In 2010, Project Neutral was incubated by Civic Action's Emerging Leaders Network. We launched in Toronto's Riverdale and Junction neighbourhoods, with a strong focus on neighbourhood action and distributed leadership. We worked closely with community leaders, providing Torontonians with tools to establish a greenhouse gas baseline, see how they compare to their neighbours, and explore... Continue Reading →
We Can Fix It
What is We Can Fix It? It’s actionable, relatable, expert climate advice directly from me: climate scientist, professor and writer Kim Nicholas. I’m on a mission to help stabilize the climate in time to avoid catastrophic climate change, while making life on Earth better for people and nature. I could really use your help, which is... Continue Reading →
The last decade was defined by commitments to tackle the climate crisis. It began with a slow trickle and ended in a torrent of countries, cities and companies announcing goals to end deforestation, shift away from coal, transition to electric vehicles and more. Many of these commitments were in pursuit of a massive goal –... Continue Reading →
Repost: 3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick
Repost: The Climate Dots Need to Be Connected
The cloak of manipulation must be removed. Ecological tipping points are being breached all around us and yet the rhetoric from those who have the power to steer us in a safer direction remains essentially the same. They continue to tell us that we need more and faster Green Growth to solve this challenge DESPITE... Continue Reading →
Global warming has increased the number of extreme weather events around the world by 400% since the 1980s. Countries know how to stop the damage from worsening: stop burning fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy, electrify transportation and industry, and reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture. But none of this is happening fast enough... Continue Reading →
3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize
The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the world’s highest-emitting systems, highlighting where recent progress made in reducing GHG emissions, scaling up carbon removal, and increasing climate finance must accelerate over the next decade to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit warming to... Continue Reading →
State of Climate Action 2022
New Leaders Making Big Moves: The Culture-makers Opening Up New Possibilities for Climate Action
Traditionally we’ve looked toward politicians and business leaders to take the climate action the world needs. But today, we need to look to new leaders and new sectors to make big moves. In this panel, we’ll use the live events industry to explore how musicians and athletes—as cultural icons and changemakers—can move climate action faster,... Continue Reading →
Joining with others who share our outrage and convictions can be an antidote to despair, reminding us we’re part of a caring community that craves change. Instead of searching for shaky hope from the quiet of our screens, we can give up on hopes and instead look for concrete, ambitious action. Taking collective action in... Continue Reading →
Don’t just hope for climate action — head to your municipal election voting booth
The Supreme Court’s explosive decision on abortion rights may trigger a secondary boom of climate voters in the midterm election by driving more women to the polls. Election officials have reported a surge in female voter registration in the nearly 12 weeks since the high court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The June... Continue Reading →
For climate voters, the future is female
One billion for the climate We want to inspire one billion people to remove carbon dioxide from the air and fight climate change Our story Our two co-founders, Jan and Christoph, met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich and quickly became friends. Aside from their love of engineering, they both shared a... Continue Reading →
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Getting Unstuck: How We Accelerate Climate Action
Speaker: Jonathan Foley, Executive Director, Project Drawdown . Video Source
empowerment & inner transformation... 