This past winter and spring, A Rocha has run a monthly series of Wednesday night “talks” at both our Brooksdale Environmental Centre in Surrey, BC and in the Pembina Valley of Manitoba. The goal of both series has been to highlight the lives of folks who are living out an ethos in various contexts and circumstances, that matches A Rocha’s, giving the speakers a platform to share their own journey and their work.
The Brooksdale Series included:
– Steven Gnam, who presented an evening of conservation photography
– Rob and Ruth des Cotes, Brooksdale’s resident hosts, who shared about their Pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago
– Rowenna Gryba, a Marine Biologist specializing in marine mammals
– John Mackenzie, President of Anita’s Organic Mill
– Mike Yankoski, author and activist who shared his journey to creation care
The Manitoba Series included:
– Bill Stilwell, an author and photographer who introduced his audience to “Manitoba Wild”
– Ruth Hiebert, a nature photographer who presented the “Art of Seeing Beauty Everywhere”
– Alex Scharf, an agriculturalist specializing in greenhouse gardening in Manitoba’s native communities in the extreme north
– Dr. Sheila Forsyth, a senior staff scientist with Friends of the Earth who has conducting the “Be True to Blue” research project studying water conservation issues in the Pembina Valley
