About 40 Ottawa area young people took part in today's wonderful conference on sustainability and biodiversity. It was hosted by Ashbury College partnered with St-Laurent Academy and Biodiversitymatters.
Our keynote address was by green economy educator and Ottawa City Councillor David Chernushenko.
We had a presentation by Genevieve Grossenbacher from USC Canada. She discussed our food choices and how to vote with our fork!
Hugh Robertson, his wife, and son put 1 bag of garbage out during a three year period. He discussed how he did it and the morality around climate change.
Little Ray's Reptiles presented endangered species during lunch.
A soft-shelled turtle!
Being a tree for "Darth Vader" the Eastern Ratsnake
Albino snapping turtle
This is a big turtle!
Raptor discussions and how DDT affected them in the past.
Chafic brought his pet bearded dragons.
Canadian Museum of Nature scientist Noel Alfonso presented on taxonomy and particularily on fish biology.
Torry Reid from Organic Growers discussed our local food choices.
Our biodiversity poster.
We planted an oak and a spruce on the grounds of Ashbury College.
Youth of all ages took part!
A special thank you to Ashbury College for hosting the event, Gillian, ASLA, and all the organizers from Biodiversitymatters.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
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