By Learning Lead, Si Calaycay I immigrated to Canada with my family at age 14 and encountered many barriers to outdoor recreation. Coming from a tropical country, I did not know how to enjoy winter in my new home until I discovered ice skating (and only because friends at school pooled money so I could…
By Learning Lead, Hawthorne Armstrong and Kirk Peters “We had all the supplies ready. The shovels were lined up, the seeds were sorted, and the ground was prepared. We were ready for the youth to arrive, and we were so excited to finally break ground on our community garden.” Then, the sky opened up. The…
By Learning Lead – Louisa & Leonie Steigenberger Leonie It’s a crisp spring day in Lake Country, a small orchard community in the Okanagan Valley. In this tight-knit town, local produce is an integral and rhythmic part of life. Here, food becomes a telltale sign of the seasons, early spring crops beckoning the start of…
By Learning Lead – Michelle Tan I will forever remember Lisa Big Snake at the White Bison farm. Her story resonated with me deeply, and I was humbled by the brief but profound dialogue we shared. When she asked if I had offered tobacco to the land, I told her that the first tree I…
By Learning Lead – Mckenna Liski What if we could use our imagination to help shape a better future for our communities, systems, and environment? That’s a question that’s been on my mind for a while now, and it’s what inspired me to host a unique workshop centered around futuristic thinking called “Imagine the Future:…
By: Amy Darrell I wanted to delve further into the world of pedal power. From my research, direct mechanical power is the sweet spot for powering things by bicycle. The bicycle blender I made and shared in a previous post is an excellent example of this; the spinning of the bike wheel directly spins the…
Well folks, I am happy to announce that after a couple of more sewing lessons, and some practice, I was able to construct a Bike Mechanic’s Apron from an old pair of jeans. The sewing machine cooperated nicely this time; It helped me “put together” the final work without a hitch. There were no broken…
Dawn e Igor A Waterlution tem se desafiado globalmente a plantar sementes e germinar ideias frutíferas em todos os lugares que trabalhamos. No Brasil, os diálogos sobre o que poderia ser o primeiro Water Innovation Lab começaram em 2016 e foram se moldando até o acontecimento do primeiro programa no país, em novembro de 2017…
I love colour, it makes me happy. So, I really wanted to try natural dyeing and see what I could get using veggie scraps, and plants from our yard and nearby roadsides. We moved part way through this project so I was even able to try a couple extra plants I couldn’t find originally. I…
by Learning Lead – Caden & Lily Harvest time was here at last! Come September, almost all of our vegetables were ready to be picked. Caden’s favourite type of vegetables to grow are ones like kale and bok choy which you can harvest throughout the growing season as long as you only take a few…