Winter in Canada is always a long season, but it is not an idle one. The period of rest and reflection that characterizes the start of a New Year is also accompanied by the planting of many promising seeds. This has certainly been the case for the Community Climate Transitions (CCT) team this year. We’ve been hard at work on a number of new offerings that are now blossoming into existence, and we’re excited to finally share some of them with you today.
April has brought sunshine and warm temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere, and we’re feeling refreshed and energized in our efforts to accelerate collaborative climate action. Wherever you are, we hope the seeds of change you’ve been planting in your community are bringing you renewed energy to spring into action, too!
Podcast Playlist is a new series bringing you some of the best audio storytelling on climate change.
The first article features a curated list of 16 episodes that will take you on a three-part journey from understanding the basics of climate change, to learning from the intersectional leadership of Indigenous and other frontline communities, to exploring climate activism as a source of connection, joy and purpose.
We are kicking off another new series packed with actionable strategies and thoughtful prompts that invite all of us to rekindle our love of nature, honour our climate emotions, and find joy in the work ahead.
The first article spotlights 15 powerful stories of courageous and visionary leadership on the theme of hope and action.
Check out Communities for Climate, Gender, Racial and Income Equity by Tamarack’s Co-CEO Danya Pastuszek, Natasha Beedie of Assembly of First Nations and Tamarack Board member, and Laura Schnurr from Tamarack’s CCT team.
The regional county municipality of Collines-de-l'Outaouais, home to CCT members Chelsea and La Pêche, recently introduced a new transit service that is contributing to greater accessibility, inclusion and sustainability in the region.
Speakers: Betsy Agar, Paul Kershaw and Morag Carter
Safe, adequate and affordable housing is not only essential to tackling the climate emergency, but a crucial requirement to ensuring a brighter future for people in Canada and abroad.
Did you know that we run a public Community of Practice on SDG Localization?
Join us May 30, 2023, as we welcome Ana Guerra Marin of Iron & Earth to learn from her experience engaging fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers in implementing climate solutions. Ana will be sharing actionable strategies on how to communicate about climate change in productive and momentum-building ways, even in polarizing local contexts.
Together, we'll unpack questions around the complex dynamics of advocacy and engagement that is focused on the grassroots level (mobilizing everyday people behind a cause) versus the grasstops (targeting politicians and other influential people).
Indy Johar is one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on civic economies. In his conversation with CCT Director Laura Schnurr, the founder of Dark Matter Labs unpacks the types of local institutions and infrastructure that can help us reach net zero while leaving no one behind, and much more.
The Energy Mix, a non-profit community news site and e-digest that delivers top-notch climate reporting and a partner of ours at Tamarack, just launched the Cities & Communities digest last week. We’re pleased to contribute to this as a member of their Cities & Communities Sounding Board. Sign up to receive the digest.
Tamarack Co-Founder Paul Born has a new book in which he shared stories of how he was able to catalyze local communities and guide them to make significant progress on seemingly intractable community problems. Find it here!
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