In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22, the environmental interest groups of CFUW-Nepean, CFUW-Ottawa and CFUW-Kanata jointly hosted webinars on three successive Wednesday evenings in April, welcoming famous authors as guest-speakers:

• Rebecca Prince-Ruiz on reducing single-use plastics (April 6 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBUyCOKeNM );  
• Diana Beresford-Kroeger in conversation with Bill Steer of the Canada Ecology Centre on the key role of trees (April 13 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErPwncR17oI&t=1208s ) and   
• Seth Klein on mobilizing Canada for the climate crisis, who introduced Sabah Ibrahim speaking about the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign (April 20 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdgNwpY2BY)

Click on the links above to watch the recordings of these events.

The large number of registrants for the three-part series (568 different people, including guests from the USA, Australia and the Philippines) and the growing interest in the YouTube videos are evidence that there is an appetite for positive, action-oriented information. As a result of our project, CFUW-National, Ontario Council and BC Council joined the list of signatories publicly supporting the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign. Individuals may sign up to participate in this as well.

The local CFUW organizing committee is hoping to build on the momentum of this webinar series and to move forward with additional constructive events in the future.