I’m a Climate Fresk Facilitator

The "Wall of Hope" in Climate Fresk workshops is where participants collectively express positive actions, commitments, and aspirations to address climate challenges. It’s a creative and empowering space that follows the collaborative learning process, allowing everyone to channel their understanding into practical solutions or personal pledges.

1. Education
2. Educate yourself. “ How to do ___?”
3. Become a Climate Fresk facilitator
4. become better educated
5. Educate the youth
6. Voting and protesting: Educate yourself about the leaders PM, Premiers, & Mayors.
   Go out to the streets to demand our rights for a healthy planet. 

Actions:

1. The app commons help you to be more sustainable https://www.thecommons.earth/  
2. Buy local products. i.e. Canadian apples
3. Wear a sweater instead of turning the heater high
4. Gift thrifting Santa
5. Rain water collection 
6. Compost at home:
   Different ways to compost at home: https://www.wikihow.life/Compost-in-an-Apartment
7. Make more art 
8. Go to or create a local tool library
9. reduce energy consumption: Check the tips from hydro https://www.torontohydro.com/for-home/tips-and-resources
10. Repair & re-use.
11. Upcycling 

Food:

1. Food banks
2. Ear less or meat. specially beef, sheep and pork
3. Grow your herbal remedies.
   

Clothing

1. 333 clothing challenge,
   33 items X 3 months
   tik tok challenge 333 = 9 items = 14 outfits. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOTF774myJ4&ab_channel=ChristinaMychas 
2. Buy sustainable clothing (be careful with greenwashing)
3. Buy second hand
4. Sewing clothing instead of buying a new one.
    

Life philosophies:

1. Slow living: intentional decision for the benefit of your wellbeing “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life” Dolly Parton https://mindfulslowlife.com/what-is-slow-living/
2. Minimalism: Reduce my consumption 
3. Host events for creating belonging
4. Go zero/ reduce waste

Movements / Foundations:

1. Save soil movement by Sadguru: https://consciousplanet.org/en/save-soil 

Documentaries available in Netflix:

1. Kiss the ground move - talks about soil regeneration https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ 
2. The biggest little farm - it’s the story of a permaculture farm. https://www.apricotlanefarms.com/biggest-little-farm/ 
3. Cowspiracy: the sustainable secret: https://www.cowspiracy.com/
   

Ted talk: 

How do we create a better economy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MK6tuZ7Rws&ab_channel=TED-Ed 

Pursue alternative economic

1. Circular economy: "Explaining the Circular Economy and How Society Can Re-think Progress" https://youtu.be/zCRKvDyyHmI?si=Mcw3YbknJRpvgKXj

2. Doghnut economy: "Change the Goal - 1/7 Doughnut Economics"https://youtu.be/Mkg2XMTWV4g?si=MH_0DPWRkBl_VwkE

3. Degrowth economy: More is not always better. "Degrowth: Is it time to live better with less? | CNBC Explains" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8u5P0KbPQ&ab_channel=CNBCInternational 

Actions:

1. Spread awareness through storytelling
2. Create scientific advertising and good practices
   some companies are starting: https://www.earthrise.studio/ 
3. Support carbon neutral iniciatives
4. reduce oil + fossil fuel consumption (walk more, bike, reduce flight travel, buy local, buy less, etc..)
5. Resources even distribution
6. Install solar panels.

More self sufficiency:

1. Solar panels in the rooftop
2. energy efficiencies appliances and led lightning 
3. Use home as a battery system (tesla power wall, install wind turbines.
4. Produce our own food / gardening
5. Create/ grow food forest 
6. Canning and preserving. 

Community actions:

1. Lobby for science budget
2. Lobby for policy change 
3. Lobby for sustainable laws for industries
4. Create civil laws
5. Create scientific advertising and good practices
   some companies are starting: https://www.earthrise.studio/ 
6. international health programs

Reusing EV batteries https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/nissan-leaf-ev-batteries-to-power-amsterdam-stadium/

Electric vehicles - This topic is a bit controversial. The savings (both financial and carbon budget) depend on total distance travelled. 

- "EV owners have to drive farther to break even, study suggests" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/electric-vehicles-canada-break-even-drive-farther-ubc-study-1.7142149

- "Driving Cleaner"  https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/driving-cleaner-report_0.pdf

1. Make sure to recycle properly
2. Bike more

Electric vehicles The savings (both financial and carbon budget) depend on total distance travelled.