On #NaturePhotographyDay celebrated each year on June 15, 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.

This is the first article in a three-part series focusing on Nature Photography Day, celebrated every year on June 15. Read about how Anna Kobylansky, a Parks Canada Youth Ambassador for 2020, connects with and reflects on nature.

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.

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.

Ocean Bridge connects Canadian youth from coast-to-coast-to-coast empowering them to make a difference towards ocean conservation. Each year 40, youth (ages 18-30) form a national team engaged in co-creating and delivering service projects in their home communities. They also partake in two immersive expeditions addressing Ocean Health and Ocean Literacy in Canada.

‘The Shape of Water’, quite symbolically the title of the movie I watched on route to Brasilia for the 8th World Water Forum, reminded me (much like the Avatar movie) about the mystery, strength and silence of nature…and the need for people to speak up for it, so as to protect and preserve it.

Meeting artist Emma Barr was completely serendipitous and we were utterly amazed by her ability to pinpoint emotions, to speak of touching and inspiring topics and to eloquently express herself. In addition to being an extremely renowned mixed-media artist and painter in Whitehorse, she mentors youth through difficult periods in their lives and inspires them to trust in their artistic abilities.

It all started when I visited my grandmother in 2016 in Mbooni, Makueni County, Kenya.

Everyone should have a chance to realize that they love the outdoors. Unfortunately, not every community has the same access to the outdoors, and as a result these communities miss out on the opportunity to develop a love for nature. Here are four Community Nature Connection youth who are tackling this issue.

Imagine taking a photo of an unknown organism, posting it online and immediately having it identified by expert naturalists from around the world. iNaturalist is an online service that allows you to do just that.

Community Nature Connection highlights African American women and men that have and continue to make an impact in the environmental movement. #OutdoorEquity

The trouble with following a story about people and nature is that often peoples’ schedules don’t match the cycles of nature and the weather – and so (without a big budget) you have to make a guess as to what is the most important thing for your story and then just run with your decision, in the sheer belief that you can find a way to somehow make it work.