by Cameron Fenton, National Director, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
Last year, PowerShift 2012 brought together nearly 1500 youth from all across Canada for a one-of-a-kind gathering. Focused on building the movement to transition Canada to a just and sustainable future, author and activist Naomi Klein called it “the best environmental conference” she had ever attended.
While many families across the country settled in for dinner and the evening news, I heard the roar of a chainsaw and the clanging of a ladder as my family reassembled our front yard after Hurricane Leslie hit my island, Newfoundland while it sat quiet and vulnerable in the Atlantic Ocean...
by Cameron Fenton, National Director, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
At this year's PowerShift the folks at TruthFool brought us a number of amazing, inspiring trainings about creative changemaking. With experience creating ShitHarperDid, and working on the YesLab's Shell Arctic "Let's Go" hoax, they are now hitting the road for Serious Issues, a training tour co-presented by PowerShift partners the Sierra Youth Coalition. This is a great opportunity to dig even deeper into some of the skills and tools you learned at PowerShift, as well as an amazing chance for folks who couldn't make it to PowerShift to learn those skills.
My expectations coming into PowerShift 2012 were quite high: I’d already been to three US PowerShifts (two regional, one national), and I knew some of the key organizers had also been part of the hell-raisi
Des centaines de jeunes manifestent à Ottawa lors que « Frankenstorm » atteint le Canada Demande d’actions contre les corporations pétrolières et gazières responsables des températures extrêmes causées par les changements climatiques
Hundreds of youth protest in Ottawa as "Frankenstorm" hits Canada Demand action against fossil fuel corporations responsible for climate change and extreme weather
OTTAWA-- Starting at 11:30am at Parliament Hill, as a "Frankenstorm" hits North America, hundreds of youth will march through the streets demanding the federal government take action against the fossil fuel corporations that are responsible for fueling climate change and climate change-induced extreme weather.
PowerShift’s TOXIC TRICK-OR-EAT MARCH today will be happening rain or shine! Whether "Franken-storm" blows our way or not, we’re here to take action on human-induced climate change and a dose of rain won't stop us!
This hurricane is the exact extreme weather that climate scientists have warned accompanies climate change. This is going to be one of the biggest storms in recent history. The irony is not lost on us—this Frankenstorm is a result of man-made disaster.
PowerShift Day Two kicked off with the facilitation of twenty simultaneous WeArePowershift workshops. These workshops introduced participants to the idea of climate justice, anti-oppression, inclusive movements, and real climate impacts. Organizers, facilitators and participants all found these workshops incredibly inspiring and energizing! The conversations and depth of analysis on climate change and climate issues were incredible, and the energy on campus was indescribable.
