“I have learned that outdoor quests are not about the summit, but rather the journey.” Hart Banack Recently I had the opportunity to visit two stellar outdoor learning programs. Megan Zeni works with her teaching partner, Sarah Regan, providing outdoor learning for all students attending Homma Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia. Both teachers are both passionateContinue reading “Why Learn Outdoors? Education”
Category Archives: Inquiry
Van Dusen Garden Possibilities – Education
On Friday I had a planning meeting about the upcoming Wild About Vancouver Event in Stanley Park on June 3rd to celebrate learning and being outdoors. Lulu Wang, founder and CEO of iGeneration Education Group and Sparks Education, is on the Steering Committee for WAV. We hammered out some ideas and I packed up toContinue reading “Van Dusen Garden Possibilities – Education”
Perspective is Everything
March 30,2022 – Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 Our suite during our Porto stay is up 66 steps – at the top of the building. The sunroom faces several other buildings that create an enclosed area. In that area – a pigeon nesting area. Cooing and thoughts of my Grandpa Derksen abound. This is a cityContinue reading “Perspective is Everything”
WAV Wednesday – A Vancouver Conundrum
Look around and there are many signs that spring has in fact sprung. The sun is pushing away the gray days. Daffodils are peaking up in the grass by the seawall. Bouquets of crocuses are scattered in the gardens. Trees of pussy willows are showing their faces. New leaves and buds can be spotted everyContinue reading “WAV Wednesday – A Vancouver Conundrum”
Garden Librarians in Our Midst – Education
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 of the kindergarten to Grade 7 students at HommaContinue reading “Garden Librarians in Our Midst – Education”
2022 Tidal WAV at Stanley Park
In 1886 the Vancouver City Council leased the park for $1.00 a year from the province to protect it for public use. Lord Stanley, a Conservative Party politician then Governor General, opened the park officially in September of 1888. We are please to announce that Stanley Park is the amazing venue for the 2022 Tidal WAV Event onContinue reading “2022 Tidal WAV at Stanley Park”
Cold and Frosty Days for the Lightweights
Cold and frosty days that do not end. We are a family who loves to spend time outdoors on adventures. Biking the Kettle Valley in the Interior of British Columbia. Skiing, snowboarding, biking, hiking, golfing, water skiing, walking, jogging, and swimming are all wrapped into our happiest family memories. Skiing and snowboarding up Whistler is one of ourContinue reading “Cold and Frosty Days for the Lightweights”
Reflections on Writing 6: The Hope in New Year’s Resolutions
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry is one of my favourite books. My daughter, at the ripe old age of 7, ascertained that I was a lover of the “fat, sad book” and her drawing of her family portrayed her stick mother sitting on a tall pile of books appropriately labelled, with tears spouting out of bothContinue reading “Reflections on Writing 6: The Hope in New Year’s Resolutions”
Bridging Photography and Art
As with many people during Covid, my childhood friend @JStCPatrick has become not only a bird watcher, but a bird photographer. Bird watching has been a past time for centuries. It not only gets us out into nature, but it causes us to slow down and pay attention to the beauty of the nature surroundingContinue reading “Bridging Photography and Art”
The Mystique of Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice. Images of Druids at Stonehenge flick through the mind. Women dancing under the moon. Is the Winter Solstice a pagan ritual? A celebration of New Age tribes? Is it just the longest night of the year? Simply a happy return to longer days for farmers and domesticated animals? Or is it a day of darkness steeped with mystical significance orContinue reading “The Mystique of Winter Solstice”
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