In this Arctic weather that we're having there are surely no two people more appropriate to speak to than Eric and Sarah McNair-Landry. These two young adventurers are Polar guides par excellence having grown up on Baffin Island, in the icy Canadian North, learning snow skills from their professional Polar guide parents from an early age. Their mother Matty McNair is considered to be the top woman polar guide in the world and in 1997 led the first women's expedition to the North Pole.

Eric and Sarah are now literally walking in their parents footsteps, leading expeditions to the poles while championing environmental causes, both at home and out on the ice. They have been guides for high profile adventurers such as David de Rothschild and Sam Branson, helping them to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of Climate Change.

The McNair-Landrys are documentary film makers as well as explorers, and Sarah has recently completed a film, Never Lose Sight, about her community's waste stream on Baffin Island.

Sarah and Eric talk to Change Makers about the horrors of burning landfill, their cabin built from reclaimed materials, and their desire for evil fighting super powers.

Planet Green: How did you get into this line of work?
Eric McNair-Landry: With the Arctic Ocean as my back yard and a team of dogs at my disposal it was difficult to resist the outdoors. At the age of ten Sarah and I were dog sledding solo, a year later we were planning over night hiking trips together. About 10 years back I was introduced to kite skiing, and since then the urge to depart on long voyages has controlled my life.

PG: When did the green bug strike?
Sarah McNair-Landry: Being brought up by hippy parents, they taught us to love and respect the outdoors.

PG: Who is your green hero?
Sarah: The garbage warrior: Michael Reynolds, who builds sustainable housing out of tires and other reclaimed materials. Genius!
Eric: James Lovelock, for environmental persistence and belief in the scientific method.

PG: What is your ultimate green goal?
Sarah: A couple years ago we built a cabin out of only recycled materials, most that came straight from the town dump. That project grew into a larger film project, Never Lose Sight, on waste management in the Canadian north. So I would say our goal is to educate, and to lead by example by trying to reduce our footprint and the community’s waste stream.

Planet Green: What is your motivation?
Eric & Sarah: The state of our town’s landfill; currently burning uncontrollably.

PG: What is most important to you, ecologically speaking?
Eric & Sarah: It would be nice if we could drink the water and breath the air!

PG: What is the most challenging part of your job?
Eric: Turning what I love into a way of supporting myself.

PG: What is the most rewarding?
Eric & Sarah: The amazing natural landscapes that we have visited including Ellesmere Island, Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic Ocean. Each is a natural wonder; untouched, un-inhabited and unpolluted. Sharing these places through film and photos is an extra bonus.

PG: Of the people you have worked with, who impresses you most?
Eric & Sarah: Will Steger: expedition guru and environmental activist who lives of the grid.

PG: What green thing do you do everyday?
Sarah: I stopped eating meat. Drive my dog team instead of a car. Refuse (plastic), reuse, repair. Never use a dryer. Always make an effort to have a shopping bag, a reusable bottle and a coffee mug with me.

PG: What do you wish you could do?
Eric: Fly, fight evil with super powers, ride polar bears, and a variety of other unrealistic dreams. Everything else just takes time, passion and hard work.

PG: What is your biggest eco-sin?
Eric & Sarah: We love to travel and therefore spend a lot of time on planes.

PG: If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
Eric & Sarah: Our dependence on oil, short selling our environment for profit, and more chocolate.

PG: What is your best green advice?
Eric & Sarah: You have nobody to blame but your self! Buying offsets and other green “indulgences” gives one piece of mind, changing consumption habits gives us a sustainable future.

See the online article from the PlanetGreen website - Dec. 02, 2010