Community Leaders & Books: October 2024

We profile local community leaders and book reviews on a weekly basis on social media. Once a month we repost them on our website for those of you who may not be active on social media.

Community Leaders

Saskatchewan - Climate Justice Saskatoon has filed a lawsuit challenging the provincial government’s decision to expand gas-fired power plants.

Alberta - Check out the work being done by Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park and the Alberta Native Plant Rescue Society to rescue native plants from private land development and grow more in people’s home or community gardens.

Manitoba - Join Nature Manitoba for upcoming presentations showcasing the major threat presented by wild pigs and grassland bird and biodiversity recovery.

Manitoba - First Nations Waste Minimization, a program of Manitoba’s Green Action Centre, had a busy summer that included refrigerant, mattress and e-waste removal at 3 different First Nations.

British Columbia - Wildsight’s FutureMakers educational program inspires students in grades 4-7 to design a hope-filled community of the future.

Books

How to Know a Crow by Candace Savage and illustrated by Rachel Hudson invites 9-12 year olds into the fascinating world of crows, those big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.

Travels Up the Creek, a new collection of essays by Alberta biologist Lorne Fitch, urges environmental stewardship rooted in science, inspiring change through education and a touch of righteous anger.

Twelve Trees by Daniel Lewis: “[Trees] are active entities … providing a bulwark against a changing climate, offering nourishment, rest, and sustenance for other species, and space and quiet in their midst. They are the heartbeat of the world.”

What does it take to be successful? Teeth! says Bill Schutt, author of Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, From Hagfish to Humans.

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