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5 essential ingredients for a successful CLIMATE CHANGE Conference

February 19, 2021
Traci Lewis

Megan Stillwell who came on our 2020 programme and was part of MOCK COP26 – a youth climate change conference – has written us this blog. What do you do when the official UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is postponed? If you are committed to taking action against climate change, you create your own event, and that’s exactly what a group of youth activists did. They created the Mock COP26 a virtual summit to discuss issues around…

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Our Hopes for The Climate Crisis

January 6, 2021
Traci Lewis

Survey finds hope at the heart of our experiences of the climate crisis Written by Jenna Holliday On 29 November a group of catalysts hosted a Mock COP Fringe event “Our Climate Vision” sharing findings from original research into people’s experiences of climate change. In this blog Catalyse Change Director Jenna Holliday provides a note of some of the key findings from the survey. One of my personal 2020 highlights has been acting as the admin for the Our Climate…

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Gender Equality is Key to Fighting Climate Change

February 21, 2020
Traci Lewis

A national climate emergency has been declared by the UK Parliament and the 2020s have been described as the “decade of action to repair the Earth.” In the lead up to IWD 2020, Catalyse Change founders Jenna and Traci, take a look at where the UK is in terms of gender equality and why it is imperative in addressing climate change. There is still work to do to achieve gender equality Gender inequality is evident all around us in just…

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10 Tips for Attending Youth Climate Strike Protests

November 19, 2019
Traci Lewis

This article from Bethany Stephenson contains 10 top tips for young women attending a Youth Climate Strike. Are you going to be joining the Global Climate Strike on Friday 29th November? As after more than 7 million people went on climate strikes around the world during the week of September 20th, the Youth Climate Strike movements are going to be doing it again on November 29th. The school strike for the climate, also known variously as Fridays for Future, Youth…

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The Green Career of a Catalyse Change Mentor

November 9, 2018
Traci Lewis

Sara is a Catalyse Change mentor, supporting a young woman on her journey as a confident, resilient changemaker. We asked Sara about her own Green Career, what motivates her and what she has learnt along the way. Sara Telahoun, Senior Technical Officer – Cities, CDP  Provide a brief overview of the path that took you to this job. Following my Master’s in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, I found it very difficult to find a job in the sustainability sector.…

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Catalyse Change CIC is a social enterprise working to inspire and empower young women for happy, healthy & green careers, communities, and the planet. The directors, Board, and mentors are all women working in sustainability, with a combined wide skill set and expertise, supported by an extensive network of other sustainability professionals who provide expertise and mentoring.

*We use an inclusive definition of “woman” and “female” and welcome trans women, genderqueer women & non-binary people.

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