Mobilizing Alberta
Building capacity for climate action
Mobilizing Alberta
Given the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and to ground climate solutions in equity and justice, there is a momentous opportunity to build a healthy, just and climate safe future. 
Mobilizing Alberta (MA) is a five-year initiative at the UCalgary that is led by the Office of Sustainability and undertaken with the financial support of a $1.6 million grant from the Government of Canada through the .
Many communities across Southern Alberta are already leading the way in the implementation of innovative and equitable climate solutions. Mobilizing Alberta aims to strengthen capacity for advancing climate action across Southern Alberta by:
- Providing grants for climate action projects that bring together community organizations with UCalgary faculty and students.
- Offering a "Preparing Albertans for Climate Change" free e-course.
- Organizing a series of events open to the campus community and public to generate climate awareness and inspire action.
Climate Conversations Speaker Series
- Indigenous Science, Biodiversity, and Climate Action
- Caring for More Than Human Worlds in Regimes of Forced Migration
- The Psychology of Care: Learning How to Lead in the Anthropocene
- New Ways of Thinking About Energy, Culture and Climate Change
Climate Initiatives at UCalgary
MacKimmie Tower
The Swann Mall
Solar Projects
Mobilizing Alberta Climate Intiatives
The Creative Green Tools – School of Creative and Performing Arts at UCalgary
Geo-exchange at Biosphere Institute
Stoney-Nakoda Youth Council
Empower Me
Accelerating Climate Action- Construction Waste
Climate Change News
UCalgary postdoc reflects on leading a startup, the challenges she’s overcome and advice for fellow academics
Join the conversation at the annual PETRONAS International Energy Speaker Series on Feb. 6, as Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Applebaum discusses geopolitics, energy security and sustainability
Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now — Dec. 10 is UN Human Rights Day
In the News Elizabeth Steyn writing in The Conversation Canada
Panellists hope discussion spurs thoughtful action at home and abroad
Event discusses how engineering has an impact when disaster strikes
