Canada on fire… how do we cope? What do we do?

As the world continues to heat up and governments, decision-makers and stakeholders continue to argue about the best ways to prevent global warming from getting worse, it’s not wrong to want to escape from this new climate reality. But within the DJC’s Climate Action team and amongst many of our members and beyond — we have been trying to grapple with this existential issue for a while now and have gathered this hopefully, useful collection of actions, readings and learning you can delve into to take this seemingly impossible climate reality into your own hands in a way that works for you. Read on!

• Donate to Canadian communities experiencing wildfires, evacuation and extreme weather;

• Sign this Greenpeace petition about Canada’s wildfires;

• Do your own “Climate 101” – commit to learning more about climate change starting with some of the best books, news sources, videos and podcasts on climate change that our DJC Climate Action team recommends:

  • Climate Journalism

    • The Energy Mix – includes climate news network (Canadian-paid subscription)  

    • Canada’s National Observer (Canadian-paid subscription)  

    • The Narwhal (Canadian-paid subscription)  

    • (International) The Guardian (paid subscription)

    • (International) Treehugger.com

  • Newsletters

    • (Canadian) National Observer: Zero Carbon by Chris Hatch

    • (Canadian) The Narwhal

    • Katharine Hayhoe: Talking Climate

    • The Energy Mix: Weekender (Canadian-paid subscription)

    • New York Times: Climate Forward (U.S.-paid subscription)

    • The Economist: The Climate Issue (U.S.-paid subscription)

    • New York Times: Climate Forward (U.S.-paid subscription)

    • The Guardian: Down to Earth (International-paid subscription)

• Videos

• Breaking Boundaries – David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth’s biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted.

  • Kiss the Ground – understanding regenerative agriculture and its link to climate change

• Climate Organizations:

  • Environmental Defense

  • David Suzuki Foundation

  • ClimateFast – their Kitchen Table Climate Conversations

  • SCAN (Seniors for Climate Action Now!)

  • CALL – Climate Action for Lifelong Learners – free monthly learning meetings online

  • Fridays for Future – global climate strike group initiated by youth, including Greta Thunberg

    • FFF: Toronto chapter

Thanks to CALL (Climate Action for Lifelong Learners) for providing this extensive resources list!