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Climate Smart

Communities First

Traditional values underpin the decisions & strategies of the land.

Climate Smart exists to ensure that Indigenous communities gain long-term economic benefits from any and all activities taking place on their land.

We recognize that Indigenous communities—who have stewarded their territories from time immemorial and know what’s best for the land and their members—are in need of partners, not leaders. These leaders already exist within the Nations, so Climate Smart aims to equip them with the resources they need to set their vision in motion.

Our contribution to capacity-building at the community level looks like:

  • Creating local capacity through business opportunities and employment that prioritize individuals within the communities they call home;
  • Providing capital, know how, training, and long-term support and mentoring for our partner community members at all levels of operation; and
  • Always considering the health, mental wellbeing, and cultural & social fabric of our partner communities, not just the resource potential.

Joseph Carrier of Cumberland House Cree Nation, pictured here planting trees in the Medicine Forest.

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PBCN

Joseph Carrier of Cumberland House Cree Nation, pictured here planting trees in the Medicine Forest.

Without our partner communities, Climate Smart would not exist.

Our on-the-ground work has undoubtedly been made better by the implementation of community-held knowledges, but perhaps most significantly, we have been humbled by the generous teachings imparted to us by our partners about kinship networks, plant medicines, relationship to land and water, and more. These teachings continue to shape the way Climate Smart functions and guide the hearts of our team members.

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

Climate Smart and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) have been steadily building a relationship over several years. In particular, Climate Smart has initiated a number of projects that support economic development for PBCN’s communities, now and for the next seven generations of members. The aim of these projects is to:

  • Responsibly engage with industry using sustainable development techniques;
  • Further the Nation’s economic development and self-sufficiency through business & job creation, and long-term financial stability; and
  • Exercise the sovereignty of the Nation and centre Traditional Knowledge in all aspects of ecosystem development and resource management decision-making.

Our most recent project conducted on the behalf of PBCN is sakâhk papakîtitâmôwin (“forest breathes”), an Improved Forest Management (IFM) project.