Fall in Love with Your Tiny Neighbours! (or despise them less)
Fri, May 12
|Community Hall
Join us for a spectacular visual journey through insect evolution, diversity, and ecosystem services. We'll finish with an exchange of practical tips that bolster the good work of Earth's essential and beautiful biodiversity.
Time & Location
May 12, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Rd, Pender Island, BC V0N 2M1, Canada
About the Event
Our well-being is tied to the health of our environment, yet we often look past the ways that ecosystems achieve balance. This talk will introduce our planet's original inhabitants and their key roles in pollination, decomposition and pest regulation. Join me for a spectacular visual journey through insect evolution, diversity, and ecosystem services. We'll finish with an exchange of practical tips that bolster the good work of Earth's essential and beautiful biodiversity.
Cara has a BSc (Biology, Honours, Univ. of Toronto) and a Master’s and PhD (Entomology, Univ. of Arizona). She taught in higher education for 20+ years and her background spans biodiversity monitoring, science research and management, instructional design, fundraising, community organizing and scientific illustration. Cara became the Executive Director of Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary (Lekwungen territory, Victoria, BC) in 2020. She feels honoured to be helping to protect the Nature Sanctuary's rare and threatened species, steward and restore its ecosystems, and grow its communities of practice and education.