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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
As a longstanding international holiday, May Day is a day to celebrate the collective power of all who labor – paid and unpaid, formal and informal, in care work and field work – all of the activities that sustain us and our community. It’s a day to recommit to forging solidarity across borders against exploitation... More
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Carleton University’s Climate Commons with the Ottawa International Writers Festival presents an author reading and discussion on Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden. A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys’s has crafted a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and... More
Monday, March 31, 2025
Join the EACH 4000 class in celebration with free food and exciting topics, including discussions on sustainability, visible mending, gardening for the future, fallen tree ecology, and zine giveaways! April 10 6:30-8:00PM Dunton Tower 1812... More
Monday, March 24, 2025
TEXTILE REMIX Bring an old pair of jeans (or any clothing item!) that needs mending and learn basic hand sewing, embroidery, and visible mending techniques inspired by traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro stitching. All supplies, including beads, bows, thread, scrap fabric selection, and more will be provided for you to play and get creative... More
Monday, January 6, 2025
RSVP Required Date: Thursday, January 16th, 2025 2:30 pm Location: Richcraft Hall, Reader's Digest Resource Centre (RB 4400) Audience: Current Students, Faculty, Staff Contact: Dwayne Winseck, dwayne.winseck@carleton.ca The Anthropocene, Global Capitalism and Epochal Crises of Time Humankind inhabits the epochal formations of fossil-based... More
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
December 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM 1524 Dunton Tower and Zoom Dr. Sabrina Fernandes is a Canadian and Brazilian sociologist and political economist, ecosocialist activist, acclaimed author, and IPE alumna; currently Head of Research at the Alameda Institute, she is the author of Se Quiser Mudar o Mundo: Um guia politico para... More
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Coming to Our Senses About Climate Change Where: Mike's Place Pub When: April 4th, 5-7PM Climate Commons is organizing a social and community-building event that will feature speakers that bring together all five senses on the topic of climate change. We'll have more information coming soon, but in the meantime we're looking for musicians,... More
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
2023 Worldwide Climate Teach-In When? Wednesday, March 29th (or anytime that week!) Join the Carleton Climate Commons, History Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and many other organizations in the upcoming WORLDWIDE TEACH-IN ON CLIMATE AND JUSTICE on and around March 29, 2023. Last year this event engaged an estimated 50,000 students at more than 300... More
Sunday, February 19, 2023
The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change When: March 2nd, 6:30-8PM (EST) Where: Online Check out this upcoming webinar organized by the Centre on Hate Bias and Extremism at Ontario Tech: We warmly welcome you to join us for a The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far Right Conspiracy... More
Monday, February 13, 2023
Feb. 16: Noons for Now: Open Discussion Our last teach-in of the month is dedicated to an open discussion. We will pick up threads from previous conversations to see where they take us, and we will develop new ideas for concrete actions to engage in individually and as a community. Everyone is welcome, whether... More
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Feb. 9: Using Heat Pumps to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Homes in Ottawa with Bill Nuttle and Holly Bickerton We will hear from two homeowners from Ottawa who have used air source heat pumps to reduce GHG emissions from older, pre-1950s homes. Electricity generated in Ontario is over 90 percent fossil-free. Replacing a... More
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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