Beatrice Ekoko
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Hamilton, Ontario
About Beatrice Ekoko
Beatrice Ekoko writes from Hamilton, Ontario, where, for over 15 years, she has been working with local environmental groups on sustainability projects, including energy conservation, renewable energy, active transportation, greenbelt protection, and habitat enhancement for thriving biodiversity.
Leading climate action and creating community with faith
With 2,500 physical sites across the country, Canada's largest Protestant Christian denomination, the United Church of Canada, plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 80 per cent in seven years.
Shelter from the storm: Extreme weather and the duty of faith groups
Faith-based groups in Ontario and Alberta are helping their communities deal with the ravages of climate change.
‘Personally, as I have grown in faith, I have seen my concern and love for the environment grow, too’
Young Canadians from diverse faiths and spiritual practices are at the forefront of climate justice action.
Mixing faith and community to bring climate preparedness home
OakvilleReady is a program inspired by the efforts of the national interfaith environmental network Faith & the Common Good to take care of the most vulnerable in climate emergencies and extreme weather events.
Faith-based groups answered the call when tragedy struck
With physical infrastructure such as highways being washed away and buildings collapsing around us (think B.C. fires and floods and the East Coast floods) faith groups are ready to become first responders.
It takes a community to weather a storm
Municipalities are recognizing faith-based organizations as collaborators and partners during climate-related emergencies and COVID-19.
Muslims urged to embrace environmental side of Islam
Toronto-based Muslim environmentalist Muaz Nasir has created a website that allows Muslim Canadians to learn from one another and share resources in tackling issues such as climate change.
Rabbi shares recipe for repairing the world
The year 2020 witnessed the intersection of the global pandemic, anti-Black racism and the climate crisis. How do we overcome the crisis? The Jewish faith tradition has some hopeful teachings that can help with the answers.
Religious leaders have a crucial role to play in climate protection
We need the voices of the imams, rabbis, bishops, priests and monks in our communities to speak to their congregations of the urgent need to act on behalf of our climate.
United Church's Mardi Tindal speaks to the heart
“And so now, it is a profoundly pastoral task to acknowledge the worry, the confusion, the paralysis, the fear that congregants carry as they come to realize what we are losing. This is our work,” Mardi reasons. “To not do this work, to not talk about it, is an abdication of pastoral leadership.”