ºClimate Day

In the Media

// October 16th, 2009 // Comments Off // Media

International Call to Action
CBC

Canadians join international day of action against climate change
Global TV

Media Advisory: Award-Winning Filmmaker, Rob Stewart (Sharkwater), to Emcee C …
Market Wire (press release) – ‎Oct 22, 2009‎
What: C-Day: Fill the Hill – The largest citizen mobilization movement on climate change in Canadian history, held in alliance with 350.org’s International …

Unprecedented number of Canadians to take part in world’s largest political …
Canada NewsWire (press release) – ‎Oct 22, 2009‎
“Canadian youth are embarrassed by our federal government’s do-nothing approach to climate change,” said Gracen Johnson, Director of C-Day: Fill The Hill. …

Students look for allies to fight climate change
Belleville Intelligencer – Luke Hendry – ‎Oct 21, 2009‎
Marysville’s Stephanie Whalen and her brother, Justin, are organizing bus trips for what’s being called “C-Day: Fill the Hill,” a peaceful rally intended to …

Students encouraged to Fill the Hill in Ottawa
Ontarian – Guelph,ON,Canada
On Oct. 24, Parliament Hill in Ottawa will be swarmed with people … Gracen Johnson, a 20 year-old environmental advocate and international …

Fill the Hill event to draw attention to climate change
Guelph Mercury – Guelph,Ontario,Canada
Gracen Johnson, a third-year University of Guelph student, and Aiden Abram, an alumnus of the university, are organizing Fill the Hill, an event aimed at …

Guelph Student Aims to ‘Fill the Hill’ on Climate Action Day
Canada Views – Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
… said organizer Gracen Johnson. The 20-year-old environmental advocate and U of G international development student is urging people from all backgrounds …

Making mischief will matter: Grassroots action heats up in lead-up to Copenhagen climate summit
Now Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
The following week, October 24 is International Day of Climate Action, and the big push is for a large “fill the hill” action on Parliament Hill in Ottawa…. (more…)

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// October 9th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // In The News, Media, Press

Largest National Climate Change Rally to Fill Parliament Hill on October 24

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Ottawa, ON – On October 24, thousands of Canadians will converge on Parliament Hill to effect legislative action on climate change prior to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen this December. This rally is called C-Day: Fill the Hill (www.climateday.ca), and is being organized by a Canadian citizens’ collective exemplifying new-age grassroots mobilization.

The C-Day rally is Canada’s largest among over 1700 worldwide on the International Day for Climate Action, coordinated by 350.org. C-Day: Fill the Hill has partnered with KYOTOplus, Avaaz, Oxfam Canada, Power Shift Canada, and the Canadian Federation of Students, to name a few, to assist with programming and recruitment.

“We hear of more people coming every day and we have been developing an efficient system of regional networking,” says C-Day Founder, Gracen Johnson. “On my own campus at the University of Guelph, our Fill the Hill sign-up and information session was the largest student-organized meeting I’ve ever attended.” (more…)

Featured in NOW Magazine

// October 8th, 2009 // Comments Off // Media, Press

We’ve got wheels and we’re rolling downhill! The story is picking up.

Here’s what NOW Magazine of Toronto is saying:

Since the pen is said to be a mighty weapon in the right hands, next week’s Blog Action Day is a potentially arresting innovation of another kind. The intent is to unite the world’s bloggers around a common climate theme for one day on October 15. If writers and readers unite, the combined audience of the blogosphere’s outpourings could be mammoth.

The following week, October 24 is International Day of Climate Action, and the big push is for a large “fill the hill” action on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Check out climateday.ca. for info on Ottawa, and 350.org for Toronto plans.

Read the whole article here.

Everybody’s Talking! Featured in the University of Guelph news!

// October 7th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // In The News, Media, Word on The Hill

Here we are featured in the University of Guelph press!

Guelph Student Aims to ‘Fill the Hill’ on Climate Action Day

October 07, 2009 – News Release

A University of Guelph student is spearheading a national initiative to get thousands of people to gather on Parliament Hill on Oct. 24 to push for action on climate change.

Climate Day: Fill the Hill will be the largest event to take place in Canada as part of the International Day of Climate Action, said organizer Gracen Johnson. The 20-year-old environmental advocate and U of G international development student is urging people from all backgrounds and all parts of the country to carpool, charter buses, take trains or use any other form of sustainable transportation to Ottawa and help make history.

“By coming together on Oct. 24, Canadians from all walks of life can make their voices heard on the most important issue facing our planet,” said Johnson, whose activism was inspired by hearing David Suzuki say that the only way to affect legislative action on climate change is to fill Parliament Hill with concerned citizens.

“It’s not intended to be an angry finger-wag at the government,” she said. “We just want to show our politicians that Canadians not only support them in making some difficult and brave choices in order to do what’s right, but we also insist they do what’s right, rather than what’s easy or politically expedient.” (more…)

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// October 3rd, 2009 // Comments Off // Media, Press

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October 24 is the International Day of Climate Action. 350.org is assembling thousands of rallies around the world. C-Day: Fill the Hill will be among the largest globally. (more…)