Find Your Climate-Action: Native Plant Gardening: WWF- Canada

Jarmila Becka Lee 

Specialist, Program Advancement, Nature-Connected Communities 

As part of WWF-Canada’s Nature Connected Communities Team, Jarmila manages In the Zone as well as the Go Wild granting programs, both of which strive to increase Canadians’ engagement with nature, especially in urban areas. During her nearly 22 years at WWF-Canada, Jarmila has worked on a variety of conservation initiatives including advising Loblaw on its 100% sustainable seafood commitment, managing WWF’s species at risk work as well as the long-running Endangered Species Recovery Fund, and serving as coordinator for the Marine, International and Toxicology programs. Jarmila holds a Bachelor of Science, Environment and Biology, from the University of Toronto. 

Ryan Godfrey 

Ryan Godfrey is a botanist with a B.Sc. in Ecology and Environmental Biology (University of British Columbia) and a M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Toronto). His 10 years of experience with native plants spans academia, museum collections, botanical gardens, consulting to the private sector and work with NGOs to engage communities and neighbourhoods for ecological restoration and stewardship. Currently, Ryan's focus is on adding native plants back into the built environment in order to realize the layered benefits of restored ecosystems: climate resilience, carbon drawdown, wildlife habitat and community health.