Inspiring changemakers with FutureMakers

Wildsight's own Dawn Deydey led a workshop on Tuesday, October 29 with the Outdoor Learning School & Store to officially launch our newest educational offering! FutureMakers is designed for grades 4–7 students, and empowers them to design a hope-filled community of the future. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/DCU5fzta9ig Learn more and invest in sustainable learning…

Wildsight news : Education

Hiking into History: Youth Go Wild into Hornaday Wilderness this summer

June 26, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Local youth will be heading deep into the backcountry this July to explore the Hornaday Wilderness near Elkford with Wildsight’s Go Wild! Rockies Youth Leadership Program. This 6-day, self-sufficient backpacking trip starts July 8th and is open…

Columbia Basin Kids Get Better Acquainted With Their Watersheds

June 11, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

It's very easy to become disconnected to where our water comes from and what happens once we're done with it. We turn on our taps and out it comes.

Wild Times Newsletter Summer 2017

June 1, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Summer 2017 newsletter (plus branch inserts: Elk Valley, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley/Cranbrook…

From Inside Revelstoke Dam: Educators Gather for a New Season of Know Your Watershed

April 28, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

Eleven excellent Wildsight educators gathered in Revelstoke this spring for their annual training session for Columbia Basin Trust’s Know Your Watershed program, an initiative administered and delivered by Wildsight. “With educators in every major community across the Columbia Basin…

Students Go Beyond Recycling For The Future Of Our Planet

April 19, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

This school year, 13 classes from around the Columbia Basin joined Wildsight educators on a 24 week Beyond Recycling investigation into the impact of their lifestyles—energy, waste and consumption—to discover how their everyday actions affect the health of…

Students From the Columbia Basin Step Out Into the Wonder of Winter

March 16, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

This winter, over 3,000 students from 148 Kindergarten to Grade 3 classes throughout the Columbia Basin stepped out of their classrooms and into the magical world of Winter Wonder, where they discovered the awe of the season and why…

CBEEN’s 2017 Awards of Environmental Education

March 2, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) recently announced the recipients of their 2017 Awards of Environmental Education Excellence and we couldn't be more proud to see that three of the six educators recognized this year are members of…

Students: Looking for Your Summer Adventure? Go Wild!

February 26, 2017 by Lars Sander-Green

Are the mountains calling you? For 2017, we have two Go Wild adventures with a focus on travel deep into our wild special places - and into our mountain history. Join Dave Quinn, award-winning author, photographer, outdoor educator, wildlife biologist…

To Recycling… And Beyond!

February 14, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

Beyond Recycling, our solutions-focused education program for intermediate students, is a 24-week journey through sustainability, energy, waste, food, water, and climate change. The goal of the program is to inspire and empower youth to take a leadership role…

Elk Valley’s “Keeping Food Real” Project Is Ready To Sprout

February 10, 2017 by Jeremy Sroka

In exciting news from the East—or the West, North or South, depending on where you're reading this—the Wildsight Elk Valley branch will be moving their Keeping Food Real project from brilliant idea to brilliant reality this year…

Upcoming events

Local Colours 2024
Creston Valley
Friday, November 22
Join us for an exciting evening with Creston’s Outdoor Photography Show, where the beauty of nature comes to life through the lenses of talented…
The Upper St. Mary's Valley: What's at stake
Kimberley & Cranbrook, Regional
Tuesday, November 26
Join us for an informal town hall gathering to learn about proposed logging in the Upper St.
Sustainability Clothing Shu-Swap
Golden
Thursday, December 5
Join us at Golden's Senior Centre for a fun and eco-friendly Clothing Swap event.
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Kimberley & Cranbrook
January 3 - January 4
Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival.

Inspiring changemakers with FutureMakers

Wildsight news : Education

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