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Celebrating the 2025 CYCAA first-place prize given to the Burns Bog Youth Stewardship Project
Pivot Green, in partnership with the Small Change Fund, is so happy to present our first-place Canadian Youth Climate Action Award to the...
pivotgreen2020
3 days ago1 min read
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Updated: Youth are planting Deep Roots: a rave from the Canadian Youth Climate Action Award
Check out what our 2023 CYCAA recipients have been up to since winning our award - their good work continues! School's not out for these...
pivotgreen2020
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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Preparing for the worst, building better communities: St James Town's Climate Action CREW's proactive climate resilience program
UPDATE Pivot Greeners Tom Scanlan and Heather Wilson had the honour of presenting the St James Town Climate Action CREW with their...
pivotgreen2020
Jun 27, 20242 min read
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Empowering Youth to Combat Climate Anxiety: The Inspiring Mission of Youth Imagine the Future
Youth Imagine the Future runs a festival for youth in the Kingston-Frontenac region.
pivotgreen2020
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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Canadian Youth Climate Action Awards - our 2024 honourable mentions
The following projects were all presented with an honourable mention Canadian Youth Climate Action Award for their amazing work in the...
pivotgreen2020
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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Active U: Breaking Down Barriers to Nature and Climate Education for Underserved Youth
Congratulations to Active U for receiving a runner-up Canadian Youth Climate Action Award in recognition of their work combatting climate...
pivotgreen2020
May 31, 20241 min read
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Meet the Youth Shaking Up Canada's Approach to Climate and Social Justice
The Shake Up Your Community project launched in 2023 and since then, has provided 30 youth with the means to connect with local groups.
pivotgreen2020
May 29, 20242 min read
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Our Canadian Youth Climate Action Award - our honourable mentions
We had so many great applications to our Canadian Youth Climate Action Award that we decided to create an "honourable mention" category...
pivotgreen2020
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Seeding a climate-resilient future with the East Scarborough Pop-Up Seed Library
The East Scarborough Pop-Up Seed Library project was created to address food insecurity in the Woburn, Scarborough community. The project...
pivotgreen2020
Sep 19, 20232 min read
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CityHive: supporting youth action for sustainable cities
Update from CityHive, January 2024: "The award was gratefully received and we were happy that it could directly support our climate...
pivotgreen2020
Sep 15, 20232 min read
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The Flinstonian approach to climate change: a rant (and an important small rave!)
Flintstonian is how I would describe our current approach to protecting our environment and climate change. The Flintstones was a highly...
Betty Muise
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Ticketing for Climate Change: Meet Gareth Lind
November 2022 Rave submitted by Toni Ellis
Toni Ellis
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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Meet Professor Pricklethorn: a rave by Betty Muise
Before his very recent retirement, Professor Pricklethorn was the parks supervisor for the Toronto Islands and a trained arborist. Over...
Betty Muise
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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Global warming, meet global drinking: a rant by Bob Ramsey
This article was originally published in RamsayWrites, November 9, 2021. It is posted here with permission of the author. Last week I...
Bob Ramsey
Apr 21, 20223 min read
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Turning Hemp into Diamonds to Save the Planet: a rave by Alex Berry
We were standing in the shade of a large maple at a neighbour’s backyard party a couple of summers ago. Their daughter Emily was tossing...
Alex Berry
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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Poured Coffee: a rave by Heather Wilson
Love the coffee, hate the waste I love my Toronto neighbourhood – it’s bursting with great neighbours and eclectic stores. One of the...
Heather Wilson
Dec 14, 20212 min read
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Climate Momentum, working across generations: a rave by Bill James-Abra
Climate Momentum (CM) is a community-based climate action group and network of about 400 eco-minded local citizens based in Stratford,...
Bill James-Abra
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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Yes, we can re-open schools if classes held outside: a rant by Louise Brown
It would have been such a simple, elegant way to re-open schools for the last three weeks. Safe for teachers, a break for parents, and an...
Louise Brown
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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A Brand New Solution to Take Away Trash: a rave by Toni Ellis
Most days, I wake up to the dreary news about the state of... well just about everything. BUT this week, as I rolled out of bed, I heard...
Toni Ellis
May 3, 20212 min read
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A Healthy Dose of Vitamin N: a rave by Ann and David Love
This wretched pandemic has been – and still is – catastrophic. Indeed, for some, it has been tragic. In looking desperately for a bright...
Ann and David Love
Apr 10, 20212 min read
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