Guardians of the Ice

 

GUARDIANS OF THE ICE: IGNITING HEARTS AND MINDS

Guardians of the Ice is a multidisciplinary art project attending to the Columbia Icefield and all that it means. The Icefield, located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies, is a significant bellwether of the accelerating effects of climate change. It is retreating faster than ever, and we are facing an unknown future, charged with stories of hope and prophecies of doom, and therefore rich with opportunity.

GUARDIANS OF THE ICE: IGNITING HEARTS AND MINDS

Guardians of the Ice is a multidisciplinary art project attending to the Columbia Icefield and all that it means. The Icefield, located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies, is a significant bellwether of the accelerating effects of climate change. It is retreating faster than ever, and we are facing an unknown future, charged with stories of hope and prophecies of doom, and therefore rich with opportunity.

GUARDIANS OF THE ICE: IGNITING HEARTS AND MINDS

Guardians of the Ice is a multidisciplinary art project attending to the Columbia Icefield and all that it means. The Icefield, located on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies, is a significant bellwether of the accelerating effects of climate change. It is retreating faster than ever, and we are facing an unknown future, charged with stories of hope and prophecies of doom, and therefore rich with opportunity.

 

Our Purpose:

Guardians of the Ice is a nonprofit organization focused on the rapidly-shrinking Columbia Icefield as a leading indicator of the worldwide climate crisis. Our purpose is to effectively engage the public to build support for a low-carbon future.

Through our film, still photography and writing, we link the emotional power of art with the cognitive clarity of science, as a way to communicate the urgent implications of what the scientists are uncovering in the Icefield. As our slogan Ice=Water=Life implies, water and water security are central to our mission.

We seek to ignite widespread environmental stewardship in our communities leading to committed action that will tackle the challenge of global warming in practical and meaningful ways.

MORE ON THE ICEFIELD

 

Our Purpose:

Guardians of the Ice is a nonprofit organization focused on the rapidly-shrinking Columbia Icefield as a leading indicator of the worldwide climate crisis. Our purpose is to effectively engage the public to build support for a low-carbon future.

Through our film, still photography and writing, we link the emotional power of art with the cognitive clarity of science, as a way to communicate the urgent implications of what the scientists are uncovering in the Icefield. As our slogan Ice=Water=Life implies, water and water security are central to our mission.

We seek to ignite widespread environmental stewardship in our communities leading to committed action that will tackle the challenge of global warming in practical and meaningful ways.

MORE ON THE ICEFIELD

 

 

 

 

Our Purpose:

Guardians of the Ice is a nonprofit organization focused on the rapidly-shrinking Columbia Icefield as a leading indicator of the worldwide climate crisis. Our purpose is to effectively engage the public to build support for a low-carbon future.

Through our film, still photography and writing, we link the emotional power of art with the cognitive clarity of science, as a way to communicate the urgent implications of what the scientists are uncovering in the Icefield. As our slogan Ice=Water=Life implies, water and water security are central to our mission.

We seek to ignite widespread environmental stewardship in our communities leading to committed action that will tackle the challenge of global warming in practical and meaningful ways.

MORE ON THE ICEFIELD

 

WE ARE ARTISTS…

We are artists: filmmakers, photographers, scientists, writers. We know that forcing a false choice between a story of hope and a story of doom misses the essential dynamic synergy of the two.

MEET THE TEAM

 

OUR INTENT IS TO IGNITE HEARTS AND MINDS

Our intent is to sharpen awareness of this synergy by synthesizing our own perspectives and responses, artistic and scientific, to the beauty, majesty and vulnerability of the Icefield. Not to point the finger of blame, nor to sound the knell of despair, but to ignite hearts and minds in the discovery of possibilities yet unrealized.

 

WE ARE ARTISTS…

We are artists: filmmakers, photographers, scientists, writers. We know that forcing a false choice between a story of hope and a story of doom misses the essential dynamic synergy of the two.

MEET THE TEAM

 

OUR INTENT IS TO IGNITE HEARTS AND MINDS

Our intent is to sharpen awareness of this synergy by synthesizing our own perspectives and responses, artistic and scientific, to the beauty, majesty and vulnerability of the Icefield. Not to point the finger of blame, nor to sound the knell of despair, but to ignite hearts and minds in the discovery of possibilities yet unrealized.

 

WE ARE ARTISTS…

We are artists: filmmakers, photographers, scientists, writers. We know that forcing a false choice between a story of hope and a story of doom misses the essential dynamic synergy of the two.

MEET THE TEAM

 

OUR INTENT IS TO IGNITE HEARTS AND MINDS

Our intent is to sharpen awareness of this synergy by synthesizing our own perspectives and responses, artistic and scientific, to the beauty, majesty and vulnerability of the Icefield. Not to point the finger of blame, nor to sound the knell of despair, but to ignite hearts and minds in the discovery of possibilities yet unrealized.

Glacial recession of Columbia Icefield

 

Aerial view of Castleguard Mountain Columbia Icefield

 

 

Glacial recession of Columbia Icefield

Aerial view of Castleguard Mountain Columbia Icefield

Glacial recession Columbia Icefield

Aerial view of Castleguard Mountain Columbia Icefield

SCIENCE, ART AND EMOTION

Art and science seem mutually exclusive. Art perceives the world through the emotions, the psyche, the aesthetic. Science grasps the world through impersonal observation and measurement, rational and quantitative.

Guardians of the Ice project is dedicated to bringing those two faces of human comprehension together, merging the art and science to induce a compelling synergy of perception and understanding.

Neuroscience tells us that, above all else, humans take action and make decisions based on emotion. Commitment springs from the heart. It cannot be coerced or legislated.

OUR OUTCOMES

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

SCIENCE, ART AND EMOTION

Art and science seem mutually exclusive. Art perceives the world through the emotions, the psyche, the aesthetic. Science grasps the world through impersonal observation and measurement, rational and quantitative.

Guardians of the Ice project is dedicated to bringing those two faces of human comprehension together, merging the art and science to induce a compelling synergy of perception and understanding.

Neuroscience tells us that, above all else, humans take action and make decisions based on emotion. Commitment springs from the heart. It cannot be coerced or legislated.

OUR OUTCOMES

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

      TAKE ACTION: DONATE TODAY!   

      TAKE ACTION: JOIN THE GUARD!     

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

       TAKE ACTION   

 

 

SCIENCE, ART AND EMOTION

Art and science seem mutually exclusive. Art perceives the world through the emotions, the psyche, the aesthetic. Science grasps the world through impersonal observation and measurement, rational and quantitative.

Guardians of the Ice project is dedicated to bringing those two faces of human comprehension together, merging the art and science to induce a compelling synergy of perception and understanding.

Neuroscience tells us that, above all else, humans take action and make decisions based on emotion. Commitment springs from the heart. It cannot be coerced or legislated.

OUR OUTCOMES

 

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

       TAKE ACTION: DONATE TODAY!   

      TAKE ACTION: JOIN THE GUARD!  

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

       TAKE ACTION   

 

       TAKE ACTION: DONATE TODAY!   

      TAKE ACTION: JOIN THE GUARD!   

OUR MISSION

To marry art and science in film, photography and text to illuminate the significance of what is being lost and the infinite possibilities to be realized in grappling with this urgent global climate crisis.

To mobilize a broad social movement around the retreat of the Columbia Icefield breaking the logjam of apathy and complacency towards the climate crisis. We can accomplish this by becoming committed climate activists in a community of individual action, community collaboration and policy change.

 

COLUMBIA ICEFIELD

   FOUR OUTCOMES 

         THE TEAM       

          THE LOGO       

       TAKE ACTION   

 

Your generous gift will help us keep moving forward on our purpose: to build broad support for a low carbon future

 

With any gift of $100 or more, we will send you one of our Guardians of the Ice tee shirts ($45 retail)

 

They are made with a beautifully soft bamboo material by Jerico, a Socially Conscious Canadian Company

 

Guardians of the Ice is incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

 

Your generous gift will help us keep moving forward on our purpose: to build broad support for a low carbon future

 

With any gift of $100 or more, we will send you one of our Guardians of the Ice tee shirts ($45 retail)

 

They are made with a beautifully soft bamboo material by Jerico, a Socially Conscious Canadian Company

 

Guardians of the Ice is incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

 

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MELTDOWN EXHIBIT

In honour of the 2025 United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, MELTDOWN showcases a powerful collection of fine art landscape photography by Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon, drawing viewers deep into the heart of Canada’s glacial landscapes for an unparalleled immersive experience.

 

“We are giving this glorious landscape a voice – the ice and its guardian mountains stand mute; they cannot speak for themselves.”

 

MELTDOWN EXHIBIT

In honour of the 2025 United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, MELTDOWN showcases a powerful collection of fine art landscape photography by Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon, drawing viewers deep into the heart of Canada’s glacial landscapes for an unparalleled immersive experience.

 

“We are giving this glorious landscape a voice – the ice and its guardian mountains stand mute; they cannot speak for themselves.”

 

MELTDOWN EXHIBIT

In honour of the 2025 United Nations International Year of Glacier Preservation, MELTDOWN showcases a powerful collection of fine art landscape photography by Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon, drawing viewers deep into the heart of Canada’s glacial landscapes for an unparalleled immersive experience.

 

“We are giving this glorious landscape a voice – the ice and its guardian mountains stand mute; they cannot speak for themselves.”

 

CELEBRATE

 The grandeur and fragile beauty of the Canadian Rockies.

ILLUMINATE

The meaning and significance of what is being lost.

DISCOVER

Your place in the living systems that sustain us all.

 

 

CELEBRATE

 The grandeur and fragile beauty of the Canadian Rockies.

ILLUMINATE

The meaning and significance of what is being lost.

DISCOVER

Your place in the living systems that sustain us all.

 

 

CELEBRATE

 The grandeur and fragile beauty of the Canadian Rockies.

ILLUMINATE

The meaning and significance of what is being lost.

DISCOVER

Your place in the living systems that sustain us all.

 

“Visionary artists and explorers whose lens paints stories of the frozen realms atop alpine peaks. With an unwavering passion for the majesty of the ice, they capture the ethereal beauty and timeless grace of alpine landscapes like no other.” 

Ric Noyle, Producer, PhotoCON Hawaii 2024

 

 

“Visionary artists and explorers whose lens paints stories of the frozen realms atop alpine peaks. With an unwavering passion for the majesty of the ice, they capture the ethereal beauty and timeless grace of alpine landscapes like no other.” 

Ric Noyle, Producer, PhotoCON Hawaii 2024

 

 

“Visionary artists and explorers whose lens paints stories of the frozen realms atop alpine peaks. With an unwavering passion for the majesty of the ice, they capture the ethereal beauty and timeless grace of alpine landscapes like no other.” 

Ric Noyle, Producer, PhotoCON Hawaii 2024

 

 

 

ALSO ON DISPLAY

LOSING BLUE

 The short film. Losing Blue, by filmmaker Leanne Allison, will be screened in the Gallery’s theatre. Losing Blue is a cinematic poem that illuminates the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary blues on earth—the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.

 

 

MELTDOWN will be a permanent exhibit in the Glacier Gallery. It will evolve over time with interactive, interpretive experiences that will draw people into a deeper, more meaningful experience of their place in the natural world.

 

 

 

ALSO ON DISPLAY

LOSING BLUE

 The short film. Losing Blue, by filmmaker Leanne Allison, will be screened in the Gallery’s theatre. Losing Blue is a cinematic poem that illuminates the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary blues on earth—the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.

 

 

MELTDOWN will be a permanent exhibit in the Glacier Gallery. It will evolve over time with interactive, interpretive experiences that will draw people into a deeper, more meaningful experience of their place in the natural world.

 

 

 

ALSO ON DISPLAY

LOSING BLUE

 The short film. Losing Blue, by filmmaker Leanne Allison, will be screened in the Gallery’s theatre. Losing Blue is a cinematic poem that illuminates the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary blues on earth—the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.

 

 

MELTDOWN will be a permanent exhibit in the Glacier Gallery. It will evolve over time with interactive, interpretive experiences that will draw people into a deeper, more meaningful experience of their place in the natural world.

 

 

 

ALSO ON DISPLAY

LOSING BLUE

 The short film. Losing Blue, by filmmaker Leanne Allison, will be screened in the Gallery’s theatre. Losing Blue is a cinematic poem that illuminates the impending loss of some of the most extraordinary blues on earth—the otherworldly blues of ancient mountain lakes.

 

 

MELTDOWN will be a permanent exhibit in the Glacier Gallery. It will evolve over time with interactive, interpretive experiences that will draw people into a deeper, more meaningful experience of their place in the natural world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

We are uniquely privileged to be participating with Canada’s leading climate scientists as a vital communication arm in the planning for Canada’s participation in the 2025 UN International Year of Glacier Protection.

 

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

 

 

 

 

 

2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

We are uniquely privileged to be participating with Canada’s leading climate scientists as a vital communication arm in the planning for Canada’s participation in the 2025 UN International Year of Glacier Protection.

 

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

 

 

2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

We are uniquely privileged to be participating with Canada’s leading climate scientists as a vital communication arm in the planning for Canada’s participation in the 2025 UN International Year of Glacier Protection.

 

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

 

 

2025 is the United Nations International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

We are uniquely privileged to be participating with Canada’s leading climate scientists as a vital communication arm in the planning for Canada’s participation in the 2025 UN International Year of Glacier Protection.

 

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE

LEARN MORE