“While there, I was asked to be interviewed for The 11th Hour, a documentary about the state of the global environment produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Leila Conners Petersen of the Tree Media Group, which I happily agreed to.” — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“But the difficulty I had being front and centre, as well as all the other obstacles the job presented, made me realize that struggles… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“The individual rights of many are at stake. The collective rights of many peoples to their culture are also at stake. I encourage the commission to continue its work in protecting human rights. In so doing, you will protect the sentinels of climate change—the Indigenous peoples. By protecting the rights of those living sustainably in the Amazon basin or the… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share
“During one of the CGI panel discussions, I asked Senator Clinton about implementing ACIA recommendations, and her answer assured me that she was aware of the assessment and understood the science. And during various CGI events, I also met fellow Sophie Prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya, who sadly has since passed away; environmental scientist Lester R. Brown; media mogul… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share
“Oxfam stated, “Climate change was first seen as a scientific problem, then an economic one. Now we must also see it as a matter… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
In Alaska, the beaches are slumping so much, people are having to move houses. In Tuktoyaktuk, the land is starting to go under water.… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“While there, I was asked to be interviewed for The 11th Hour, a documentary about the state of the global environment produced by Leonardo… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“The weather, which we had learned and predicted for centuries, had become uggianaqtuq—a Nunavut term for behaving unexpectedly, or in an unfamiliar way. Our… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“DISTURBED BY THE INDISCRIMINATE USE of synthetic chemical pesticides after the Second World War, aquatic biologist Rachel Carson reluctantly turned her focus from nature… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“But the difficulty I had being front and centre, as well as all the other obstacles the job presented, made me realize that struggles… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you never fully know who you are or the stuff you’re made of until you’re forced to fight for what you think is… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“In all, over twelve hundred dogs were destroyed. And while the official explanation given at the time was that they were culled to prevent… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the idea of “the right to be cold” is less relatable than “the right to water” for many people.This isn’t meant to denigrate… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
