The White Paper resulting from the Fab City Campus Montréal, *At the Meeting of the Americas*, is an invitation to continue the collaborations initiated with the Fab Cities across the Americas. Its objective is, among others, to promote collaboration among the various actors within the Fab City community to foster a bioregional approach to the transition toward a new productive model that enhances human relationships with other species.

The theory is well known: we must, urgently, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. A transition to renewable energy and a reduction in overall consumption are essential pieces of this shift. And yet, many barriers persist.

Marie-Hélène Roch, an artist-researcher and founder of Hiver en Nous in Québec, highlights on Centdegres.ca the importance of cultivating a winter mindset, seeing it as a time for self-reflection and community bonding. Roch emphasizes the need to cultivate “seasonal resilience” not only within individuals but also across municipal institutions, community organizations, or schools.

To deal with the 'food desert' problem, some Quebec regions have implemented innovative collective approaches.