Connect with your carbon footprint, understand it, and walk away with a plan to reduce it
*Note that all 6 workshops must be attended*
About this event
Are you looking to learn more about reducing your carbon footprint as a Torontonian? Have you ever felt isolated speaking with friends about environmental concerns? Are you looking to make a difference but aren’t sure where to start? We understand this can be an overwhelming topic, but rest assured you are not alone! You've come to the right place.
Join us on our 6 weeks session for a mindful conversation around coffee with our incredible facilitators that will help you to connect with your carbon footprint, understand your role in the current climate crisis & walk away with a plan that you can implement in your day-to-day lives to reduce it.
Our flagship Six-Week Session program encourages you to explore the relationship between your life and climate change and helps you work with the complex emotions that make it difficult to act.
You don't have to do it alone. Each Six-Week Session leaves you with increased clarity of the tools and resources available to take your own approach toward a less carbon-intensive life. The sessions are made up of eight participants and are led by two trained Climate Action Facilitators. These facilitators work with you to co-create a safe and judgement-free space for all participants.
Content:
The content of the sessions is based on Carbon Conversations UK. Research by Southampton University (Buchs et al 2015) found people make average reductions of 3.7 tonnes immediately after participation.
Group members are encouraged to explore how to halve their footprints over a 4-5 year period.
The groups encourage people to be open, work through the conflicts about carbon reduction and support each other.
The written materials and games provide well-researched, reliable background information for the reflective and personal discussions.
People are encouraged to move towards action at whatever level and whatever speed works for them.
Dates:
(Wednesdays) March 9, 16, 23 and April 6, 13, 20* *You must attend all six sessions.
6 pm to 8 pm
What people are saying:
"Before the sessions, I definitely was experiencing the uncertainty and hesitancy that many people are faced with when beginning a journey of climate action. By the end of the six weeks, I felt empowered in my capacity to contribute towards environmental awareness and now have the understanding to begin planning for a future where climate consciousness and action are a part of my day-to-day life."
- Scott, Summer 2021 Six-Week Session
The program is for you if:
- You feel anxious and overwhelmed about climate change, your carbon footprint and you are not sure where to start.
- You are looking to understand your carbon footprint and key opportunities to reduce it.
- You are looking for support in creating your personalized climate action plan.
- You are looking to connect with like-minded community members looking to reduce their carbon footprint.
The program is not for you [right now], if:
- You are not willing to unpack your emotions
- You are not ready to make changes in your life
About Carbon Conversations Toronto
Carbon Conversations Toronto (CCTO) is a volunteer-led group founded to help individuals find hope in the climate crisis. Climate change can leave individuals feeling hopeless and unmotivated. CCTO helps people find the ability to take climate action. In Toronto alone, 78% of residents are concerned about climate change, yet 48% don’t know what to do about it. Many of us are unwilling to act because of the anxiety climate change can cause.
Find more at www.carbonconversationsto.com
About Inwit
At Inwit, we call ourselves environmentalists by accident because one day, something made us realize that all that we care about was interconnected with a healthy planet. That was the day we started to question our daily choices.
At Inwit, we inspire Torontonians to take climate action by enjoying our takeout without waste! We are piloting a zero waste takeout ordering platform with reusable and beautiful containers in Roncesvalles, Annex and Kensington Market.
Inwit was born from a passion for inspiring others to take climate action together, slowly, imperfectly, but now!
Find more at www.inwit.ca