About Abby Litchfield
About Abby Litchfield
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Coming Soon: Solastalgia - EP.
Abby Litchfield is a Canadian Sustainability Advocate and Musician.
Abby Litchfield is the Communications Officer at the Science-Based Targets Network (SBTN). SBTN is developing science-based targets for nature so that companies can comprehensively address their environmental impacts across biodiversity, land, freshwater and ocean health. This work builds upon the climate-focused targets provided by SBTN’s sister initiative, SBTi.
In addition to her sustainability work at SBTN, Abby is a musician – a singer/songwriter, pianist, and recording artist. She has been singing and playing piano for over 15 years, and releasing music since 2021.
Increasingly, Abby aims to weave her music and sustainability work together, especially by writing music inspired by the collective and difficult emotions surrounding climate change. In 2023, she was Artist in Residence for the Ivey-ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy, where she worked with PhD students to capture the sustainability emotions that emerge from their work in a song. Abby has performed her original climate-themed music at multiple sustainability conferences and events, including the 2023 UN PRME Global Forum and a UN Global Compact Network Canada event in 2024.
Abby is currently working on recording her first sustainability-themed solo EP, titled Solastalgia. Learn more about the upcoming release.
Combining Music & Sustainability
Combining Music & Sustainability
I write and perform sustainability-themed music to inspire action for the planet.
See select examples below 🌎+🎶
Performance at the UN PRME Global Forum
Wrote and performed an original song, called Give Her Space, at a global sustainability conference in NYC.
This article includes the performance video and the story of how I wrote the song.
Songwriter in Residence, PhD Sustainability Academy
Led workshop to create an original song, "Keep Moving," inspired by Sustainability PhD Students' perspectives.
This article includes the song recording and details on the workshop process.
Performance at the UN Global Compact Network Canada Side Event for GLOBE 2024
Performed original sustainability-themed song, and then a half-hour socio-environmental setlist for a networking session.
I shared my reflections and a short clip in this post.
In the Media
In the Media
Grateful for these opportunities to share my work!
Using the Arts for Shaping Sustainable Business Practices - Interview by Creativity Matters Podcast
From Sustainability Advocate to Community Builder: An Alumna Making a Difference - Interview by Ivey Business School
11x Sustainability Visuals - Graphic Republished by Post-Growth Guide
Global collaboration for systems change: A sustainability centres workshop recap - Write up by Ivey Business School
B the Change Newsletter (quoted)
Centre for Social Innovation Newsletter (feature article)
How I fell down the stairs right to where I needed to be - my article republished by Ivey Business School
Non-profit Advancing Sustainable Development To Build a Fairer and More Environmentally Sound Future - Interview by Best Startup Canada
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