CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS: Connecting for climate change action

As a fitting conclusion to the series of Climate Conversations, Climate Momentum is pleased to look at climate through the eyes of many generations and many observations.

Climate change is here now. We see it in the news everyday – widespread wildfires, intensified storm events, extreme heat and prolonged drought. Despite this, progress towards changing our present climate trajectory remains insufficient. This can make climate change feel overwhelming – even frightening. But solutions do exist, and there are actions each and every one of us can take to make changes that lead to a better future for generations to come.

To inspire and empower students to take action to mitigate climate change, a team from Western University (UWO), Katrina Eyvindson, Beth Hundey, Sara Mai Chitty and Serena Mendizabal, created an award-winning online course, Connecting for Climate Change Action (C4CCA). The course braids together Indigenous Knowledge and Euro-Western Science to provide opportunities to explore climate change and make the transformations we need for a better future. 

It is also fitting that we close not only with concepts of Indigenous climate observations, but also during National Indigenous History Month. We look forward to this opportunity to draw the many concepts we have covered in the Climate Conversations looking at the care of our environment together with Indigenous history that has observed these concepts for thousands of years.

Join Dr. Katrina Moser for an evening of stories, activities, discussion and reflection to learn about the perspectives introduced in the course. Explore what you can do to contribute to a better future.