Hop on the bus tomorrow!

“You can know the future is uncertain, and still refuse to abandon it. You can be furious, scared, and nostalgic for what we’ve already lost—and still say, basically: screw it. I’m going to try anyway.” listen to an interview by Emily Atkin of Heated with Retro author Jessica M. Goldstein.

London Transit Services (Conventional & Specialized) will be free all day Saturday July 4th as Londoners celebrate FIFA World Cup in Victoria Park. Riders across the city can enjoy free transit on all routes for the entire day. Please be sure to check realtime.londontransit.ca before heading out to events and festivities for live arrival times.

At Monday’s London Transit Commission meeting, Ward 6 Coun. Sam Trosow proposed programs aimed at boosting ridership while helping ease traffic and parking pressures. (this motion was approved)

• explore special pass or group-buying opportunities for public employers such as St. Joseph’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London airport staff, and faculty at Fanshawe College and Western University, as well as large private employers including Canada Life and 3M.

• It also wants staff to examine the possibility of running special shuttles from city-owned parking lots or major shopping centres for high-attendance events such as London Knights games, Sunfest and Rock the Park.

Are you a regular cyclist, or interested in giving cycling a try? The City is taking requests on where Londoners would like to see a bike post on public property.

Reducing contamination in the Green Bins (tips from City of London):

• plastic bags, packaging: stuff all plastic into one bag and place in “paper” blue bin

  • Includes bags from: dry cleaning, bread, newspapers and flyers. Overwrap (paper towel & toilet paper, beverage containers). Coffee bags or deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, snack wrappers, cereal liner bags, plastic gift bags.

• hot beverage cups: go in “containers” blue bin

• cigarettes: go in landfill

• cutlery (compostable or plastic): go in landfill

• leaf and yard waste: please wait for yard waste pick up (only houseplants and flower arrangements are accepted in the green bin)

• When in doubt, use the Recycle Coach App

Three Official Butterfly Counts in July from Nature London

See the website’s event calendar for details of organized butterfly counts on July 5, 18 & 26. The conditions are often sunny and warm. You can join for a full or half day. The cost is $5.00 per person. All are welcome.

Job opportunity: Are you familiar with Joanna Macy’s “the Work that Reconnects”? They are looking for a Project Coordinator to help launch the Islands of Coherence initiative. The ideal candidate will be someone very familiar with the Work That Reconnects who can hold the complexity of a globally distributed project – effectively, creatively and with warmth and care.

At the June 17, 2026 Audit Committee Meeting, an audit report by MNP on the city’s Climate Emergency Action Plan.

(p.9) “High Risk” Observations

The audit report and the city both agree with the idea of choosing 30 high impact projects. CEAP actions must be tied to specific projects with full lifecycle (capital and operating) costing and tangible outcomes.

(p.8) The upcoming 2028-2031 Multi-Year Budget (MYB) process provides the next opportunity to incorporate additional funding for climate actions; an “investment map” could be incorporated to clearly link the funding requests to the related CEAP actions and outcomes.

• City’s response: The updating and revising of climate actions will include a critical assessment of funding needs for any new spending. Not all actions will require additional funding, however those that do will be created in such a way as to include a viable funding pathway through existing processes (e.g., MYB).

• Only 3 projects were specifically funded in the 2023-2027 Multi-Year budget due to lack of support by Council for funding. (It’s election time - ask your councillor how they voted)

• However, the timing of the comprehensive revision of the climate plan may not align with the implementation of the next MYB budget processes. It is agreed that concerted efforts need to be made to meet MYB timelines for any significant budget asks.

• Alignment of the next climate plan with strategic planning has been identified internally by Civic Administration as a priority.

Audit Finding: Clarify the treatment of CEAP related capital costs within existing asset management and budgeting frameworks.

• City’s response: Staff anticipate enhancing disclosure on the progress of CEAP initiatives undertaken by service areas through the inclusion of a dedicated Climate Change Considerations section.

The city’s Strategic Plan Performance Dashboard has 8 Areas of Focus.

Strategic Area of Focus: Climate Action and Sustainable Growth

Outcome 3: London's infrastructure and systems are built, maintained, and operated to meet the long-term needs of the community.

• Expected Result 3.1

  The infrastructure gap is managed for all assets.

Strategy A: Monitor and communicate changes in the infrastructure gap to inform management of city assets.

Action: Report annually on progress on the Corporate Asset Management Plan. Work is underway on the 2026 Corporate Asset Management Plan Progress Review, targeted for Committee in Q2 2026.

Sat July 11, 11am-12:30pm Workshop: A Greener Home Starts Here. Hosted by the London Environmental Network at the London Food Co-op, 621 Princess St.

Wed July 15, 8:30-10pm 𝗢𝘄𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗲 𝗖𝗔, first come, first served (capacity:40). Park entrance fees apply.

Sat July 18, 9:30 - 11:30am Antler River Rally clean up event. Location TBD

Wed Aug 12, 4-5pm Monthly Dose of Climate Hope with Bill McKibben. In conversation with Sam Matey-Coste, of Climate Action Now, Bill will share what decades of climate activism have taught him about hope, power, and progress — and why the movement is both stronger and more urgent than ever before.

Fridays for Future 2:30 - 3:30pm continues every Friday at the corner of Dufferin and Wellington streets. Bring a sign, or just come to chat and experience fellowship with other concerned citizens. This is a small group, dedicated to holding a place for youth in support of Greta Thunberg’s global movement.

LEARN MORE at ClimateActionLondon.ca

Better Future with Michael Mezz

We get into why mainstream economics leaves out ecology, inequality, and human wellbeing – and what a 21st century economic framework should look like. Kate introduces doughnut economics: a model for meeting the needs of all people within the planetary boundaries of the planet. We discuss the fictional character (“the rational man”) at the core of mainstream economics, the entrenched narratives holding us back, and how cities like Amsterdam are adopting doughnut economics to move towards a better future.

If you only have 10 minutes, skip to my favourite part: Kate takes these conversations to the circus. Battle for the Biosphere: Nature versus Finance (video:1:08:30) An inspirational example of making climate conversations fun and interactive when Kate dons a top hat.

Her next project is titled: How rich is too much? She poses the question: If we have a poverty line, should we not also have an extreme wealth line?

Learn more about the Doughnut Economics Action Lab: https://doughnuteconomics.org/