Green Technology Education Centre

Working with the team at UpMarketing, we have updated our website with a new colour scheme and a few changes/additions: Our Blog section is now called Communications & Media, and we now have a Resources page. We are still fine tuning it, but please visit our new site and let us know if you have any feedback! https://gteccanada.ca/

A great way to spend some time in the outdoors with your family! Join Nature Conservancy of Canada/Conservation de la nature Canada for their annual Big Backyard BioBlitz and help scientists and conservation experts map species distribution and monitor changes in ecosystems.

Several new fires started in B.C. this past weekend and the smoke is in the air. FireSmoke Canada has high resolution, interactive forecast maps for smoke and fire weather, which are helpful in health & safety, emergency management, research sectors, as well as the public. Read more about it on our Communications & Media page: https://lnkd.in/gJPyivkM #gteccanada #blueskycanada #firesmokecanada 

"From GTEC’s perspective the implication is that mitigation needs to be balanced by initiatives aimed at fostering adaptation and enhancing resilience. In this respect, GTEC’s Community-based Collaborative Model sees informing, activating and supporting community-based organizations as a critical step." Read more from this blog post https://lnkd.in/gevmvRYE by RC Arden Henley.

Our friends @CityHiveVan are hosting this great event July 31! Celebrate CityHive's annual community gathering, this year themed as a Youth Climate Fest! 🎉🌍 This event promises an engaging, vibrant evening filled with inspiring youth-led climate action projects, delicious food, fun games, and creative art activities. Register for Free here https://shorturl.at/7YYEn

Fiction can offer insights into our climate emergency in an easy to digest, conversation starting way. We need these compelling narratives to invite change at a widespread level. https://lnkd.in/eU6hKxP7 In this article, Ross Thrasher reviews 4 new climate fiction novels: Landscapes by Christine Lai Blue Skies by T.C. Boyle Children of Tomorrow by J.R. Burgmann Fire in the Canyon by Daniel Gumbiner Also, read "How Science Fiction Can Inspire Environmentalism and Climate Action" by Katherine Dolan (originally published in The Observatory) https://lnkd.in/eKJQd-5G

We had an excellent conversation with New York Climate Museum, Senior Curatorial Associate, Anais Reyes! The Climate Museum is the first of its kind in the United States and has operated as a pop-up museum, exploring the impact of climate change through art, history and science. They use art to start the conversation about climate change with people young and old. The Climate Museum incorporates an action centre in every program they do to initiate climate action. Read or watch the entire interview here: https://lnkd.in/gRQb_pbu #gteccanada #climateeducation #climatemuseum #nyclimatemuseum

There are increasing level of solastalgia, or climate distress, especially among young people. We can find sanity and resilience within our families and communities. In Arden Henley’s article “Sanity & Resilience in the Context of the Climate Crisis”, he writes about his experience working with children and youth, and their families to create lasting behaviour changes. A young person’s capacity to cope with the emotional effects of climate change can therefore be impacted by how their family and community respond. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gE_kTQVZ

Do you need a break from dooms day messaging regarding the climate crisis? GTEC’s Ross Thrasher has reviewed four new nonfiction titles that offer a more hopeful perspective: 1.     H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z, by Elizabeth Kolbert (Ten Speed Press) 2.     Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet, by Hannah Ritchie (Little Brown Spark) 3.     Escaping Nature: How to Survive Global Climate Change, by Orrin H. Pilkey et al. (Duke University Press) 4.     Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, by Gwynne Dyer (Random House Canada) Read “Climate Optimism – Brief Book Reviews” https://lnkd.in/gJYD7XBK

GTEC’s youth intern Tara has prepared a brief analysis of the GTEC Reader article “Repairing the Social Contract” and MHCCA/GTEC study report with the same title in this GTEC blog post. Tara identified three key ideas that will help youth deal with the impacts of climate change: 1. Climate change awareness and urgency 2. Youth targeted approach 3. Actionable solutions Read Tara's blog here: https://lnkd.in/gW6vAQsA