Leading with Care: What Decades of Climate Action Have Taught Me.

 

What if the most effective climate leadership begins not with evidence - but with care?

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Patricia Lane is a recently retired lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator who has been a climate leader for two decades.

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Drawing on decades of experience, Patricia will explore why an ethic of care has become central to her approach to climate communication and invite us to consider how this perspective can deepen our own leadership and influence. Patricia is named one of Katherine Hayhoe’s Top 50 Favourite Climate Communicators.

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She has helped bring a climate lens to environmental organizations, faith communities, local governments, and election campaigns, co-founded national and regional climate advocacy organizations, and mentored emerging climate leaders across Canada.

 

Patricia’s recent work includes supporting the Seniors Climate Witness Caravan, and promoting the idea of home made air quality filters.

 

Patricia writes a weekly column for Canada's National Observer, where she has profiled hundreds of young (and some not so young) climate leaders whose stories of hope and courage inspire others to act. She is widely sought by governments, environmental organizations, faith communities, and community groups for her expertise in climate communication, particularly approaches that help people engage in difficult conversations while strengthening relationships.

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Patricia continues to work with her faith community on practical climate initiatives and believes that meaningful climate action begins with an ethic of care. She is a mother, “chosen” grandmother and happily married wife of a scientist. She lives in Oak Bay British Columbia.