PaRx has officially arrived in Saskatchewan!

Support the non profit groupThe Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas IncJoin the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas, a non-profit environmental charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing the Richard St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and George Genereux Urban Regional Park in Saskatoon. Our mission is to safeguard these vital green spaces while educating the public about their ecological significance and fostering a deep connection to nature.Explore the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the afforestation areas by participating in our guided tours, webinars, and educational events. Learn about the rich biodiversity of these sites and discover the benefits of spending time in nature for your health and well-being.Through our initiatives, we advocate for environmental stewardship and take action to protect these areas from illegal dumping and other threats. Join us in our community clean-ups and restoration projects to make a tangible difference in preserving these treasured landscapes.At the heart of our organization is the belief that by reconnecting with nature, we can improve both individual health and the health of our planet. Join us in our mission to protect and cherish the Saskatoon afforestation areas for generations to come. Together, we can make a positive impact on our environment and create a more sustainable future.The Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.is a not – for – profit incorporation registered with theInformation Services Canada (ISC) Saskatchewan, under entity number 102084283.TheFriends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Area's goalsare to increase the safety and preservation of the afforestation areas as outlinedhere.As incorporated entities with an unique identity, Friends are governed by board members; and have customized organizational by-laws and letters patent.  Friends work locally with the City of Saskatoon park superintendent, MVA guidance, and other park liaisons as designated by the park superintendent. In Ontario, there are many, many Friends of the Park organizations, working together collaboratively to achieve mutually beneficial objectives.

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PaRx, Canada's first national nature prescription program, has officially arrived in Saskatchewan!

PaRx is an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation, driven by health-care professionals who want to improve their patients’ health by connecting them to nature. Featuring practical resources like quick tips and patient handouts, its goal is to make prescribing time in nature simple, fun and effective. Research suggests that spending time in green space boosts immune function and life expectancy, and lowers the risk of developing a host of medical conditions from heart disease to diabetes, obesity, depression and anxiety. Not only that, but people who are more connected to nature are more likely to protect it. With guest speakers Dr. Melissa Lem, Director of PaRx, as well as University of Saskatchewan medical students Brooklyn Rawlyk and Sehjal BhargavaTopic: PaRx has officially arrived in Saskatoon!Time: Sep 25, 2021 07:00 PM SaskatchewanJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88342285939?pwd=T25XbXFVQTBPc0lkWjV5VzBFNUl3Zz09Meeting ID: 883 4228 5939Passcode: 046064

The non-profit charity Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. was created to preserve and restore the 326-acre Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (RSBBAA) and the 148-acre George Genereux Urban Regional Park. Our work reinforces the 1972 City Council decision designating these afforestation areas on the western fringe of Saskatoon to “be preserved in perpetuity.”The word recreation can be understood re-creation, reflecting the fact that being in nature is restorative for human beings. Richard St. Barbe Baker wandered into the forest near his home at age five and experienced the overwhelming beauty of nature touch his soul. “Soon I was completely isolated in the luxuriant, tangled growth of ferns which were well above my head. In my infant mind I seemed to have entered a fairyland of my dreams. I wandered on as in a dream, all sense of time and space lost … I became intoxicated with the beauty all around me, immersed in the joyousness and exultation of feeling part of it all. I had entered the temple of the wood. I sank to the ground in a state of ecstasy; everything was intensely vivid – the call of a distant cuckoo seemed just for me … The overpowering beauty of it all entered my very being. At that moment my heart brimmed over with a sense of unspeakable thankfulness which has followed me through the years since that woodland re-birth.”St Barbe had a life-long feeling of oneness with nature after this and this spiritual connection inspired his great achievements to protect and restore forests. He taught that trees and woodlands are intimately linked with biological, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In this light, he often quoted the poet Stanton Coblentz who wrote about the redwood forests “ I think but could the weary world but know communion with these spirits breathing peace, strangely a veil would lift, a light would glow, and the dark tumult of our lives would cease.”

This program for National Forest Week is brought to you by the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas an environmental non-profit charity that was created to preserve and restore the 326-acre Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and the 148-acre George Genereux Urban Regional Park. Our work reinforces the 1979 City Council decision designating these afforestation areas on the western fringe of Saskatoon to “be preserved in perpetuity.” They are important habitat for wildlife as well as semi-wild public spaces for recreation and nature immersion. The larger of these two areas is named after Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889-1982), who has been called the “first global conservationist” and in recognition of this he was made the first Honorary Life Member of the World Wildlife Fund in 1969. A British forester who also homesteaded and studied in Saskatoon, he dedicated his entire life unfailingly to the preservation and planting of trees and forests.

<a href="https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas </a>are proud to bring to you this series of events for National Forest Week Theme "Our forests - Continually giving" Saturday September 18, 2021 to Sunday September 26, 2021 Commemorating and celebrating Maple Leaf Day September 22, 2021 This is one session in a week long series of events celebrating National Forest Week with a theme – “Our Forests – Continually Giving”<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/saskatoons-wildlifethe-real-night-life-in-saskatoon-tickets-167001952335" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sat. Sept 18 7:00 Ryan Brook Saskatoon’s Wildlife—the real night life in Saskatoon! Saskatoon’s trail cams reveal who’s who. </a><a href="https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com/2021/08/24/nature-snapshot-in-time/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sun Sept 19 2:00 Nature Snapshot in Time</a><a href="https://www.tourismsaskatoon.com/event/walking-tours/24153/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sun Sep. 19 2:00 Forestry Farm Walking Tour</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-cls-environmental-education-program-explores-historical-time-lines-tickets-168199883379" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sun. Sept. 19 7:00 Canada Wide CLS environmental education program explores historical time lines</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/flag-raising-ceremony-national-forest-week-tickets-167679187965" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mon Sept 20 2:00 Flag raising Ceremony at City Hall – National Forest Week</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-urban-forest-and-climate-change-tickets-167969478231" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mon Sept 20 7:00 The Urban Forest and Climate Change</a><a href="https://www.sostrees.ca/treetour.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SOS trees has a self-guided tree tour which explores the amazing and wondrous trees that grow in our fair city.</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/167983540291" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tues Sept 21 7:00 Dr. Colin Laroque Shelterbelts SB- Decision Support System and Agroforestry</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/national-healing-forests-tickets-164344995305" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wed. Sept 22 Maple Leaf Day 7:00 National Healing Forests Truth and Reconciliation</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/urban-forests-and-greenspaces-enhance-saskatoons-quality-of-life-tickets-167688702423" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thurs Sept 23 7:00 Urban forests and greenspaces enhance Saskatoon’s quality of life.</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/168869357795" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sep 24 at 7:00 pm When and Where did you see What?</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/parx-has-officially-arrived-in-saskatchewan-tickets-166719222683" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sat Sept 25 7:00 PaRx in Saskatchewan, PaRx, Canada’s First National Prescription Program has officially arrived in Saskatchewan!</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-connect-richard-st-barbe-baker-afforestation-area-saskatoon-east-tickets-165662078737" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sunday Sep 26 at 2:00 Forest connections and guided walk</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/our-forests-are-they-alive-tickets-167985439973" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/our-forests-are-they-alive-tickets-167985439973" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sunday Sep 26, 2021 at 7:00 pm Our Forests. Are They Alive?</a>

Heritage film release - information coming soon - November 6, 2021 - stay tuned•	2021: Inspiring Environmental Action: Ordinary people doing the ExtraordinaryThe largest afforestation area in Saskatoon was named after Richard St. Barbe Baker OBE, Hon. LL.D. F.I.A.L., For. Dip. Cantab., ACF (9 October 1889 – 9 June 1982). Baker was a silviculturist, conservationist, environmental activist and prolific author, who contributed greatly to worldwide forest protection, reforestation and desert reclamation efforts. Richard St. Barbe Baker was one of the first climate change activists in that he addressed the issues surrounding climate change before this reality was named and his life demonstrates how an individual can take extraordinary action for environmental education and protection. Baker was ahead of his time in many ways and he is an inspirational role model for our time. The organization he started in 1922, now known as the International Tree Foundation, and other successful international organizations and activities started by individuals inspired by him (Eg: Plant-for-the-Planet and The Forest Trust) demonstrate this potential for inspired action. November 6, 2021 is the 5oth anniversary of Baker being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). Baker has other connections to Saskatoon; he was one of the first 100 students at the U of S, initiated former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker there, planted a tree at the U of S on World Environment Day, 1982, died here 4 days later and is buried in Saskatoon’s Woodlawn Cemetery.

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