Climate Futures, Design and the Just Transition – A Symposium

The Rhode Island School of Design The RISD Auditorium 7 Canal Walk, Providence River Greenway, Providence, RI, United States

At a time when climate politics would seem to be stuck between a state of “melancholic paralysis” (Wark, 2015) and “passive nihilism” (Connolly, 2016), mobilizations occurring around just transitions stand as one of the few bright spots on the horizon. Discussions of just transitions are at different stages of development. They come with the usual bundle of […]

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Sensing the Anthropocene: Aesthetic Attunement in an Age of Urgency

Millieux Seminar Room - Concordia University 1515 Ste Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Speculative Energy Futures Co-Investigator Natalie Loveless is the 2018-2019 Visiting Scholar for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture in Montreal, Quebec. She is presenting two talks in the series, Sensing the Anthropocene.  The second talk is titled "Aesthetic Attunement in an Age of Urgency." This talk will describe a new research project on art […]

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The Right to Exist: An Evening of Arts and Culture

West Jasper Sherwood Community Centre 9620 152 St NWT5P 4N9, Edmonton, Alberta

Join Migrante Alberta and Climate Justice Edmonton for an evening of food, arts and culture to mark International Human Rights Day and International Migrants' Day. "The Right to Exist" will bring together a wide range of activists, organizers, and artists from across Treaty 6 territory to share food, stories, dances, visual art, and spoken word […]

Amiskwaciy in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en— Treaty 6

Beaver Hills House Park #401, 10158 103 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

International Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en #wetsuwetenstrong #notrespass #thetimeisnow TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019 On January 4, members of the RCMP’s Aboriginal Police Liaison met with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and indicated that specially trained tactical forces will be deployed to forcibly remove Wet’suwet’en people from sovereign Wet’suwet’en territory. The RCMP’s ultimatum, to allow TransCanada access to unceded […]

Apply to the Climate Leadership Program!

"Climate change is the overarching crisis of our time, providing both challenges and opportunities for us to tackle. The Climate Leadership Program (CLP) will build the capacity of participants to take leadership and initiate climate action in their personal lives and organizations in Alberta. We are looking for 20 people who are on leadership pathways […]

Amy Luers: Sparking Exponential Climate Action

11-161 Allard Hall, MacEwan University 11110 104 Ave NW 11-161 Allard Hall, 11110 104 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

We face a future full of disruption. To keep global warming below 2°C, countries must adopt a simple rule: cut emissions in half every decade to 2050. Solutions may be market ready and economically attractive, but it will require economic transformation at an unprecedented speed and scale. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley’s digital revolution is re-wiring the […]

Resilience and Well-being in the Climate Crisis

MacEwan University 10700 104 Avenue, Edmonton

Join the MacEwan Office of Sustainability for a workshop series to aid you in your journey to resilience and well-being in the climate crisis. - February 14: Sharing circle - March 7: Movement: trauma-informed yoga followed by sharing circle - March 28: Panel with resilience advocates This event is offered free of charge, however registration […]

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Honouring Treaty Rights, Enacting Climate Justice: Solidarity Rally and Round Dance

Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Solidarity Rally and Round Dance for Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Amiskwaciwâskahikan, Treaty 6 territory. Please come out to support the Beaver Lake Cree as they brace for a courtroom fight for their Treaty rights. Meeting in Sir Winston Churchill Square at 1:30 PM. All are welcome! The Beaver Lake Cree Nation is going to […]

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Climate Strike

Alberta Legislature 10800 97 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Climate Strike is in Solidarity with other Friday For Future and Climate strikes happening across the world.