CALS 502

Assignment 4 – Content Remix for CALS502 Communication for Climate Action

Assignment 4 – Content Remix for CALS502 Communication for Climate Action References for videos 1 & 2 Assadourian, E. (2010). Cultural change for a bearable climate. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 6(2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2010.11908044 Bambara, T. C., & Lewis, T. (2012). An Interview with Toni Cade Bambara: Kay Bonetti. In Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara. University Press of …

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Sitting on this bench, I see a park full of life and a community that thrives around it. My neighbourhood has a new family of geese that just moved into the park, and while their presence has affected life at the park (so much geese poop you wouldn’t even believe), after a few days we… Read More »Business as Usual

In discussions around place and visual representation, images and local framing have been shown to influence one’s perception of climate

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In discussions around language, Kimmerer (2017) remarks on the renaming of places and how names that were previously related to

Continue readingSit Spot Reflection: Language in Climate Communication

This short climate fiction story was written in response to prompts about envisioning my local sit spot twenty years from now and to demonstrate the craft of story. It grew quickly out of a few lines using a story spine from Curiographic.  There’s only one standout winner in the dozens of proposals that came through … Continue reading “The Center of Resilience”

Today, June 21, 2042, it has been ten years since my household achieved net zero carbon emissions. Even better, many of my neighbours have done the same thing or are close to doing so. Impressively, that is eight years before Canada will achieve the same target.  I say “will” because the federal and provincial governments …

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Overview The forward-looking narrative Imaging my Green Neighbourhood Twenty Years From Now (Fourt, 2022) envisioned what changes might occur and the health and well-being benefits that might be derived if recent government climate actions are implemented and acted on. The recently approved (July 4, 2022) City of Nanaimo Plan intended to guide the city’s development …

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Welcome to the Nanaimo Citizens Climate Action Story Gallery. Here is a place to tell real stories about real people taking climate action. The climate is changing, and the choices we make in our lives have impacts on the environment. Those choices can also affect how much the climate will continue to change and how …

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Endless traffic. Constant construction. Sirens at every hour of the day. Escaping the loud noise of Vancouver is almost impossible. But deep within the vast greyness of the city is a small peaceful neighbourhood that provides refuge from all that chaos. Walking into this neighbourhood feels like entering a different planet. Suddenly the wind blows… Read More »A Day Under the Shade