Episode 141
[FOCUS] Where Can You Find Climate Education and Information?
Episode Summary: This episode delves into a discussion titled 'Climate Education and Information,' selected from Episode 33.
The challenge in addressing climate issues lies in sustaining an inclusive dialogue, as decisions made without broad public input can have far-reaching impacts on both people and the environment.
In this segment, Jenn, Leekei and Olabanji discussed the different climate education initiatives in their communities and countries.
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Featuring Carbon Almanac Contributor Olabanji Stephen, Jenn Swanson and Leekei Tang.
Olabanji is from Lagos Nigeria, he’s a Creative Director and visual designer that helps brands gain clarity, deliver meaningful experiences and build tribes through Design & Strategy. He founded Jorney - a community designed to help people stay productive, accountable, and do their best work.
From Langley in British Columbia, Canada, Jenn is a Minister, Coach, Writer and Community Connector, helping people help themselves.
Leekei is a fashion business founder, a business coach, an international development expert and podcaster from Paris, France.
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The CarbonSessions Podcast is produced and edited by Leekei Tang, Steve Heatherington and Rob Slater.
Transcript
It's not really a conference, it's
a real workshop because everybody
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:is, uh, invited to participate
and, uh, it's made very accessible.
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:So it's, um, yeah, it's really,
um, in the same vein of as the
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:carbon armac is to help us.
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:Hub conversations.
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:And it's not meant to be daunting
. It's of course it's designed by some
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:experts, but it's really playful.
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:It's, it's, it's a love, fun.
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:And I think this is great.
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:So, , I'm just wondering how can we
do more of that, you know, and make
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:it this kind of thing, , accessible
to places where is not not accessible.
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:And I see you being very happy.
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:So you have an idea, Jen.
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:Well, I had delivered some copies
of the Carbon Almanac to the
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:head office for a province for,
uh, the church that I work for.
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:And I had a conversation last
Sunday with, uh, the woman in
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:charge of the camp program.
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:They trained teenagers and youth.
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:And they go around to different places.
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:All summer hosting day camps for
children, all it's called Camp Spirit.
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:And they, they go around and bring
the camp to different communities
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:and they, they hire 80, uh, youth.
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:All summer to do this.
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:Like they pay them and they do all this.
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:Anyway, she was very excited to
get her copy of the Carbon Almanac
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:and she told me she thinks they're
gonna be using some of the material
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:next summer with the kids camps.
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:So I'm excited because then they'll be
able to do stuff with the kids that has
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:to do with carbon and the environment.
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:So, um, so I'm excited about that because
they run camps in multiple communities
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:all over the province all summer.
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:Wow.
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:Yeah.
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:That's amazing.
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:Yeah, I think the challenge is to
keep the conversation going and
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:to make it, make a lot of people
be part of this conversation.
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:Otherwise, decisions will be
made without their interest.
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:This is, uh, why I think that's the
problem of climate issue because
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:there are lot of solutions and you
need to understand what, , these
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:solutions involve and how it'll affect
you and your people and, uh, your,
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:your environment and, um, So I think
that everybody, a lot of people.
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:Be involved in this kind of,
um, discussions and training.
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:Yeah, I, I remember there's a lady,
she runs a recycling organization here.
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:They do this.
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:I mean, I just remember now
they have these workshops I've
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:not seen her doing in a while.
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:Um, but around last year she did like
a lot of that and it's good to, I'm
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:happy to remember now cause I can, I.
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:Text her and ask why.
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:Hey, why, why have you not been
doing a lot of this and get to that?
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:Cause when people ask me
around here, like, Hey, how are
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:you even talking about this?
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:And I just see like I
start from where I can.
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:Um, I have a friend who just like
downloaded Cozia and started using it.
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:She sp planted a hundred
trees and she was screaming
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:She called me on the phone and she
was screaming, Hey, guess what I.
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:Yeah, take it into what
happened, . I was scared.
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:I even thought something had
happened and she was like,
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:Something has happened to you.
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:I planted a hundred trees.
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:I'm like, Oh, that's, that's good for you.
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:And, and she wouldn't keep quiet about it.
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:Um, she, she posted it everywhere,
, you know, I'm just excited to be
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:able to influence her on that level.
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:And so I wrote an article about her
and said, Hey, you know, be like this
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:person and, and keep planting trees.
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