After a career in teaching elementary school in rural Quebec, Noelle and Ilse turn their climate activism into their full-time passion. Leading groups of students, retirees, and community members they plant 10,000 trees. And they're only ...See moreAfter a career in teaching elementary school in rural Quebec, Noelle and Ilse turn their climate activism into their full-time passion. Leading groups of students, retirees, and community members they plant 10,000 trees. And they're only getting started. "Planting Forests, you can't think about the present, you have to think of the future," says Noelle Stutt Walsh as she digs her shovel into the soil. "This is not a carbon offset," clarifies Ilse Turnsen under the shade of trees she planted decades ago, "It's a contribution to biodiversity and an invitation to people to think like trees." Written by
Lia Tarachansky
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