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Online Course: Climate Action & Transition Leadership Starts November 3, 2025

 

This course showcases how outdated models of leadership have contributed to the climate crisis. You will explore ASI’s six Transition Leadership competencies offering alternative leadership frameworks designed to inspire climate action within your workplace or community.

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$3,500 Tuition Grant for BC Residents

 

BC residents can receive up to $3,500 through the StrongerBC Future Skills Grant for eligible short-term training at public post-secondary schools.

 

At Royal Roads University, this includes the Climate Adaptation Fundamentals Micro-Credential and Professional Certificate in Management & Leadership.

 

You can take ASI’s Climate Action & Transition Leadership (CATL) course as part of these programs or on its own. CATL starts on Nov 3, 2025.

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Entries Valid Between Sept 2 - 19, 2025

 

We're brewing up a latte fun with a giveaway to celebrate everyday leaders in our communities doing amazing work!

 

Lead it Forward with us by tagging someone whose leadership has inspired you on our LinkedIn post and sign up through our entry form for a chance to win a year’s worth of coffee!

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Working in the “Messy Middle” and What you Can Do to Gain Top-Down Support

 

This is a great article from Lesley Robb that dives into the unglamorous but essential reality of sustainability work: driving impact without always having clear backing from the top.

 

It reminds us why this work matters, how the “middle-out” approach can actually be a powerful advantage, and practical ways to influence upward while keeping grassroots momentum alive.

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Past Lessons, Future Voices: Climate Action Across Generations

 

Climate change isn’t new but the way we talk about it, organize around it, and take action has shifted dramatically over time. From Grand(m)others Act To Save The Planet (GASP) to Fridays for Future, every generation has found its own way to step up, speak out, and push for change.

 

Join us for a lively conversation with three climate leaders: Abbey Piazza, Bob Willard, and Desiree Maurice as they share perspectives on:

  • How climate action has evolved throughout their careers
  • Lessons we can draw from the movement’s past and present
  • Ways different generations can collaborate to strengthen the movement and invite people in.
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The Great Canadian Bioblitz is Back! 

 

📸 September 21 – 28: Record your observations using iNaturalist
⬆️ September 29 – October 5: Upload and Identify observation made during the recording period.

 

From your backyard to the backcountry, the Canadian Wildlife Federation wants you to help them capture a “nature selfie” of Canada by recording as many species as you can — plants, fungi, bugs, birds, and beyond to the iNaturalist app.  🐝🌳

 

The aim of the Bioblitz is to contribute to an active database scientists use to track and conserve biodiversity across Canada and around the world.

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Mother******* Wind Farms!

 

We had a good chuckle watching this Samuel L. Jackson commercial - yes, with mother******* wind farms on this mother******* planet. Definitely put on headphones if you’re watching at work!

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Other Events and Announcements!

  • Canada-Alberta Productivity Grant: Funding for employers to provide technical training for employees and unemployed Albertans.
  • Canada-Manitoba Job Grant: Funding for training costs for new and existing employees in Manitoba.
  • Youth Climate Lab: Apply to The Collective by Sept 21!
  • WiRE x Women Emerging: Reframe your leadership approach in the renewable energy sector on Sept 23.
  • Calgary Climate Hub: Art of Protest with soil art installations on Sept 25.
  • Toronto Climate Week: Inaugural event is taking place Oct 1 - 3, 2025.

  • BUILDEX Alberta: ASI hosting a panel on collaboration on Oct 22.
  • Decentralised Energy Forum: Nov 20 - 21 in Quebec City.

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