WORK TOGETHER TO SAVE OUR PLANET
TALK TO PEOPLE - Many individuals care about climate change activism and the destruction of our earth but often feel that others do not share this concern!
FIND COMMONALITY - Connect on the values we share, such as wanting a livable future for our kids and grandkids, loving nature, enhancing our economy, and upholding ethical or spiritual values. When we relate on issues of community engagement, we can begin to work together effectively.
JOIN SOMETHING - We need a mass movement to change the system! Find a group that nourishes your spirit and connects you with an affinity group of like-minded individuals dedicated to renewable energy advocacy.
SPEAK OUT - Phone, email, or meet to share your views with elected officials and media. (Even if your representatives already support your views, your letters and phone calls strengthen their position to fight for your beliefs.)
DONATE - Support good causes that align with climate change activism.
PARTICIPATE - Engage in public actions, targeting your pension, banking, investing, and insurance companies that support fossil fuels. Pressure corporations to divest from dirty energy and invest in renewables, and challenge policymakers on their commitments.
TACTICS FOR COLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION
Tactics for Collective Climate Action Volume 1 focuses on strategies for effective climate change activism and enhancing community engagement. Tactics for Collective Climate Action Volume 2 continues this discussion with a deeper dive into renewable energy advocacy and collective efforts to combat climate change.
ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN AND SUPPORT
Here are some groups we have partnered with for climate change activism, and others with whom we stand in solidarity. Most of these organizations are based in Toronto, but we encourage you to seek out allies in your community to enhance community engagement.
- Seniors for Climate Action Now, https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org
- Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy Advocacy, https://terrecoalition.ca
- Decolonial Solidarity, https://actionnetwork.org/groups/decolonial-solidarity-organizing-team
- Faith and Climate Action, https://www.facebook.com/groups/927737672221817/
- Free Grassy Narrows, https://freegrassy.net
- Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, https://www.shiftaction.ca
- Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet, https://www.gasp4change.org/
- Leadnow, www.leadnow.ca
- 350.org, www.350.org/canada
- Environmental Defence, www.environmentaldefence.ca
- Stand Earth, https://stand.earth
- David Suzuki Foundation, https://davidsuzuki.org
- Stop Ecocide International, https://www.stopecocide.earth/making-ecocide-a-crime
For many local ways to get involved in climate change activism, check out the Toronto Climate Action Network at https://www.tcan.ca.