YELLOWKNIFE: Ecology North, in partnership with Alternatives North, has completed a community conversation on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience across the Northwest Territories.
SOOKE: Alysha Jones, co-chair Intersectionality and Truth and Reconciliation Committee, Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE) and member of the District of Sooke’s (DoS) Climate Action Committee (CAC), has completed a series of community conversations on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience in the Sooke region on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island.
TORONTO: The St. James Town Community Co-op has completed a series of community conversations on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience in Toronto’s St. James Town area.
Earlier this month, Green Resilience Project steering committee member (and chair of the Basic Income Canada Network) Sheila Regehr spoke to Keith Wiley on the EcoCentric Radio show about the role of income security when it comes to taking action on climate change.
Ecology North is a charitable, non-profit organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada that was formed in 1971 to support sound environmental decision-making on an individual, community and regional level. Ecology North maintains collaborative partnerships with a number of other local community and educational organizations to promote public education, sustainable living and climate change adaptation and mitigation on environmental initiatives. Jessie Golem recently sat down with project officer Richelle Castillo to talk learn more about Ecology North and their participation in the Green Resilience Project.
The Columbia Institute is an independent public policy think tank based in British Columbia. Their mission is to foster and support leadership for inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities across Canada. They believe that communities who value social justice, the environment and strong local economies are healthier and happier places to live. In December, engagement coordinator Jessie Golem sat down with Kevin Millsip and Isabella Johnson to discuss the Columbia Institute’s community conversation for local electeds in BC.
Last week, Community Futures North Central Development hosted their community conversation in northern Manitoba on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience. Prior to the conversation, conversation organizer Michelle Pruder and Green Resilience Project staff member Hannah Muhajarine were interviewed on Thompson Today to talk about their hopes for the conversation and how those interested in attending could get involved.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: On January 27, the PEI Working Group for a Livable Income hosted a community conversation on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience in PEI, with organizational support from Cooper Institute.
MONTRÉAL, QC: On January 26, Y4Y Québec completed a series of community conversations on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience facing youth in Montréal.
THOMPSON, MB: On January 26, Community Futures North Central Development hosted a community conversation on the links between climate change, income security and community resilience in northern Manitoba.