Our conversations - shared expertise, stories, anecdotes - help us discover what we can offer each other. In fact, our lives depend on inter-dependence - the nurse, the nurturer, the tech genius, the farmer, the field hand. What a shambles our world would be in without the diverse skills, approaches and gifts we offer one another.

In this blog post, volunteer Coleman Camps explains why the story of the regreening of Sudbury should give us hope. 

Please consider signing and sharing this petition calling for the federal government to immediately secure and decontaminate the G&R Recycling facility in Kanesatake, and to enact measures to address systemic environmental racism. The deadline to sign the peition is June 17,

Support seven young people who will be taking their case to Ontario’s Superior Court in September. Represented by Ecojustice, they are arguing that when the Ontario government rolled back its climate ambition, it infringed on their Charter rights to life, liberty, and security of the person.

The Na-Me-Res Annual Traditional Pow Wow returns to Fort York, Toronto, on Saturday, June 18 with drummers, dancers and artisan and food vendors. On Sunday, June 19, the Indigenous Arts Festival continues, with an Indigenous Food Market and live music performances. Shop at the Indigenous Artisans Market both days and see month-long art installations.

This is a virtual Indigenous Women’s Circle to celebrate Indigenous women activists

Join this thought-provoking virtual event on how we could create a more humane economy, with Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Executive Director of the David Suzuki Foundation, and Mark Carney, the UN special envoy on climate action and finance, and Vice Chair of Brookfield Asset Management.

Through songs, stories, film, photos and music videos, NOMAD will take you on the journey of the Canadian Inuit over the last several thousand years, shedding light on some of the psychological and cultural impacts of rapid change in the North.

This free event is sponsored by Green 13 and PHP4 Climate Action to promote electric bicycles and upright scooters for cost effective transportation and a better neighbourhood.  Registration is available but not required.

Rennie Park is at 1 Rennie Terrace, Toronto (south of Bloor and Runnymede)

Since 2018, the Climate Solutions Project has been following media coverage to see where the gaps are when it comes to renewable energy stories and how the energy narrative reflects people and communities. This report shows that there is momentum happening.

The International Energy Agency has released their Global EV Outlook 2022 report, in which they report that electric car sales have quadrupled since 2018 and accounted for 10% of global car sales in 2021.

In her book Still Hopeful, Maude Barlow asks what can be done to “inspire young people to see that the life of an activist is a good life?"  Read the review by Peter G. Prontzos in Canada’s National Observer. Barlow is a founding member of the Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada and the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the human right to water. Throughout an advocacy career spanning over 40 years, Maude Barlow has authored or co-authored 18 books and contributed to dozens of reports.