The Climate Change Collective is an initiative where the blogging community unites behind a common goal. Today, I’m happy to continue the conversation by sharing the second post in the series. Molly, from Transatlantic Notes, reminds us we have the power to redefine our future through climate action.
About the Climate Change Collective
The Climate Change Collective was born out of an exchange that took place when I left a comment on a blog post by Jamie Ad Stories. Jamie and I both care deeply about the impact of human activity on our planet and wanted to find a way to keep the climate change message top of mind for everyone.
Following that conversation, I put out a tweet to see what kind of interest there would be in a climate-change-related blogging collaboration…and the Climate Change Collective was born!
The members of the collective take turns writing a monthly blog post sharing their unique perspective about climate change. After the post is published, the rest of the group keeps the conversation going by sharing a link to the post on their blogs along with their thoughts and ideas.
If you’re a like-minded blogger and would like to join our collective, please get in touch. More voices joining the conversation means more attention to the problems plaguing our planet!
And now…I have the honour of sharing this month’s post from the Climate Change Collective.
Understanding How Climate Action Redefines Our Future
Molly’s post is an important reminder for all of us that all life on Earth is connected, and that if humans continue to destroy vital ecosystems at the current alarming pace, our very existence is at risk.
As I read Molly’s thoughts on the interconnectedness of humans and the natural world, a couple of key points stood out to me.
First, I recalled my learnings from the Indigenous Canada course. Respect for the land and all living things, and acknowledgement of the responsibility to be stewards of the land for future generations, are foundational principles of the Indigenous worldview. Yet, European settlers felt the need to exert their power and erase a culture that clearly did a lot of things right.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Canada’s truth and reconciliation journey led us to embrace the principles of environmental stewardship demonstrated by Indigenous peoples since the beginning of time? (For more on what we can learn from Indigenous wisdom, check out this post.)
In addition, I was sad to be reminded that monarch butterflies are now endangered. Earlier this year, I was delighted to see several monarchs when visiting a conservation area not far from here. It was a harsh reminder that we see far fewer of them than we used to. Molly reminds us of the vital role that tiny creatures like the beautiful monarch butterfly play in our food supply.
Please visit Transatlantic Notes and read Molly’s full post. I know you’ll find it enlightening and thought-provoking.
The relationship between humans and Earth’s ecology is inextricably interconnected; the quality and continuance of life rely on balance and reciprocity—it always has.
Molly, Transatlantic Notes
Understanding How Climate Action Redefines Our Future
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Links to previous Climate Change Collective posts
If you missed the first post in the series, you can find it here:
How climate change impacts your health…and your wallet
Let’s keep the conversation going
Please help keep climate action top of mind for everyone by sharing this post. Also, if you’re a blogger and you’d like to join the Climate Change Collective, please get in touch. The more voices we add to the conversation, the wider our message will spread.
As Molly pointed out—what we do matters. I have been happy to see a few pollinators gardens popping up in our area. Over the winter, I plan to research what plants I could add to my garden to attract butterflies, bees and other pollinators.
What examples have you seen of initiatives to protect nature in your area? Tell me your thoughts below.
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Your post complements Molly’s well. It is awful that animals often play second fiddle to humans.
It is awful. One of the things I admire most about Indigenous teaching is their respect for all living things.
A great initiative, Michelle. Thank you for being at the helm and connecting with others dedicated to the cause. Climate change is certainly something that I think about every day now. I see the ways in which many others live, and it doesn’t seem to be a factor to them. But I think back to my younger days, and it wasn’t on my radar, either. Sustainability really needs to be taught to children at a very young age. (Too bad that couldn’t have begun decades ago.) But “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second best time is now,” right? Many blessings in continuing the good fight. 🌞
Thanks Lisa. You’re right. We can’t change what’s happened in the past, but we all have the power to change our behaviour going forward. One small step at a time!
The Climate Change Collective sounds like a fantastic idea. The most I could come up with for blog posts about this that would be connected to my content would be how it would affect people with invisible disabilities and another on how to cope with the anxiety of our potential future. So I wouldn’t be suitable to join this awesome collective, but feel free to use my two ideas
Thanks so much for reading and for sharing your great ideas. 💚
Thank you for helping to nurture this conversation/education process regarding a fundamentally vital issue. I can understand why folks (as one comment above mentioned) take a lot of things to granted. We are truly living in unprecedented times, and it is hard (indeed terrifying!) for folks to open up to the reality that we are slipping faster and faster towards more and more tipping points from which we may not be able to recover… Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Many of us also continue to live within a bubble created and daily reinforced by our consumerist culture/economic system which creates demand for travel, for new cars, for bigger and regularly renovated homes, etc. etc. etc. And then there are the habits and assumptions of a lifetime which are deeply grooved and very challenging to shift/modify. Another deep breath in. And deep breath out. Let’s keep educating and comforting and perhaps even empowering each other to embrace the enormity of the challenges we currently face here on planet earth!
Thanks Will. You’re raising very good points. It is a fundamental shift that many people reject because they view it as a step backwards. But those who have embraced a simpler and less-consumeristic lifestye validate that it is, in fact, very freeing. I’m not sure what it will take to get the others on board. As I stated in the first post in this series, many people will continue to deny until it affects them personally. Sadly, that day is probably coming quicker than they think, and by then it may be too late.
It is astounding how many species are being impacted (we’re one of them) but industry/government and individual change is slow to match the urgency of what is going on. I was so saddened to hear about the monarch butterflies but saw some just brushing off their endangered status as “just an insect”. The disconnect about understanding how nature is vital to everything we rely on is so sad.
It is so sad. That’s why initiatives like our Climate Change Collective are so important. Thanks again for being part of it, and for this insightful post! 💚
So great to see this conversation continuing. Molly’s post was really thought provoking. I feel like humans take for granted that nature will always be around in some way, but facts like the Monarch butterfly disappearing is a rude awakening. They may seem like such a small thing but they are so important
That’s so true. The huge number of species that are endangered should be a wake up call. We can’t continue to take nature for granted!