by Sue Blythe | Sep 21, 2023 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Climate Stories, Earth Charter, Education, Environment, Musical, Pacha and the Game: On the Road to 2030 and Beyond, Peace, Resources, Seed Idea, Words of Wisdom
Hello! It’s me, Gramma Sue Blythe, and I invite you into a collaborative storytelling adventure, On the Road to 2030, 2050, and Beyond. When we get to the year 2050, I want to see a global celebration of Peace on and with the Earth. Young people of that day...
by admin | Aug 24, 2023 | Climate Stories, Creative Artworks, Environment, Expressions, Words of Wisdom
Look to the ditches, to the wildflowers, to the bee condos of the world. The pollinators will find the plants. Can’t plant a flower garden? No worries. Leave the weeds. Joepye weed, wild yarrow, thistles to do what they do. The bees will do the rest. Visit in...
by Sue Blythe | May 12, 2021 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Environment, Pacha and the Game: On the Road to 2030 and Beyond
The Climate Collaboratory presents a collaborative storytelling adventure. We will develop this in 2021-22 as a pilot project of We, the World, the University of Florida Extension and Alachua County Public Schools. Our goal is to produce a community-wide climate...
by Sue Blythe | Sep 6, 2019 | Sage and the TreeTenders: On the Road through 2021 and Beyond
We are one human family and one Earth community with a common destiny.Earth Charter –
by Sue Blythe | Jun 20, 2025 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Climate Stories
In our collaborative storytelling adventure, fictional characters and real people explore Alachua County, Florida, looking for the people living by the principles of a sustainable, just, and peaceful future. Their journey starts at the real-life September 2024...
by Sue Blythe | Jun 18, 2025 | Climate Collaboratory, Climate Stories, Environment
I remember feeling so grateful and hopeful in 2019, when the City Commission of Gainesville declared a Climate Emergency. That was a perfect way to support the UN theme of “Climate Action for Peace.” The next month, the Alachua County Commission created the Joint...
by Sue Blythe | Jun 17, 2025 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Education, Environment, Resources
I remember the excitement of officially establishing the Climate Collaboratory as a project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension. At that time, I co-hosted the Welcome to WE! Show with Rick Ulfik. We talked with four people: Jennison Kipp...
by Sue Blythe | Jun 15, 2025 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Environment, Human Rights, Resources, Seed Idea
I remember UN Day back in 2019. I took five color copies of the “Welcome to WE! Printernet Gazette” to give to the right people. It was my vision for the big news on the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2020. Alachua County would be way ahead in the...
by Sue Blythe | Jun 14, 2025 | Environment, Peace, Words of Wisdom
In 2019, the theme for the International Day of Peace was “Climate Action for Peace.” When he announced the 100-Day Countdown on June 13, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, This is the battle of our lives, and a race against time. We can win — and we...
by Sue Blythe | Jun 13, 2025 | Climate Collaboratory, Climate Stories, Earth Charter, Education, Environment, Peace, Seed Idea, Words of Wisdom
Hello, I’m Sue Blythe, creator of the Climate Collaboratory. One thing I’ve learned after seven decades on this beautiful planet is to see the end in the beginning. So, in a collaborative storytelling adventure I’ve developed through the years, I hold a...
by Sue Blythe | Jan 20, 2025 | Children & Youth, Climate Collaboratory, Environment, Resources, Volunteers
The Climate Collaboratory’s fictional Climate Caravan visits schools and community groups in Alachua County, Florida. We offer tools and resources, including the Global Warming Express, a program for Climate Change Education & Activism. ...
by Sue Blythe | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for some great environmental conversation starters, then look no further! We’ve assembled a list of engaging, open-ended questions to get the discussion rolling. Special thanks to Dr. Erica Nielsen, who came up with many of these questions....
by Sue Blythe | Jan 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Here are climate-related resolutions that you can make for 2025. Pick one or more of these resolutions each month and take the action. How about starting with #1, but always abide by #14. 1. Educate yourself about the causes, impacts and solutions for climate...
by admin | Apr 23, 2024 | Climate Stories, Earth Charter
Earth Charter International has launched a new #SeedsofHopeandAction campaign, in collaboration with Soka Gakkai International, sharing inspiring examples of actions that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and showing their link to the Earth...