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Climate-Focused Sustainability Skills Program Survey
Are you passionate about climate action? Do you want a say in the development of a program designed to build your skills and enhance your resume? If so,...
Understanding Change on Earth’s Terms
Doom, Gloom, and more Doom Often, those of us that are working towards sustainable futures are aware of, if not driven by, climate anxiety. We are...
The Climate Strike
Recently there has been a lot of attention on the topic of climate change and global environmental policies. With Canada’s federal election having just...
Changing World (Mixed Media)
This is a mixed media poem about the wonders of nature written by Cindy Ye. The poem's inspiration is found in the changing seasons in Vancouver, BC....
My Thrifting Journey
The past When I was a kid, my mom would bring me hand-me-downs from friends and family. At the time, I saw it as uncool - nobody else I knew wanted to...
Making the change to dairy-free: On cheese addiction, “green” milks, and more
What does it take to make the change to dairy-free? As I recently discovered, quitting milk is harder than you’d think. Questioning my queso ...
Greta Thunberg: Fighting for our Future
As 2019 continues to progress, Greta Thunberg has often been seen as the face of future generation's fight against climate change. Her scathing speech at...
SFU Student Among Youth Convened for Democratic Solutions to Climate Crisis
This summer, I was fortunate to join a passionate group of youth activists from all continents in intensive training to become Climate Ambassadors with...
Plant-based Salted Caramel Filled Pretzel Cookies
Jennifer, our plant-based foodie guru is sharing her go-to recipes, make sure to stay tuned. If you have a sweet tooth like the rest of us at Embark,...
The Water of Tomorrow
Chemical X Minerals from our Earth’s crust were important ingredients of life’s recipe. Charles Darwin’s “warm little pond” vision - is being proved...
The Stories We Tell: Making Climate Change Conversations Less Awkward
How shifting narratives can make climate change a more approachable topic There’s a lot of upsides to living at home during university, which for me...
Foodie Blog Post to Reduce our Carbon Footprint
You've been warned, delicious foodie pictures ahead - grab a snack! I’ve been a foodie for as long as I can remember. Even when I went vegan more than 3...
Sustainability Peer Program
The Sustainability Peer Program is on hold Our 8-month co-curricular cohort, the Sustainability Peer Program, co-run with SFU's Sustainability Office, is...
Creating Space for a Sustainable Future: Part Two
How has Canada created space for incorporating and acting on the Sustainable Development Goals? Climate change is real, it is happening, and it is now....
The Challenge of Space: Tips for Growing Your Own Mini Garden
Spring will soon be upon us. The sun will be shining bright and students will be rushing out to bask in the sunshine. To take full advantage of it...
BLOG POST SUBMISSION
What type of content can you submit? Writers are encouraged to share sustainability through their lens and take any interesting thought, story or idea and create content.
It could be features, articles, interviews, poetry/prose, dispatches, reviews, photography, illustration, and/or videography.
The only requirement is that the created content falls under one of the following Embark Sustainability priority areas or their intersections:
- Climate Equity
- Food Justice
POST RECOMMENDATIONS
- Write about what you are passionate about and that aligns with priority areas. Or challenge yourself in creating something new.
- Think critically rather than just making statements.
- Be creative.
KEEPING JUSTICE, EQUITY, DECOLONIZATION, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION IN MIND
Ask yourself the following questions while writing:
- What communities does this topic affect and why?
- What systemic barriers are involved in this topic?
- Who benefits from the current systems in place?
- How does my positionality affect my understanding of this topic? How can I address this in my piece?
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