The Big Why: Activist Origin Stories

Climate advocacy has taken a beating in 2024, from a disastrous American election to a disappointing COP29. It’s at times like these that we need our community more than ever, and boy, did they show up. Today the Climate Lens brings together Albertans working in environmental non-profits to share how they took their first steps to become the changemakers they are today. Our guests today:
- Heather Addy, co-chair of the Calgary Climate Hub (https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/ )
- Lex van der Raadt, executive director of Green Calgary (https://www.greencalgary.org/ )
- Colin Smith, member of the Land Lovers Network (https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/tEJAZzj )
- Celia Lee, executive director of Sustainable Calgary (https://www.sustainablecalgary.org/ )
- Philip Meintzer, conservation specialist at the Alberta Wilderness Association (https://albertawilderness.ca/ )
- Katie Morrison, executive director of the Southern Alberta Chapter of CPAWS (https://cpaws-southernalberta.org/ )
- Nathaniel Schmidt, board member of Nature Calgary (a href="https://naturecalgary.com/">https://naturecalgary.com/ )


We would also like to thank the Arusha Centre (https://www.arusha.org/ ) for supporting connections between our organizations. *****
Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-UYo1qkHZOa8yuudUY6JFORKcRdtoEAuYtmEpp7Xv0/
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