Greenwood’s Earth Week was April 22 to 26. The Sustainability and Stewardship Committee’s theme for this year’s Earth Week focused on intersectional environmentalism, which is an inclusive version of environmentalism that advocates for the protection of both people and nature. This especially considers how marginalized and underprivileged communities are impacted differently by climate injustice.
To start off the week, we welcomed guest speakers Angele Alook and David Gray-Donald who spoke about introducing system change to have a meaningful impact for climate change. Angele and David also spoke about looking to Indigenous cultures and how their way of gathering community could be applied to help everyone make the transition to more environmentally sustainable living.
The Sustainability and Stewardship Committee hosted trivia during the morning announcements to educate and quiz the Greenwood community on intersectional environmentalism. The Committee also hosted various activities like Meatless Monday, Trashless Tuesday, candle making and community trash clean ups during Earth Week. Students and staff who participated earned additional House points, which will contribute to the Greenest House Award given out at the end of the year.
Thank you to the Sustainability and Stewardship Committee for organizing another insightful and impactful Earth Week. We hope many of the activities encourage members of our community to build more eco-friendly habits.
We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.