Women, environment & climate action

WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE ACTION

In celebration of International Women's Day, we've compiled this list of women-focused environmental projects. (Post here for staff, volunteers or board positions).

Women, Environment & Sustainability — groups & organizations in Canada & beyond

Women for Climate – Mentors: Vancouver | Montreal | Toronto | more
Women's Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) Canada
- Prevent Cancer Now | Breast Cancer Action Quebec
- Environmental Health Clinic – Women's College Hospital | more
Women and Environments Magazine

Women in Renewable Energy Canada
Women in Cleantech Canada

Women in Sustainability (US/global)
Women in Sustainability (UK/USA/global)
Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (USA)
Women's Environmental Sustainability Network Ottawa

Women in Polar Science (global)
Women in Dev (global)

Fashion Takes Action

Peace, nonviolence, conflict resolution

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW)
Women, Peace & Security Network Canada (WPSN-C) (2)
Peace groups and organizations in Canada and beyond
Women & pacifism (links, resources, articles)
Global: WILPF | PeaceWomen

Events

Women's Climate Strike — March 8, 2022

Girls, youth & young women (outdoor adventure & environment)

Roots & Shoots (age 18+)
Outward Bound Canada (outdoor adventures)
Canadian Camping Association – Summer Camps
Inspiring Girls (age 16+)
Girls on Ice Canada (for young women)
Girl Guides / Scouting & Guiding in Canada / Girls Action Foundation
Take Me Outside | Outside Play | Wiki | Jobs

Global / international development

Women and Gender Constituency / Combatting Climate Change
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network
Women's Earth Alliance
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO)
Empower Women for Climate
Nobel Women's Initiative

Articles

Women / female environmentalists in Canada
Women and the environment
Meet 15 Women leading the fight against Climate Change
Gender and climate change
Organic agriculture and women's empowerment | jobs
The new climate revolution will be led by women (National Observer)
Climate action by and for women (UN Women)
Women's outdoor adventure
Women in science

Women Environmentalists in Canada & beyond

Magaret Atwood (poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, inventor) website
Maude Barlow (author, activist, Council of Canadians, The Blue Planet Project)
Tzeporah Berman (environmental activist, campaigner, writer)
Roberta Bondar (astronaut, physician, scientific researcher, photographer, author, environment...) Foundation
Nicole Bruinsma (doctor, anti-pesticide advocate)
Severn Cullis-Suzuki (environmental activist, speaker, TV host, author)
Sarah Harmer (singer, songwriter, environmental activist)
Jane Jacobs (journalist, author, activist, Janes Walk)
Naomi Klein (author, social activist, filmmaker)
Elizabeth May (environmentalist, author, activist, lawyer, politician, MP)
Diana Beresford-Kroeger (author, botanist, climate change advocate)

List of women environmentalists in Canada: Wikipedia | Google

Global

Julia Butterfly Hill (environmental activist, tax redirection advocate, author, website)
Helen Caldicott (physician, author, anti-nuclear advocate, If You Love This Planet)
Rachel Carson (marine biologist, author, conservationist, Silent Spring)
Jane Fonda (actress, activist, environmentalist)
Jane Goodall (primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist, Jane Goodall Institute)
Wangari Maathai (social, environmental and political activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient)
Vandana Shiva (scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist, anti-globalisation author) (search)
Sandra Steingraber (biologist, author, cancer survivor, Living Downstream)
Greta Thunberg (climate change activist, School Strike for Climate / Fridays for Future)

And you! Environmental Jobs | Board positions | Volunteer | How to be an activist | How to save the world in your spare time

International Women's Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. It is also a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. — More: Wikipedia | UN Women | more | more

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