Join Climate Commons on March 25 @4PM over zoom for “Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation�

In a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil, and the international order, long on the rocks, is finally breaking up, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life, resistance, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can, should, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue, scholars from Caracas, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences, ideas, fears, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West.

Join us at Ollie’s on October 19th at 4:30PM for a winter clothing swap! Bring clothes to donate and/or find something to take home with you!

We’ll have food and drinks available, as well as a variety of local climate organizations to chat with.

More information will be coming soon!

Our next Noons for Now is a special in-person event discussing the interrelation between urban infrastructure and climate change. How can we plan for a climate changed future? What is the role of municipal politics in a just transition? What might a Green New Deal look like in Ottawa? Join us to discuss!

Speakers:

• Shawn Menard (Capital Ward candidate)
• Ariel Troster (Somerset Ward candidate)
• Ethan Sabourin (River Ward candidate)

How can we effectively talk with others about the climate emergency? This week’s Noons for Now features Kitchen Table Climate Conversations (KTCC’s), a Toronto-based grassroots initiative which aims to empower people to hold conversations about climate justice that increase understanding of the climate emergency, honour emotions, spark effective actions and solutions, emphasize the power of collective efforts, and underline the need for political advocacy.

Speakers:

Colleen Lynch is a climate justice organizer and a writer with a background in design and event planning. Over the past four years, she has co-developed ClimateFast’s As a trainer and facilitator for the KTCCs, she helps create a dedicated space for attendees to learn and to share experiences, feelings and ideas. As a writer, she’s been published in journals like Whetstone, Women’s Education des Femmes and recently as a co-writer for a Spring Magazine . You can find more work at ,ÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý.

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Noons for Now is a weekly teach-in to discuss climate change related topics. To find out more about these events and upcoming topics/speakers, visit the Noons for Now page.

EVENT PROGRAM

9:45: Arrival and Coffee

10:00: Introductions

10:15-11:30 – Research Cluster 1: Conceptions/Mediums

1. Barbara Leckie (English): The Temporalities of Climate Change
2. Charles Hodgson (Ecology Ottawa): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Consensus in Graphic Novel form
3. Sarah Best (English): Thinking ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Climate Change Through Digital Games
4. Brenda Vellino (English; Human Rights): Story Arts and Inuit Nunangat (Land-Water-Sea Ice) Relations
5. Greg Macdougall (Equitable Education): Media Systems and Climate Change

Lunch-hour Posters: 11:30-12:30

1. Pascale Malenfant (Journalism): Citizen Science and Climate Change
2. Cecile Wilson (Cultural Mediations): CBC Reporting on Local Extinction Rebellion Actions
3. Lahari Nanda (Journalism): The Limits of Fossil Fuel Divestment

12:30 -1:45: Research Cluster 2: Geographies/Regions

1. Robbie Venis (Environmental Engineering): Water Programs in Tanzinia
2. Peter Thompson (Indig. and Canadian Studies): Jobs or the Environment? The Case of Northern Pulp
3. Veronika Katz (English): Deserts & Climate Change
4. Karen Hebert (Geography and Environmental Studies): Climate as Claims Making: the power and the limits of vulnerability in coastal Alaska
5. Danielle DiNovelli-Lang (Soc./Anthro): Making Systems Resilient

1:45: Coffee/Conversation

2:00-3:15: Research Cluster 3: Activisms/Activations

1. Franny Nudelman (English): Sleep, Activist Encampments, and Climate change
2. Kimberly Keller (Indig and Canadian Studies): Discourses that limit/support environmental action
3. Rieky Stuart (Climate Legacy Project): Seniors and climate change
4. Dan Vivian: Net Zero Surprises in home Energy
5. Alexis Shotwell (Soc./Anthro): Alternatives to Extractivism or Complicity

3:30: Wrap-up conversation

Robb Barnes– Executive Director, Ecology Ottawa

Peter Gose– ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University

Kirstin Pulles– Campaign for Free and Accessible Transit 

All are welcome to attend.