Climate Change Solutions for Leaders

May 21, 2021 10:00am

(GMT -7:00) Pacific Time

Event URL: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-solutions-for-leaders-tickets-143336155299
Cost: Free

Practitioner/issue expert: Sophia Yang, Threading Change

Case examples:

Food Share Toronto: An organization offering community-based food initiatives and food justice programs for those most affected by poverty and food insecurity.
Threading Change: A radical ethical fashion organization working at the intersections of education, research, and visualization, whilst advocating for those who have been the most undermined by the fashion industry.
Thingery: Community owned lending libraries of things. They work with local community members to understand who wants to be involved, what wants to be shared and what locations are available to host a Thingery. They then work closely with the local community group to establish a local branch as a non-profit co-operative.
Buy Nothing Project: A decentralized project that uses social media to facilitate local groups to form gift economies. It has become a worldwide social movement, with groups in 44 nations.

Discussion questions:

How can waste reduction be visualized and/or communicated in ways that are inspiringe action and spark action?
What impactful do community-level waste reduction efforts look like?
What are the most effective forms of local advocacy that influence food waste reduction and how could communities pursue these channels?
What research would support this work?