EVENTS
Newsletter Update: Join the April 3rd Climate Strike!
Here's our latest Climate Momentum e-newsletter. (You can sign up to receive occasional e-newsletters in your e-mail inbox: Sign Up Link.) We hope this message finds you well in these unusual and stressful times of the global coronavirus pandemic. Thanks and strength...
Community Dialogue: Greening Our Business
The climate emergency often feels far away and like it will have no impact on us. The truth is we have to act now, locally, to help our planet. Join the Stratford Public Library and the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus to learn how varying businesses are...
Join Us at the Momentum Mixer, March 11th
Join us our next mixer! We’ll share updates on the development of Stratford’s climate action plan as follow up to City Council’s climate emergency declaration on February 10th. And we’ll also be sending postcards to the Premier and our local MPP. Let's tell them about...
Council Motion Feb. 10th: Climate Emergency!
At its meeting on Monday Feb 10th at 7pm, Stratford City Council will consider declaring a climate emergency. This is a first critical step to making local climate action a priority and doing our part to keep global warming below 2°C. The four local students pictured...
Join us at the Jan. 26th Momentum Mixer!
Join us for our first mixer of 2020! Get together with eco-minded folks of all ages! This is a great opportunity to make connections, build community, and share ideas. Drop-in anytime from 2:30 to 4:30pm on Sunday, January 26th. Meet likeminded locals concerned about...
Video: Stratford Climate Rally Speeches
As we look back on 2019, we are excited to share the speeches from the Stratford #FridaysForFuture climate rally in September! Several speakers took to the stage in Market Square on September 20th. In this video, at the time markers indicated - and in some cases...
Video: Re-Wilding for Our Future
Thank you to our guest speakers and everyone who attended the "Re-Wilding for Our Future" talk at the Stratford Public Library on November 28th. We had a great turnout for three informative and inspiring presentations about how to "re-wild" our properties and the city...
#FridaysForFuture Video
Highlights from the Sept 20th #FridaysForFuture Parade & Rally, Stratford, ONTo mark today's global day of climate action with youth and supporters in the streets around the world, we have a wonderful new video to look back at the #FridaysForFuture events on...
Speaker Event: Re-wilding for Our Future
Continuing our collaboration with the local library, our next event is coming up soon! Climate Momentum and the Stratford Public Library are hosting three guest speakers on Thursday, November 28th from 6:30 to 7:30/8:00 pm at the library, 19 St. Andrew Street, on the...
October Happy Hour for Eco-Minded Folks of All Ages
We're hosting our next mixer for eco-minded folks of all ages! This is a great opportunity to build community as a follow-up to the Sept 20th climate rally.Drop-in anytime from 5 to 7pm at The Parlour Inn. Meet likeminded locals concerned about the environment. Around...
Be Part of the Planet Parade Sept 20th!
Youth are calling on everyone to come out and show their love for the planet and concern about climate change! Join the #FridaysForFuture Planet Parade and Climate Rally on Friday September 20th in Stratford as part of an international day of climate action. Here's...
Join the #FridaysForFuture Planet Parade & Climate Rally Sept 20th!
It's coming together! Thanks to some committed teenagers and keen adults as well, we have a team of 30 volunteers organizing for Stratford to participate in the launch of the Global Week for Future -- a movement to support youth in their calls for bold, urgent climate...
Active Transporation Panel Discussion Sept 12th
Continuing our collaboration with the local library, we are excited to announce our next event! Climate Momentum and the Stratford Public Library are hosting a panel discussion on Thursday, September 12th from 6:30 to 7:30pm at the library on the topic of Active...
Global Week for Future: Organizing Meeting August 22nd
The #FridaysForFuture movement began just one year ago, in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. By May of this year more than...
August Happy Hour for Eco-Minded Folks of All Ages!
We're hosting our third mixer for eco-minded folks of all ages. Join us! Drop-in on Wednesday August 14th anytime from 5 to 7pm at The Parlour Inn in the "Patrick Room," 101 Wellington Street, Stratford. Cash bar. Energizing conversation! Around 5:30pm we'll have...
Climate Momentum is a community-based climate action group in Stratford and Perth County.
Our vision is for a community engaged in creative, bold responses to the global climate crisis and committed to a carbon-neutral Perth County by 2040.
We focus on supporting individuals and advocating for community-wide change in key areas of meaningful climate action: green transportation, net zero buildings, waste reduction, and biodiversity protection.