Attuning to Climate Symposium

Join us for “Attuning to Climate: Walking, Listening, Acting”, a 3-day symposium from October 16 till 18 2024, at Edmonton Tower and City Hall. This is part of the larger pilot project called “Walking the Talk: Climate Moves” and the 24-million dollar grant, “Climates of Health,” that if awarded would allow this project to continue for seven years.

Every decision is a climate decision.

Knowing this, how do we change the ways we think about climate action?

Together, we will explore place-based knowledge and walking as a first climate action that can inspire other actions: other ways of thinking about how we live and work now and how we’d like to create new habits and policies moving into the future. Join Rachel Epp Buller’s keynote address “Walking as a Climate Move.” Take part in guided walks with local plant and history experts. Participate in a somatic climate change workshop hosted by Montreal-based artist Emilie O’Brien. Learn about challenges, experiences, and best practices from City of Edmonton experts. How do we not just switch tech but shift our attitudes to address climate change?

At the symposium, and throughout the year, as part of the bigger Walking the Talk: Climate Moves project, we are asking: What can walking teach us about climate change? How can walking as climate action inform City work? How can embodied and experiential learning reshape how we make decisions in the City of Edmonton? How do we change the way we move, learn and play at the City of Edmonton to be responsive at the pace of climate change itself?

From October 15 till 25, take a break, grab a coffee and/or a colleague and explore artist Rachel Epp Buller’s “Winter Walking,” an 8-channel sound installation in room 03-365.

When: October 16, 17, and 18, 2024
Where: Edmonton Tower & City Hall
Questions? Email climate.moves@ualberta.ca

Full details can be found in the symposium program!