WE NEED THE GREENBELT Nature is experiencing a cataclysm, the UN reported that up to a million plants and mammal species could become extinct including our precious pollinators. On 450 , 000 species of plants depend entirely on pollinators that frequent our green spaces. Here in Canada, we have over 850 native bee species and many of those are at the risk of extinction. A great variety of pollinators actually help pollinate over 100 food crops, including fruits, veggies, and nuts. In addition to the food we eat, pollinators also support healthy ecosystems that improve air quality, stabilize soils, and support other wildlife. Seeing that paving over paradise has magnified the impacts of global overheating, i t is therefore of utmost importance, that we protect, maintain, and enhance as much biological diversity as possible for very own survival here on Earth. Wild naturalized green spaces, such as our Greenbelt, provide hundreds of millions of dollars in ecosystem se
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Water and Birds W ater is the lifeline of all life on Earth. 71% of the whole world is covered in water, but just little over 3% is drinkable. David Suzuki, our world renowned Canadian environmentalis t and scientist constantly reminds us, “Water is Life.” The theme this year for World Migratory Bird Day on May 13 is “Water- S ustaining Bi rd L ife.” W ere it not for birds, Canada woulds be a barren waste l and, as birds are responsible for 92% of trees growing across our vast country. As they fly over the landscape, the tree seeds in their poop are dropped everywhere. Their poop helps to fertilize the tree seeds as they sprout into saplings. Scientists tell us that birds eat around 500 million of tons of insects including 15 million larva every year! This pest-eating service of birds is worth billions of doll