Poetry
Mother Earth, I fight for you!
I'm here for you.
And I know you're there for me.
By protecting you, I recreate you.
And with you I want to recreate myself.
Let me walk with you,
Gaze at you, chantonner,
draw you, to dance,
Talk to you softly, meditate.
May my vacation not be an emptiness,
But an opportunity to fill me with you.
Your son who loves you,
Gaëtan
Interviews
MARE invites you to discover the podcast of Culture Collective. Their Facebook page is intended to be a space for anyone who is curious or wants to learn about eco-responsible approaches..
Furthermore, the guest of the first episode… is the MARE! This episode provides additional information with the interview presented two weeks ago. Notably, a relevant reminder of the need to focus on our commonalities rather than our divergent points.
The next episodes promise to be just as interesting and relevant with regard to our regional issues. A page and a podcast to discover.
Interviews
Longing for an invigorating spring breeze? The MARE invites you to listen to the interview given by a member of the MARE to the podcast Quebec Tomorrow Network (episode #3). The vision and actions of MARE are brilliantly explained there.. The issues are also pleasantly popularized there. Despite the perils we must face, the interview gives credence to collaboration and activism to build “tomorrows” which will be viable.
A nice summary (20 min!) to share, whether to illustrate to your loved ones your own involvement or to make them want to get involved. Thank you and congratulations to our representative!
Society
Alexis, an active member of the MARE, is also a columnist for FREE ENTRANCE, a Sherbrooke community newspaper. In this article taken up by the‘Quebec Community Written Media Association (AMECQ) as well as by the’Pressenza international press agency, he shares his questions about “post-Greta”.
The 27 September 2019, we were half a million people walking the streets of Montreal, making history, heart full of hope, handmade placard, chanting environmental slogans by the thousands. No overflow to report. Much to the chagrin of some commentators, the streets were even cleaner when the demonstrators left than when they arrived. A perfect manifestation indeed. At the same time, nearly ten thousand others demonstrated, same here, in Sherbrooke.
In response to the resounding cry of alarm from an entire generation who mobilized alongside parents and grandparents, the federal government has proposed to plant trees. They are still waiting. No change of course on the horizon. We heard you young people, it will be business as usual, but with a few more trees.
Read more “WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF… GRETA RETURNED TO MONTREAL?”
Movement
One year ago, We end our report with these observations : “The objective of uniting the environmental forces of the region in order to take concrete action in the region, but also in other regions, starts to come true.
Read more “What did the MARE do in his 3rd year ?”
Society
On the occasion of Earth Day 2022, Michael Souligny, an active member of MARE for several years, wrote this poem and read it to us during the rally for social justice and climate justice that the MARE organized in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Read more “A long-awaited world”
Movement
Movement
Society
The 15 last september, when the MARE submitted a request for support for the Declaration of Climate Emergency at the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield municipal council meeting, Michaël presented a request to improve the protection of the fauna of Parc de la Barrière as part of the real estate development taking place in this territory.
The MARE is proud to support the citizens of Parc de la Barrière in their efforts.
At the end of his speech, Michaël read a poetic text that he wrote himself. It was a very rich moment, combining poetry and environmental struggle.
Read more “Industrial world or natural world”
Society
We have all been rightly challenged by Greta Thunberg's statements. She's right to sound the alarm bell but I don't want her to blame me for leaving her a planet in danger. I don't want her messages to create a generation of eco-anxiety.
Read more “What a planet for our grandchildren? or What grandchildren for our planet ?”