Calgary’s Our Nature Foundation

Our Nature Foundation is a great organization where children, and youth of all ages can express their voices. They spark environmental conversations that are interesting and engaging. Thorough debate and many other actives, children and youth can learn different ways in which their environmental visions can be displayed. A healthy future is something that is ideal for them, and they want to spread the word. Due to the fact that they provide a platform it really allows someone with a small idea to grow and elaborate it by working with Our Nature Foundation, whose mission is to do just that.

They believe that the roles of people have to be deepened, and Our Nature Foundation is where their environmental ideals can do that. Also they think that nature is very important in a child’s or adult’s life it is something that remains with your forever. It is out civil responsibility to care for it! They reach out to the broader public to allow then to experience the power that they have to bring change.

On April 22, they had a Youth Week event in which many youth were given the opportunity to come and engage in a conversation about a healthy movement towards a better environment. It was a pleasure to be a part of it, as I learned so much about ecosystems and how each one is connected. The ecosystems play a role in our everyday lives. Even if the smallest invalid were to occur, the whole system would be out of order. I was able to think further on how I can change myself to help the environment. I was able to connect it to my thoughts on how even if one person makes the smallest change regarding the environment, in the long run it would pay off, and the future generations would not be in turmoil.

The best thing to learn about was how saving the environment does not have to be a boring process; it can be fun and engaging. We were shown videos on how recycle bins were turned into a game. The game relied on how many plastics bottles you had, etc. The more plastic bottles that you got into the holes, the more points you got. It was really cool to see places taking the initiative to relate fun and games into everyday life. The fact that it was connected to the environment made me even more excited about it. All of the youth were all thinking about how cool it was, and that there should be something like this everywhere.

The next project was a tank filled with fish which bacilli represented marine life with growing plants on top. Now you may be wondering, what? How does that happen? It’s actually really simple, first the fish generate waste. The waste is then used as a fertilizer for the plants because of the microbes. The plants filter the water and they absorb the nutrients. Thus it also resolves to the water cycle. How cool! Anyway, then the clean water is released into the tank. The cycle repeats over and over again, proving you with such amazing plants, and fishes.

The event was a successful full of so much information, and fun.

Fore more information, check out:

www.ournaturefoundation.ca
www.facebook.com/ournaturefoundation

Email: grant@ournaturefoundation.ca