Author: Jill Jennings

Now hiring: SD20 Environmental Educator

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Are you passionate about teaching ecological literacy, nature connection, sustainability and environmental stewardship? Wildsight is seeking an educator to join our team and deliver the following programs: Winter Wonder, Classroom with Outdoors, Beyond Recycling and Watershed Matters in the Castlegar…

Connecting to the Stories in the Wild

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This winter, Wildsight educators headed into forests, fields, and schoolyards with some exciting new tools thanks to generous support from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. The funding supported the purchase of a Stories in the Wild kit for every…

Survivor: Animals in winter edition

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Wildsight's Winter Wonder program invites students to explore the ecology, environment and educational experiences found in nature just steps from the classroom door. Students learn basic ecological principles that launch their journey to a lifetime of learning and love…
Children play outdoors.

Giving kids a climate of hope

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This year, we've had to cut the number of education programs we offer, meaning we'll only be able to support about half as many kids. Our education coordinator, Jill Jennings, reflects on the importance of environmental education for facing the climate crisis to come.

Change lives, change the world

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UPDATE A dedicated environmental education champion, Keefer Ecological Services, and a second anonymous donor have stepped up to match your donation for environmental education, up to $3,500! That means your gift will be doubled, giving twice as many of…

4,361 reasons to celebrate

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Your support has helped get more than 4,300 students learning to love and understand our wildlife and wild places this school year. Thank you! https://youtu.be/-9DZ7Eof9Zw This has been an incredible year for Wildsight Education, with thousands…

Nurtured by Nature

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It is undisputed that spending time in the natural world is good for us. It can lift moods, calm anxieties, boost creativity, and improve sleep. And it’s not just physical and mental benefits that the natural world provides us…

Students stuck on the waiting list

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No-one will protect what they don’t care about and no-one will care about what they have never experienced.David Attenborough https://vimeo.com/639705469 If you ask my daughter what trees need, she’ll tell you confidently…