Earth Week 2023

Earth Week 2023 is set for April 21-28! We’re very excited to celebrate Earth Week safely with all of our environmental warriors! This year’s schedule brings back some favourites from years past and new activities you can do with all of your friends and family!

Kick off Earth Week with us at lunch on April 21 at Somba K’e Park with a Feeding the Fire ceremony! View the full schedule below.

Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram as we highlight our Earth Week events.

Interested in volunteering? Sign up here!

Earth Week 2022

Earth Week 2022 is our debut back to in-person events! We’re very excited to celebrate Earth Week safely with all of our environmental warriors! This year’s schedule brings back some favourites from years’ past and new activities you can do with all of your friends and family! Please mask appropriately at our events. 

Kick off Earth Week with us at lunch on Earth Day (April 22) at Somba K’e Park! View the full schedule below.

Attend our events and collect 6 stamps for a chance to win a prize! Passports are available at the Ecology North office or print here. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram as we highlight our Earth Week events.

Take climate action!

Ecology North teamed up with illustrator, Alison McCreesh, to help you and your community mitigate and adapt to climate change. What climate actions can you check off today? Where can you make changes tomorrow? Print a copy and track your progress! Every big climate action starts with a small step. 

Thank you to the Government of Canada for supporting this project.

Trash-formation Art Contest

 

Ecology North is calling the attention of all Northern artists to come and participate in this year’s Trash-Formation Art Show! The Trash-Formation Art Show is an amazing opportunity for you to transform your ‘trash’ into art for the chance to win a prize at this year’s Ramble and Ride festival, July 30th – August 1st. Come and showcase your talent and challenge yourselves to extend the life-cycle of unwanted items.

If you’re interested in applying and showcasing your creativity and sustainable talents, please email Kate at events@ecologynorth.ca or by phone (867) – 873 – 6019. 

Spots are limited to 20 applicants. First come first serve. 

Deadline to apply is July 23rd, 2021.

Water Stewardship Gathering 2021

On August 13-17, 2021, Ecology North, in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University and the Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation, will be making the trip out to Kakisa with a selection of northern youth aged 18-30. 

This year’s annual Water Stewardship Gathering is an in-person on-the-land camp whose purpose is to bring together young leaders to discuss, share and identify solutions to water stewardship issues impacting their communities while developing leadership and facilitation skills. There will be a valuable combination of traditional knowledge and science-based learning.

Dates: 13th – 17th August, 2021
Location: Kakisa, NWT
Eligibility: Youth aged 18 – 30 years old, based in the Northwest Territories.

 

Apply here!
Applications are open until 11:59PM MST on July 20th, 2021.
(Email admin@ecologynorth.ca or call 867-873-6019 for a PDF version.)

 

Young Leaders Summit on Northern Climate Change 2021

Ecology North is excited to host the 2021 Young Leaders’ Summit on Northern Climate Change, bringing young leaders together from across the North to learn about northern climate change. This Summit will take place on August 17th – 21st 2021.

The Summit provides an opportunity for northern youth, aged 18 to 30, to come together and learn about the effects of climate change in northern Canada – a region that is experiencing some of the fastest and most extreme changes. The Young Leaders’ Summit brings youth together in order to connect with other climate leaders and to develop leadership skills to bring back to their communities and to create positive change. Youth attending the Summit learn about the effects of climate change from Elders, researchers, land-users, policy makers, and other climate leaders, as well as learning about some of the steps being taken to mitigate and adapt to these changes.

Visit our website: www.climateleaders.ca

Dates: 17th – 21st August, 2021
Location: Akaitcho Bay, on the shores of Great Slave Lake, just outside of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Eligibility: Anyone between the ages of 18-30, priority on regional representation from throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

 

Apply here!
Applications are open until 11:59PM MST on July 25th, 2021.
All youth are encouraged to apply, please forward this opportunity to any youth who might be interested!

(Email events@ecologynorth.ca or call 867-873-6019 for a PDF version.)