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Between Our Steps: Climate Change is About More Than Just the Weather

As global emissions fuel crises in the Global South, Cathy Hird urges Grey-Bruce residents to act on climate justice — starting with what we consume and repair.

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Cathy Hird
Dec 14, 2025
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When I retired at the end of 2020, the first people to call and ask me to volunteer with them were a climate engagement group. Through 2021 and 2022, we offered online workshops using a tool the group had already developed called “The What to Do Wheel.”

The wheel offered examples of what people coul…

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Cathy Hird lives between the escarpment and Georgian Bay, the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Retired farmer and United Church minister, Hird writes fiction and creative non-fiction, with seven published fantasy and SciFi novels.
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