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This weekend, it is all around the world, where Earth Hour gives people a chance to send a signal that they care about ongoing environmental degradation and want action to be taken. If you want to get involved, turn off your lights for an hour on March 24th at 8:30 pm your time.
Image courtesy of earthhour.org
“We have forgotten that nature is not something outside of us—someplace we go hiking in on the weekend—but that it is us.”
— Suzanne Paleczny
Chloe Dragon Smith recently interviewed Suzanne Paleczny, a new member of Women for Nature. As a visual artist working in Whitehorse, her practice focuses on the human-nature relationship. In a captivating interview, Smith asks about her personal connection to nature, about her recent exhibit Human/Nature at the Yukon Arts Centre, and her artistic philosophy.
Check out the full blog post on Nature Canada.
Driftwood Sculpture by Suzanne Paleczny from Human/Nature Exhibit. Image via Nature Canada
What matters most to Canadians? How much do we differ in what we want for Canada across gender, generations, regions, ethnicities? In a rapidly shifting global context, what values do we want to be reflected in the future of Canada?
When we talk about what matters most—our core values—we are most likely to choose and act in ways that lead to realizing them in our day-to-day lives. Also, when we speak about our values we are likely to discover that they are shared among others who we might have regarded as very different from us. The “Why” of the Canadian Values Conversations initiative is to create a national awareness and an understanding about values to foster a sense of shared purpose that spur change in neighbourhoods, communities, cities and regions across Canada toward a future that we want for us and for our children and grandchildren.
Share your voice by taking the national Canadian Values Conversation survey today. To learn more about this initiative, click here.
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