Every winter my wife and I try to spend a little time on the land that we are stewards of in Northern Ontario. As often as possible we invite people in our lives up to give them a chance to connect to wilderness. This video was shot this past winter deep in an ancient cedar grove near our land in Northern Ontario. Please forgive some of the shaky camera work; we were standing in very deep snow.

Modern life has left us with the illusion that we are disconnected from wilderness. The virtual nature of the internet and cable television only reinforces this illusion. None the less this notion we are disconnected remains only an illusion. The wilderness areas and the oceans of the world are the lungs of our planet and like someone who has chain smoked for decades, we have no choice but to change our ways.

We have to re-establish our connection to the natural world and beyond that re-educate ourselves on how to live in harmony with it. This video represents some of my thoughts on the matter and more will follow.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3779904019864713967


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