From a relatively isolated, “tech-less” childhood in small-town Ontario to the unglamorous frontlines of community-based environmental organizing, Teika Newton shows us the undeniable value of showing up. Whether bridging the work of researchers and activists, catalyzing multi-dimensional partnerships across disparate cultures and worldviews, or simply talking to strangers as a revolutionary act of love and trust, Teika proves how authentic relationships drive successful collaborations.
Understanding that lasting change often happens slowly and behind the scenes, she discusses with co-hosts Kai Chan (professor and Canada Research Chair at UBC) and Sam Blackwell (UBC graduate student in urban birds, community-based science and human-nature relationships) how interconnectedness is a protean ethos, one that marries risk with responsibility and conviction with conscience. In viewing each person as an essential point of contact, Teika has transformed her modest beginnings into a living library of values that invite us all to narrate—as main characters—a shared, sustainable future.
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