Salt Spring Island teen Quyên Fernandez has won an award for his dedication to environmental activism. The award, sponsored by the Institute for Sustainability Education & Action (i-sea.ca) recognizes Fernandez’s work with WPS’s Freshwater Catalogue citizen science project.

“My family and I measure seven creeks from seven watersheds around Fulford Bay every week,” writes Fernandez. He says the project aims to ensure that human water consumption remains in balance with what nature provides. “Water is a limited resource that needs to be protected. […] If there isn’t enough rain to sustain our community, we need to conserve and protect watersheds so that the ecosystems can hold the water in the ground.”