Youth are uniquely equipped to change the world because they dream. They choose not to accept what is, but to imagine what might be. Desmond Tutu Recently I was invited by my friend Ava, to visit her elementary school and talk about coral reefs and the work of Mary Hagedorn at the University of Hawaii. I love to see so much creativity in young minds and see how they are so eager to learn and try to help the environment. I love to see people like Ava wanting to make a chan

Recently I travelled to California to meet with Richard Louv, the author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle. After interviewing Mr. Louv he turned the camera around and interviewed me! The post below is a blog that I submitted for the Child and Nature Network and a link to that interview. Guest blog for Child and Nature Network Check out Richard’s Books #RichardLouv #ChildrenandNatureNetwork #thenatureprinciple #naturedeficitdisorder

Late last year I was contacted by a teacher in Ontario about a book she was writing on Canadian kids making a difference. Her name is Sheneeza Kanji. She interviewed me over the phone and researched my work on-line. In the end, she wrote a chapter about me and the people and subjects of my films. She has just had the book published and it is available as an ebook or in hard cover. Part of the proceeds of the book sales will go to the favourite charities of the kids who are sh

Deer visit us all year but especially in the spring and summer. The same families return to our yard each year. One of the Moms always has twins. This is “Stuey” – one of the twins. It seems like they are so young when they have to leave their Moms and survive on their own. This “teenager” kept coming back to us because he grew up in our yard. His antlers were only three or four inches long at the time. I got a photo of him one day and painted him from the photo. I didn’t kno