National Forest Week September 22-28, 2024 Saskatoon

🌲✨ Exciting Announcement for National Forest Week 2024! ✨🌲

Join us from September 22-28 as we celebrate National Forest Week with a special theme: "Two-Eyed Seeing: Welcoming all knowledge to sustain our forests." This year, we're embracing diverse perspectives to ensure the health and vitality of our precious forests.

🌿 Flag Raising Ceremony: Sunday, September 22
Kick off the week with a symbolic flag raising ceremony, honoring the beauty and importance of our forests.

📚 Event Highlight: Tuesday, September 24
In collaboration with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society and Saskatoon Public Library, join us for a discussion on the impact of invasive grasses on native ecosystems. Learn how these grasses affect biodiversity and what we can do to preserve our natural landscapes.

🌳 Discover Your "Phile"
Discover your fondness.  Are you a nemophile (lover of forests), xylophile (lover of wood), dendrophile (lover of trees), or rhizophile (lover of roots)? Perhaps you resonate more with being a philozoist (lover of animals), philokalist (lover of beauty), pagophile (lover of ice), phengophile (lover of daylight), cynophile (lover of dogs), or nephophile (lover of clouds)? National Forest Week is the perfect time to explore and celebrate your connection to nature!

Stay tuned for more updates and events throughout the week. Let's come together to nurture and protect our forests for future generations.

#NationalForestWeek #ForestConservation #Biodiversity #CommunityEvents #LoveNature

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