Climate Wayfinding is a deep learning program for people seeking clarity, courage, and community on their climate journeys. Participants are invited to find their unique contributions and capacities for meaningful climate engagement.

Latest offering:

  • Dates: May 25 - June 29, 2025 (6 weeks)

  • Time: Sundays 2-4pm

  • Program cost: $47

  • Location: Trout lake Community Centre Vancouver, BC

  • Commitment: 100% in-person sessions; 1-2 hours/week at-home reading

  • Deadline to Register: May 15th, 2025

Facilitators:

Jill Eddy (HNCP) is a Career Educator and Changemaker Lead at SFU. She has taught for over six years as a Sessional Instructor in SFU’s Career Development Practitioner Program, is a Certified Climate Reality Leader, and co-developed the Burnaby Climate Action Guide as part of a Climate Action Fellowship with the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancity, and the City of Burnaby.

Mandy Len Catron is a writer and faculty member in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Her work can be found in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Walrus, the Tyee, and the Narwhal, among many others and her current projects focus on kinship and social connection, asking how we might collectively build the world we want to live in.

Tara Mahoney is a mother, daughter, sister and fourth generation Irish settler who loves life on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations aka Vancouver, BC. She is the Research and Engagement Manager at SFU CERi and an Instructor of Climate Change Communication in SFU Continuing Studies.

The facilitators completed the Climate Wayfinding facilitator training in June 2024 with the climate leadership-development organization The All We Can Save Project.

The All We Can Save Project is an outgrowth of the bestselling anthology of writings by 60 women leading on climate, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, co-edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson. The Project is focused on growing climate leadership and engagement through narrative change, community building, and deep learning, including its popular Circles program and Climate Wayfinding, both created by Dr. Wilkinson. Learn more at www.allwecansave.earth.

Program Breakdown

  • Week 1: Opening Session

  • Week 2: Emotions and Motivations

  • Week 3: Solutions and Accelerators

  • Week 4: Skills and Superpowers

  • Week 5: Context, Community + Values

  • Week 6: Vision, Compass + Plan

Who is the program for?

If you are unsure about your place in climate engagement or seeking deeper, more meaningful contribution, this program is designed for you. We think it will be especially suited to those looking to understand their deepest motivations and gain focus and clarity within a supportive community.

(Note: This program is not designed for those who are looking primarily for climate 101, career counseling, or technical content).

How we find our way:

  • We look inward — exploring our climate emotions, core motivations, guiding values, and skills and “superpowers.”

  • We look outward — exploring climate solutions, accelerators for change, and our unique contexts and communities.

  • We look forward — exploring our visions of the future and creating a personalized “climate compass” and plan.

What does the experience involve? 

​​Climate Wayfinding participants engage in diverse modes of exploration and tap into multiple ways of knowing. The program weaves together the following elements:

  • Curated read/watch/listen materials

  • Grounding with music and poetry

  • Questions to open and close group time 

  • Guided visualizations and meditations

  • Prompts for reflection and free-writing

  • Facilitated large-group discussion

  • Independent small-group discussion

  • Frameworks for exploration and synthesis

  • Resources and activities to go deeper