Workshops- Growing up Green
*Please note that there is a change in presenters for this workshop. Maryanne and Valerie will be presenting in place of Rhonda. The “Growing up Green” project is a family literacy and learning program that…
Workshops- Fishing for Beginners
My name is Alexie Mauthe. Since the age of five I have been fishing and camping throughout Manitoba and Ontario. I have had the privilege to explore many beautiful lakes, embrace the wild, and interact…
Workshops- Geocaching with School Age Children
You may recognize Suzanne from a post about geocaching on the Manitoba Nature Summit website last year. I wrote a small piece about a geocaching project she was doing with her school-age children that…
Workshop- Let’s Go Geocaching!
The presenter of this workshop is Tabitha Martens. She is the Aboriginal Programming Coordinator for Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre. The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre is an award-winning wetland education centre. Its mission is…
Workshops- Exploring Ecology in Art
Using a sampling of activities from Assiniboine Park‘s art programming, we will get the creative energies flowing by using nature to inspire a variety of art projects. We will take two hours to play outdoors,…
May 1st is International Guerrilla Gardening Day
Did you know that May 1st is International Guerilla Gardening Day? Wikipedia defines Guerilla Gardening as ” gardening on land that the gardeners do not have legal right to use, often an abandoned site or…
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.…
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…
Top Ten Reasons to Garden with Children 3
1. Nutrition 2. Gardner in the Garden 3. Loving the Natural Environment 4. Increased Sensory Experiences 5. Food Security 6. Wonder and Discovery 7. Establish Nature Routines 8. Emergent Learning 9. Community 10. Hard Work…
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…
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