Bio
Andre Forsythe founded the non profit Canadian Climate Challenge (CCC) to raise awareness of the incredible climate work and solutions being implemented in the GTA everyday. As a person of colour, he was particularly frustrated by the inequities in access to climate action and climate solutions awareness. Through CCC he aggregated and began streaming climate events taking place in the GTA, in hopes of helping to democratize access and to demonstrate that the structural change and paradigm shift in our cultural narrative was already underway.
In 2019, Andre launched the School for Climate to empower artists to convey what a vision rooted in climate justice looks like. What a different cultural story feels like, and the role each community and industry can play in bringing that reality to fruition. Leveraging creative skillsets, the School for Climate develops creative experiences; from artwork to immersive environments, to express the power of climate solutions.
As co-chair of the Toronto Climate Action Network, Board Member of Fashion Takes Action, and proud member of the Canadian Coalition for Climate & Environmental Justice, Andre continually seeks to further his work on partnership development and stewardship of collective climate action.
Rooted in a fervent belief that we all have a part to play, Andre is equally as likely to be on the frontlines of a protest as he is collaborating in an office space. He believes empowerment, equity and empathy are critical pillars for our collective success, and looks forward to working with folks who feel the same.
