CENTERING CULTURAL CONNECTIONS AND EQUITY AND IS KEY TO OUR SUCCESS
CEED (Circular Environmental Education and Design) Canada is a not-for-profit with charitable status. We are an environmental awareness organization that provide fun and immersive learning experiences to help various communities recognize and reduce the impact on their local-global environments.​​
We primarily work with low-income, highly diverse, communities in the social housing sector but have since expanded to post secondary communities. Other partners include but are not limited to property owners, managers, municipal leaders, funders, food security advocates, researchers, educators, and policymakers.
While centering equity, CEED takes complex issues typically associated with climate action and makes them simple for community members to understand, convenient for people to implement, and culturally relevant to activate long-term behaviour change, resulting in reduced GHG emissions.
The power of indigenous cultural knowledge reminds us that living sustainably is not new especially if you come from a country considered to be 3rd world or under-developed.
ABOUT CEED CANADA
EDUCATE. INSPIRE. TRANSFORM.
CEED aims to amplify the power residents’ already have to influence policy at multiple governance levels. Our approach is grounded in the principle of "moving at the speed of trust," adopted from the Blackspace Manifesto. This ensures that our work is respectful, effective, and truly community-driven. By bridging the gap between marginalized communities and climate action, CEED is fostering a more inclusive and impactful environmental movement.
CONTACT US HERE
USE LOCAL FOOTSTEPS TO IMPACT OUR GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
Our Mission
TO HELP COMMUNITIES SELF-DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE
Our Vision
MEET ZAMANI RA
Zamani Ra is an award winning environmental professional leading an innovative environmental education and engagement organization. She is the Founder and Executive Director of CEED Canada, a registered charity that amplifies climate action in Toronto’s social housing communities with specific focus in the underrepresented areas; ones most impacted but least meaningfully engaged by the sector.
CEED’s work has been internationally recognized and is multi-pronged: education for community transformation; research and advocacy for climate equity; and influencing policy. She is co-founder of the Black Environmentalist Alliance and a member of the CAG (City of Toronto’s Climate Advisory Group). In 2022 she won Women4ClimateTO – A mentorship program for Women who focus on environmental causes in GTA - for her work with CEED Canada. Zamani is a Goddess of Inspiration, Warrior of Words, Sharer of Voices, Creator of Curated Content, Builder of Communities, Paradigm Shape Shifter, and Promoter of People Power
