There are many organizations in Waterloo Region whose work touches some way on climate action. They represent a wide variety of interests. They are listed in the menu as:
- Broad Based – groups whose mandate covers a broad range of issues
- Built Environment – groups that are interested in building livable communities.
- Food and Health – groups that focus on the health or food security aspects of climate change
- Natural Environment – groups that focus on preserving the environment, or nature based activities
- University and Youth – groups that are based at a University or College, or are specifically Youth-led
- Municipal – groups that are managed or funded by a Municipality or the Region of Waterloo
- Policy – groups that focus on efforts to change policy at any/all levels
- National and Provincial – groups that are National or Provincial in scope, with no local chapter
| 50 by 2030 Waterloo Region A Local campaign for 50% reduction in GHG’s by 2030 in line with climate science and climate justice | 50 by 30 Waterloo Region |
| Council of Canadians-Waterloo Region People, Planet, Democracy | https://canadians.org/ |
| Faith Climate Justice Waterloo Region Engaging Faith communities in Waterloo Region on opportunities for Climate Justice | https://www.faithclimatejustice.ca/ |
| GREN Grand River Environmental Network A proactive voice for the environment in Grand River Watershed | https://www.gren.ca/ |
| Living into Right Relations WR United Church members connecting around a shared desire to live into right relations with First Nations Peoples | https://firstunitedchurchottawa.org/justice-ministries/living-into-right-relations |
| Nith Valley EcoBoosters Committed to supporting and achieving a long term healthy environment in Wellesley and Wilmot Townships, through education, action and collaboration | https://nvecoboosters.com/ |
| Sustainable Waterloo Region A not for profit social enterprise leading businesses and the region in the transformation to sustainable systems of energy, mobility, and construction. | Sustainable Waterloo Region |
| Architecture Conservancy of Ontario Encouraging the conservation and reuse of structures through education and advocacy | https://acontario.ca/ |
| GreenWR Promoting Green Development Standards to mitigate climate change through energy efficient housing, protect ground water, and build sustainable communities | www.greenwr.org |
| Pivot Green Pivot Green connects and celebrates people, businesses, and communities with stories and ideas to inspire restorative climate action. | www.pivotgreen.ca/ |
| Reep Green Solutions Empowering the community with practical tools, knowledge and capacity for action to make sustainable living the norm | reepgreen.ca/ |
| Tri-Cities Transport Action GroupThe Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) was founded in 2009 to advocate for improved walking, biking, and transit in Waterloo Region. We’re a small group focused on pushing our governments to make practical policy, infrastructure, and operations changes to make it easier for people to have meaningful choice in getting around with less reliance on cars. | Tri-Cities Transport Action Group |
| WR Electric Vehicle Association Helping WR residents transition to electric transportation through education and advocacy | https://evsociety.ca/wreva/ |
| CAPE Canadian Assoc of Physicians for the Environment | https://cape.ca/ |
| Cycle WR We envision a Waterloo Region where people of all ages and abilities feel safe to commute to work, ride to school, run errands, and enjoy their neighborhoods on their bicycles | https://cyclewr.ca/ |
| Food Systems RoundtableWR Advocating for a sustainable food system in Waterloo Region | https://foodsystemroundtablewr.ca/ |
| Plant Based Treaty Putting our food systems at the forefront of combating the climate crisis | Plant Based Treaty |
| VegFest Raising awareness about plant based diets and the connection between climate breakdown and the farming of animals | VegFest |
| Waterloo Region Climate Initiatives WRCI exists to raise awareness that a plant-based diet is most impactful in fighting climate change | https://www.facebook.com/waterlooregionclimateinitiatives/ |
| Waterloo Region Health Coalition Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system, honouring and strengthening the principles of the Canada Health Act. We are led by our shared commitment to core values of equality, democracy, social inclusion and social justice. | Waterloo Health Coalition |
| WR Community Gardens Our mission is to promote and sustain Community Gardens in the Waterloo Region | WR Community Gardens |
| Youth in Food Systems Engaging Youth in Food Exploration | Youth in Food Systems |
| City of Kitchener Climate Change & Environment Sub-Committee | |
| City of Waterloo Sustability Advisory Committee | |
| Climate Action Waterloo Region | https://climateactionwr.ca/ |
| WR Community Energy | https://wrcommunityenergy.ca/ |
| Woolwich Healthy Communities | https://healthywoolwich.org/ |
| Alliance for a Liveable Ontario | Alliance for a Liveable Ontario |
| Climate Reality | Climate Reality Canada |
| Cooperate for Canada Promoting electoral cooperation among the progressive political Parties to protect Canada’s future. Partisan interests must be put aside to address the crises we face – climate breakdown, economic disparity, housing and food insecurity, threats to our democracy and rights. Cooperation is the emergency-level response required by this emergency-level situation. | Cooperate for Canada |
| Environmental Defence | https://environmentaldefence.ca/ |
| David Suzuki Foundation | https://davidsuzuki.org/ |
| Seniors for Climate Action Now – SCAN | SCAN Seniors for Climate Action Now |
| Clean Air Alliance Working to move Ontario to a 100% renewable energy future | https://www.cleanairalliance.org |
| Greenbelt Guardians Defending the land, Protecting the future | Greenbelt Guardians |
| Hold the Line Holding the Countryside Line and shifting the needle to sustainable development | Hold the Line Waterloo Region |
| Land Back Camp | https://www.landbackcamp.com/ |
| Let’s Tree Wilmot | https://letstreewilmot.ca/ |
| Probus Club | https://www.probuscanada.ca/ |
| RARE Charitable Research Reserve Community driven Urban Land Trust | RARE Charitable Research Reserve |
| Reform Gravel Coalition Protect Ontario from unnecessary gravel mining | Reform Gravel Mining |
| Two Row on the Grand / Deyohahage Gihe’ gowahneh | Two Row on the Grand |
| Waterloo Region Nature | https://waterlooregionnature.ca/ |
| Wellington Water Watchers Water for Life, Not Profit | Wellington Water Watchers |
| Citizens Climate Lobby Citizens’ Climate Lobby works around the globe to build the political will for effective climate policies, using the Gandhian principles of truth and love. In Canada, we lobbied for Carbon pollution fees and the Canadian Carbon Rebate. | https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ |
| Climate Interactive EnRoads EnROADS is interactive software that can be used with individuals, small or large groups, and in the classroom to explore the most effective solutions for climate change. To connect with local presenters email [email protected] | https://www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads/ |
| Divest Waterloo An effective action to combat climate change is to stop funding the destruction. Our pension funds, our banks, our universities, our companies, are all still investing in the fossil fuel industry, helping it extract more oil, gas and coal. Let’s tell them to stop! | https://divestwaterloo.ca/ |
| Conestoga College: Environmental Sustainability & Energy Performance Manager | |
| Fridays for Future | https://www.facebook.com |
| Laurier Student Public Interest Research Group Developing advocacy tools and avenues for action. We stand for anti-oppression, community care, and activism | http://www.lspirg.org |
| UW Animal Rights | https://www.facebook.com/UWanimalrights/about |
| UW Campus Compost We are a student run campus-based organization set out to improve waste management at UW and raise environmental awareness through composting | UW Campus compost |
| UW Climate Justice Ecosystem We are an independent coalition of students that aim to build and mobilize student power for an intersectional, grassroots movement towards a sustainable, resilient, and just UW for everyone. | https://linktr.ee/climatejusticeuw |
| UW Environment Students Society | UW Environment Students Society |
| UW GreenHouse GreenHouse is a social impact incubator for students and community members who want to create social or environmental change. We train people to develop entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial knowledge, skills, and mindsets and help them build their professional networks. Every term, our team delivers the Social Innovators in Training program and community innovation challenges through the Changemaker Labs program. | UW Greenhouse |
| WLU Faculty Association Climate Action Committee The WLUFA Climate Action Committee has a mandate to address climate considerations internal to WLUFA operations; connect and convene faculty across the university to share ideas and collaborate on climate matters; engage upper administration and leadership around efforts to take action in response to the climate emergency, as well as to other aspects of social and environmental justice and sustainability; raise WLUFA’s voice on climate issues outside Laurier, including collaborating with other organizations in the wider community. | https://www.wlufa.ca/climate-action-committee |