WEBVTT 00:00:02.770 --> 00:00:04.950 Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode 00:00:04.950 --> 00:00:08.029 of Trinity Talks. My name is Kyla and I am so 00:00:08.029 --> 00:00:10.589 excited to be joined here by three folks who 00:00:10.589 --> 00:00:12.990 are part of our Trinity family. And we're going 00:00:12.990 --> 00:00:15.990 to be talking a little bit more about creation 00:00:15.990 --> 00:00:19.390 care, about what it means to care for our earth, 00:00:19.550 --> 00:00:22.350 why any of that matters, and what it actually 00:00:22.350 --> 00:00:24.649 has to do with Jesus at all. Because sometimes 00:00:24.649 --> 00:00:26.789 we think of those as very separate things, but 00:00:26.789 --> 00:00:28.750 hopefully throughout the course of this conversation 00:00:28.750 --> 00:00:31.289 we'll sort of dive into some connections between 00:00:31.289 --> 00:00:33.549 those things. So thank you so much for joining 00:00:33.549 --> 00:00:36.549 me, folks. Good morning. Yeah. So maybe I'll 00:00:36.549 --> 00:00:38.450 just get you to start by introducing yourself, 00:00:38.649 --> 00:00:40.729 saying your name, and a little bit about some 00:00:40.729 --> 00:00:42.710 of the ways that you have been involved in caring 00:00:42.710 --> 00:00:44.609 for the earth. Do you want to start us off? Sure. 00:00:44.670 --> 00:00:46.969 Good morning. My name is Diana Gomez. I have 00:00:46.969 --> 00:00:50.090 been coming to Trinity for about a year. Okay. 00:00:51.469 --> 00:00:55.310 Lived in Mississauga for a decade. So my latest 00:00:55.310 --> 00:00:58.049 role, I've joined the Credit Valley Conservation 00:00:58.049 --> 00:01:02.159 Foundation. And so I work very closely with CBC, 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.780 the authority, to engage and rally the community. 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:07.760 So that's a little bit about me. Okay, great. 00:01:07.819 --> 00:01:12.599 Thank you. So hi, my name is Mia. I'm still in 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.140 high school, so I don't have much job experience 00:01:15.140 --> 00:01:18.439 yet. That's okay. But to me, I think some ways 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.120 that I'm currently helping out in my community. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.719 Right now is, I'll talk about more of this later, 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:26.180 but I started a nonprofit where basically you 00:01:26.180 --> 00:01:29.180 just go around, we interview different people 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:31.599 of, I guess, different careers. And one of the 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:33.420 things we did earlier was a conservation series. 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.260 So we were able to reach out to people that I 00:01:36.260 --> 00:01:38.260 mentioned that have careers in, I guess, conservation 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:40.480 sustainability. And we did that kind of as an 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.459 initiative for Earth Day a while ago. So that's 00:01:42.459 --> 00:01:46.379 one thing I do. I guess outside of that, maybe 00:01:46.379 --> 00:01:48.719 just like my usual like recycling things that 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:51.180 I guess. Yeah. I'm just thinking of now, but 00:01:51.180 --> 00:01:53.019 that's just about me. Yeah, no, that's awesome. 00:01:53.060 --> 00:01:55.920 Thanks. My name's Adrienne. I've been here, I 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:00.219 think, three -ish years now. I have done mostly 00:02:00.219 --> 00:02:02.599 volunteering in this space, I guess. So Girl 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.519 Guides, huge emphasis on Earth stuff. And then 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:10.199 I work with a charity where we're giving. um, 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:12.580 gently used prom wear to high school kids for 00:02:12.580 --> 00:02:15.419 free who might need an appeal. I work with a, 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:19.020 um, a menstrual charity that provides sustainable 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:21.840 solutions to around the world. And then I also 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.539 ran for the green party in the last election. 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.479 So yeah, lots of different little things. Yeah. 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.159 But all sort of bring this one theme together. 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:34.400 Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Okay. So what prompted 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:36.759 you to want to like get involved in that work? 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.139 Why? care about the earth? Why? Like, what sort 00:02:40.139 --> 00:02:43.580 of prompted you to want to do that? That's an 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:45.780 excellent question. I think for me, I've always 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:49.900 worked in social causes. Sure. So I came to Canada 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:53.259 when I was seven years old, and I actually got 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:56.259 help from the Salvation Army at that time. My 00:02:56.259 --> 00:02:58.979 mom needed some help. And so I felt for me, it 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:02.599 was a great moment to continue to give back somehow. 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:04.659 So I really wanted to work in the not for profit 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:08.379 sector. And worked in, you know, food banks and 00:03:08.379 --> 00:03:13.060 hospital foundations, humanitarian NGOs, international 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:16.759 work there. And then I moved over to the conservation. 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:22.139 I think from the very beginning, I felt we live 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:23.900 in a wonderful place here in Mississauga. You 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:26.680 have access to so many trail systems and green 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.360 spaces. And I was always out with my children, 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:33.229 naturally enjoying them. Being able to work very 00:03:33.229 --> 00:03:37.389 close to home and understanding more about how 00:03:37.389 --> 00:03:39.710 to protect these green spaces was very important 00:03:39.710 --> 00:03:42.770 to me as an example, even to my own family. Right. 00:03:42.870 --> 00:03:45.490 And what are we doing every day? These acts of 00:03:45.490 --> 00:03:48.110 care to take care of nature. So for me, it's 00:03:48.110 --> 00:03:51.979 been. why I've transitioned. And I'm not going 00:03:51.979 --> 00:03:54.120 to lie to you, the perks of being seven minutes 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.520 from home was very, very a big negotiating factor, 00:03:57.539 --> 00:03:59.819 but I'm really enjoying it. And I'm actually 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:02.780 learning quite a lot. I think that I have more 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:06.319 respect for nature and our green spaces and the 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.719 work that the authority is doing every day, because 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:11.699 now I'm embedded into the process internally. 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:15.629 Yeah. Yeah. I think like that, like. like you 00:04:15.629 --> 00:04:17.850 said living in a space that has lots of access 00:04:17.850 --> 00:04:20.209 to trails and green spaces i think that does 00:04:20.209 --> 00:04:22.389 influence the way that you think about the earth 00:04:22.389 --> 00:04:24.709 right yeah that you get to be out in it that's 00:04:24.709 --> 00:04:27.910 right yeah yeah what about for you mia i think 00:04:27.910 --> 00:04:30.250 for me now that i'm thinking about it i feel 00:04:30.250 --> 00:04:33.350 like at school even in like middle school when 00:04:33.350 --> 00:04:35.509 i was in grade maybe seven or eight we were kind 00:04:35.509 --> 00:04:38.920 of taught a little bit about Just like our ecosystem, 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.199 how it's being affected by. I know climate change 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:42.980 was a big factor in some of my science classes 00:04:42.980 --> 00:04:45.500 and still is today. So there in middle school, 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:47.800 I had, I think, like a green team. I think that's 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:49.560 what it's called. Sure. And one of the things 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:51.720 we did was we go around kind of to these like 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.980 conferences. I guess you learned about conservation. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.279 You learned about how to sustain the earth. I 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:58.060 guess that kind of maybe like lit an interest 00:04:58.060 --> 00:04:59.959 in me, something that I was always interested. 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.339 I was like, that's pretty cool. I see how this 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:06.129 would affect us. I think also for some high schoolers 00:05:06.129 --> 00:05:08.449 my age too, I think it's also a pretty big part 00:05:08.449 --> 00:05:12.990 of our lives. We're taught not to throw litter 00:05:12.990 --> 00:05:14.569 on the ground. We're taught how to recycle. That's 00:05:14.569 --> 00:05:18.009 another thing at school. So with that in mind, 00:05:18.129 --> 00:05:21.110 I guess I'll talk more about the nonprofit. So 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:23.949 that came to me when I was in maybe 2023. So 00:05:23.949 --> 00:05:26.709 when I was in grade 9 or so. And one of the first 00:05:26.709 --> 00:05:30.149 things we ever did was we were getting answers 00:05:30.149 --> 00:05:31.709 to our questions. It's kind of hard, I guess, 00:05:31.730 --> 00:05:34.870 for youth. to get answers to maybe questions 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:36.529 that we had and we had a lot of questions about 00:05:36.529 --> 00:05:39.089 conservation about climate change about how do 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:40.750 we do this like how is this affecting us but 00:05:40.750 --> 00:05:43.149 not really like the net like right platform or 00:05:43.149 --> 00:05:45.250 the resources to be able to ask that so me my 00:05:45.250 --> 00:05:47.470 co -founder who lives in california we were like 00:05:48.089 --> 00:05:49.829 that's something we would definitely want to 00:05:49.829 --> 00:05:52.230 reach out about. And our audience was mainly 00:05:52.230 --> 00:05:54.870 teenagers like myself. So what we ended up doing 00:05:54.870 --> 00:05:57.610 was we would basically, our first series ever, 00:05:57.769 --> 00:05:59.870 as I mentioned, was a conservation series. We 00:05:59.870 --> 00:06:02.290 managed to reach out to two people from the UN 00:06:02.290 --> 00:06:04.949 and from their division of OCHA, which is like 00:06:04.949 --> 00:06:08.389 the humanitarian relief, I think, sector. And 00:06:08.389 --> 00:06:09.730 we basically asked them a series of questions 00:06:09.730 --> 00:06:12.389 that I honestly wanted to know the answers to, 00:06:12.449 --> 00:06:14.480 but... hadn't been able to get anyone to know 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.639 like how does like humanitarian work how does 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:18.879 the UN work at all what are you guys doing very 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.279 cool right so that was something and I guess 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:23.339 once I got answers from them I realized this 00:06:23.339 --> 00:06:25.220 is definitely something that I kind of want to 00:06:25.220 --> 00:06:26.980 I don't say pursue but something I want to definitely 00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:29.819 know more about how obviously as I'm going to 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:32.230 be I know it's kind of I don't know how to say 00:06:32.230 --> 00:06:33.949 it, kind of cringy, but how like the next generation 00:06:33.949 --> 00:06:35.750 is going to be the one on this earth. Because 00:06:35.750 --> 00:06:37.649 we're always mentioned by our teachers. That 00:06:37.649 --> 00:06:39.709 was something I guess I was always like, oh, 00:06:39.750 --> 00:06:41.069 I have to keep that in mind. I have to learn 00:06:41.069 --> 00:06:44.790 so much more about, I guess, our earth. And I 00:06:44.790 --> 00:06:46.949 want to share all this knowledge that I get with 00:06:46.949 --> 00:06:49.930 kind of people of my generation. So that was 00:06:49.930 --> 00:06:52.750 something that I guess my mindset was coming 00:06:52.750 --> 00:06:56.629 into today and still is of today. More recently. 00:06:57.470 --> 00:06:59.709 what i've been doing is after conservation series 00:06:59.709 --> 00:07:02.790 i was reaching out to basically everyone i was 00:07:02.790 --> 00:07:05.670 like hey i've had my name is mia i have so many 00:07:05.670 --> 00:07:07.389 questions for you is there time that i could 00:07:07.389 --> 00:07:09.550 ask though yeah we got to chat to some people 00:07:09.550 --> 00:07:11.649 really wonderful people from the canadian wildlife 00:07:11.649 --> 00:07:15.649 federation and to be honest um when you're in 00:07:15.649 --> 00:07:17.430 school i know there's this course in grade 10 00:07:17.430 --> 00:07:19.529 you take which is called careers and you get 00:07:19.529 --> 00:07:21.430 to learn about everyone's careers something i 00:07:21.430 --> 00:07:24.209 never learned about was careers in kind of the 00:07:24.209 --> 00:07:26.250 environment or like humanitarian that was something 00:07:26.250 --> 00:07:27.949 that was just never considered i had no idea 00:07:27.949 --> 00:07:30.529 and i still kind of don't but i had no idea what 00:07:30.529 --> 00:07:33.290 you and like people do like these different sectors 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:37.329 right and so through these um asking people for 00:07:37.329 --> 00:07:40.250 jobs i was also kind of i guess opening my eyes 00:07:40.250 --> 00:07:42.550 to a whole another level which i feel like is 00:07:42.550 --> 00:07:44.310 something i don't usually get to do or people 00:07:44.310 --> 00:07:46.750 my age usually don't get to do so i guess that 00:07:46.750 --> 00:07:49.889 was just one of the main like reasons why i feel 00:07:49.889 --> 00:07:52.910 like i've broadened my view on the world and 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.579 being more interested in conservation efforts 00:07:55.579 --> 00:07:58.420 into our ecosystem. Sure. Yeah, that's really 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:00.300 cool. It's like coming from this place of like 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:03.199 curiosity and like being like, OK, if I'm going 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.420 to be a person in the world, I want to like understand 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.480 how it works and like how I can contribute to 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.060 that. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah. What about 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:12.600 for you, Adrienne? For me, it probably started 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.319 with school, like in our young years. And I'm 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.519 from like rural Nova Scotia. So it wasn't like 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.279 seeing pollution and seeing all this stuff. It 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:21.139 was kind of new, like recycling was new. I'm 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:24.649 old enough that recycling was new. They really 00:08:24.649 --> 00:08:26.589 we would do like trips and we would do all these 00:08:26.589 --> 00:08:29.149 like appreciation type things and cleanups and 00:08:29.149 --> 00:08:31.329 stuff. So for me, it started young and it kind 00:08:31.329 --> 00:08:33.950 of carried through. And then my family is kind 00:08:33.950 --> 00:08:35.929 of the same. So it was just kind of embedded 00:08:35.929 --> 00:08:39.549 in there early and then just carried on. Yeah. 00:08:40.289 --> 00:08:44.950 Yeah. So when you think about sort of. your faith 00:08:44.950 --> 00:08:47.850 and how that connects with this idea of like 00:08:47.850 --> 00:08:50.549 caring for the earth like what what connections 00:08:50.549 --> 00:08:52.850 do you see are there ways that you know caring 00:08:52.850 --> 00:08:55.429 for the world has impacted your faith in some 00:08:55.429 --> 00:09:03.029 way or vice versa yeah sure for me i also like 00:09:03.029 --> 00:09:06.519 earth is amazing and created i know that I'm 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:08.200 going to say it's in Genesis. I'm going to pull 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.360 out here. It talks about tending to the earth. 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:14.820 But it's also for me linked to humanity. Like 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:16.860 we live on this earth. We live on it together. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.299 It's caring for it affects everybody. And I think 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:24.679 that people have a very isolated sometimes view 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.419 of like what their impact can be. But yeah. And 00:09:28.419 --> 00:09:30.179 like the whole, I mean, it's coming a lot more 00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:32.639 recently about climate change being such a threat 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:34.519 multiplier. Right. And how it's going to displace 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.570 people. poor people are impacted the most by 00:09:37.570 --> 00:09:40.990 all of this change. So for me, even people that 00:09:40.990 --> 00:09:42.990 I have a tougher time, maybe selling the environmental 00:09:42.990 --> 00:09:45.830 part on it's the humanity part of it as well. 00:09:45.870 --> 00:09:48.169 Like they're so intertwined. And I think when 00:09:48.169 --> 00:09:50.830 people remember that it's, it's motivating. Yeah. 00:09:50.929 --> 00:09:54.690 Yeah. I remember like when I, I also sort of 00:09:54.690 --> 00:09:57.779 started. from a sort of humanitarian lens in 00:09:57.779 --> 00:09:59.860 this was like, okay, I care about people and 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:02.039 I care about like, you know, making sure that 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.379 there's, there's justice and fair treatment and 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:06.679 all of these things. And I was like, you know, 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:13.830 the earth is. Cool. Yeah. But yeah, then to be 00:10:13.830 --> 00:10:16.009 able to see it as like, yeah, this threat multiplier, 00:10:16.029 --> 00:10:18.970 this like thing that if we aren't taking seriously 00:10:18.970 --> 00:10:21.429 our job to care for the world, then we're like 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:23.289 actually not caring for our neighbor very well 00:10:23.289 --> 00:10:26.090 either. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I agree there. 00:10:26.110 --> 00:10:28.470 I just want to say that I really appreciate hearing 00:10:28.470 --> 00:10:31.789 your perspective on how you feel you didn't have 00:10:31.789 --> 00:10:36.600 enough information. as a youth. And I think the 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.700 role of the foundation at the Crowley Valley 00:10:38.700 --> 00:10:42.279 Conservation Foundation is to educate and inspire 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.899 not only youth, but all individuals. And I think 00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:48.639 I like to hear that because it's a really important 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.460 element of my program to incorporate information 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:55.519 for youth to get involved. And as you said, you... 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.480 Youth are the next generation of stewards. And 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:01.639 so how are we educating them and building up 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:03.899 to carry the torch? Yeah. Right. To take care 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:07.139 of these green spaces, to do the everyday acts 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:09.960 like we talked about recycling and anything around 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.399 our neighborhood. So I think that that's significantly 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:15.620 important. And just to go back on the Bible verse 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:18.639 that you mentioned, it's I think it's in Genesis 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.200 chapter two, where the Lord says, the Lord God 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.450 took man into the Garden of Eden to work. Work 00:11:25.450 --> 00:11:28.330 it and care of it. And so that's where I think 00:11:28.330 --> 00:11:31.470 it's a really important element to say it is 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:35.210 about, you know, us being entrusted with something. 00:11:35.549 --> 00:11:39.070 And I look at the creation. If God was so intentful 00:11:39.070 --> 00:11:42.850 in creating, I mean, when I walk around and I 00:11:42.850 --> 00:11:46.470 see just the detail on the leaf, I take a look 00:11:46.470 --> 00:11:49.610 at how intentful and purposeful he was in creating 00:11:49.610 --> 00:11:53.259 all of these. green spaces, all of the life that 00:11:53.259 --> 00:11:56.100 thrives, including us, right? So we don't protect 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:59.639 our green spaces. It's what sustains us all. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.679 And I think making that connection is really 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:07.960 important. God calls us to action out our faith, 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:11.909 right? And I remember this in the 90s, I was 00:12:11.909 --> 00:12:15.049 a fan of this artist. His name was Ricardo Arjona. 00:12:15.409 --> 00:12:19.110 He talked, in a song, he mentioned Jesus. And 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:22.289 he said, Jesus is not a noun. Jesus is a verb. 00:12:22.590 --> 00:12:25.269 And so I look at that and say, if Jesus and God 00:12:25.269 --> 00:12:29.240 created this beautiful thing for us. He only 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:32.259 expects us to protect it. And if we love our 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:35.480 neighbors like ourselves, why wouldn't we love 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.899 the spaces they live in and take care of those 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:40.980 and protect those? So I think it is a sense of 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:43.700 responsibility for all of us to take care of 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:48.659 the creation of Earth because it really is our 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:51.299 heart and our lungs. And I think if we look at 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:54.690 it that way. Every little act that we do from 00:12:54.690 --> 00:12:58.289 recycling to planting trees to just taking care 00:12:58.289 --> 00:13:03.250 of it. These are all acts that we're responsible 00:13:03.250 --> 00:13:06.070 for. I think it's not a task. I think it's a 00:13:06.070 --> 00:13:08.769 responsibility for all of us to do something 00:13:08.769 --> 00:13:12.690 that will, again, pass the torch to future generations. 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.419 I know I'm getting older when I say this and 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:19.039 I say, well, we're here. We're temporary here. 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.740 Yeah. We're not here forever. Our home is temporary. 00:13:22.179 --> 00:13:25.419 But who comes next, whether it's our family, 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.419 our grandchildren or our neighbors, we want to 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:31.559 leave a legacy behind that they can also enjoy. 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.799 Yeah. Right. So I look at that as connections 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.220 to my everyday work. And I love to hear different 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:40.320 perspectives because it makes me. appreciate 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.879 that we have to do this work it's important work 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:47.480 to tell youth and individuals and us as residents 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.200 of where we live yeah that we have responsibilities 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:53.720 attached to the spaces we use yeah right yeah 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:56.940 yeah for sure i think that's like a really interesting 00:13:56.940 --> 00:14:00.059 point i feel like once you realize There is also 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:02.039 a Bible verse that I want to bring up from Psalm 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:05.220 instead, though. Psalm 24, where it's like, the 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:07.480 earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:09.659 the world and those who dwell within, right? 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:13.019 Thank you. So I feel like what you were mentioning 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:14.539 earlier, and especially what you said earlier 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:17.509 with the love thy neighbor thing, if... god or 00:14:17.509 --> 00:14:20.149 jesus thinks of this world i guess as his own 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:22.549 and as therefore you're kind of like i don't 00:14:22.549 --> 00:14:24.169 want to say required but there's you have that 00:14:24.169 --> 00:14:27.009 responsibility in a that's oh i should be taking 00:14:27.009 --> 00:14:29.929 care of this world it was given to me it was 00:14:29.929 --> 00:14:32.700 um i guess all these like gifts of nature that 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.419 were given to me like as you mentioned when you 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:36.080 were working on like the credit river which is 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:38.139 something i always thought was really cool or 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:39.919 just like when you're recycling just these little 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.580 things that kind of i guess add up so we're making 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:45.259 sure that we're all like doing our own part just 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:46.980 as jesus would have wanted us to i just thought 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:49.720 that was kind of i like i like that i feel like 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:51.679 that's like a very good kind of way of thinking 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.940 about conservation so it's kind of like simplified 00:14:54.940 --> 00:14:56.720 but it's in a way that you're like oh i know 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:58.759 i'm doing this for a good purpose right yeah 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.299 Yeah. And I think like all of these things sort 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:05.460 of remind me, I think sometimes we think that 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:08.340 like faith really has nothing to do with the 00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:10.720 world, right? We think like faith is all about 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:12.620 coming to church and talking about spiritual 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:14.820 things. And that's like super important, obviously. 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:19.720 But also we're embodied people who live in a 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.840 body in a world, right? And so God cares about 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:27.000 our bodies. God cares about our world, right? 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:29.929 That's right. And we're part of creation. We're 00:15:29.929 --> 00:15:31.909 part of creation. We're not separate from it. 00:15:31.970 --> 00:15:34.470 Yeah. We're part of it. And we have to do something 00:15:34.470 --> 00:15:36.830 within it. Yeah. So I think that that's what 00:15:36.830 --> 00:15:39.330 it comes down to. That we're all connected. It's 00:15:39.330 --> 00:15:41.590 connected relationship with God. But if you love 00:15:41.590 --> 00:15:44.090 God, you take care of what he's created. Right. 00:15:44.190 --> 00:15:46.990 Right. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that that piece 00:15:46.990 --> 00:15:48.649 that you just said that we are part of creation. 00:15:48.750 --> 00:15:50.610 I think that's something that's easy for us to 00:15:50.610 --> 00:15:54.009 forget sometimes because God creates humanity 00:15:54.009 --> 00:15:57.769 and God says, OK. have dominion over it like 00:15:57.769 --> 00:16:00.629 take care of it but at no point does god say 00:16:00.629 --> 00:16:04.850 you are god yeah god is above creation god sets 00:16:04.850 --> 00:16:08.029 the rules we are still part of this world that 00:16:08.029 --> 00:16:11.490 god has made and so we have a role yes to take 00:16:11.490 --> 00:16:14.169 care of it but to take care of it as part of 00:16:14.169 --> 00:16:19.049 it that's right yeah yeah yeah for sure um so 00:16:20.330 --> 00:16:22.649 Are there any ways that like when you think about, 00:16:22.649 --> 00:16:24.690 you know, doing this work of caring for the earth, 00:16:24.690 --> 00:16:27.610 are there any ways that that doing that work 00:16:27.610 --> 00:16:30.389 has like taught you something about God or helped 00:16:30.389 --> 00:16:35.549 to like enrich your faith in some way? I walk 00:16:35.549 --> 00:16:38.870 my neighborhood very differently now. Like I 00:16:38.870 --> 00:16:41.830 think working with the conservation, which has 00:16:41.830 --> 00:16:43.990 taught me quite a lot in terms of what they do, 00:16:44.049 --> 00:16:48.549 we work. Well, they work summer, winter. They're 00:16:48.549 --> 00:16:50.929 checking our river systems, making sure that 00:16:50.929 --> 00:16:54.429 our drinking water is still healthy. If something 00:16:54.429 --> 00:16:57.570 reaches the water, like we will know right away 00:16:57.570 --> 00:17:01.210 because we are constantly monitoring. Sure. I 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:03.610 say we because we're a team, but CVC does that. 00:17:03.669 --> 00:17:07.289 I won't take credit for their job, but the foundation 00:17:07.289 --> 00:17:10.349 gets to educate people about that work. Right. 00:17:10.430 --> 00:17:14.190 And so. Now learning all of these aspects of 00:17:14.190 --> 00:17:17.190 what an authority does, for me, it's been quite 00:17:17.190 --> 00:17:21.410 a grounding experience because when I walk my 00:17:21.410 --> 00:17:23.049 neighborhood in the trails, which is the Credit 00:17:23.049 --> 00:17:25.519 Valley Trail, actually will. The vision will 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.400 be right behind us. That vision starts. So the 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:31.400 river starts in Port Credit and it goes all the 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:35.480 way up to Orangeville. So CVC is actually working 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.920 towards building one trail system. It's going 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:41.019 to be 100 kilometers accessible to all of us. 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.640 Wow. And by that, I mean, whether you are walking 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.019 or you need special assistance, like the trail 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:49.940 system is being built so that everyone enjoys 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:54.400 it. Understanding all of these aspects, indigenous 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.940 culture and heritage and how we're making the 00:17:57.940 --> 00:18:00.339 Credit River system into an outdoor classroom, 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:03.779 getting more youth out. Right. Knowing that I 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:06.599 didn't know that we had 13 over 1300 plants of 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:09.799 plant species in this area. Wow. We have very 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:14.779 unique snakes, salamanders, frogs, birds and. 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.599 Unlike any other place in Canada. And so to know 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:20.640 that and to learn that makes me appreciate every 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.240 time I have a walk. Sure. I look at nature differently. 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:25.859 Yeah. We're very unique in this area. We have 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:29.680 lots of natural resources. And like, why wouldn't 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:32.539 I want to take care of it? So I do have a different 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:36.619 lens now as I thank God for what he's created 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:40.259 because such unique spaces, but also as a responsibility 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:43.410 to say, you know what, we have to. do something 00:18:43.410 --> 00:18:46.309 about this if we want to maintain these wonderful 00:18:46.309 --> 00:18:49.329 assets for us. Because personally, in my life, 00:18:49.369 --> 00:18:52.769 nature has always been there to provide healing. 00:18:53.150 --> 00:18:56.009 Like in my toughest times of life, I go for a 00:18:56.009 --> 00:18:59.289 walk and I sit in solitude in nature and I talk 00:18:59.289 --> 00:19:02.769 to God and I see his creation. And so nature 00:19:02.769 --> 00:19:06.289 is doing its job for us. And we have a responsibility 00:19:06.289 --> 00:19:10.049 to do a job to protect it as well. Yeah, yeah, 00:19:10.130 --> 00:19:14.809 for sure. I really like that. Recently, so around 00:19:14.809 --> 00:19:17.809 last year, I got a job at the city. I was doing... 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.859 um skate patrolling basically you know um celebration 00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:23.559 square i would just be there i'd be watching 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:25.380 people skate me that's literally my job just 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:27.759 patrolling the rink and one thing that i didn't 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:29.819 really was realized was required in the job was 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:32.440 we would have to pick up so much trash around 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.960 the area so what happened was before i got there 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:38.539 like right after school when i got there we would 00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:40.519 try to empty out oh right empty out the trash 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:43.500 bins and there's so many of them and i and kind 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:45.180 of also what we had to do which i've never done 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:47.259 before is they just take those bins and you have 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.319 like those scoopers you go around you scoop up 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:50.839 all the trash that people leave on the table 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:53.640 on the rink and originally i thought wow like 00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:56.140 this is so much work i'm not like fulfilled i 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:58.279 don't like doing this like it's kind of an aspect 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:00.299 of my job i guess i'll tolerate it but sure it's 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:02.220 not really interesting to me but then again i 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:06.160 guess as um sorry as you said earlier i thought 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.019 i guess if i changed my mindset and i thought 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:11.039 about oh how all like i'm kind of doing like 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:13.099 jesus a favor in a way i'm kind of doing as he 00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:15.779 wanted me to do right i'm picking up all this 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:18.240 trash i'm helping take care of our earth and 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:20.180 even if other people don't do it that's okay 00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:22.180 because i guess it is kind of my responsibility 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:24.700 in a way to make sure like this space is maintained 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.119 and i always after i thought about that i would 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.569 actually start not necessarily like looking forward 00:20:30.569 --> 00:20:32.670 to but i would enjoy kind of taking like trash 00:20:32.670 --> 00:20:35.390 i would just like walk around i would um do the 00:20:35.390 --> 00:20:38.349 benches and it was like 11 like in the night 00:20:38.349 --> 00:20:40.109 so no one would be around sure and i'd be like 00:20:40.109 --> 00:20:42.410 wow i'm doing i really feel good doing this in 00:20:42.410 --> 00:20:44.809 a way i feel like um i feel like i'm doing my 00:20:44.809 --> 00:20:47.970 part i feel like this is what um kind of is inspiring 00:20:47.970 --> 00:20:50.769 motivates me even though i might not not necessarily 00:20:50.769 --> 00:20:53.680 have really enjoyed it And then on my last day, 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:56.079 it's a seasonal job. So it was from, I guess, 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.920 December to March. So actually really recently, 00:20:58.019 --> 00:21:00.900 on my last day, one of the supervisors, they 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:02.759 kind of just loaded all of the workers on the 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.559 last day. And we just got into, it's kind of 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:06.039 like, of course I don't know what they are, but 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.220 they just drive around. And we went to these 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:09.920 different like parks of the city. So Korea down, 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:12.180 it's like the Japanese park. And we were there 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:14.019 and we were just picking up trash. And I was 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:16.819 there and it was a pretty cold day. So there's 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:18.599 a lot of snow. I didn't expect to see any animals 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:20.559 or anybody. But there were these little groups 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:22.720 of like kids. they were looking at the ducks 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.339 at korea and we were just walking by and and 00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:27.539 i guess it was around this time that the trees 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.400 and we were also blooming like really cherry 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:31.819 blossoms yeah i was really surprised too because 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:33.680 it was so early yeah and i just thought about 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:35.200 that and i was picking up the trash and i'm really 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.920 like helping make this place beautiful i feel 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.079 like and i felt really like good i feel like 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:41.779 that's um maybe and like you change your mindset 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:43.900 on the things that you're doing sure right and 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:45.279 you change your outlook like you mentioned earlier 00:21:45.869 --> 00:21:48.289 Um, I feel like that kind of makes like a world 00:21:48.289 --> 00:21:50.009 of difference for me. And that's what happened 00:21:50.009 --> 00:21:52.289 to me. I feel like. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, 00:21:52.470 --> 00:21:54.190 there's like this verse in the Bible that talks 00:21:54.190 --> 00:21:55.829 about, you know, whatever you do, do it like 00:21:55.829 --> 00:21:57.930 for the glory of God. So whatever you're doing 00:21:57.930 --> 00:21:59.769 while you're picking up trash, you're picking 00:21:59.769 --> 00:22:02.210 up trash, like for the glory of God. Right. Like 00:22:02.210 --> 00:22:04.829 that. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. What about 00:22:04.829 --> 00:22:06.450 for you? What would you sort of add to that? 00:22:06.450 --> 00:22:10.180 I've lost track of the original question. The 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:13.339 original question was, are there any ways that 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:15.180 sort of caring for the earth and doing some of 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:18.019 this work has enriched your faith or helped your 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:21.220 understanding of God in some way? For me, it 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:23.500 would be more like when I come to church, I really 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:25.319 appreciate the community part of Christianity. 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.220 When I'm out in creation, when I'm out in the 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:29.920 world, when I'm out in nature, I really appreciate 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:32.940 the wonder and the spectacle of it all, right? 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.319 The creativity. So for me, it's just another 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:38.740 kind of facet of the whole part of being. Sure. 00:22:38.890 --> 00:22:41.349 In the family. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. And 00:22:41.349 --> 00:22:43.529 I think, like, Diana, when you were talking about, 00:22:43.569 --> 00:22:45.569 you know, the different species of, like, salamanders 00:22:45.569 --> 00:22:47.329 and frogs and all of these different things, 00:22:47.390 --> 00:22:50.569 like, that's super cool. And I think, like, just 00:22:50.569 --> 00:22:52.920 so interesting to think, like, God... made each 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.700 of them. And God was like, you know what you 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:57.599 need? You need 13 species of salamanders because 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:00.920 that somehow expresses more of who God is than 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.099 one species of salamander possibly could. Right. 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:07.180 Like that's super cool. Yeah. When I think of 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.359 God, like, you know, we, we look at ourselves 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:11.599 like we're really smart people, all of us. Right. 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:17.440 But when you think of the IQ of God to create 00:23:18.329 --> 00:23:20.630 All these plants, like when you look at roses 00:23:20.630 --> 00:23:23.150 and you look at all the little details, the leaves, 00:23:23.369 --> 00:23:26.349 like you said, the snakes, anything around nature, 00:23:26.490 --> 00:23:30.349 everything has such detail that I'm like, I could 00:23:30.349 --> 00:23:33.730 never even reach a little inch of that creativity. 00:23:33.990 --> 00:23:37.509 And so God was so thoughtful in what he created. 00:23:37.529 --> 00:23:40.630 And if we love him, it's just we have to take 00:23:40.630 --> 00:23:43.509 care of his creation and us included. Yeah, yeah, 00:23:43.529 --> 00:23:48.710 for sure. um so i think sometimes when we think 00:23:48.710 --> 00:23:51.029 about you know caring for the earth it's really 00:23:51.029 --> 00:23:54.470 easy to get discouraged it's really easy for 00:23:54.470 --> 00:23:56.930 us to think okay there's especially you know 00:23:56.930 --> 00:23:58.809 when you watch the news and you see all of the 00:23:58.809 --> 00:24:00.430 bad things that are happening and you're like 00:24:00.430 --> 00:24:03.329 this feels like pushing a boulder up a hill and 00:24:03.329 --> 00:24:05.029 actually the boulder's just rolling back down 00:24:05.029 --> 00:24:09.990 on top of me sometimes it feels that way um So 00:24:09.990 --> 00:24:12.630 in the midst of all of that, are there any pieces 00:24:12.630 --> 00:24:14.950 that are like giving you hope right now? That 00:24:14.950 --> 00:24:17.069 when you like look at it or think about it, you're 00:24:17.069 --> 00:24:19.230 like, oh, actually, this is a really good news 00:24:19.230 --> 00:24:22.029 story in the midst of all that's challenging. 00:24:23.069 --> 00:24:25.289 I could tell you right away, it just jumps out 00:24:25.289 --> 00:24:29.910 at me, all of us here. I am so inspired by hearing 00:24:29.910 --> 00:24:33.920 what we all do and how we all feel. So, you know, 00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:35.940 when you mentioned hope in humanity, this is 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:39.059 it. Like I see hope in you and all of us because 00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:43.480 we. We understand that God created this and we 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.000 want to please him and we want to take care of 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.339 his creation. So what we do in our everyday lives 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:53.400 will be just that. And so as we are light, as 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.579 we are working and doing his work around our 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:58.900 own every day, I think we're naturally going 00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:02.619 to be that glue, that information. Like now you're 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.799 going to look at your friends and you're going 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.079 to tell them quite differently. Right. And so 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:09.460 I think if we're all actioning, that gives me 00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:13.279 optimism. That gives me hope in that we can do 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:15.779 this. Like we can talk about this. We can educate 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:19.119 each other. And everybody can contribute in so 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.579 many different ways that, again, goes back to 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:25.440 taking care of creation. So I feel inspired when 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:28.140 I hear that we are all thinking that we want 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:30.299 to please God and take care of his creation. 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:33.259 And so we get to go out and. And tell others. 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:35.400 Right. And that I think it's how we live out 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:38.680 our faith. It's action driven. Right. And so 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:41.880 that inspires me. Yeah. That's good. I think 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.359 also besides, I guess, like. in real life things 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.700 another thing i just feel like i know you're 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:48.460 mentioning news stories but all media in general 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:50.700 like sometimes i know a lot of people like it 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.200 will gain a lot of traction these these videos 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.440 i guess of nature um just be posted out randomly 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.299 i guess like on like on social media platforms 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:59.059 or videos of like cute baby animals like you 00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.920 mentioned like all those different species and 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.440 i guess one thing that does really foster in 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.099 people i know like it fostered me and my friends 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:07.440 it was just like the sense of a curiosity you 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:09.950 see this initial like thing like maybe you see 00:26:09.950 --> 00:26:11.390 like a beautiful like waterfall and you're just 00:26:11.390 --> 00:26:13.349 like wow this is great but then maybe you'll 00:26:13.349 --> 00:26:15.950 get to wonder like how do we like sustain these 00:26:15.950 --> 00:26:18.750 how do these come to be right so through like 00:26:18.750 --> 00:26:21.150 the media through like guests like this rapidly 00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:23.069 like spreading like social media channels where 00:26:23.069 --> 00:26:25.769 everybody can see anything it's good to see both 00:26:25.769 --> 00:26:28.670 the good and also the bad that will also be posted 00:26:28.670 --> 00:26:31.509 right um because i know that is also kind of 00:26:31.509 --> 00:26:33.829 prevalent too just like i guess like you know 00:26:33.829 --> 00:26:35.549 landfills like all these oil spills that also 00:26:35.549 --> 00:26:38.029 do get posted on this side i know there's like 00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:40.859 a certain like group or like certain channel 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:43.279 that is pretty popular that does these like side 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.599 -by -sides like look at how beautiful the earth 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:46.619 is and look what we're doing to it i feel like 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.579 those kind of videos and the media in general 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:51.359 with the articles which i know um aren't necessarily 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.680 as well like much read as like the videos would 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.160 be sure they're still like really important i 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:58.640 feel like these um are helping i can only speak 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:00.779 for my generation but through these i know people 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:03.660 who've seen these and decided oh wow like is 00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:05.140 there something i can do about this i don't want 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:07.339 this to happen is there something like do i need 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.859 to change something do i need to talk to people 00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:11.299 do i need to like spread the word um i can give 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:13.400 like i guess a personal example one of my friends 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:16.920 she was i honestly this was um way before i got 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.160 very interested into this was like way back in 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.220 like grade six um but she was um she saw a video 00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:24.720 where it was like these animals i think were 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.420 or like the polar bears that were losing their 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.559 iceberg like icebergs and she just thought to 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.819 herself she's telling us she was like this is 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.160 something i wish i really could help out with 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.380 so then fast forward a few years i'm in high 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:35.359 school she's founded i think a little chapter 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:37.720 in her own high school of like an eco school 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:39.759 and she's been asking people to like hey can 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.579 we donate um all these kinds of things and we 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.960 can bring them in so like recycle which i've 00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.319 always thought was really like admirable and 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:47.140 to think that it just started because of a simple 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:50.230 video I feel like the media nowadays is doing 00:27:50.230 --> 00:27:53.009 really good and also kind of keeping like somebody's 00:27:53.009 --> 00:27:55.529 curiosity and also like provoking them try to 00:27:55.529 --> 00:27:58.250 act on, which I think is also as important as 00:27:58.250 --> 00:28:00.390 us going out in real life and also engaging. 00:28:00.529 --> 00:28:02.529 Right. So I guess the media could have been used 00:28:02.529 --> 00:28:04.549 in good ways into engage. I know it can be used 00:28:04.549 --> 00:28:06.250 in a lot of other bad ways, but I just want to 00:28:06.250 --> 00:28:09.690 focus on how I guess how I can like, like encourage 00:28:09.690 --> 00:28:12.470 people. Yeah. There's two sides. Yeah. Right. 00:28:12.589 --> 00:28:16.720 For sure. For sure. Yeah. Yeah. For me, it would 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:19.779 probably be when I actually see... On social 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.500 media, for sure. Try to get my algorithm to be 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:25.980 a little more positive. But when we've organized 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.019 through Girl Guides a shoreline cleanup or tree 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.339 planting and how excited people are for it. To 00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:33.420 see people doing work with their own hands and 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:36.140 giving up their own time and energy to do that, 00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:38.819 that's hopeful. Because it's hard to be like, 00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.220 I'm going to recycle this can and it's going 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:42.539 to offset that bomb that was just dropped. That's 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:45.279 not how it works, right? But to only control 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:47.839 what you can control and try to get people around 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:50.559 you. involved it's definitely a grassroots thing 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:54.019 and like the environmental um environmentalism 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:56.299 i guess is really grassroots and getting people 00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:58.519 around you engaged and in your community and 00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:01.480 when people see it it is inspiring it is motivating 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:06.059 um But it is work. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:10.099 sure. For sure. So building on that, then, like, 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:13.220 what are some ways that people can do more? If 00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:15.660 somebody's like, I don't know where to start 00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:17.420 with all of this. Like, what are some sort of 00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:20.380 tips that you might offer? I mean, sorry. You 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:25.259 go ahead. I know for, like, myself and my youth, 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:27.640 there's always so many opportunities. I know 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:29.779 it could be hard to look for. But there will 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:32.259 always be kind of an opportunity maybe waiting 00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:35.359 for myself. I was recently able to be a part 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.900 of like an ambassador, I guess, for CAGIS, which 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:40.599 is like the Canadian Association of Girls in 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:43.539 STEM. And one thing they love to do is they're 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:46.299 very big on, I guess, conservation. And when 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:48.450 I... join this program i didn't realize wow i 00:29:48.450 --> 00:29:50.190 would learn so much again about conservation 00:29:50.190 --> 00:29:52.609 i know this from like some of my other like fellow 00:29:52.609 --> 00:29:54.750 like ambassadors they're like wow we're actually 00:29:54.750 --> 00:29:56.650 doing so much one thing they like to do is that 00:29:56.650 --> 00:29:59.150 i think billy bishop airport there's always going 00:29:59.150 --> 00:30:01.720 to be kind of this like they have like a booth 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.680 there every like year on like this national like 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:05.779 girls in science i think fair which always sound 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:08.799 really cool um and then there last year i was 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:10.240 able to volunteer and they had this very cool 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:12.519 science experiment i think it was about there 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:14.180 in some way like look at gravity and how this 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:16.500 like changes and i thought to myself wow like 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:19.500 i didn't realize i guess i didn't realize this 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:21.640 is a way that i could help out and like like 00:30:22.009 --> 00:30:23.509 do conservation i just thought always conservation 00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:25.950 was like doing my recycling um making sure i'm 00:30:25.950 --> 00:30:27.690 not wasting enough water i just thought like 00:30:27.690 --> 00:30:29.630 these are simple ways i'm doing enough but i 00:30:29.630 --> 00:30:31.970 feel like you can never really be doing um i 00:30:31.970 --> 00:30:34.799 guess enough in a way you can be doing You can 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:38.799 always do more, right? So I guess in that sense, 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:40.880 it kind of opened my eyes into these new different 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.759 ways. I would say kind of, I know a lot of like 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.680 teens my age, the biggest way to get involved 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.880 for us is maybe not even through a job, like 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:50.339 just volunteering. Because we obviously need 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:52.440 like the 40 volunteer hours. And a lot of the 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.440 school, like some... things that my school promotes 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:56.759 is that if you go out and you kind of do this 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.500 like trash cleanup you can get volunteer hours 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.960 you know so many people some of my friends were 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.180 telling me hey me i just wanted to go do this 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:06.099 like for my hours but then after like two sessions 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.720 or something they would still go to these trash 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.640 cleanups and i'd be like wow like do you have 00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:11.779 your hours or be like yeah i have all my hours 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.380 just one like i felt really good about doing 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.599 this so i guess like like volunteering really 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.339 helped me i realized i'm doing like a lot more 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:20.440 for like my planet also for like jesus i feel 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.799 like i'm doing um it's like for a good cause 00:31:22.829 --> 00:31:26.230 so I think through this um volunteering I guess 00:31:26.230 --> 00:31:28.869 also like spreading the news on like social media 00:31:28.869 --> 00:31:31.349 or anywhere like maybe I feel like all of these 00:31:31.349 --> 00:31:34.029 ways are very valid for people of my age I can't 00:31:34.029 --> 00:31:36.549 speak to I guess any other age but I feel like 00:31:36.549 --> 00:31:39.230 I feel like for my age like getting like this 00:31:39.230 --> 00:31:42.970 experience earlier on so we kind of know I guess 00:31:42.970 --> 00:31:45.250 in the future like these are ways that like we 00:31:45.250 --> 00:31:46.529 can help clean the earth more than just like 00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.599 your usual i guess things that you're taught 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:51.299 in school so going out and like seeking new experiences 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:53.019 new journeys there's always something that i 00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.160 feel like we should prioritize yeah and i think 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:57.019 you're in a really sort of unique position where 00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.700 you have all these like volunteer opportunities 00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:01.539 yeah and as you're sort of looking ahead to the 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.839 future you can be like okay maybe i want a job 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:06.220 that is you know directly conservation related 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:09.180 but even like okay maybe i want a job that's 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:11.670 like not specifically conservation related but 00:32:11.670 --> 00:32:14.930 like i could be an engineer or i could be work 00:32:14.930 --> 00:32:17.470 in non -profit or like wherever it is that you 00:32:17.470 --> 00:32:20.549 want to be and incorporate like conservation 00:32:20.549 --> 00:32:23.450 and environmental future so big right yeah i 00:32:23.450 --> 00:32:25.150 feel like a lot of people don't realize like 00:32:25.150 --> 00:32:26.789 apart from my age i didn't realize like we have 00:32:26.789 --> 00:32:29.150 so many careers you have so many experiences 00:32:29.150 --> 00:32:32.069 you have so much like to do ahead of you so it's 00:32:32.069 --> 00:32:34.930 better to get like your get your experiences 00:32:34.930 --> 00:32:38.130 in and I guess go from there. Yeah. That's something 00:32:38.130 --> 00:32:40.529 I really enjoy. For sure. Yeah. I would say like 00:32:40.529 --> 00:32:43.710 the foundation does offer lots of opportunities 00:32:43.710 --> 00:32:46.430 and works with CVC tree plantings, right? We 00:32:46.430 --> 00:32:50.089 work with community groups, school groups, corporations 00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:53.730 who want to plant trees, who want to tackle invasive 00:32:53.730 --> 00:32:57.869 species that we need to do. And then also like 00:32:57.869 --> 00:32:59.769 there's opportunities for community cleanups. 00:33:00.410 --> 00:33:03.210 So I would say that there's those volunteer components. 00:33:05.230 --> 00:33:08.789 We also offer the school hours. But what I've 00:33:08.789 --> 00:33:12.809 learned from our CVC team is at least the colleagues 00:33:12.809 --> 00:33:15.710 that I've met, they've been there for like decades. 00:33:15.930 --> 00:33:18.390 And so you're right about that. They started 00:33:18.390 --> 00:33:22.029 as youth who were volunteering and they really 00:33:22.029 --> 00:33:25.150 saw something here and they dedicated their entire 00:33:25.150 --> 00:33:28.220 careers. to helping conserve these green spaces. 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:31.119 So I see a lot of that. And I do see that a lot 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.039 of youth are very social driven. Like you want 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:36.160 to make a change and you want it now. And I think 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:39.380 it's very important how we use social media and 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:43.299 videos to tell the story. I want to share that 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:45.180 the foundation right now is going through its 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:47.500 spring campaign, which is called the Credit Critters. 00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:50.160 So we're highlighting all of the life now at 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:53.960 the watershed. And this week's focus is the bumblebee. 00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:56.920 OK, so if you go up onto our social media and 00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.880 look at that video, it's the sweetest little 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:01.400 video you could see. But I think that those were 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:05.339 the educational components start. Right. And, 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:09.159 you know, like getting involved means. Just small 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:12.199 acts. Like sometimes we look at what's happening 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:16.119 around the world and in every area and you look 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.780 like, how can I make a change? How can I tackle 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:23.519 this big problem that is beyond me? And I think 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:27.960 we may not be able to do that, but we are able 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:31.880 to do something for our own club, our own area, 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:34.820 our own community, our own family. And so those 00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:37.510 small acts. Like you said, they're pleasing to 00:34:37.510 --> 00:34:39.989 God because God is not expecting us to solve 00:34:39.989 --> 00:34:43.150 the biggest issues. In fact, we're asking help 00:34:43.150 --> 00:34:46.150 to help us guide and solve those issues. But 00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:49.530 our small acts by cleaning, you know, like taking 00:34:49.530 --> 00:34:53.030 care of our backyard, by planting non -invasive 00:34:53.030 --> 00:34:58.650 species in your land, or, you know, even CVC 00:34:58.650 --> 00:35:01.730 offers help with tree plantings, like native 00:35:01.730 --> 00:35:06.559 plant plantings as well. There's a lot of ways 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.820 to work with the community, but those small acts 00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:12.119 is how we become heroes of conservation. Right. 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:15.880 Like you said, recycling. I tend to see my neighbors 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:19.039 walking the trail and they're always with a little 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.500 bag and a little scooper. Right. And I look at 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:25.699 my neighbor specifically. She doesn't want recognition. 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:29.000 She doesn't do this for anyone. She goes out 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.260 on her everyday walk to the grocery store and 00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:33.800 takes this with her. And then it comes back full. 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:36.900 So I look at that and I'm like, well, what a 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.880 blessing there, right? She's doing her part. 00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:42.300 And if we all do our part, I think there could 00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:44.780 be lots, there could be a huge change, right? 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.980 So those small acts and don't feel overwhelmed 00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:51.599 by what's happening around the world. Leave it 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:55.219 to God. but do your part. And I think that's 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:57.800 how we make a difference and we see hope in humanity 00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:01.880 and us taking care of creation. Yeah, yeah, for 00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:05.539 sure. So I totally love all the volunteering 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:08.099 and all absolutely important for me. I'll just 00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:12.550 go through like the lazier ways to do it. Which 00:36:12.550 --> 00:36:15.769 would be like avoiding fast fashion, right? Like 00:36:15.769 --> 00:36:18.269 the constant need to have new things. Technology 00:36:18.269 --> 00:36:21.710 is huge. Keep things until they die. Stop getting 00:36:21.710 --> 00:36:23.849 new things every year. Like the amount of digital 00:36:23.849 --> 00:36:28.289 waste is insane. Buying used items, right? Like 00:36:28.289 --> 00:36:30.590 those things actually make your life cheaper, 00:36:30.769 --> 00:36:33.929 easier. But they have a huge impact. Like if 00:36:33.929 --> 00:36:35.550 you could get a whole movement of people that 00:36:35.550 --> 00:36:37.250 are like, okay, you know what? No new phones 00:36:37.250 --> 00:36:39.440 for three years. That'd be crazy. Right. Yeah. 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:43.760 Economically, people would hate it, but environmentally, 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:46.639 it would be amazing. Yeah. So I look at the things. 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:49.300 Excuse me. When when I like people are busy. 00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:51.800 So volunteering can sometimes be a big ask. Yeah. 00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:54.900 So when I'm like, you know what? Just buy three 00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:57.519 less things this week or, you know, like stop 00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:59.920 buying balloons are a bigger problem for me. 00:37:01.929 --> 00:37:03.630 There's certain things, right, where you're like, 00:37:03.650 --> 00:37:06.670 why do we still do this? But avoiding those things 00:37:06.670 --> 00:37:10.969 and just being cautious consumers and not just 00:37:10.969 --> 00:37:14.409 because, you know, to save money, but just to 00:37:14.409 --> 00:37:16.570 save the planet. Like the amount of waste that 00:37:16.570 --> 00:37:19.329 we produce is absolutely insane. And so if we 00:37:19.329 --> 00:37:21.789 could cut down on that, it would be huge. Yeah. 00:37:21.909 --> 00:37:24.530 Yeah, for sure. That's true. Very true. I think 00:37:24.530 --> 00:37:27.769 the sort of note to end us on is in all of these 00:37:27.769 --> 00:37:30.429 things, I think these are all. really important 00:37:30.429 --> 00:37:34.469 steps that we can take. And, um, as we're taking 00:37:34.469 --> 00:37:37.530 those steps, we're not doing them like, because 00:37:37.530 --> 00:37:40.590 we think we can save the planet, right? We're 00:37:40.590 --> 00:37:43.110 doing them as faithful acts of worship to God. 00:37:43.130 --> 00:37:47.510 And as we trust that God will use all of our 00:37:47.510 --> 00:37:50.929 little efforts to have some sort of impact and 00:37:50.929 --> 00:37:54.019 that God is ultimately. Over all of it. That's 00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:56.679 right. Yeah. We love our world as God loves our 00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:59.860 world. Yeah. That's our whole job. That's a good 00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:01.920 ending. That's right. Do what you can do. Exactly. 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:04.679 So thank you so much, folks. And thank you for 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:07.360 tuning in to this week's episode of Trinity Talks. 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:09.940 I hope that wherever you are joining us from, 00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:12.239 you are able to find some ways to care for your 00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:15.480 space, whether that is just by changing your 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:18.159 consuming habits, by volunteering, by just getting 00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:21.420 out and enjoying the beauty of creation. I hope. 00:38:21.769 --> 00:38:24.070 Find some time to do that this week. And we'll 00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:25.989 see you again next week for our next episode 00:38:25.989 --> 00:38:27.329 of Trinity Talks. Bye.