Works of Art at the 24th Annual Canada Life CN Tower Climb
This Thursday May 1st and Saturday May 3rd will be my first CN Tower Climb as a WWF-Canada staff member. One task assigned to me that is traditionally reserved for new staff as part of a “rookie...
View ArticleCN Tower Climb: A little help from some young Picassos
We are just days away from the 25th Annual Canada Life CN Tower Climb! On April 25th and 26th, thousands of climbers will race to the top of the CN Tower to raise money for WWF. It’s been a...
View ArticleLittle Monets show off their love for nature in Panda Poster Challenge
With the launch of the film Kung Fu Panda 3, DreamWorks Animation teamed up WWF-Canada’s Schools for a Living Planet program to bring you the power of two pandas. In Kung Fu Panda 3, Po the panda...
View ArticleVIFF: Heaven and Earth series begins
The festival kicked off last night with Pedro Almodóvar’s provocative film The Skin I Live In, at the historic Vogue theatre. Tonight, the WWF-sponsored series Heaven and Earth begins, and I’m excited...
View ArticleVIFF: Waking the Green Tiger
Seen through the eyes of activists, farmers, and journalists Waking the Green Tiger follows an extraordinary and unprecedented campaign to stop a huge dam project on the Upper Yangtze river in the...
View ArticleVIFF: Ticket giveaways
The generous folks at VIFF have given us some tickets to share with our social media friends. For your chance to win passes to see one of these films, all you have to do is share this link and mention...
View ArticlePlanet in Focus: Win a pass to the festival
WWF is proud to sponsor Canada’s largest environmental film festival, featuring five full days of film premieres, receptions, workshops and gala presentations. With 100 Canadian and international...
View ArticleVIFF: Journey on the Wild Coast
Tonight WWF is hosting the North American premiere of The Mirror Never Lies, a gorgeous feature film from Indonesian director Kamila Andini. There will still be some tickets at the door, so I hope to...
View ArticleVIFF: Burning Ice
Even as the adventure unfolded, we knew that it would be difficult to convey what we were experiencing to people at home. The word we used was “ineffable.” On Friday, I caught the world premiere of...
View ArticleVIFF: Heaven and Earth
Wrapping up the first week at the fest, one of the big themes was energy – how we use it, where it’s coming from, what the impacts are, and directions for our future consumption. We had a full house...
View ArticlePlanet in Focus: Brick by Brick – The Story of the Evergreen Brick Works
By Matthew Higginson, LEAF Read more reviews from the Planet in Focus film festival, sponsored by WWF. As she should, after all she and her creative team picked up a 2011 Heritage Toronto Award of...
View ArticlePlanet in Focus: Second Nature – The Biomimicry Evolution
By Matthew Higginson, LEAF Read more reviews from the Planet in Focus film festival, sponsored by WWF Whatever they choose to go by, they are definitely headed on a very old path, leading humanity to...
View ArticleVIFF: In search of truth, in search of hope
I’ve seen 22 films at the Vancouver International Film Festival, with many more to go. In their own unique ways, each filmmaker is trying to uncover truth, to confront lies – and liars – on screen....
View ArticleWWF-Canada fundraiser this Thursday, Oct 11 at the Only Café!
By Ashley Lawrence, Donor Relations Coordinator The Only Café (in Toronto) is holding a Community Panda fundraising event for WWF-Canada this Thursday, October 11th! The staff at The Only Café are...
View ArticleVancouver International Film Festival: Revolution
By guest blogger, Kyle Empringham Rob Stewart, the Director of Sharkwater, is at it again with his new documentary, Revolution. Through his experiences with his previous award-winning film, and with a...
View ArticleGreen gift guide: 2012 edition
We asked our supporters on Facebook and Twitter how they’re planning to treat their loved ones this year. @InderjitDeogun suggests the Seven Year Pen from Seltzer Goods, Ecoholic by Adria Vasil and...
View ArticleFor Maya’s 6th birthday party she got an X-Box and WWF-Canada got $307!
By: the folks at EchoAge Maya recently made a difference and helped WWF-Canada’s conservation work with a donation through EchoAge. EchoAge is a website for US and Canadian residents, which teaches...
View ArticleAmazing! Snowy owl carved from dragon fruit
Last week, the folks at Raw for Beauty shared this photo on their Facebook page, and we think it’s awesome. What incredible things have you seen created to look like wildlife? To learn how you can...
View ArticleTony Dekker on the physical, spiritual and philosophical connection between...
By Tony Dekker of the Great Lake Swimmers This has had a huge impact on me creatively. We’ve recorded a series of albums in unusual environmental spaces, culminating with an album recorded in and...
View ArticleDesign your own knits: Pan(da)toufles, Part 4
By Caroline Leamon, one of two guest bloggers devoted to knitting for National Sweater Day. This is the third part of her blog post. You can also read part 1, part 2 and part 3. I came up with three...
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