HOPE AND OPTIMISM DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: “I had to learn the art of looking for hope and opportunities and silver linings in the issues of our time,” stated Zoe Norcross-Nu’u, Comox Lake Watershed Protection Coordinator
“What I learned from my students when I was a college instructor which has served me well in my career is the realization that people need to have hope, they need to have optimism, and they especially need to believe that they can make a difference. In the early 2000s, topics like climate change and sea level rise were only just emerging as really important issues. If an instructor only presents doom-and-gloom scenarios, your students get pretty discouraged and upset,” stated Zoe Norcross Nu’u.