Gala de la Terre Supports Three Environmental Organizations

The Gala will have a positive impact on each of the three environmental organizations it supports. WWF-Canada works to “lconserve species at risk, protect threatened habitats, and address climate change.” For over 50 years, the organization has relied on scientific analyses and Indigenous knowledge to guide its work while seeking long-term solutions for human-nature harmony. Sierra Club Canada is an environmental organization whose mission is to be “the voice of the Earth.” It strives to protect and preserve the environment. Founded in 1985, GREMM is a Tadoussac-based organization dedicated to conducting scientific research on the whales of the St. Lawrence and promoting marine conservation. It notably studies belugas through the St. Lawrence Beluga Project, a multidisciplinary research program that aims to learn more about these white whales. Raised funds will go toward this research project with an aim to better understanding and better protecting this species. Members of GREMM’s team came to the event and maintained a booth alongside other organizations.

From the St. Lawrence Estuary to Montréal, I tell myself that the environments in which GREMM and the Orchestre de l’Agora operate are very different. While chatting with Nicholas Ellis and Claudie Bertounesque that evening, they both mentioned that they were impressed by their stay in Tadoussac. The presence of majestic whales and other marine fauna is enough to put all the negative news about the environment into perspective. Giants still swim in our oceans, which are just as fascinating as ever.

For me, because I don’t work in music, it was the first time I had the opportunity to see an orchestra in action. There was something really moving about this show: all these humans in creative cohesion, not to mention the crowded room of attentive spectators. It gives us new faith in humanity…

and shows how art and science go hand in hand!