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Understanding Sustainability Through Creativity: Telling Stories About Trees and Ourselves
Sustainability is a critical topic in education to help students understand how individual and collective behaviour can impact the environment. A…
Lessons in Perseverance Through Nature and Our Elders
According to the online dictionary, “perseverance” is described as “steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially…
Decolonizing the Curriculum Through Land-Based Learning
“The land knows you, even when you are lost” ~ Robin Wall Kimmerer. Land-based learning is a seemingly simple concept. At its core, it involves ta…
Celebrating our Geometric Earth Through Dance
Earth is the canvas and nature a geometric masterpiece. Imagine the arch of a rainbow as it reflects a spectrum of light across a rain kissed sky …
The Best Way to Get the Mind Working? Get Out(side) of It! 7 Surprises about the Mind-Body-Earth Connection
The past year of our lives has been anything but normal. We have needed to adjust to new ways of living, working and socializing. For those of us w…
Our True Essence is Reflected in Nature
Through our observations of nature, we can learn about the true essence of ourselves. I spend as much time as possible communing with nature. I pa...
Breathing in the Moment
Every morning I walk my dog through a small forest, which weaves its way along Eramosa River. It’s autumn where I live and many of the trees have s...