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Youth Environmental Leaders Learning Lab
The Starfish Canada x Academy for Sustainable Innovation
Deadline: August 15, 2025
The Youth Environmental Leaders Learning Lab, offered in partnership with The Starfish Canada, is a five-session program for 25 youth (ages 18 to 30) to build relationships across the country, learn new concepts to support their leadership journey, and advance their careers in environmentalism.
This program is for young leaders (ages 18 to 30) who want to strengthen their leadership and nurture their capacity to make change toward sustainable futures.
Whether you’re a student, early-career professional, or community advocate, this program provides a collaborative space to deepen your understanding of climate action leadership and connect with a nationwide network of peers committed to sustainability.
Eco-Action Accelerator
OceanWise
Deadline: August 25, 2025 at 9:00am PT
The Eco-Action Accelerator is a 6-month part-time microgrant program that provides Canada Service Corps (CSC) alumni with the tools to scale up a service project idea and produce expansion plans that focus on the long-term sustainability of the project. The program consists of 3-interconnected components that support the development and delivery of grantee service projects: a 3-day in-person retreat, 6 entrepreneurial workshops, and regular mentorship with a program coach and network of peers.
Grantees are expected to spend approximately 5-10 hours/week working on the program to meet the deliverables, and will benefit from:
Funding from one of three competitive streams up to $5,000.
Guidance to develop a long-term sustainable business plan for successful delivery or scaling of their project.
A collaborative approach to project development that taps into participants’ knowledge and experience to build a unique network of support.
Access to professional resources and subject matter experts
The next cohort will run from *September 15, 2025, to January 5, 2026.
There will be a 3-day in-person retreat from *October 3 to 6, 2025
Youth climate essay contest
Climate Cardinals
Application Deadline: August 31, 2025
Get Featured in Yale Climate Connections: The Climate Cardinals Youth Essay Contest!
Climate change is a human story, and we want to hear yours.
Climate Cardinals is hosting a youth essay contest focused on climate education and capacity building. We’re inviting young people to share their perspectives, experiences, and ideas on how climate education can create a more informed and resilient world 🌱
Submit your original essay (650 to 800 words) by August 31 for a chance to be published in Yale Climate Connections and featured in the Climate Cardinals newsletter. Honourable mentions will be awarded to the top five submissions.
Eligibility:
Ages 15 to 19
Written in English
Canadian Youth for Climate Leadership and Equity (CYCLE)
EnviroMuslims x Faith & the Common Good
‼️Applications are now open for the Canadian Youth for Climate Leadership and Equity (CYCLE) program! Are you or someone you know between the ages of 18-29 living in Canada, and passionate about building a more sustainable and equitable future? Then check out CYCLE!
🌿In partnership with @faithcommongood and with generous funding from Catherine Donnelly Foundation and @greenpeacear, the CYCLE program aims to bring together Canadian youth from equity deserving backgrounds who often do not see themselves represented in sustainability related careers.
Inspired by @diversityinsustainability 2021 The State of Equity, Diversity and Sustainability Blueprint - which states that many sustainability practitioners of colour struggle to advance in their careers due to lack of network sponsors and knowledge of the field - CYCLE will bring together emerging leaders from across Canada by offering:
🤝 Opportunities to connect with local experts and policy makers to understand Canada‘s unique climate needs
🧠 Mentorship, and 1:1 networking opportunities with sustainability professionals to gain real world experience
👨🏾💻 Webinars to help build skills and capacity around technical skills, environmental restoration, community project development, and climate advocacy
💪🏾🌎 CYCLE aims to foster a diverse and inclusive climate justice movement and empower youth from equity deserving communities to be sustainability champions within their own communities.
Interested in joining us? Visit the link below to express your interest and will be in touch with you to share more details!
Adaptive and Resilient Communities Cohort
Tamarack Institute
Deadline: Rolling
The Adaptive and Resilient Communities Cohort (ARCC) is designed to catalyze community-level actions to advance local climate adaptation and resilience projects. The cohort will bring together 15 collaborative teams (i.e., collaborations between at least two partners) for a year-long journey of applied learning and action that includes communities of practice, tailored coaching, and access to the latest thinking, tools, and resources, all designed to help you overcome your barriers to action.
Through the ARCC journey, participating teams will dive deep into a local climate adaptation and resilience project to achieve at least one significant implementation milestone by the end of the 12 months. This progress will build a strong foundation and momentum for continued work beyond the cohort by exploring:
Implementation Barriers – how to understand, prioritize, and mitigate your local implementation challenges;
Community Assets – how to leverage what is strong and weave in local knowledges and leadership to overcome barriers to action;
Equitable Engagement – how to meaningfully engage those most impacted by climate change in implementing and evaluating this work;
Strong Partnerships – how to build, resource, and steward resilient, cross-sectoral collaborations throughout implementation;
Progress Evaluation – how to capture and learn from the process and outcome impacts that emerge during implementation.
Join the Youth Climate COllaborative member Database!
Youth Climate Collaborative
Deadline: Rolling
Youth Climate Collaborative creates pathways for youth, ages 13-35, to sustain their involvement in the climate movement, and accelerate their action.
Whether you’re an established leader in the movement or new to it and eager to get involved, we welcome you! Complete your profile today to be included in our Member Database - for free. The database will be shared with conference organizers, event planners, and others actively seeking passionate, knowledgeable youth speakers and leaders for various opportunities!
International Climate Policy and Advocacy Course
Care About Climate
Deadline: Rolling
International Climate Policy and Advocacy Course (ICPAC) educates, empowers, and unites an international community of climate activists to hold global leaders accountable to climate justice!
Course will be live August 1st - November 30th, 2025 in SEVEN languages.
Only 500 spots will be available for the course, sign-up today to be the first to know when registration opens!
