Thank you so much for the question.
We started this journey many years ago at the municipal level when we learned that Canada does not recognize our right to a healthy environment. We wrote letters to the municipal candidates of the local municipal election to ask them to become champions for environmental rights. Many of them were elected and, at the first council meeting, Rupert and I made speeches, and they unanimously passed a declaration of environmental rights. We followed up by helping 23 more municipalities also make declarations of environmental rights.
After that, we turned our attention to the provincial and federal levels of government. We had countless meetings and wrote many letters to raise awareness about environmental rights. We also, around that time, had the opportunity to travel to Toronto and San Francisco to speak to business leaders and international youth leaders about environmental rights.
Also, over the years, we've been able to connect with the community over environmental rights on many occasions. We have done presentations to youth, community groups and schools. We've hosted Victoria Earth Day events. We've co-hosted environmental film screenings and done projects with the Victoria art gallery and the Royal BC Museum. As well as that, we've created materials to teach young people about environmental rights.