The last blog of the three-part series dedicated to Nature Photography Day is on how nature can help achieve your dreams. Written by Alaïs Nevert, an Ocean Bridge Ocean Ambassador and #ParksLife Ambassador.
Read about how Alex Leroux, a photographer based in Canada, uses her camera to raise awareness on climate change. This is the second blog of a three-part series for #NaturePhotographyDay, celebrated each year on June 15.
Read about how Anna Kobylansky, a Parks Canada Youth Ambassador, connects with and reflects on nature thanks to Nature Photography.
The UN-REDD Programme has been a pioneer of innovative policies that value and protect forests and their social and ecosystem services. Commitments to human rights-based approaches, social inclusion and stakeholder engagement are vital to its mandate and work.
Permaculture consultant, educator and CEC member, Benoit Clement, provides a list of tree facts, misconceptions and reforestation initiatives worth knowing.
Environmental and communications consultant, Firas Abd-Alhadi, volunteered his time to translate the document “Connecting with Nature to Care for Ourselves and the Earth: Recommendations for Decision Makers” into Arabic.
Founder and director of Families in Nature, Heather Kulken, offers advice on working while managing kids and their learning at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Families in Nature is a non-profit organization that aims to inspire all families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists.
The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. In March 2020, The Nature Conservancy and its 550 scientists launched Nature Lab, a new online learning platform designed to help students experience nature and learn the science—truly a way that we can work to ensure #NatureForAll!
The #NatureForAll core value: through partnership we can amplify our collective reach, was realized through programmes delivered by co-hosts Canadian Wildlife Federation, IUCN CEC, PCI Media, Ocean Wise/Ocean Bridge, Sustainable Forestry Initiative/Project Learning Tree, Parks Canada & US National Park Service. These nine partners were #NatureForAll at the 24th World Scout Jamboree.
Providing childhood experiences in nature is good for children and our organisation. We believe that parents want their children to get out into nature more often to balance the screen time that is omnipresent in their lives. We are responding to this demand and in doing so, our children and parents are happy.