Back in June I was invited to attend a special evening in Victoria at a dinner with the members of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. They were wrapping up their annual general meeting and celebrating and recognizing a number of individuals for their work on different environmental subjects. The Canadian Wildlife Federation does a great job of protecting Canadian wildlife with their conservation and education programs. They also have a number of publications including WILD mag

Last week we travelled to San Diego to attend the first ever gala for the Children and Nature Network. The event took place on a paddlewheeler boat in Mission Bay. It was attended by C&NN’s board of directors, Richard Louv and a lot of other generous individuals who helped to raise a whole lot of money for the organization. Check out this blog to read more about it. The highlight for me was definitely meeting and introducing Canada’s favourite wildlife artist and conservati

In July my brother and I were able to participate in the clipping of adipose fins on coho salmon at the Mossom Creek Hatchery. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors under the shade of the canopy supplied by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and count all the salmon we clipped. Even though I’ve watched this being done before it was the first time we actually got to do the clipping ourselves. We were in the company of other volunteers but I have to say there’s not a lot of

Recently I received letters from a class in Haiti. Their teacher had shown them some of my work on nature deficit disorder and she asked them to comment on the idea that “people who haven’t experienced nature have been robbed of a gift, kids have been robbed of part of their childhood.” Their observations were so moving, they have to be shared. These are kids from wealthy families who mostly have to stay in their own gated yards or indoors for fear of being taken. They were

Last spring I met four amazing guys. They set out last January to paddle, unassisted, across the Atlantic Ocean in their human powered boat. Why in the world would anyone try to make that journey never mind do it with only the power of two people, in four hour shifts to man the oars you ask? Well, their task was to study the ocean and share what they learned for audiences around the world. The Oar Northwest Expedition was sponsored by the Canadian Wildlife Federation and sola