The Future of Food Field School—Launch of a New Program
Last week, students from the Saturna Ecological Education Centre took part in our brand-new Future of Food Field School. We took a moment to ask education coordinator Reed Osler what the program is all about. (Photos by Yucco Takeda) Reed, what is important about the Future of Food field school? Well, the goal is to learn about […]
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Music for the Environmental Soul
The Musical Walkalong for Learning: An Outpouring of Art, a Gift to Students (Photos by Britt McLeod) Each August on Galiano Island, something amazing happens in the forest. Musicians, singers and performers make their way into the woods of one of Galiano’s protected natural areas… and they begin to play. As they fill the air […]
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An Overnight Adventure: Two Students Write
Two grade 9 students who recently took part in a Two-Day Adventure write about the experience. (The programs they took part in were Coastal Forests of Pebble Beach and Galiano Eco Safari.) Galiano: an Educational Journey By Eric Lee After two short ferry rides, we arrived on Galiano Island. Once there, we began with an […]
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Adult Environmental Education in Galiano’s Coastal Forests
Adult Learning in Coastal Galiano Forests The Galiano Conservancy is thrilled with the recent collaboration with Panorama Recreation Centre for an adult program. Adults from the ages of 50 to 85 years of age took the short ferry ride over from Swartz Bay to Galiano for our Coastal Forest of Pebble Beach program. Participants were […]
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Help Bats for Halloween
As Halloween approaches Images of scary, blood-sucking bats become common place in fall. This is the perfect time of year to join with the BC Community Bat Program, and the Little Brown Myotis Bat Project on Galiano Island to counter these bat myths and do something to help bats. “The conservation of bats in BC […]
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