Gabriola Climate-12 is an ongoing, local climate action project that began in September 2022. It brings Gabriolans together to look at wicked problems related to climate change, and generate local solutions to reduce our GHG emissions and mitigate climate impacts.
For info on (and results from) the initial 12-12-12 project, see this page.
Resources
Gabriola Bike Roads Map, gives info on road biking on this island. Click link or thumbnail to download (PDF 1.5 MB). Map created by the Gabriola Transportation Society.
Mental Health & Climate Change — Dr Rachel Grimminck and Dr Palvi Abernethy presented (14-Sep-2024) on the impacts of climate change on our mental health, from individual and community perspectives. Dr Grimminck’s page of Mental Health & Climate Change resources and Dr Abernethy’s presentation (downloadable PDFs).
Action Teams
CLIMATE-12 ACTION began August 2023 and is ongoing. There are currently (Oct. 2023) six Action Teams starting work, advancing local climate projects in their topic areas. Linked below are (PDF) tables showing community priorities for each topic area, as established by “dot-vote” at the Climate Cafe in August 2023.
- Agriculture & Food Security —priorities
- Biodiversity — priorities
- Buildings & Energy — priorities
- Economic Change — priorities
- Health & Well-Being — priorities
- Transportation — priorities
- Water — priorities
Two additional Teams have a broader, more fluid mandate:
- Arts & Culture
- Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Notes from the Action Teams’ regular meetings are available below.
To inquire about any of the Action Teams, or join a Team to work with like-minded people on local action on the biggest environmental problem of our lives, email us at GabriolaClimate12@gmail.com and we’ll put you in touch with the Team Convenor, who keeps each team organized and focused.
The organizers
We are the “Coordinating Group” for this year’s Climate-12 Action project. We keep the project on track, handle communications, and seek funding. We also organize bi-monthly “Team Convenor” meetings for updates and cross-pollination of ideas, and provide general support to all Action Teams in advocacy, research, fundraising and organizing. We can be reached at GabriolaClimate12@gmail.com.
—Fay, Steve, Joan, Susan, Greg
Meeting & event notes
The Action Team Convenors have monthly meetings, where we check in about progress made, obstacles encountered, questions asked/answered, future plans. Cross-pollination of ideas and experience encouraged!
Action Team meetings are generally held the third Thursday of the month, in the VIRL library on Gabriola. Team Convenors and all interested folks invited. Here are our notes from past Action Team (and other) meetings:
- Action Teams meeting, 21-Sep-2023 (PDF, 3 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 19-Oct-2023 (PDF, 1.5 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 16-Nov-2023 (PDF, 1 page)
- Action Teams meeting, 14-Dec-2023 (PDF, 2.5 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 18-Jan-2024 (PDF, 2.5 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 15-Feb-2024 (PDF, 4 pages)
- Climate-12 Official Community Plan Visioning 2050 community input, 20-Feb-2024 — This report (PDF, 3 pages + appendix) of OCP recommendations went to the Islands Trust.
- Action Teams meeting, 21-Mar-2024 (PDF, 3 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 18-Apr-2024 (PDF, 2 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 23-May-2024 (PDF, 2 pages)
- Action Teams meeting: 19-Sept-2024 (PDF, 3 pages)
- Action Teams meeting, 19-Nov-2024 (PDF, 2.5 pages)
- next Action Teams meeting: 21-Jan-2025 (under discussion) Note new day, time, location!