April is both Earth Month and National Poetry Month and is a busy time for many of us activists and creatives. The number of opportunities for engagement can become overwhelming, so I hope that you’ve been responding in ways that support your personal capacity for curiosity, creativity, and resilience. Besides strengthening our relationships and connectionContinue reading “Earth Month and National Poetry Month 2024: Two poems for the planet”
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Climate Cafe: Dance Floor Edition model with example
Piloting a music and movement-based Climate Cafe In the release notes for his song “Live and Let Live”, the final track on Peter Gabriel’s new album i/o, my favourite musician states, “Music can be like a box of mood pills that we can use to treat ourselves…” Gabriel’s analogy is not an attempt to discount otherContinue reading “Climate Cafe: Dance Floor Edition model with example”
Sitting and Moving With Climate Emotions: 3 process phases, 3 music dance videos
Sitting and Moving With Climate Emotions The quote “Don’t just do something, sit there” in the graphic featured above is attributed to American mindfulness meditation teacher and author Sylvia Boorstein, who published a book with this title in 1996. In an interview for an article in Lion’s Roar in 2009, she explained that the phraseContinue reading “Sitting and Moving With Climate Emotions: 3 process phases, 3 music dance videos”
Earth Month and National Poetry Month 2023: Two poems for the planet
April is both Earth Month and National Poetry Month and is a busy time for many of us activists and creatives. The number of opportunities for engagement can become overwhelming, so I hope that you’re responding in ways that are supporting your personal capacity for resilience, curiosity, and creativity. Besides strengthening our relationships and connectionContinue reading “Earth Month and National Poetry Month 2023: Two poems for the planet”
A 2022 Highlight: Climate-aware activation at Don Heights Unitarian
As the end of 2022 approaches, I’m taking some time to reflect on this past year and express my gratitude for the many opportunities I’ve had to connect with others who are feeling, thinking, and learning about the climate crisis and taking action for a more just climate future. One of the highlights of myContinue reading “A 2022 Highlight: Climate-aware activation at Don Heights Unitarian”
3Rs Workout for Waste Reduction Week
Introduction Did you know that it’s Canada’s 21st Waste Reduction Week this Monday October 17th-Sunday October 23rd? Waste Reduction Week is one of 4 program themes for Canada’s inaugural Circular Economy Month this October 2022. In celebration of Waste Reduction Week, I’m introducing a new Embodied Climate Justice Fitness (ECJF) activation video focused on theContinue reading “3Rs Workout for Waste Reduction Week”
Working Out in a Warming World: A Climate-aware Fitpro’s Recommended Reading for Critical Reflection, Learning from Sports, and Supporting Climate Justice
As a climate-aware fitpro, I’m regularly reading about climate justice issues and reflecting on the relevance of fitness in a climate emergency. For me, “working out in a warming world” has a double meaning: it is both about exercising with the awareness that we are, as Britt Wray writes, “in the midst of an escalatingContinue reading “Working Out in a Warming World: A Climate-aware Fitpro’s Recommended Reading for Critical Reflection, Learning from Sports, and Supporting Climate Justice”
Activate Your Learning Series
With this climate-aware fitness series, I invite you to activate your learning by reviewing these 3 infographics about health, sustainability & equity paired with 3 symbolic movement breaks. 1. Active travel (walk on the spot/forward&back) 2. Building retrofits (squat) 3. Public transit (double step). Why not try the suggested movements, making any modifications you needContinue reading “Activate Your Learning Series”
Embodied Climate Justice Fitness 