Posts Tagged "climate justice"
Canada recognizes KAIROS partner for gender, climate and peace work
June 14, 2023
Global Affairs Canada awards Organización Femenina Popular during the second annual Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Awards Ceremony (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – KAIROS is thrilled to announce that Global Affairs Canada (GAC) awarded…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Global South, Latin America, Media Releases, Social Justice
KAIROS Climate Action Week to foster decolonization
May 17, 2023
KAIROS Canada launches its first Climate Action Week, June 5-11, focusing on centering Indigenous ways of knowing (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – KAIROS will kick off the first of three 2023 KAIROS Climate Action Weeks,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
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Earth Week 2023
For the Love of Creation invites all faith communities to join with others across the country in: Earth Week 2023 – Together for the Love of Creation During the week of April 16 – 23, engage in a climate justice…
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Preserving Biodiversity: Creation Care from Faith to Action
Join For the Love of Creation (FLC) and Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) for a thoughtful conversation on Biodiversity and Creation Care in Canada! Our expert and diverse panelists will talk about our planetary boundaries, the latest updates from COP15,…
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Voices from COP27 | Voix de la COP27 | Voces de la COP27
Le français à suivre Espagnol à suivre KAIROS and For the Love of Creation co-sponsored a delegation to COP27, the United Nations international climate conference. Join us online for a conversation with the delegates just after they return from Egypt….
Indigenous, youth and women delegates from Canada and Global South head to COP27
October 31, 2022
KAIROS and For the Love of Creation are sending 10 delegates to Egypt to demand their voices be heard (Ottawa: Unceded Algonquin Territory) – KAIROS and For the Love of Creation (FLC) are sending 10 delegates to the United Nations…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Everything’s connected
September 26, 2022
We are approaching the end of KAIROS Climate Action Month. This week we will review the nexus between the climate emergency and colonization, gender, conflict/peace, and migrant justice to name a few interconnected issues. We will also look to how…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Introducing Paul Belisario – IPMSD/The Philippines
September 17, 2022
Meet Paul Belisario, Assistant Global Coordinator for the International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), a KAIROS solidarity partner. His work focuses on campaigns, mobilization and outreach on the themes of liberation movements and right to self-determination, land rights,…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Introducing Hana Elias Anton Kare – Wi’am/West Bank
September 16, 2022
Introducing Hana Kare, a researcher, trainer and peace activist with Wi’am: Palestine Conflict Transformation Centre. Like the other Women, Peace and Security partners, Wi’am is a long-term ecumenical and KAIROS partner, now active in the emerging gender, conflict and climate…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Middle East
Youth Poster Contest 2022
September 7, 2022
About the contest KAIROS wants to lift up the artistic work of young activists. We are looking for original artwork that shares a message of justice, peace and hope – artwork that will help us as a movement and a community embrace this kairos moment and lead us into…
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Week 1 – The Season of Creation
September 1, 2022
As Climate Action Month begins, we take time to join people around the world for the start of “the Season of Creation.” The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox churches began this initiative last decade and was joined by the…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Decolonizing climate action to underscore KAIROS Climate Action Month
August 3, 2022
4th annual event covers 5 themes in 5 weeks with rich supply of resources & actions (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – Decolonizing climate action will underscore KAIROS’ 4th annual Climate Action Month, which launches…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Media Releases
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End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock – Screening and Panel Discussion
Date: November 3, 2021 Time: 5 pm PT, 6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET, 9 pm AT Location: Zoom Registration: https://form.jotform.com/212925691828264 Description: Join us for a film screening of End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock followed…
#KAIROSClimateAction month wrap up
September 30, 2021
Today is the last day of Climate Action Month! Thank you for following us this month on our collective journey of learning and action for the climate. Today, we also commemorate the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Nature-based climate solutions #KAIROSClimateAction
September 29, 2021
In the recent federal election, every major political party in Canada had commitments to conserving and protecting ecosystems in Canada as part of their solutions for addressing climate change. Some committed to investments in planting trees, restoring wetlands and grasslands,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Legislation in Canada #KAIROSClimateAction
September 28, 2021
Achieving climate justice requires a transformation away from the destructive and extractive model of economic development which dominates the world today to one where humanity lives within its natural limits, upholds human rights, and lives in right relationship with all living…
Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice
Intro to climate solutions week: Listening to Indigenous wisdom #KAIROSClimateAction
September 27, 2021
Over the last couple of weeks, we have explored several issues related to climate justice including ending the proliferation of fossil fuels, upholding Indigenous rights, making reparations for ecological debt and so much more. In these last days of Climate Action…
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From the archives: Resistance to BC’s Site C Dam Gaining Momentum #KAIROSClimateAction
September 26, 2021
KAIROS is celebrating 20 years of spirited action for justice. In reflecting on KAIROS’ accomplishments, every Sunday during Climate Action Month, we have featured seminal KAIROS research and writing that continues to shape and influence our climate justice work today….
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Connect with Creation: make an earth altar #KAIROSClimateAction
September 25, 2021
Every Saturday during Climate Action Month, we have invited you to take time to connect with Creation and share your moment of connection with us using #KAIROSClimateAction. For the month’s last Saturday, Susie Henderson invites you to create your own earth altar. Create…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
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People and Planet First!
JOIN US FOR OUR VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF AND PRAYER SERVICE! Join us in solidarity with those who are marching the streets for the Global Climate Strike, led by the youth of the Fridays for Future movement, a global mobilization that…
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Global Climate Strike
On September 24, 2021, Fridays For Future Canada will join thousands around the world for another Global Climate Strike. With a federal election underway and extreme weather events abound, this is a historic opportunity to usher in the change that…
Global Day of Action! #KAIROSClimateAction
September 24, 2021
Today we mark the Global Climate Strike – also known as the Global Day of Climate Action. Fridays for Future (FFF) started this youth-led global climate strike movement in August 2018, when 15-year-old Greta Thunberg began a school strike for climate. She…
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Climate-induced displacement #KAIROSClimateAction
September 23, 2021
“Who qualifies as a refugee is a matter of debate…for those who’ve fled climate change, current law has little to offer.” Sarah Stillman, New Yorker staff writer According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, “hazards resulting from the increasing intensity…
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Climate change and food security #KAIROSClimateAction
September 22, 2021
As we know, climate change is already having devastating impacts on ecosystems, particularly in the Global South. These impacts affect food systems as well and as a result add additional threats to human well-being. This year, the Primate’s World Relief and…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Polluters & Plunderers: The Roots of Africa’s Crises #KAIROSClimateAction
September 21, 2021
On World Environment Day this year, KAIROS partner WoMin African Alliance launched the first in a series of animated short films – Polluters & Plunderers: The Roots of Africa’s Crises. This animated film tells part of the story of how rural, peasant and working-class communities across…
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Intro to global climate justice week #KAIROSClimateAction
September 20, 2021
What is climate justice? Today we enter week 4 of Climate Action Month and focus our attention on global climate justice. This week, KAIROS will look at elements of global climate justice in more detail, including resource extraction, food security, climate…
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From the archives: Is Durban the world’s last, best hope to avoid climate disaster? #KAIROSClimateAction
September 19, 2021
As we enter Global Climate Justice Week, we look back 10 years ago to COP17 in Durban, South Africa. In the KAIROS Briefing Paper Is Durban the world’s last, best hope to avoid climate disaster?, John Dillon and Jim Davis analyze the…
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Take a sacred pause #KAIROSClimateAction
September 18, 2021
Every Saturday during Climate Action Month, we invite you to take time to connect with Creation. We’ll offer some resources to guide these moments of connection, but you are welcome to connect in any way that brings you joy, rest…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
