Happy Earth Day! Today is a great opportunity to take a moment to connect with nature, practice gratitude, and reflect on the past few months as the seasons begin to change. The past couple months at Be The Change have been busy and rewarding, and we’d love to share some of our favourite moments with you!
Be The Change recently facilitated 2 empowering events:
Education & Grant Coordinator, Caroline Beninger, facilitated two workshops at the Climate Action in Motion: ISABC Youth Sustainability Conference with grades 8-12. These workshops embraced an open-dialogue format, which proved effective in allowing participants to be vulnerable with each other regarding their climate change emotions.
This event served as a wonderful opportunity to connect youth advocates with one another, while also providing a space to discuss climate change, its impacts, and its potential solutions. In an era of high levels of climate anxiety among young people, we’re proud to help provide spaces such as Climate Cafes and workshops where these issues can be addressed collaboratively in a positive and inspiring manner.
In other Be The Change news, we recently held our Annual General Meeting on February 22nd, and we’re thrilled to welcome our new board member, Sarah Newton, to the team! If you’re interested in learning more about our past year at BTCEA, feel free to check out our 2023 Annual Report linked here.
Need some inspiration for how to spend Earth Day? Here are some suggestions from our team:
Warmly,
Anna Tokunaga (she/her)
Executive Directors
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re stuffing our newsletter with thanks for you! We hope you had a delicious and restful long weekend.
It’s been a busy first month of the school year and we would love to share what’s been going on at Be the Change this past month. Let’s Fall into it!
The 2023/2024 school year is wrapping up, and what a fantastic year it has been! As the summer break approaches, we’ve been reminiscing about all the wonderful things we’ve had the opportunity to be involved with this year. From educational resource development to workshop delivery, our staff and volunteers have put their hearts and souls into the work we do here.
Introducing the Action Network: Action network map - Be The Change Earth Alliance
Be The Change is launching an exciting new resource to help connect passionate youth and educators across BC! This site showcases the stories of students and educators and highlights the actions taken by our network of changemakers through an interactive map.