by Learning Lead – Melinda Munding Well, the worms have done their job digesting our food waste and breaking it down into nutritionally dense waste of their own, called castings, and now it is time to harvest those castings. Luckily, unlike other animal manure, worm castings have no offending smell at all. One of my…
by Learning Lead – Fidel Pacay Well Folks, I wish I had a more positive update for you all on my journey learning How to Make Bike Mechanic’s Aprons from Recycled Jeans, however, I unfortunately encountered a few unprecedented issues with the sewing machine, as well as in my personal life which impeded me from…
By: SJ Rasheed Today concludes the 9th annual World Water Forum, hosted in Dakar Sengal. Sara Dia, a Wil Lebanon lead had the opportunity to attend this event. She was joined by 60 other members of the World Youth Parliament for Water, an International organization shedding light on how youth can be more involved in water…
by Learning Lead – Caden Hebb & Lily Barraclough As with anything outdoors, our hügelkultur garden was subject to the elements, which brought with it many diverse challenges. Some of the challenges were due to our inexperience and failure to organise the veggies in a way that ensured there was enough space for all of the…
by Learning Lead – Katie Yantzi After my previous mending projects (using embroidery and sashiko stitching, as well as darning), I was feeling ready to tackle a bigger, multi-part mend, and something that would generally cost a bit more to replace: I decided to fix up an old pair of shoes. As you can see,…
by Learning Lead – Amy Darrell While food insecurity is very much an ongoing issue, many people and communities, particularly in North America, have access to an unprecedented amount of high-calorie food. At the same time, the work and lifestyle of many people have become much less dependent on physical labour. As a result, our…
By: Cynnoma Andrews Hello! My name is Cynnoma, I live in Whistler and I was honoured to join Megan and SJ on a day of connecting with locals in my community. I got to experience a day in their shoes, tagging along with them interviewing locals about their opinions on climate change effects in Whistler…
By Media and Communications Coordinator SJ Rasheed Translated from Portuguese Ajusta Água, an innovative women led water management organization is optimizing the world of water management and making bounds towards the universalization of accessible water in Brazil. Currently in Brazil, there are about 35 million people without access to safe water and about 100 million…
by Learning Lead – Hannah Brown Hello again and welcome! Thank you for continuing to join me in my journey as a beginner mushroom forager who hasn’t foraged anything yet (and probably won’t this year). I have loved how mushroom foraging has made me more aware of the weather than ever; mushrooms need rain. It…
by Learning Lead – Elisabeth Huang One of the first things I learned to grow successfully when I was living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in an adorable little home but with little growing space was green onions. With little space to grow my little green friends, I filled my small green pot with some soil…
