January Newsletter: Sharing Gratitude & Excitement for 2024!
Happy New Year! We hope you had a memorable holiday season and a positive start to 2024. At Be the Change, we are energized and excited for the year ahead!
Be the Change has just launched the Climate & Connection Unit!
This new Unit from the Student Leadership for Change (SLC) program consists of 15 student Action Packs focused on two main themes:
- Climate: climate change, climate action and climate justice
- Connection: to myself, to my values, and to other people
What exactly does the Climate & Connection Unit entail and offer to teachers and students?
The Climate & Connections Unit is designed to engage students in experiential learning and environmental action while learning remotely from home. This new Unit provides clear and user friendly instructions to guide students through learning and action on a variety of eco-social topics, limiting the amount of direct teacher guidance. The topics in the Unit are applicable for a wide range of classes and all directly emphasize Core Competencies!
Students can access and work on the Climate and Connection Unit online in the form of fill-in PDFs. These PDFs are also printer-friendly!
There is an added bonus, the entire suite of resources are available online for FREE.
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As 2023 comes to a close and school winds down for winter break, we’re taking a moment to reflect back over the past year. 2023 was a very regenerative time for BTCEA! We developed and delivered our Climate Action, Resilience, and Emotions (CARE) program in communities on the frontlines of wildfires in our province. And as an organization, we prioritized creating space to discuss what decolonization could look like both internally, and in our programming. Here are the highlights:
Oct 2023 Newsletter - Check out our mid-October climate-justice resources!
Hello,
An introduction from Communications Coordinator, Lucy Wicken
Dear Be The Change community,
As we approach mid-October, I’m reflecting on the changing seasons, from the warm and active days of summer to the cooler and quieter days of autumn. Personally, I’ve noticed a desire to slow down, take on fewer responsibilities, and stay inside where it’s cozy. Have you felt this way too?
As 21st century humans living in a world that operates under capitalism, white supremacy, and other oppressive systems, we can be made to feel guilt or shame about listening & responding to our needs. We are expected to maintain the same energy and productivity levels throughout the year, no matter how cold or dark the days are, how heavy world events feel, or how much we’re struggling in our personal lives.
This is where the concept of regenerative education comes in. Introduced to the BTCEA team by former staff member Jake, regenerative education calls on us to slow down and turn inward to consider our connection with the natural world. It asks us to examine the living systems that are breaking down due to violent human activity (such as fossil fuel extraction, destruction of Indigenous lands, and human-caused flooding and wildfires) and connect this breakdown with our own high levels of stress.
