To handle the complex and intersectional issues that face our region, hopeful new leaders will need to follow the carbon and collaborate.
Dear election candidates: Climate action means working across issues and regional lines
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YWCA Hamilton raises the bar to build amazing affordable housing
New YWCA building in Hamilton shows what’s possible when resident health, comfort, and the climate are put first. We interviewed key players from the design and project teams and took a tour of the facilities. Take a peek to find out how they did it.
Toronto has an embarrassing gas problem
Toronto cannot achieve the net-zero carbon emissions target adopted by City Council unless Ontario’s gas-fired power plants are phased out. That’s why council should adopt this motion as soon as possible.
The uncomfortable path to climate action scale-up
With less than a decade left to stem the worst global climate impacts, we need to think critically about getting proven climate actions to scale…
A throne speech worthy of the next generation
If we asked a child of the next generation to look back at vintage footage of Canada’s 2020 throne speech, from the era of pandemic and wildfires, what would they need to hear?
Scaling and focusing for greatest impact
As a learning organization, TAF regularly reviews its progress, learns from failures and successes, and considers how the outside world affects us. We recently undertook this process in order to update our strategic plan for the 2019-2022 period.
TAF welcomes federal government investment in Low Carbon Cities Canada
TAF welcomes federal government investment in Low Carbon Cities Canada
Partnership Brokering Training – What Does it Offer from the Funder Perspective?
“Given a prevailing aspiration towards deep, systemic shifts to improve social, environmental, cultural and economic conditions, our sights are ultimately set on partnerships that deliver transformative change versus simply transactional or adaptive improvements.” Guest blog by Rebecca Aird from the Ottawa Community Foundation.
The Urban Anthropocene: An AGO Podcast with TAF CEO Julia Langer
In the AGO’s new “Into the Anthropocene” podcast, our CEO Julia Langer talks about about the role of cities in the fight against climate change and what “cityzens” can do to help.
TransformTO Steps: Two transformative tools for community change
As change-makers, our role is to make the complex relevant. Here are two takeaways and tools from Tamarack Insitute’s Community Change Festival to center relevance at the heart of our climate conversations.
