Program discontinued
The Climate Action Mobilizers Project will no longer be running starting Fri, Sep 1, 2023. Please visit the Social Impact Lab for workshops and events focused on social and climate justice issues.
On May 21, UBC will move to a new system called Workday for courses starting in September 2024. Check your email that day for setup instructions. Summer Session students will continue using SSC.
The Climate Action Mobilizers Project will no longer be running starting Fri, Sep 1, 2023. Please visit the Social Impact Lab for workshops and events focused on social and climate justice issues.
Administered through the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning, the Climate Action Mobilizers (CAM) Project is a 2-year initiative that aims to address the climate emergency by empowering UBC students to tackle social and climate justice issues.
The Climate Action Mobilizers Project is funded by the UBC Climate Emergency Fund. It combines CCEL’s Social Impact Lab methodology for creating social change and ethical engagement, with the UBC Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning (CALP) tools to catalyze local climate action.
CAM engages with neighbourhoods and communities to collaborate in the development and implementation of climate action projects to address the climate crisis. Participating students leverage their knowledge and skills, and develop their leadership capacity by working with community members to analyze complex issues and co-create innovative climate action projects. This fuels cross-community, interdisciplinary action for collective impact!
The Climate Action Mobilizer Project mobilizes meaningful climate action at a community scale by:
Through climate action training workshops, students will activate climate action by:
As part of the Earth Day celebration hosted by the Everett-Crowley Park Committee, the Climate Action Mobilizers partnered with UBC CALP and the Vancouver Park Board to plant 38 native trees and shrubs in the park and locally. The event connected past and current Cool ‘Hood Champs to celebrate individual and community successes, and continue to encourage neighbourhood climate action.
This convening event brought together UBC students, residents, municipal representatives, community organizations, and neighbourhood climate champions to discuss what real climate action looks like in local communities. To inspire new ideas and solutions, local climate experts led table discussions on key domains for climate action in a World Café format.
This convening event was hosted in partnership with the City of Vancouver Seniors Advisory Committee (SAC) and Transportation Advisory Committee (TRAC). It focused on strategizing for Vancouver to be an “8 to 80” city, where communities are built to be accessible for everyone from 8 to 80 years old. The event brought together seniors-serving organizations and community members to address the need for sustainable and accessible transportation options, while highlighting lessons learned from last summer’s heat dome.
The Cool 'Hood Champs program offers community members the opportunity to become a climate action champion in their neighbourhoods through a series of interactive workshops. These workshops aim to educate community members on ways to identify climate impacts and solutions within their neighbourhood, envision their ideal climate-friendly neighbourhood, and plan and implement their very own climate action plan within their community.
Through workshops and events aimed at empowering communities to take local climate action, the Climate Action Mobilizers have engaged the following neighbourhoods and communities in the Vancouver area and beyond:
If you’re interested in getting involved, participate in a climate action training workshop provided by the UBC Climate Action Mobilizers.
At these workshops, you will be invited to: