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Our blog is a space for ideas, stories, and solutions that move climate action forward. Here you'll find articles from the Climate Reality Canada team alongside contributions from community members and climate advocates across the country.
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A CLIMATE REALITY LEADERS' GUIDE TO GREENING YOUR HOLIDAYS
By Linda Lara-Jacobo, Mikellena Nettos, Adrian Werner, Brent Elsey and Émilie Campbell-Renaud The Holidays are a time to get together, eat great food, build memories, and do all the wonderful things that make us feel warm and fuzzy inside. However, it is also a time when wasteful consumer behaviours tend to become exacerbated. To help inspire more sustainable Holiday habits, Climate Reality Leaders from across Canada have come together to prepare this guide to greening your H
Dec 14, 20217 min read


From COP26 to Your Local Council
By Maheep Sandhu, Community Climate Hubs Manager at the Climate Reality Project In November 2021, I had the privilege to attend the global climate negotiations occurring in Glasgow, Scotland on behalf of the Climate Reality Project Canada. While at COP26, I did live correspondence for community-based partners like the Calgary Climate Hub and The Climate Dialogues, interviewed young people from Kahnawá:ke, observed negotiations for the Climate Action Network-Canada, and marche
Dec 13, 20217 min read


COP26: HOW WE ENDED UP HERE AND KEY AGENDA ITEMS
By Juvarya Veltkamp The Importance of COP26 I’m writing from Glasgow this week, where there is a lot at stake with the United Nations climate negotiations currently underway, commonly known as COP26. Nearly 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, committing to limit global overheating to within 1.5°C of warming . But the latest United Nations Emissions Gap Report finds that commitments known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) ahead of the Glasgow ta
Nov 5, 20217 min read


CASCADES OF CHANGE
By Judiel Marie del Mar Grassroots movements have sprouted all over the world in an attempt to push for their respective advocacies. Many would say that this is the power of collective action. What we call the "bottom-up" approach consists of these tiny sparks of change at a local level that brings about ripples that eventually drive the decision-makers to flow with the waves. With grassroots actions, the people are empowered to actively advocate for change in government poli
Oct 18, 20213 min read


OVERFISHING: WASTEFUL, DANGEROUS, AND NEGLIGENT - WHEN WILL IT STOP?
By Coty Perry The author, Coty Perry, is Chief Marketing Officer at anglers.com a website that aims to provide their readers with the best reviews on the best equipment, as well as tips, tricks, and techniques on catching more bass and having more fun doing it. Coty didn't love bass fishing at first cast. It took a few (thousand) throws for him to become obsessed with mastering every possible fishing style, technique, and lure. As a third-generation angler, he has a plethor
Jul 29, 20213 min read
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