We see the human impacts around us and move to shake them and rectify our mistakes the best we can. We #StandUp4CleanUp to inspire and accelerate the growth and development of a better, more inclusive and sustainable Thunder Bay. To honor these ancestral lands with stewardship.

A beautiful and calm spot to relax, contemplate and unwind….I hope this stays the same! Thunder Bay’s beauty is exquisite and words cannot describe how abundantly blessed I feel to be here.

Will closing our eyes and ignoring the problem make it stop? It is time to take RESPONSIBILITY, get EDUCATED, take ACTION and get INVOLVED to help combat climate change. If we don’t do it, who will?

A few months ago, my classmate invited me to join her at the Hon. Patty Hajdu’s office to protest the Federal Government’s buyout of the Kinder-Morgan pipeline. We need to hold industry and government accountable for their contributions to climate change!

Thunder Bay temperatures are unusually high and continue to rise.

Our personal vehicles are a major cause of global warming. I took this picture in the parking lot at Lakehead University. The emergency sign indicates that the need to take action on climate is more urgent and more immediate than ever.

I was overwhelmed to see such beauty serenity and the never-ending shore of Lake Superior. I feel privileged at this very moment to have seen the rocky coast of the lake; to have felt the fresh water on my skin; and to be able to bask under the sun. I want to keep having this experience in the years to come. Nature is powerful, yet its beauty is sublime.

This week I learned how to compost. Turns out it’s really easy! This is what 3 days of composting looks like. Imagine what it will look like in one year… two years! I think I’m going to need a bigger bucket!
#composting#reducewaste

A changing climate means that certain things that I enjoy about life in Thunder Bay will be seriously altered. Our quality of life is vulnerable, and that makes climate change an urgent issue. Increasing periods of drought and frequency of extreme heat events may leave our forests and grasslands dry and fire prone. Thunder Bay and area has already experienced periods of fire bans and burn permit suspensions. Without action for climate change mitigation, our campfires and backyard fire pits may become a thing of the past.

Image by Kate Greenwood. See full booklet of local youth climate art here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z_dM9ynM4RJgo1iXv0C0aeS2TgBCyk_L/view?usp=sharing