Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook Society provides grassroots leadership and an inclusive process, with a voice for all community members, to ensure that our community grows and develops in a way that incorporates an environmental ethic, offers a range of housing and transportation choices, encourages a vibrant and cultural life and supports sustainable, meaningful employment and business opportunities.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Outdoor Education in Cranbrook this last week

It used to be that 'the outdoors' was a child's playground for a good part of their day.   That is not the norm for many children any more and so, where once children went indoors to get educated, it is now important for them to get outdoors to learn about the world we are dependent upon.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat will only be sustained if we have a good understanding of how to look after those life sustaining elements and that means using all our senses to do it.

Elizabeth Lake and Kinsmen Park have been humming with school children recently exploring their local environment. Dave Quinn and Patty Kolesnichenko worked with two classes from TM Roberts on Creek Science in and around Joseph Creek, while Leigh Cormier's Grade 12s from Mount Baker High School worked with Grade 3s from Gordon Terrace on a variety of activities - Canoe Race, Explore the Riparian Zone, Water Cycle Game (Project WET), Macroinvertebrate Hunt and Water In Africa.

Thank you to Stewart Wilson for the photos
Life in water is healthy water

Water is delivered to our homes: many have to get the water for themselves

Tiny creatures are important in the web of life

Dave Quinn engages great conversation about the creek

Looking at the real world close up

Touch it, smell it ,admire its beauty

We are reflections of what we breathe, drink and eat

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