Could it really be that Richard St. Barbe Baker was soldier, scholar, statesman, publicist, and tree protector all rolled into one?
Paul Hanley wrote Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global Conservationist, with a foreword by HRH Prince Charles and introduction by Jane Goodall. His Honour the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C., LL.B, LL.D. Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan featured a Book Launch on November 20
“Baker was a remarkable man. He was a true visionary who had an intuitive and near prophetic appreciation of environmental issues; issues that are impacting the planet today.
- climate change
- biodiversity
- zerification
- environmental refugees
- deforestation
- indigenous rights
These were all concerns he raised in the 1920s and 30s long before these issues were widely recognized. He was also a man of action. He pioneered in Africa in the 1920s many of the solutions now being proposed to deal with these problems including
- agro-forestry
- agro-ecology
- desert reclamation
- grassroots development methods
- social forestry
More and more environmental science is telling us that the solution to deal with the rest of the solution is to plant more and more and more trees and supporting indigenous peoples in protecting their land.”~ Paul Hanley, November 20
Praise from Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
“I believe with Ruskin, that I must be just to the Earth beneath my feet, to the neighbour by my side and to the Light that comes from above and within that this wonderful world of ours may be a little more beautiful and happy form my having lived in it. “Richard St. Barbe Baker.
Paul Hanley presents St. Barbe
Serendipity; the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and Paul Hanley
Paul Hanley Eleven on You Tube
Paul Hanley Meewasin Conservation Award 2014
Paul Hanley, Eleven Billion People Will Change Everything.
Paul Hanley, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Page 1
Paul Hanley, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Page 2
Visit Paul Hanley’s website:
http://www.elevenbillionpeople.com/
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For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
For more information:
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063
Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot
Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map
Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Facebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park
Facebook group page : Users of the St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
In regards to your financial donations to protect / enhance the afforestation areas, please contact the City of Saskatoon, Corporate Revenue Division, 222 3rd Ave N, Saskatoon, SK S7K 0J5 If you wish to support the afforestation area with your donation please state that your donation will support the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, or the George Genereux Urban Regional Park, or both afforestation areas. Please and thank you! Your donation, however large or small is greatly appreciated.
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The trees and vegetation, which cover the land surface of the Earth and delight the eye, are performing vital tasks incumbent upon the vegetable world in nature. Its presence is essential to earth as an organism. It is the first condition of all life; it is the “Skin” of the earth, for without it there can be no water and, therefore, no life. ~Richard St. Barbe Baker
“When the trees go, the rain goes, the climate deteriorates, the water table sinks, the land erodes and desert conditions soon appear”.~Richard St. Barbe Baker
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 