Does regular time in nature make you calmer? More alert? Happier? Let’s all get into the nature habit. It can make our lives better.
Tag: nature
David Suzuki: Big-picture thinking needed to protect nature
Before we take from nature to create wealth and employment, we should first consider what must be retained to sustain both wildlife and the well-being of local communities, such as clean air, safe drinking water and healthy local food.
David Suzuki: Healthy kids need time in nature
We need a national strategy to get our kids eating healthy foods and being active in nature.
Live Owl Show, March 3, 2013
Live owls will be presented by educators from the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (O.W.L.), which specializes in the rehabilitation of injured or orphaned birds of prey.
David Suzuki: We can learn from nature’s genius
I’ve always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans…
Get your kids away from the screen and into the green
Pushing our kids out the door may be the best way to save the planet. In a survey conducted for the David Suzuki Foundation, 70 per cent of Canadian youth…
Cedarbrook Park Photo Tour – July 17, 2012
Explore Milliken Park and the surrounding neighbourhood on a guided photo tour and capture your perspective in photos.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
Unlike most academic books, Rethinking the Great White North stirred enough irritation to be attacked by a Globe and Mail columnist. Repeating an old saw, Margaret Wente previously wrote that what makes someone Canadian is having sex in a canoe. Maybe new immigrants should be taught to canoe, Wente said, so they could be more patriotic.
NCC protects part of Newfoundland’s famous Cape Spear Peninsula
Eleven acres protected along coastline of top-rated tourist destination in Newfoundland and Labrador.
NCC protects part of Newfoundland’s famous Cape Spear Peninsula
Eleven acres protected along coastline of top-rated tourist destination in Newfoundland and Labrador.
To nurture our kids, with nature
In this exclusive sneak peek from EcoParent magazine, Environmental Defence executive director, Rick Smith, makes the case for nature-based learning.
Nature Conservancy launches volunteer initiative for National Volunteer Week
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is offering a fresh, new season of Conservation Volunteers events just in time for both National Volunteer Week and Earth Week.
Spring Fling Friday at Surrey Nature Centre
A drop-in family event of nature discovery!
Ontario snapping turtles face triple threat from hunting, road kill and toxins
A new report documents the plight of Ontario’s imperiled snapping turtles, prehistoric creatures that have been around for 40 million years but are being pushed to the brink of extinction.
Removing fences near Buffalo Lake Moraine – Sep. 28
Help the tear-down a fence line that is currently interfering with natural wildlife movement, near Stettler, Alberta.
Removing fences near Buffalo Lake Moraine
Help the tear-down a fence line that is currently interfering with natural wildlife movement, near Stettler, Alberta.
Woven Wire Roll-Up
Keen on conservation? Join the on Thursday, September 15 to tear-down and roll-up a woven fence inhibiting wildlife movement near Penhold, Alberta.
Wildflower Seed and Sow
Join the Nature Conservancy of Canada on Saturday, August 20 to harvest seeds from native Gumweed and Golden Aster, help restore the native grassland community.
