sword fern collective 🌎⚔️

Hello and Bonjour! 👋 We’re the sword fern collective, and we’re so happy to be here. It’s been a while since we’ve introduced ourselves! 🌈⚔️ Nous sommes le collectif sword fern et nous sommes très heureux d’être ici. Ça fait longtemps qu’on ne s’est pas présenté! 🗡️✨ All photos (except cover) by @daniellecampani__

🎙️✨ A new episode of Seeds of Hope: a climate storytelling podcast is out NOW! This week, we hang out with @pacific_paige , a former Top 25 Environmentalist Under 25 and Youth Environmental Changemaker Summit delegate. Paige has spent over ten years in climate advocacy spaces, from attending a UN Climate Change Conference to co-founding @swordfernco .🌿 Through her work at Sword Fern Collective, Paige is showing that arts has a means of not only bringing people physically together, but also offers a unique way to build climate and emotional resilience that folks long for. 🎨💚 ↪️ Hear more about Paige’s journey in youth environmental advocacy and community building on the full episode, link in bio but also wherever you get your podcasts (no, we're not tired of saying that!). ⭐ This podcast was produced with support from the @storyhive grant program. The full video episode drops on Storyhive’s YouTube channel June 16th, and you got to believe us that these episodes are worth the watch! 📺 🏷️ #YouthAdvocacy #YouthActivism #YouthClimateAction #ClimateAction #ClimateCommunication

monica is so special.. we met through mutual friends, and one day she came to my past summer climate circles series @the_climateconnect . since then she’s been a light, in this space, and beyond for me. Her project, Weaving Climate Knowledge, at @building21.ca as a BLUE Fellow, looked at bridging the climate science (both physical science and environmental theory) with climate action through artistic and community practices. The resulting project and zine, “singing to the extinct” is featured in the next @swordfernco snail mail fern club 🌱🌱 very apt and full circle if you watch her beautiful response until the end. sign up by may 1st, link in @swordfernco bio. filmed april 2025 in @building21.ca produced by alex nicholas chen.

Coming to your mailbox in May!! Sign up by May 1st to receive the first mailout 🙂 We only have a few founding fern memberships left - become an early supporter and receive a discount as a thank you 🙏 Comment SNAIL for a link!

HOW WE WORK + HOW YOU CAN HELP - we’re a grassroots org that’s volunteer run!! - we are unpaid 😢 - we are just VERY passionate (and skilled!) 🤩 - our events happen because of project based grants - you can support us by volunteering or joining the FERN CLUB!! (Our quarterly mail club!) (only $8.5/mo for first 30 subscribers) To join the fern club check out link in bio or comment SNAIL for a DM!

💌 We’re launching a mail club!! 💌 Want mail you’ll actually like? Join the Fern Club, and every three months I’ll snail mail send you a curated mailout! Each mailout includes an exclusive zine, exclusive sticker, a poem we’re enjoying, and a seasonal surprise! You’ll also receive access to member-only content and be featured on our website as a supporter. Link in bio or comment SNAIL and we’ll DM you the link! SIGN UP BY MAY 1ST TO RECEIVE OUR FIRST MAILOUT! Featuring zines by @victorsyin @moni_figueroa1112 and more! Our first 30 subscribers also receive Founding Fern status and a discount.

….earth to Climafide 🛸🌎 so excited to be hosting an earth day climate cafe with @cass.cafe at 4281 Boul. Saint-Laurent We will have Climafide Cards available in-person! for the first time! a soft launch if you will! Can’t wait for you to be able to get your hands on them. Excited for a chill afternoon with a few artists, vendors, and more, come say hi if you’re in Montreal. vendors! bread @tripleb.mtl candles @lapetitebourgeoise.candleco picture book/ waterway education @iamriverbook zines @swordfernco and more zines @zineforhope 1-1 pieces @drrrrrrrip embroidery and jewelry @esrayadesigns If you have any art, service, or sustainable good, you’d like to exhibit or sell, email [email protected] See you there!

We're wrapping up Women's History Month with a conversation that feels like the right note to end on. Erica Binder — trumpet player, Sword Fern Collective co-founder, and self-described extraordinarily shy kid — on what it means to claim space when every single time still feels like being chased by a bear. On leopard-print grandmothers and climate futures. On the tension between excellence and agreeableness. On performing slam poetry in public and learning to offer yourself the same grace you'd give anyone else. "Women totally rule," she says. And then she gets on with it. Link in bio.

sword fern collective co-lead @victorsyin is a Climate75 Fellow! In recognition of Victor's creative, heart-centred leadership, they'll be joining a cohort of 75 youth from across Canada to learn, grow, and implement climate solutions. This inaugural cohort from @thestarfishca builds on the Top 25 Environmentalist Under 25 program to expand learning opportunities and skill building. This weekend, Victor will be attending The Starfish Canada's Youth Environmental Changemakers Summit in Skwxwú7mesh! We can't wait to hear about Victor's experience.

There’s no “right” way to support climate action or build safer, more resilient communities. But it can start with you! You already have a ton of skills! Listening, changing your mind, being open, patience, humour, curiosity, and being able to ask for help are all skills that are essential to transformation and systems change - that is compassionate and human-centered. Start where you are. Build emotional skills and literacy. Practice being mindful and regulated. These aren’t distractions, it’s how we create the capacity to tackle the challenges around us without burning out.

lets get off that high horse and out of the ivory tower!! Climate solutions need to be by and for working people because that’s, well, most people. At sword fern we’re spending this year looking into how we can build better blue-collar solutions, and hopefully bring more people into the climate space by making it less intimidating and more meaningful. What “sustainability solution did you go hard for in the past?

Comment ‘ARTICLE’ to get the link! What’s it like to be a climate journalist right now? In this personal essay, @allisongacad explores the challenges that come with climate reporting and “objectivity” in journalism. Allison reflects on Trump’s impact on the climate movement, and the struggle of finding meaning during difficult times. Allison is a climate journalist covering science, environment, and climate news for Canadian and international outlets, based on unceded Coast Salish lands in Vancouver. Check out the full essay on Rerooting, Rerouting: /pub/swordfernco/p/reporting-on-climate-change-under @getlinkinchat