CALL FOR PHOTOS: 2021 Pollinator Week Exhibit
June 21-27, 2021 is National Pollinator Week! Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. It's a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them. Let’s celebrate the important work of moths, hummingbirds, bees, beetles, and all the pollinators that carry out crucial ecosystems work.
Explore your neighbourhood gardens, forests, and ravines to snap a photo of your favourite pollinators. Send up to three photos to Victoria Ho (vho@ocadu.ca), Sustainability Coordinator, Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives (ODESI) by June 21 to enter for a chance to be featured online and to win prizes such as a one-of-a-kind Sun Print by Elaine Chan-Dow and a Mystery Pack by Beam Paints. Winning photos will be selected by gardeners Heather Evelyn (Learning Zone) and Elaine Chan-Dow (Faculty of Art).
Pollinator Partnership Canada states that pollinating animals travel from plant to plant carrying pollen on their bodies in a vital interaction that allows the transfer of genetic material critical to the reproductive system of most flowering plants – the very plants that:
- bring us countless fruits, vegetables, and nuts,
- ½ of the world’s oils, fibers and raw materials;
- prevent soil erosion,
- and increase carbon sequestration
Learn more at www.pollinator.org.
Image credit: https://pollinatorpartnership.ca