Dr. Roberta Bondar

As a life form that creates things, citizens of the country and as earthlings, people have an ethical responsibility to do good for the earth, Canada’s first female astronaut and environmentalist told Ottawans yesterday.

If anyone can appreciate the sheer beauty of our planet, it’s someone who has seen it from outer space—looked down on it from the vast expanse of the universe, seen its rivers, forests, mountains, oceans, and jungles, and truly appreciated how delicate Earth really is. Dr.

Ottawa is the first planned United Nations international “Seal the Deal!” event in Canada