co-creating an intergenerational storytelling climate action adventure
Welcome to the Climate Collaboratory!
We are individuals and organizations exploring new ways to cooperate, collaborate, and co-create new solutions for a world that works for all living things — that’s 100% of humanity and the community of life on Earth, our home.
Spotlight 2022: Alachua County, Florida
We’re shining a light on the people who are helping to make a world that works for all. Alachua County has a climate story to tell. In 2019-20, the City of Gainesville and Alachua County commissions declared a climate emergency. Countless individuals and organizations are living their own climate stories, responding to the social and environmental challenges of our time Our children are watching and learning from us. They want to be involved in making a world that works for all.
Our arts-based collaborative storytelling adventure invites young people to take the lead on the Road to 2030, 2050 and Beyond. Month by month, they develop scenes of “Climate Collaboratory: The Musical,” to be produced for Earth Day in April. Adults and elders support them in a community-wide climate conversation-to-action program. They provide needed human, material and spiritual resources for intergenerational collaboration on the social and environmental challenges of our time.
Join us on the Road to 2030, 2050 and Beyond. We have a Blueprint for a Better Future. We’re building a World House where we can all get along. We’re planting Seed Ideas in the Gardens of Global Unity, where all things are possible.
Our Climate Collaborators
These are some of our current partners in Alachua County, Florida. Businesses and organizations sponsor unique activities devised to amplify their missions in their local community. We’re growing Seed Ideas in the project incubator that we call the Gardens of Global Unity, where all things are possible.
Building Community
in a Changing Climate
Tuesdays, January 25 to March 1
6:00 – 7:30 pm Eastern
Co-sponsored by
Interfaith Climate Group
Martin Luther King Commission of Florida
United Nations Association of Gainesville
You are invited to a climate
conversation-to-action series
using the UN Global Goals as a
Blueprint for the World House
envisioned by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are creating networks of support
for children and youth projects
to build a world that works for all.
Children (9 and up), youth, young adults,
adults and elders welcome!
Jan 25 PEACE
Feb 1 PEOPLE
Feb 8 PROSPERITY
Feb 15 PARTNERSHIPS
Feb 22 PLANET
Mar 1 PLANTING SEED IDEAS
When: Tuesdays, Jan 25 to March 1, 2022
06:00 – 7:30 PM Eastern Time
Register at WE.NET/MLK to receive the Zoom link
The Climate Collaboratory is a pilot project of
We, the World and UF/IFAS Extension
For more information contact Sue Blythe <sueblythe@we.net>
Gardens of Global Unity
We, the World
Climate Conversation-to-Action
Sustainable Floridians
University of Florida Extension
Blueprint for a Better Future United Nations Association – USA Gainesville, FL Chapter
World House Project
Martin Luther King, Jr
Commission of Florida
Building Community in a Changing Climate
Interfaith Climate Group
Gainesville, FL
Crafting Our Climate Story
Elders Climate Action
Florida Chapter
Minecraft EarthFlash! Game Alachua County Public Schools – Middle School Technology
Tony Green, consultant and public speaker on Green Technology.
YOUR LOGO HERE!
Ask about growing your Seed Idea in the Gardens of Global Unity
where all things are possible
Welcome to the Climate Collaboratory, where young people grow Seed Ideas in the Gardens of Global Unity.
Children and youth take the lead, creating their own action plans. Adults and elders nurture them with global networks of support. We recommend these action planning programs:
Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.
– The Earth Charter
Play the EarthFlash! Games with Tomorrow’s Dreamers!
Read all about it in the EarthFlash! Printernet Gazette
COMING SOON!
CREDIT – pachaspajamas.com
Our Earth is changing. Humans have changed the Balance of Nature. We must do our part and give back to the planet!
Make a Donation
Join the Movement
“Climate Action for Peace” brings a clear message: the global climate emergency is a threat to security and stability. …
This is the battle of our lives, and a race against time. We can win — and we must.
The mission of the Climate Collaboratory is to make this vision of the Earth Charter a reality:
Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.
– The Earth Charter
FLORIDA RESIDENTS
Register now as a Climate Collaborator
to get details about the FLORIDA CLIMATE CONVERSATION TO ACTION program starting October 14. Explore sustainability in your area and join a community-wide climate emergency conversation designed to engage all ages in our collaborative storytelling adventure.
The Climate Collaboratory is a pilot project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension.
Quick! The window of opportunity is closing!
All Aboard the Global Warming Express!
… is a By Kids / For Kids Think Tank Program for kids ages 8-12.
The program is designed to be mentored by grownups, but powered by kids,
who decide what Small Goals and Big Goals they want to accomplish…
GWE is filling a pipeline of youth climate leaders who will carry on taking direct action,
influencing policy and propelling their communities towards sustainability.
They leave GWE with a passion for solving this global problem
and a confidence that their actions will make a difference.
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to play the Sustainable World Games in the 2020-21 school year.
There’s a Song for That!
LISTEN to John Denver’s
“I want to play in the World Game”
We’ve come a long way on the Road through 2020 and Beyond …
January – MLK – Manifesting the Dream
February – World Interfaith Harmony Week
April – EARTH DAY’s 50th Anniversary.
June 29, EARTH CHARTER’s 20th Anniversary. International Children’s Month, 100 Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace
September – Caravan of Unity, 11 Days of Global Unity, International Day of Peace
October – UNITED NATIONS 75th Anniversary
November – Veterans for Peace
December – Human Rights Day
2021 – To be continued!
Become a climate collaborator
The Climate Collaboratory is a pilot project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension. Our Our mission is to make this vision of the Earth Charter a reality:
Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.
– The Earth Charter
Sustainable Living Library
to be developed with Youth Dept at Alachua County Library District
Climate Collaboratory – OVERVIEW
Several theatre people said they wanted to help develop the musical. I wanted them to see the Big Picture, so I wrote the community-wide program in four levels, with possible roles at the end. Thank you for considering what role you might play in devising "Climate Collaboratory: The Musical." We're looking for people who can bring their own creativity into the mix. I hope that each of you will...
Big Hairy Audacious Goal
In the International Climate Action Challenge 2021 we were asked to name our B-HAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Here's what I came up with. To engage at least 1,000 people in Alachua County FL in our demonstration community-wide climate conversation-to-action program by April 2022. To produce a hybrid intergenerational musical for April 2022 and a full-length animated movie for April 2025 to...