Trees, Youth, Our Future - A Two Part Documentary
Trees, Youth, Our Future is a two-part series that tells the story of forest stewardship in Ontario and encourages the next generation of leaders to embrace it.
“Forest stewardship is one of Ontario’s key economic drivers and provides jobs, recreation and healthy lifestyles for the people who live here,” explains Astrid Nielsen, General Manager. “Our aim with this series is to showcase the excellent stewardship work that is being done for our forests today and to inspire youth to continue that legacy so that we have sustainable forests for the future.”
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Episode 1 - The Road to Sustainability
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The first episode, “The Road to Sustainability,” explores the history of our relationship with the forests – from being home to Indigenous peoples to being an obstacle to settlement for Europeans. It looks at the evolution from exploitation to stewardship, culminating in Ontario becoming a leader in sustainable forest management.
Video Sections
Introduction
Settlers & Square Timber, 1800 to 1850
Sawmills & Pulp, 1850-1900
Creation of Forest Reserves, 1890s
Deforestation and Reclamation: 1900-1939
War and the Golden Age of Forestry: 1939-1970
Social Change and Impact on Forestry 1960s to 1990s
Rise of the New Forestry: 1970s to 1990s
CFSA: Forestry in a Global Context: 1900s to present
CreditsEpisode 2 - New Forests, New Stewards, A Road Forward
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The second episode, “New Forests, New Stewards, A Road Forward,” delves deeper into sustainable forest management on Crown and private lands and in urban forests, while highlighting challenges faced by Ontario’s forests and opportunities for youth to get involved.
Video Sections
Introduction
CFSA: forest Management on Crown Lands
Management of Community Forests
Forest Stewardship on Private Lands
Urban Forestry
Forestry in the 21st Century
A New Generation of Stewards
CreditsEOMF is the executive producer of the series, which was produced by Pinegrove Productions. It was funded largely through an ON150 grant with additional support from a dozen stakeholder partners.
“At Pinegrove Productions we pride ourselves on working collaboratively with partners to produce videos that matter,” explains Franziska von Rosen, director. “We strive to inform and inspire audiences with our work, and we believe this series accomplishes that goal.”
The series has garnered excellent reviews from numerous stakeholders in the field, including forestry educators at Algonquin College, landowners, foresters with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Gordon Miller, the former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, who calls it a “masterful job” that is “shaping up to be a seminal work.”
"You have done a great job in telling the story of Ontario’s forests over time and the importance of them to societies both local and at large in Ontario," adds Ken Armson, former Provincial Forester for Ontario.
"I think that these videos gave me lots of information and were put together very well,” adds a 15-year-old male viewer. “I definitely have a better understanding about the forestry industry than I did before. All in all they were great videos that had my attention the entire time."