Photographer / Videographer/Artist

S ½ 22 and 23-36-6 W3 GPS 52.1004657,-106.7539449 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, NE 21-36-6 W3 GPS 52.1132738,-106.7901621 George Genereux Urban Regional Park, Saskatoon, SK[map]

Ongoing

Take pictures / videos in the forest for social media, films, and promotion of the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area and George Genereux Urban Regional Park to showcase this hidden gems, Saskatoon's Best Kept Secrets. Take pictures /videows during the Golden Hour of plants and animals, mushrooms and insects, birds and trees, wetlands and forest, meadow and twilight. All season imagery needed spring, summer, autumn, winter..• Through community efforts Saskatoon will continue to have valued afforestation areas to mitigate climate change. Heritage and greenspace will be safe and protected. In the 2013-2023 CoS Strategic Plan, then city manager, Murray Totland asks, “What would Saskatoon look like if it grew to half a million people? And then we need to consider, “What do we want it to look like?” .• Our non profit charity mission and vision is for two healthy, safe green spaces with thriving and diverse ecosystems with protection of wetlands, woodlands, and grasslands, and an inter-connected West Swale eco-system to support sustainable growth and environmental leadership. The CoS and P4G are currently planning 7-8 neighbourhoods with 70,000 people, a new employment sector, and a rural industrial-commercial area all next to the afforestation areas. Our non profit charity pro-actively engages, and seeks protections regarding these urban afforestation areas and their ecosystem. Responsible, ethical, and environmentally sustainable actions for the current generation and the next plans for the impact from the exponential growth in the urban footprint which will arrive in the afforestation areas. The economic and cultural imperative as a greenspace destination are enhanced by the increase in awareness of the heritage value, not only is it a unique and spectacular prairie greenspace featuring both deciduous and evergreen trees, something usually only witnessed north of the tree line in the province of Saskatchewan, the afforestation areas and wetlands have First Nation, Paleoindian, historical, geographical and geological heritage for the enrichment of visitors, residents of the Rural Municipality of Corman Park 344 and citizens of Saskatoon. Non profit environmental charity Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc.

Take photographic images or create artwork of the two afforestation areas with a professional camera or using your smart phone. Help the non profit charity showcase these hidden secrets in Saskatoon! We can provide training!

Certification or Education Required

An interest in nature, and the creation of compositions showcasing the incredible biodiversity or naturalized landscapes of the two Saskatoon Afforestation Areas through art

Why should you volunteer for this opportunity?

Team work. Practical. Contribution to the community, and helping the natural environment. Health and wellness benefits. Low risk outdoor activity during the pandemic. Set your own hours, and walk in a forest on your own, or meet up with others