Venturing Outdoors with Kids
Inquire2Empower: Venturing Outdoors with Kids Take a moment to prepare children for outdoor learning opportunities so that everyone is having fun when you venture outdoors.
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Triggering Joy in Vancouver Life Outdoors
A conversation with a Vancouverite will lead you to one conclusion about Vancouver, British Columbia. It is either the most brilliant place in the world to live or a drab haven of rain to be tolerated or simply abandoned. Just before any of my travel adventures when I was young, my maternal grandmother who was born and …
Garden Librarians in Our Midst
Read all about our Garden Prep teachers in Richmond. It was a breath of very fresh and very cool air on my visit to Homma Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia. I was welcomed to the School Garden and teaching space by the garden librarians, Megan Zeni and Sarah Regan, and two Grade 3 / 4 classes of students. All …
Tidal WAV 2022
Wild About Vancouver aims to encourage wide spread participation in outdoor activity for physical health, mental health, and STEAM learning. The TIDAL WAV is an annual festival to celebrate participation in outdoor activity and learning, as well as to inform participants about the possible opportunities. TIDAL WAV 2022 will take place at Second Beach in …
There is No Bad Weather
No matter where you live, you have a choice to make. You will bemoan the changing of each season or you will celebrate it. I am a big believer in the celebration. Fall in Vancouver, British Columbia brings a promise of colourful leaves, crisp mornings, white caps on the waves, and the advent of the …
Forest Literacy Framework
Project Learning Tree Canada‘s Forest Literacy Framework translates the language of forests and sustainable forest management into concepts for everyone. The framework offers 100 forest concepts for Grades K-12, organized into four themes: What is a forest?, Why do forests matter?, How do we sustain our forests?, and What is our responsibility to forests? Find …
Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants presents #BackyardBio
Life on our planet comes in countless forms, to borrow from Charles Darwin, endless forms most beautiful. We’ve identified over 1.5 million species and scientists think there could be 10 million or more left to discover. The weird and the wonderful that call our planet home play a vital role in our everyday lives and the health of …
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Earth Day 2020- Hole in Ozone shrinks
For the past 50 years, humans, who treat Earth often without much care, have been celebrating Earth Day on April 22. Earth however is not turning 50. It is estimated that Earth formed around 4.6 billion years ago. That makes Earth old, in comparison with Earth Day. Notice the oldest period of Earth we have …
Metro Vancouver Bike Shops & Bike Delivery Services Open during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This post comes from HUB Find out about bicycle services around the GVRD and operating hours and other details pertinent to COVID-19. Add information or update via HUB. “It’s more important now more than ever to support our local businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak so that they can continue to exist after the pandemic. That’s …
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Tidal WAV 2020 – Suspended
UPDATE Apr 3, 2020: Due to COVID-19, WAV will not run as scheduled or planned in 2020. For the moment, WAV will focus on collecting and cataloging materials and resources to support time spent outdoors for health/wellness, environmental ethics and practices and experiential learning that is profound and sticky. If you have materials to share, …