“I found this to be an amazing experience that talks the talk as well as walks the walk. You offer real, hands-on learning of ideas and techniques for the classroom that will promote social change. I have pages of notes that are all applicable to my classroom.”
“This was [...]
Calculating the square footage required for one person to grow enough food for one year? All in a days (years) work for students at Tyee Elementary.
Along with growing vegetables in their garden plots, composting organic material, watering, weeding, and thinking about green things, Tyee students (and their teachers) have been up to [...]
Ilana Labow, co-founder and director of Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society has been awarded the first VanCity Good Money Impact™ Venture Challenge competition, a initiative launched to help post-secondary students and recent post-secondary graduates grow businesses that are creating positive social and environmental impact in B.C.
A recent partner of the Think & Eat [...]
Think & Eat Green @ School team partner Veronica Gaylie will be on hand this weekend at the AERA Conference on April 15, 3:00 PM at the Peter Lang Booth #201-207, Exhibit Hall A, at the Vancouver Convention Center.
Veronica’s is a poet and educator from Vancouver. Currently serving as an associate professor in Education [...]
The March edition of Field News is out!
In this issue, Stacy Friedman guides us through the process of testing seed viability, Marc Schutzbank reviews acclaimed author Raj Patel’s latest book Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World’s Food System, and Carl Leggo ruminates on turnips in [...]
Head over to the Irving K Barber Learning Centre webcasts home and watch Think & Eat Green @ School team member Chef Steve Golob of Place Vanier Restaurant discuss the business case behind sustainable food and the costs and benefits of eating local, organic, and fairtrade.
He’s forthright, to the point, and passionate. Click the [...]
The Intergenerational Landed Learning Project is a unique education and research initiative of the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC, that brings together children, educators, and multigenerational volunteers to explore how holistic experiences in a farming/gardening project on an urban farm can foster understanding of and respect for land-food-human connections.
If [...]
