About
Our collective is founded on principles of justice, equity, and community.
We take a holistic and intersectional approach to the environmental movement guided by the wisdom of sankofa.
Sankofa is a symbol and word from the Akan people in what is now known as Ghana. It roughly means, “go back and get it.” It’s represented by a bird who flies forward with an egg—the future—in their mouth while looking back at where they have come from—the past.
It teaches us the importance of taking a holistic view, learning wisdom from history and always taking into consideration the impact on the future.
We use this philosophy to ground our work.
Through our programs, resources, and community, we strive to co-create a sustainable and liveable world for us all.
Mission
To co-create intersectional sustainability.
Sustainability means a liveable world for all of us. We strive to centre communities pushed to the margins to foster sustainability. Through accessible action, knowledge sharing, and community bridging, we work to leave no one behind.
Vision
Rethink land. Rethink economy.
Rethink action.
We cannot keep relying on the same systems that created our problems. We seek to shift how we view environmental action by centring Indigenous land sovereignty, encouraging new methods of production, and dismantling social inequities.
Values
Anti-oppression. Pro-liberation.
We recognize our oppressions and liberation as interlinked. We strive to support the liberation of communities pushed to the margins and actively work against all oppressive systems.
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Anti: capitalism, racism, colonialism, patriarchy, ableism, sexism, and sanism.
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Pro: Indigenous land sovereignty, decolonization, Black liberation, feminism, queer-trans liberation, disability justice, and activism led by other communities pushed to the margins.
Our Pillars of Action
We work to accomplish our mission in three ways:
We guard against elitism and focus on action that centres and is led by people of all identies.
We aim to promote understanding and collaborations between
communities—both
geographically and socially.
We aim to collaboratively share knowledge and diverse perspectives in a two-way exchange.
Accessible
Action
Knowledge
Sharing
Community
Bridging
Meet The Team
Keneisha Charles
(they/them)
Director of Operations
Keneisha is an organizer and artist who strives to dream and co-create liberation through all they do. Their work centres around the intersections of Black, queer, trans, and disabled liberation, especially through collective care and abolitionist justice. As a poet, storyteller, and musician, they’re also passionate about the role of community art in revolution. They’re currently in their final year of a Bachelor of Social Work degree with a focus in Caribbean Studies and Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University.
T Schwab
(they/them)
Director of Education
T Schwab is currently studying Psychology, Environmental Studies, and Gender Studies. They currently live on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Their passions lie in holistic care, food sovereignty and sustainability.
Aaliyah Charles
(she/her)
Director of Communications
Aaliyah is an artist passionate about visual storytelling and the intersections of art and activism. She is an aspiring graphic designer. She currently lives on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas, and Haudenosaunee in what’s commonly known as Toronto.