Who is the Groundswell Climate Collective?

The Groundswell Climate Collective is a virtual space that works together on a variety of projects and initiatives for youth and young people, with a collective approach to considering our futures in light of the climate crisis and re-imagining possible futures through creativity. We acknowledge that the work we do across Turtle Island, takes place on unceded Indigenous Lands. We are especially committed to uplifting and sharing the voices of Black folks, Indigenous folks, and People of Color and prioritize youth perspectives and ideas. 

Our goal is to build relationships with local and international Indigenous groups who are addressing climate change issues by providing a platform to share stories of success and challenges. We provide ways for interested individuals to connect with climate related networks and organizations. Through our virtual spaces, we strive to create interventions on how to deal with doom, gloom, and eco-anxiety so we may foster actions that benefit the environment, all species, the human condition, and Mother Earth

Our Commitments

Our community is made up of creative professionals, climate change activists, artists, and educators. As a collective, we’re committed to accountability and providing information that is transparent, accessible and answers any questions you might have about our work. We also want to ensure that we are flexible to the needs of those that interact with our projects and contests, especially youth and young people who wish to engage in our work.

1. Be humble, open, and responsive so that we may ground our work in relationality with the communities we work with and on the Indigenous lands we operate within. We want to be accountable our communities.

2. Prioritize accessibility to our projects, our materials, and our platforms and create transparent and equitable documents, processes, and communications about our work

3. Create space to share resources, dialogue, ideas, imaginings on combating the climate crisis and all the relating issues that contribute to it. We strive to provide the best scientific knowledge without exaggeration or minimization and attempt to educate about the risks and dangers of blatant misinformation regarding green washing and geo - engineering.

4. Focus on climate justice and how it relates to economics, politics, education, climate refugee support, and health care.

5. Support and elevate works of art, poetry, short video, and projects crafted by Indigenous youth and young adults.