COLD WEATHER TIPS AND RESOURCES (ALBERTA BASED)
all resources will be alberta based as that is where i am located, however i’d like to expand this list to the rest of my nation’s homelands which are saskatchewan and manitoba mainly.
i made this post the other day and i wanted to add more resources and information!
my basic tips for anyone in the cold
1. Layers will save your life wether you have actual winter gear or not. I exclusively wear baggy pants for comfort and style, but also so that i can wear at least 2 base layers, my go-to is a base layer of waffle weave long johns under tapered sweatpants (tapered is important to me personally, It makes it so i can tuck my pants into my boots easily!)
2. the rule with layering is that you still must have your entire range of motion so that you can keep blood flow to all your extremities, ESPECIALLY your fingers and toes. If two pairs of socks make it so you can’t move your toes around, ditch the second layer. Same with gloves. On that note- i prefer mittens to gloves with individual fingers. They might have more mobility but mittens are more comfortable for me personally.
3. Wind protection- staying out of the wind is the most important part of all of this. wind chill can make the air feel significantly colder, wind burn and frostbite can set in within 10 minutes of skin being exposed to extreme cold like the -40 C and below weather alberta has been experiencing. Wether you protect yourself from the wind.
4. if you absolutely have to sleep rough find a place that is a) safe and accessible for you and your needs b) out of the wind, and c) a place you can set up a tent or tarp. i can’t stress enough how much colder the wind makes things.
5. FOR HOUSED FOLKS. ESPECIALLY SETTLERS. if you see someone sleeping rough, use the resources provided. ask them if they need help. hell, if you have a spare room, heated garage, empty basement, fucking let your neighbours in!!! do what you can within your means and with the privilege you have. if you can’t provide a warm space you can provide other necessities.
necessities for unhoused folks braving this weather:
-MONEY (i can’t stress this enough. i don’t care if they buy drugs or alcohol, harm reduction saves lives)
- hand warmers
-easy to eat snacks (nothing crunchy, lots of folks have dental issues)
-gloves
-toques
-scarves
-socks
-long johns and leggings (waffle knit is everything in this weather)
-wind breakers/wind pants
-winter jackets and snow pants
-sturdy warm shoes
-water bottles
-cigarettes
-gift cards for food (i know a lot of you got tim’s cards for christmas)
EDMONTON/CALGARY/LETHBRIDGE RESOURCES:
Mohkinstsis/Calgary
Bear Clan goes out on patrol every friday night. there are also bear clan groups in manitoba!
https://instagram.com/bearclanpatrolcalgary?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=
CALL 211 IF YOU SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS! THIS NUMBER ALSO WORKS IN EDMONTON.
Amiskwaciywâskahikan/Edmonton
PRAIRIE SAGE PROTECTORS
https://instagram.com/prairie.sage.protectors?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=
BOYLE STREET COMMUNITY SERVICES
again, like i mentioned before you can also call 211 in calgary for someone in distress!
SIKOOHKOTOKI/LETHBRIDGE
user @goldswords informed me of Sage Clan in Lethbridge who are out there saving lives in the community! here is their profile. keep in mind these are only the major cities of alberta, please feel free to add any resources you know of!
https://instagram.com/sageclanlethbridge?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=
REMEMBER THE LAND NEEDS THE COLD. THIS COLD IS NATURAL, WHAT IS NOT NATURAL IS THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE WEATHER AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE STREETS.
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i do not pity israel. never have, and never will.
each night that gaza experiences is deadlier than the last, as idf soldiers record propaganda tiktoks, make rave parties and grwms and fit checks, gloat over having food and water, and film themselves deriving sadistic pleasure from torturing their hostages and victims and desecrating the dead.
Palestinians have to display their martyred before the camera for you to believe the atrocities that the zionist entity has subjected them to. they cannot even mourn in private. the apartheid entity murders them in cold blood, and you deliver the killing blow by doubting them.
babies whose families have been killed will never get to know their own name.
i can't reshare a tenth of the videos and photos that cross my timeline. i have seen more dead children in the past month than i have known death my entire life.
israeli settlers burn olive trees, bomb bakeries and fishing boats, shower white phosphorus and earthquake bombs on the captive civilians of gaza. you already know about the disastrous effects of white phosphorus, but earthquake bombs were last used during ww2 to wipe out entire cities.
how holy is the land that seeks to be built over the mass graves of thousands of children? is it holier than the miracle of a child being born in this hypocritical world?
all 11 universities in gaza have been bombed. academics should be agitating right now, especially those who call themselves "decolonial thinkers." destruction of universities is a sinisterly deliberate act to sabotage the Palestinians who will survive this great catastrophe.
the act of cleansing your hands before prayer is extremely important to muslims. no part of us can remotely comprehend the grief of the mother who refused to wash her hands from the blood of her children after losing them in a zionist airstrike over gaza. "I swear I won't wash them, I won't wash my hands, how else am I supposed to sleep near my kids."
it is only both moral and right when one side defends itself. the other side are the price of war, no better than insects and cattle and sheep left to die within the four walls of the slaughterhouse.
this situation should not be up for debate, but let me finish with one final thing : do your research about Palestine. HOWEVER. you do not need a degree in middle east studies to object to an ongoing genocide. if someone outwits you in a debate about historical details and every nuance of a subject, you were and will remain entirely correct in objecting to a genocide.
may those martyred rest in peace and be reunited again with their loved ones in heaven's eternal vastness.
DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE.
glory to Palestinian resistance. from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
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