Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero and Environmental Education Program Manager Kieryn Matthews! Growing up on Coast Salish Territory surrounded by the ocean inspired Kieryn’s love of nature and passion for sustainability. Kieryn has almost seven years of experience engaging communities in climate action as an Educator and Program Manager working for non-profits like Science World and The Starfish Canada.
Read Chris Dube’s story as the 2022 Grand Prize Winner for Natural Curiosity’s National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Shawn Bath, founder of the Clean Harbours Initiative! As a commercial diver for over 25 years, Shawn is known to be SUPER hands on when it comes to helping our environment and getting rid of nasty “ghost nets” that plague our waters. He is by all means the definition of a local legend looking to make positive impact for everyone.
Thank you to everyone who entered the Take Me Outside 2022 Student Video Contest! This year’s entries really showcased the diversity of the country’s people and landscapes. A huge congrats to students from Campus Regina Public in Regina, Saskatchewan for being the Grand Prize winners. Their film “askiy kikiskinwahamakonaw The Land Teaches Us” is phenomenal!
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Jeanine Sinclair, founder of the Plastic Free BC project! As an Ocean Bridge ambassador alumni, she is known to do a TON for our environment and help others reach a more sustainable lifestyle. Her latest project aims to create a hub to discover zero waste and sustainable businesses from various cities around BC.
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Jocelyn Marsh, Ocean Bridge alumni and founder of the Love Our Oceans Project! The project aims to reduce plastic usage within the veterinary industry while also promoting conversation towards ocean stewardship.
Meet Minaëlle Green, Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero and co-founder of the University of Ottawa’s Climate Crisis Coalition! The new coalition aims to create awareness of the climate crisis, educate students about plastic pollution, biodiversity decline, and the impact of agriculture as well as fossil fuels on the environment.
Parks Canada and the Yukon government’s Department of Education worked together to reduce barriers for youth to spend time on the land. They put together a gear library that provides camping equipment for Yukon schools, Parks Canada programs, and non-profits that work with youth in the Yukon!
Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Amy Liebenberg. Amy was the Executive Director of Squamish Arts and one of the leaders of the new environmental art campaign: Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the waste in our lakes and oceans by transforming collected trash into beautiful art.
IMPAC5’s Noémie Roy boarded an ice breaker to join the Students on Ice Foundation’s first ever Ocean Conservation Expedition! The expedition started in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia and for the month of September navigated the waters around Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy.