming for a town in Alberta. I plan on visiting the town soon and providing information on how to shift towards climate-friendly plant-based diets and policies.”

Anita Krajnc, global campaign coordinator, said, “We congratulate Rainbow Lake city council for being the first town in Canada to sign the Plant Based Treaty. If a town in northern Alberta can lead the way in climate policy, then the rest of Canadian cities and towns need to follow suit and take action on plant-based food policy and diet change.”

Em 2023, incêndios florestais forçaram a evacuação da cidade, pois mais de 2,000 hectares de floresta queimaram ao sul da comunidade.

Lar de cerca de 700 moradores, Rainbow Lake, uma cidade remota no noroeste de Alberta, está tomando medidas em relação aos combustíveis fósseis. Eles devem ser os primeiros no Canadá a aquecer e fornecer energia para sua comunidade usando fontes de energia geotérmica renováveis. Rainbow Lake espera ter a cidade totalmente alimentada e aquecida por energia geotérmica até 2028. O projeto será concluído em três fases, incluindo um projeto piloto, a construção de uma instalação geotérmica e o design e instalação da infraestrutura em toda a cidade.

Climate campaigners are calling on other towns and cities to follow Rainbow Lake’s lead and help create a national council-led movement calling for a shift towards healthier, more sustainable plant-based diets. More than 1,000 councillors worldwide have signed the Plant Based Treaty, including 33 councillors from 20 towns and cities in Canada.

Contexto

O processo de Plant Based Treaty is modelled on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and inspired by treaties that have addressed the threats of ozone layer depletion and nuclear weapons. It has been endorsed by 27 municipalities worldwide, including Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Edinburgh.

Desde seu lançamento em agosto de 2021, a iniciativa recebeu apoio de 140,000 patrocinadores individuais, 5 ganhadores do Nobel, cientistas do IPCC e mais de 3000 grupos e empresas, incluindo Odd Burger e capítulos da Green Peace e Friends of the Earth.

O processo de Plant Based Treaty A iniciativa garantiu o apoio de celebridades de alto nível, incluindo Chris Packham e Paul, Mary e Stella McCartney, que emitiram uma declaração escrita pedindo aos políticos que apoiem o Tratado sobre Alimentos à Base de Plantas. Eles disseram: “Acreditamos na justiça para os animais, o meio ambiente e as pessoas. É por isso que apoiamos o Tratado sobre Alimentos à Base de Plantas.” Plant Based Treaty e instar indivíduos e governos a assiná-lo."