The 2nd Asia Parks Congress (APC) and the Inaugural Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) brought together thousands of participants from around the world. Youth empowerment and storytelling were central themes of the APC Youth Forum and APAC #NatureForAll Youth Oasis pavilion.
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Haley Higdon, a passionate environmentalist and the Program Director for Natural Curiosity, an environmental and Indigenous education initiative.
Meet Najma Omary. Based in Tanzania, Najma is a young environmentalist from Tanzania. She shared her #NatureLoveStory as part of the #NatureForAll Storytelling Festival!
Meet Boglárka Amrein Tamásné Miskolczi. Based in Hungary, Boglárka runs an organic farm in Romonya and is the manager of Ecological Farm and Bird-Nest Box Station.
Meet Eleanor Smith. Based in Norway, Eleanor is a multilingual writer, copywriter, copy-editor, public relations professional and photographer. She loves nature, animals and the arts.
Brooklyn Story Lab participated in the #NatureForAll Love Fest by sharing 7 partner stories, ranging from the all-woman anti-poaching ranger unit in Zimbabwe, to the Mars technology that is helping farmers in Brazil practice better regenerative agriculture!
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Etienne Loney from Clear Your Gear, A local group from Manitoba that has started a nationwide recycling program for the proper disposal of used fishing lines. Etienne is part of the team that makes the bins you can see across Canada!
To celebrate the #NatureForAll Love Fest, Green Teacher released a podcast episode on the power of nature stories with Jesse Hildebrand, VP of Education at Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants and the chair of #NatureForAll Canada. The episode also features nature love stories from Alysa McCall, Jai Sharma and Jill Heinerth!
A group of people attending the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver in early February 2023, learned how Indigenous leadership and traditional methods of protecting a marine and coastal environment can create areas of tranquility, closeness to nature, and sustainable use of these areas.
Read Meera, Joanne, Aleesha, Isabelle, Sarah, Rhonda & James’ story as the 2022 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity’s National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education
As Nature Revisited approaches its fifth year, we go behind the podcast in this episode to meet its creator – Stefan Van Norden!
Read Linda & Carmelina’s story as the 2022 Runner Up for Natural Curiosity’s National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education
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