The perfect flood map doesn’t exist, but that shouldn’t stop decision-makers from using the ones that are currently within reach. 

PICS intern, Marcela, shares personal insights from her summer spent in Haida Gwaii, illustrating the importance of reciprocity, respect for nature, and collective climate action.

"Climate change is a direct outcome of the superimposition of a worldview that sees Land and its resources as something to be exploited, rather than something sustaining and life-giving."

“My room is usually my safe space but I remember feeling so unsafe in that room.”

"You wave your hands, you can almost feel the dust particles settling. I had this feeling of everything's dirty, everything's gross."

“When we were kids, 'if you had to pack up and you could save three items, what would they be?' used to be an icebreaker question, but now it’s a genuine possibility.”

Sunny skies can bring darker feelings for those working in climate change.