The Broken Fence Society is a Canadian non-profit corporation mandated to address the increasing concerns about global environmental devastation. It is The Broken Fence Society's intent to advance the cause with an ongoing campaign of education, using all available means to deliver the message.

We believe that significant change can occur only when the general population, worldwide, understands and honestly reflects on people's continuing and overwhelming encroachment on the natural biosphere. Corporate and political will, can and must be driven by public opinion, and people at the grassroots level must make their thoughts and feelings known. The fate of this planet clearly rests with the decisions that will be made by humankind over the next few decades.

Our Society's efforts will be formulated, keeping in mind that the primary focus should be on children and young adults. They are inheriting the foibles of past generations and they will have to choose the path into the future. Their choice will have to be based on a true knowledge of the issues with a clear understanding of their difficult and limited options.

Obviously, no single group can hope to reach a global audience, especially in short order. We can only hope that others will feel as we do and that this educational concept will multiply exponentially. It is too bad that ideas can't move through the population as fast as some viruses do, because time is certainly not on our side.

Our initial efforts will include the writing of a series of children books, production of educational videos, publishing a quarterly newsletter, establishing a web site, and circulating our environmental art show. As we move forward, we will add many more projects to this list.

If we fail to respect and guard this biosphere, all human endeavours will become worthless, and ultimately, our very existence will have been meaningless. We will simply disappear into oblivion.

The Broken Fence Society was founded 1994 by Dave Brookes. Dave named the environmental organization after one of his paintings, "The Broken Fence." The fence symbolizes man's effort to separate itself from nature, but this fence will always be broken down because we are merely a small part of nature.

Dave began his environmental endeavours modestly, with the help of fellow artist Petra Nyendick. They put their art and their concern for the environment together and produced the foundation of The Broken Fence Society, including the mission statement and action plan. Environmental artists Annemarie Polis and Charles Taylor joined Dave and Petra to form the core group of artists. Soon, the group began producing art shows and visiting schools to speak to children about the environment. The school children studied the group's art and interpreted its meaning.

Since its modest beginnings, The Broken Fence Society has grown into a group of over 30 artists. Their Annual Juried Environmental Art Shows are being held in increasingly larger venues to accommodate the demand. The 2001 Juried Art Show exhibited over 70 artists and received media coverage.

The core group of artists, Dave, Petra, Annemarie and Charles, are still together, working together with fellow artists, Gerry Davidson, Sudarshan Deshmukh, Glen Guerin, Tracy Horvath and others to raise awareness and help educate the next generation about their role in saving the environment, and their future.