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LOVE MUSKOKA ♥ SUSTAIN MUSKOKA!
Discover ways to make a difference.
Virtual Speaker Series on Sustainability
The world is talking about Sustainability and Climate Change. Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre have assembled the best speakers to talk about the impact on Muskoka and the ways YOU can make a difference TODAY. In collaboration with 17 Regional Organizations, we have organized a range of virtual webinars on the most relevant and important topics. Get new insights! Get new ideas! Register now and get in the know!
- All events will take place virtually using the Zoom Webinar Platform
- Registration is required for each session (registration links below)
- All sessions will have a Q&A section where attendees can submit their questions
- Talks will be recorded and made available for those that cannot attend the live event
EVENTS & REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
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Previous Webinars & Recordings:
Climate change starting with an international context, bringing it to Muskoka, and finally discussing policy tools to assist in the fight against climate change
Presenter – Dr. Dianne Saxe
Thursday April 22 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Watershed Management: Why not Manage Water as part of an Ecosystem?, How Cottage Owners Can be Nice to Mother Nature, and Muskoka GIS Explained
Presenters – Kevin Trimble, Dr. Richard Lammers, Rebecca Willison, Graham Good
Thursday April 29 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Links mentioned in the webinar:
Clean & Green 13: https://www.muskokawatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/CG13_2015_Web.pdf
Seguin Township 12 Steps to Success: https://www.seguin.ca/en/explore-play/resources/Rack-card.jpg
Love Your Lake self-assessment: http://loveyourlake.ca/self-assessment/
Lake Protection Workbook: https://watersheds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lake-Protection-Workbook.pdf
Shoreline Owner’s Guide to Healthy Waterfronts: https://foca.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FOCA_Shoreline_Guide_FINAL_ed_2019.pdf
Muskoka GeoHub: https://map.muskoka.on.ca/
Terrestrial Spaces: the Importance of Conservation and Education, social norms, and research-informed climate change engagement
Presenters – Aaron Rusak and Dr. Ellen Field
Thursday May 6 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Climate Change – Is this really such a big deal for Muskoka?
Presenters – Dr. Peter F. Sale and Dr. Richard B. Lammers
Thursday May 13 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Indigenous Perspective: Reconnecting with the Natural World
Presenter – Larry McDermott
Thursday May 20 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Imagining a good future for our lakes despite climate change
Presenters – Dr. Norman Yan
Thursday May 27 – 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Partners and Endorsers 2020
Andrew Daniels Fish Stewardship Foundation
Builders for Climate Action
Clear Lake Property Owners’ Association
Climate Action Muskoka
District of Muskoka
Friends of the Muskoka Watershed
Georgian Bay Forever
Kahshe Lake Ratepayers’ Association
Lake of Bays Association
Lake of Bays Renewable Energy Co-op
Muskoka Watershed Council
Muskoka Lakes Association
Muskoka North Good Food Cooperative
Safe Quiet Lakes
Chambers of Commerce:
Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville/Lake
of Bays, Muskoka Lakes
Recent world events have once more proven that we cannot assume that the sustainability of our natural, special geography and lifestyle can be taken for granted. Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre (MSDC), a vibrant cultural hub, located in Gravenhurst, Ontario continually strives to provide relevant educational experiences for all visitors.
Before us is a once in a generation opportunity to rethink our future and MSDC has taken the decision to inspire relevant action by focusing on sustainability in local ways that can make a difference globally.
Supported by Community Partners and endorsers across the region we will take a sustainability message to over 100,000 people, 60,000 MSDC visitors and 40,000 readers, of a special Sustainability edition of our Reflections magazine, to both educate and inspire individual actions in an entertaining and enjoyable way.
We are building an exhibit titled “LOVE MUSKOKA ♥ SUSTAIN MUSKOKA!”
Discover ways to make a difference” to be opened May 2021 and we need your financial support.
This will be a first-class professionally designed exhibit to highlight important ways we can all make a difference and inspire action. It will be provocative and challenging with the objective of changing attitudes and behaviours towards climate change. While focused on Muskoka, in reality, it will resonate with all our visitors as it is what is required all over the world.
The estimated design and fabrication cost is $150,000. We are officially launching the campaign today and have already raised close to 10% of the funding from our board directors. We are looking for widespread participation, so any and all amounts will be appreciated.
Please consider supporting this Sustainability initiative with a donation. We will issue an Official Tax Receipt for all donations of $25 or more.
Why should you support this project?
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Benefit our children and grandchildren.
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It’s overdue to show respect for the one planet that we have.
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By uniting with a common objective we can make a difference.
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Only with collective action locally and globally can we affect significant change.
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Be part of a local action to solve a global problem.
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The generation that contributed most to the climate crisis needs to display leadership now.
Donate!
Other ways to donate:
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By Cheque – payable to Muskoka Steamships & Discovery Centre and mailed to: 275 Steamship Bay Rd. Gravenhurst, ON P1P 1Z9
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By Phone – call 1-866-687-6667
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