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Category Archives: General
Trivia Night with Manitoba Nature Summit
Join us Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at the St.James Legion (1755 Portage Ave) for a super fun evening of Trivia and Socializing!! Tickets are $10 a person. Optimum group size at a table is 8-10 people. If you don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Events, General, Support the Summit
Tagged MNS Fundraiser, MNS Trivia Night
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The Power of Networking
Position yourself as a center of influence – the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you’ll soon become what you project. Bob Burg If you are new, you won’t know that Manitoba Nature … Continue reading
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Tagged Manitoba Nature Summit Inc., networking, New Nature Movement
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Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee- Part 9
Meet Michele Henderson: “Why do I have to come in when the lights go on?” Why can’t I eat outside?” These were common questions asked by Michele when growing up and playing in the empty lot across the street or … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, General, News, Past Committee Members, Uncategorized
Tagged Michele Henderson, Nature Enthusiast, nature summit, Red River College
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Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee- Part 8
Meet Sigrid Quinn. With 35 years of working with board of directors and staff of child care centres as my role of Financial Analyst with the Province of Manitoba Child Care Program, I realized that I should contribute to board … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, General, Nature Summit Organizing Committee, News
Tagged Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care, MEL&CC, Nature Summit Organizing Committee, Sigrid Quinn
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Meet the Nature Summit Organizing Committee- Part 7
Meet Maddi – our Committee Co-Chair. Madeleine Baisburd is a teacher with a passion for getting kids outdoors. She teaches upper elementary school in Seven Oaks School Divison, a career she came to after a background working in the outdoor … Continue reading
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Tagged Madeleine Kettner, Volunteers
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Workshops- Seed Paper Making and Outdoor Nature Hike
Deanna Kazina has worked with Bridging The Gap, since 2007 as an interpreter and is presently the Program Manager. She has spent many years working with children from Winnipeg’s core neighbourhoods teaching gardening and environmental issues. She holds a deep passion for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Events, General, Summit 2012, Workshops
Tagged Bridging the Gap, Deanna Kazina, Manitoba Nature Summit Inc. Workshops, nature summit
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Get outside and do a Jane’s Walk
image from JaneJacobs.biography It is futile to try to evade the issue of unsafe city streets by attempting to make some other features of a locality, say interior courtyards, or sheltered play spaces, safe instead. By definition again, the streets … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure playgrounds, early childhood education, gardening with children, Get Outside, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, letsgetoutside, manitoba
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Springtime Inspiration
I just spent the day at ‘Gardening Saturday’ and now I’m itching to start digging in the mud. The weather is fabulous so hopefully you’ll be spending some time outdoors. If you can’t get out then spend some time checking … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Gardening With Children, General, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure playgrounds, Gardening, gardens, kids and nature, letsgetoutside, Nature, playground safety, resources, tree climbing
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The Power of T.W.O
The last MNACC meeting was about last years Two Week Outdoors challenge that was started by a few Winnipeg ELCC(Early Learning and Child Care) programs. As usual it was an inspiring and thought provoking gathering and I’m including some notes … Continue reading
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Tagged children and nature, ECE, ELCC, Manitoba Nature Action Collaborative for Children, MNACC, networking, Outdoor Play, TWO, Two Weeks Outdoors
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More News- Claire Warden visits Manitoba
Claire Warden of Scotland will be visiting Winnipeg for a day of inspiration on April 21, 2012. Claire is the founder of several Nature Kindergartens in Scotland, sits on the Leadership committee of the International “Nature Action Collaborative for Children” … Continue reading
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Tagged Claire Warden, Discovery Children's Centre, Inspire Conference, MCCA, Mindstretchers.co.uk, MNACC, NACC, Ron Blatz, World Forum Foundation
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