I recently had the great pleasure to attend a lovely forest walk at Royal Roads University led by Robert Bateman, one of my conservation heroes, who also happens to be one of the world’s finest artists and a supporter of Creatively United for the Planet.
Always the school teacher, he quickly managed to round everyone up and keep our undivided attention while he shared his latest adventures, sketches and stories, plus shared his vast knowledge of the natural world.
What a gift it is to have someone like Robert Bateman in our community. Some of his past students from more than 40 years ago were even in attendance to say “hello” to their favourite teacher and hear yet another talk by him.
