During 2020-2021 EOS created a year-long activity book for youth with activities, projects and colouring sheets focused on climate change, sustainability, adaptation and resilience.

Print your free copy here:

A Kid’s Guide to Climate Resilience – Updated

In order for the great ideas in this toolkit to become reality, we must work to address and reduce barriers to action. Survey respondents, key informants and focus groups shared a variety of challenges and barriers they feel limits their own and the community’s ability to adapt to climate change and be more resilient.

It is critical to recognize and change the systems that have caused the climate crisis and have left certain people more vulnerable to its impacts. We can’t do everything alone and do not have to. We can engage in civic duties, volunteer with or support community groups, and influence political action for larger changes and broader climate change adaptation.

During 2018-2019 EOS Eco-Energy focused on learning about climate stress and promoting mental resiliency as an adaptation to climate change. We received funding from the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund. Below is a summary of the project, the project report and two guides on ways to cope with climate stress.

When EOS surveyed the Sackville community, all age groups responded with more confidence in their individual ability to deal with climate change, but less experience working collectively within their community to respond to emergencies or disasters. While generally few respondents had spoken to their neighbors about responding to climate change disasters and emergencies, older respondents were slightly more likely to have discussed these scenarios with neighbors. Preparing and responding to climate change takes teamwork, cooperation and good relationships. Residents, organizations, businesses, and local institutions will need to depend on each other. Improving communication, welcoming newcomers, partnering with Indigenous leaders, and establishing a joint climate change coordinator are all great ways to support communication and benefit from collaboration.

Find out more about climate change and predicted impacts in New Brunswick at: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/environment/content/climate_change.html

Sea level rise information for the Tantramar Region: https://eosecoenergy.com/en/slr/

Flood risk map for Sackville, NB: https://www.nbse.ca/media-planning/library/SK-Map-Hydro-2016.pdf

Thank you to the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund for the funding to be able to do these projects.

These videos were created in 2020-2021 because COVID-19 made it impossible to do our in-person draft proofing work parties in the community. These videos provide DIY tutorials and information to people who are looking to make their homes less drafty and more air tight.

EOS Eco-Energy is working to educate our community on climate change, sustainability, and environmental issues. We attend outdoor education days at local schools, visit classes during Climate Change Week, and work with local summer camps to put on active, involved, and immersive educational programs. EOS works with students of all ages to increase climate change knowledge, educate about extreme weather events and emergency preparedness and teach about climate change adaption on a local and global level.

Sackville residents, businesses and students would like to attend a variety of workshops to learn more about climate change and appropriate actions and skills to build self-sufficiency.

Saving energy reduces emissions that contribute to climate change. Finding ways to save energy, improve efficiency, and focus on renewable energy are all possible at the individual and the community level.