What is Embark Sustainability’s
Theory of Change?
2021-2024
Theory of Change
Our theory of change for 2021-2024 is guided by our vision of a just, equitable, and sustainable future for all students. Our approach to sustainability advocacy can be broken down into two focus areas: Food Justice and Climate Equity.
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Focus Area
Food Justice
Food justice seeks to address and dismantle barriers to equitable food access, advocating for communities’ rights to control their own food systems and access culturally relevant, affordable, and sustainable food.
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Students advocate for just and community-centred food systems on and off campus
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Students honour Indigenous knowledge, their relationship to the land, and food sovereignty
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Students recognize the intersecting and structural inequities embedded in colonial food systems
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GET INVOLVED
Embark Sustainability’s student-led Food Justice Collective deepens their understanding of food justice topics while collaborating with one another to share their learnings with Embark Sustainability’s membership at large. Get involved with our team and participate in the initiatives and offerings they create by visiting our events page.
Focus Area
Climate Equity
Systemically marginalized communities face frontline impacts of the climate crisis. Climate equity is a framework for mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis that works to alleviate the burden of impact on racialized and marginalized communities, bridging climate justice, racial equity, and many intersecting liberation movements.
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Students advocate for just climate solutions and sovereign Indigenous stewardship of lands and waters
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Students honour Indigenous knowledge, their relationship to the land, and climate leadership
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Students recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change on marginalized communities
Starting here
GET INVOLVED
Embark Sustainability’s student-led Climate Equity Collective explores the climate crisis through an equity lens while working together to share their learnings with Embark Sustainability’s membership and the greater community. Get involved with our team and participate in the initiatives and offerings they create by visiting our events page.