How do we mobilise young people to step up, rather than shut down, in the face of our planet's messiest problems? Force of Nature helps young people around the world turn climate anxiety into agency. Through online classrooms, virtual programmes and digital campaigns, our mission is to mobilise mindsets - enabling young people to channel their feelings into taking action.
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📣 Do you know a young person (16-25, based in the UK) with something to say on climate, democracy or justice? 📣 OPENx is TEDxLondon's fully sponsored programme for exactly that. Fifteen will be selected for speaker training and mentoring, with a route to the TEDxLondon stage in 2027. Applications close 15 October. Learn more at openx.tedxlondon.com
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In case you missed it, we've joined forces with Force of Nature! Let's catch you up on what that means... 💚 Half a decade ago, two youth-led organisations were born out of the Youth Climate Strikes. Force of Nature, founded by Clover Hogan aged 19, and The Resilience Project, founded by Katie Hodgetts FRSA aged 24. 🌟 Over the last 5 years, we both took different approaches to the same mission; strengthening the youth climate movement to fight for climate justice. While Force of Nature helped young people turn climate anxiety into action, The Resilience Project helped young changemakers stay in the movement, without burning out. 📣 Now, we're bringing all that work together under one roof. Combining everything we've learned to mobilise more young people into action while giving them exactly what they need to unlock resilience, build a community of care and stay in the work. So, whether you're just getting started or you've been organising for years... we're on your side! Read more about our vision and get involved: https://lnkd.in/e7EMQ2mQ
In New York for climate week? 🗽 Join a climate café run by our New York hubs to reflect on your feelings, build new connections and decompress from the busyness of climate week. 📍 Marine Park Coffee, Brooklyn 📆 Sunday 27 September, 1 - 3pm Open to all with free coffee and tea provided courtesy of Marine Park Coffee. Sign up to join us: https://lnkd.in/eX4cVu3U #NewYorkClimateWeek
So excited to share we've joined forces with The Resilience Project! Join us for an exciting new chapter 👇
The Resilience Project and Force of Nature have joined forces to deepen support for young people living through the climate crisis. Together, we’re building a bigger, more sustainable movement of young changemakers. One that mobilises even more young people, while offering crucial support to those already deep in the work. Two youth-led organisations born out of the 2019 Youth Climate Strikes, we’ve spent over half a decade doing complementary work. Force of Nature has helped thousands of young people turn climate anxiety into action. Meanwhile, The Resilience Project has been busy resourcing established changemakers with the tools and community they need to avoid burnout and create lasting change. And today, we’re coming together as one. 🌍 WHY NOW? 🌍 The global youth changemaking movement looks very different to when we first started out. From the Gen Z Uprising in Kenya to the Cockroach Janta Party in India, we’ve seen a new generation of young people organise for change on an extraordinary scale. Unlike 2019, climate isn’t always the main talking point. But that isn’t because as young people we no longer care; it’s because we’re holding more interconnected causes, more urgently, than any generation before us. With so many intersectional crises happening simultaneously, more of us than ever before are burning out under the weight of it all. And many others feel too overwhelmed to even start. That’s why this moment calls for what we’re building; a movement that mobilizes more young people into action, while giving them exactly what they need to unlock resilience, build a community of care, and stay in the work. 🌳 WHAT'S NEXT? 🌳 We’re inviting you to come along on this journey and help shape a movement built to last. As we figure out exactly how our joint programmes will operate, look out for opportunities to get involved and share your perspective. This is just the first chapter in our journey together. We’re excited to have you here with us for what comes next. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to hear about exciting new opportunities to get involved: https://lnkd.in/eufg_Mj5
🌍There's so much going in the world, from extreme weather and socio-political events to the personal shifts that we are experiencing in our own lives. Last Monday, we had our community grounding call where we engaged in several grounding exercises, including one by our lovely friends at The Resilience Project. 🦋 Scroll onwards to learn more about some ways you can reconnect with yourself in these changing times.
Climate cafés are continuing to grow around the world! 🌎 As well as launching our four hubs this year, our wonderful community are hosting powerful and important spaces globally. If you'd like to host a climate café, you can get our free How-to-Host a Climate Café Guide at the link below😋 https://lnkd.in/gBMZ_ZgJ
This week we are spotlighting our Nairobi Climate Café Hub! 🌱 Led by Patience Makheti, and with the support of facilitators Phelix and Lynne, a group of young people were brought together to find some time to reconnect with themselves amidst the pressures of the climate crisis. ✨ Are you interested in hosting a climate café in your local community? 👀 Sign up here to get our free How to Host a Climate Café Guide: https://lnkd.in/gBMZ_ZgJ
Did you miss out on our May cohort of Becoming a Force of Nature? We're here to share our top insights from running the programme with you. 👀 ⭐ Swipe to learn about our largest cohort ever, how participants were transformed through the programme, and some of our latest BaFoN news! Can't wait for the next cohort? Stay tuned on our socials and join our community for the latest news. 🌿(link to join in the comments) #youthclimateopportunities #climateanxiety #climateeducation
As this cohort of Becoming a Force of Nature has come to an end, meet our programme facilitators and learn about their experiences delivering this programme! 💬 🌟 Thank you so much to Julia and Jake for sharing your thoughts. If you want to read more, check out our blog here: https://lnkd.in/ec6rX8_h
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This work is no longer just an idea. It is becoming a movement built by communities, and for communities.🔥🔥 We are deeply honoured to see the Kasese Climate Café Hub featured by Force of Nature as part of its global Climate Café Hub Spotlight. This recognition celebrates more than our work as Hub Lead. It celebrates every host organisation, every young person, every woman, every community leader and every participant who has chosen to sit together, listen to one another and take climate action from the ground up. As the Hub Lead, my self and the team at Maru Action Development Foundation has been privileged to support local organisations to establish Climate Cafés across Kasese in Western Uganda. Today, these spaces are helping communities move beyond discussing climate challenges to identifying practical solutions that fit our very local realities. We are especially proud to see Inspire Girls Focus Foundation, one of our Hub hosts led by Lillian Biira, recognised for creating safe spaces where secondary school students can openly discuss how climate change is shaping their education, wellbeing and future aspirations. Being part of this global initiative, alongside partners in the United Kingdom, the United States and Kenya, reminds us that while climate impacts are experienced differently around the world, community-led dialogue remains a powerful starting point for collective action. We sincerely thank everyone at Force of Nature and The Climate Cares Centre at Imperial College London for believing in locally led leadership and for trusting Kasese to be part of this important global learning journey. This recognition belongs to our four Hub organisations, our facilitators, local leaders, community members and every participant who continues to show that meaningful climate action begins with listening, learning and acting together. Together, we will continue building resilient communities—one Climate Café at a time. #ClimateCafe #ClimateCafeHub #ClimateAction
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