The only way to get out of the mess we’re in: Take Back The Community; paxis and the Paulo Freire two-step of action & reflection; Saul Alinsky’s cut the issue then set specific, immediate & realizable actions; turn the Eeyores and Naysayers “on” buttons on; organizing can be for good or for evil; aiming for the four keys to happiness: connection, action, learning & giving; the power of autonomy in community leadership & followership

song lyrics & chords, transcript and references at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

by Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario

The dark side of Scarborough Fair; tightropes, paradox Venn diagrams & the power of non-binary thinking; how deep runs our bias & how best to undo it; persistence pays; Sleeping Giant and how raptors soar

Details (including lyrics & chords to All Bring Our All) at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca by Heather McLeod

Referencing:

https://www.pictureascientist.com/

https://gather.film/

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/thriving-in-the-face-of-contradiction/

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/iatdetails.html

https://thischangeseverything.org/the-documentary/

Thunder Bay hybrid then electric car owner experience; personal carbon budgeting - get to net zero on your own terms; the sad tale of the Memorial Bike Lane proposal; the 4 scientifically proven keys to happiness; getting to our cleaner, kinder, safer future faster; the pleasures of leading by example

References, lyrics and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

Produced, performed, recorded, composed and financed by Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada

Sam is left speechless; Wealthy yet insecure; compounding punishing insufficiencies; today’s transformations - chosen or imposed; parables of plenty vs. poverty; the real tragedy of the commons; divest from fear - invest in faith

By Heather McLeod in Thunder Bay, Ontario

References detailed at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

You can count on me; you can count me in. You can make my day; let me have a say; When the chips are down, know I'll be around: happy to lend a hand, to build a better land. Better because everyone is valued, heard, sheltered, cared for and fed

Featuring Phil McGuire. Mothers are the key to our prosperity; thanks for a warm introduction; less publicity and more listening; dam removal’s winning arguments & growing popularity; gravity batteries; counterspinning natural gas a.k.a methane; new song: Save the Mothers by Heather McLeod

References detailed, script & lyrics at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

Less Mowing, More Growing. Sami says: don’t think you are smarter than mother nature. Colonial trade, Colonial work, Colonial ruins and my family’s history settling the prairies. An inspiring tale of a Calgary home going all-solar. What Good Looks Like, at the ground level.

Sources referenced detailed at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

It’s really about people and the planet; Why go forth with pride, compassion and joy; How to help intergenerational, interdisciplinary, inclusive communities thrive; Celebrating the Thunder Bay trifecta; Slowing down & building our shared legacy; The normalization of land and water destruction is not okay

Details and transcripts at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

Why imagine the change you want to see; How to build on the three pillars of sustainability: reciprocity, interconnection and gratitude; what goes deeper than emissions reduction; why everybody has to get involved; how this is not really a science problem; having children as an act of resistance; being in the hope camp; learning from the year of climate action; walking with truth towards reconciliation

Perspectives on how times change; what beauty makes; why reassure people; harking back to a pre-disposable economy;  how to get the creative juices flowing; how to become an expert without training; the more you learn, the more you love to learn; what’s worse than fearing strangers; what science conquered.

Transcripts, references and more at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca

Summer Stevenson

How the city works determines how we work in it; a million ton goal and 36 month count-down; engineering for unpredictable extremes; being Brene Brown about it; turtles live on this planet too; Thunder Bay can be a leader - we underestimate our power; the catch 22 of adaptation; seeing everything through a climate lens

References detailed and transcripts at www.SomethingDifferentThisWayComes.ca