Every Thursday for 10 weeks at 4pm PT (4pm in Vancouver, 5pm in Calgary, 6pm in Winnipeg, 7pm in Toronto, and 8pm in the maritimes, 8:30 in Newfoundland), we will host a webinar session on Zoom featuring one-or-more nonpartisan experts, Dr. Howard, and some of the other leadership contestants.

If you’re like most people, you didn’t learn how to make change at school. And you didn’t learn about planetary health–described by the Lancet as the “health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems upon which it depends.” So we’ve assembled some of the wisest and most innovative people we know to teach us about planetary health and learn the skills of change-making. Do you know how to: Campaign? Create evidence-based policy? Be an ally? Envision a Healthy recovery? Pick advocacy targets? You will 🙂 Is James Orbinski your hero? Maybe Eriel Derange is? (We have many heroes 🙂 Or Elizabeth May? Cat Abreu? Or Monika Dutt? Trevor Hancock? Did Joel Baken’s “Corporation–the Movie” change your world? Have climate strikers like Sadie Hancock inspired you? Did Ed Maibach’s groundbreaking research on climate communications completely change your approach? Could it? Have some of the other candidates for the leadership of the Green Party really impressed you? Us too. So come meet your hero–or find a new one. We’ve put this in the 5à7 window on Thursdays so it feels like sitting at an outdoor patio with a group of inspiring friends. We’ll gather pearls from one another, via both large and small group chats, and grow the skills and networks we need to build a healthy future together.

Onwards!