Challenge Question
How can the CCC create and maintain a solid network of Peel Region residents who can connect with municipal leaders and local organizations to provide impact on and feedback around proper waste disposal in public spaces?
Partner: Community Climate Council
Project Summary
The Community Climate Council (CCC) is interested in creating a network of the councils, organizations, and groups in the Peel community that share our environmental and community-based objectives surrounding waste disposal. This network will bring together municipal leaders and local organizations to provide a channel for residents to ask questions and engage in conversations about proper waste disposal in public places. Focusing on the communities of the Peel Region, the goal of this project is to create an app, webpage, and/or other digital platform for resources and information such as garbage bin location, population density in relation to waste disposal resources, and location-based usage tracking. The team should consider the unique needs of various Peel communities, such as Brampton’s struggles with accessibility and overflowing bins and Mississauga’s combined garbage and recycle disposal. Other considerations include marginalized and low-income communities, nature and wildlife protection, and long-term environmental sustainability. Students may be interested in public policy, urban planning, community engagement, web design/development, and communications.
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Organizational Profile
The Community Climate Council is an organization taking climate action in Peel Region through empowering community and youth-led constructive solutions to local climate issues. The council was founded on the notion that we, the residents of Peel Region, are here to disrupt the status quo, change the systems in place, and shake up the oppressive structures that have caused the climate crisis we are in. We are here to advocate for a more sustainable, just future for all. The council is comprised of 25 members from the Region of Peel, and our community-based approach stems from our foundation to empower and support our communities to take action, with an emphasis on solutions and projects driven and developed by youth. We are a platform for climate leaders to move “beyond talk” and channel their activism into constructive, community-based projects and solutions.
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Key Words
- Community Engagement
- Public Space
- Waste
- Sustainability