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Youth Circle for Mother Earth leadership retreat, February 2020 © Christine Ambre
The Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME) project aims to create and support a cross-cultural network of young Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders to become lifelong ambassadors for Mother Earth. The focus is on land, air and waters, which includes the natural world and its conservation, protection and restoration. Join YCME project partners to learn about ...
Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership 2019 © Noah Cole
Summer is here and the Youth Council and Youth Circle for Mother Earth members are busy planning for the annual Youth Summit in the fall. As a graduating high school student who has experienced both an in-person and a virtual Youth Summit, I will share some of my highlights from both: Easy Application Process Since ...
Despite the physical barriers presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME)’s Coordinating Circle continues to engage with one another, learning together about cross-cultural literacy and working to bridge the gap between Western science and Indigenous knowledge systems. For instance, in March we organized a virtual retreat series that replaced the ...
Gananoque Lake © Caroline Schultz
As we come to the end of 2020, we want to celebrate some of our accomplishments, and the positive impact you help us have on the wild species and wild spaces you love. We are deeply thankful with our members, volunteers, nature network groups, and supporters for helping us make the best out of 2020. Despite dealing with a global pandemic and the government’s environmental de-regulation agenda, we are now ...
As we count down the final days of the decade, we’re thinking back to the amazing things we accomplished for nature in 2019. We could not have done it without you – our members, followers, funders, partners and sponsors. Your support makes everything we do for nature possible. 10th annual Youth Summit for Biodiversity and ...