Julia Barnes
Celebrating World Ocean Day

Every time I enter the ocean, it shows me something beautiful and unexpected. I’m looking for sharks, and a fin whale surfaces, breath bursting into fine mist. Sea lion pups encourage me to play, spinning in the water, swimming fast then turning on a dime and blowing bubbles. Floating at the surface, a comb jelly mesmerises me with rainbow bands of bioluminescence.

Celebrating World Ocean Day
Ben Hargreaves
Beat the winter blues by going green

Winter can feel endless sometimes, even if temperatures are mild and there is barely any snow to shovel. Daylight hours are shorter, the weather is often less pleasant and we generally spend more time indoors and being less active. For many people seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a very real issue during the cold months and if you’ve ever felt the pains associated with it, you’re certainly not alone.

Beat the winter blues by going green
Water Docs
Who Really Was Our 2023 Water Warrior Award ...

As told by Julia Barnes, a documentary filmmaker, volunteer with Water Docs, and friend of the late Rob Stewart. This speech was given as part of our Water Warrior Award presentation at our 11th annual Water Docs Film Festival in Toronto on Nov. 17, 2023. Rob’s parents, Brian and Sandy Stewart, accepted the award on Rob’s behalf.

Who Really Was Our 2023 Water Warrior Award Recipient, Rob Stewart?
Water Docs
Breaking Down our 2023 Film Festival Programs

Here is a breakdown of the 2023 Water Docs Film Festival in-person screening blocks that can help you decide which programs you absolutely “must-see”… and they’re all FREE! See you at the movies…

Breaking Down our 2023 Film Festival Programs
Water Docs
Canada's Wetlands

Across the country, wetlands are being destroyed by industry and agriculture. They are drained and filled so people can construct buildings, farm the land, or install infrastructure. Wetlands also face threats from pollution and climate change. As droughts intensify, wetlands can dry up.

Worldwide, 60% of wetlands have been lost. Wetlands are disappearing faster than any other natural community.

Canada's Wetlands

Pipeline perils in the Peruvian Amazon

Pipeline perils in the Peruvian Amazon

As always, Jean Ann shares links about things we want to know about. This provocative short video shows how pipelines are as much an issue in the Peruvian Amazon as here.

Stephanie Boyd, a Canadian filmmaker and storyteller, has lived in Peru for nearly 20 years. This year the Amazon rivers near her have seen 13 pipeline spills, leaving entire communities without drinking water or fish protein. She's trained local radio producers in filmmaking, and together they're working to tell this story.

Protect Our Groundwater. Boycott Nestlé

Protect Our Groundwater. Boycott Nestlé

Canadians are waking up to a two-prong water supply and environmental disaster. For ridiculously low prices, companies are allowed to take millions of litres of our groundwater that, while in abundance now, could be desperately needed down the road by communities with growing populations affected by drought conditions driven by climate change. . . .