This is going to be sitting on my coffee table this winter. And I'll turn the pages, to mark the days, that Polek shot his photos, as a reminder of two things: 1. what a beautiful place we live, and 2. how much can be accomplished when you build upon the power of a daily … Continue reading The Valley of Light project comes to fruition
As the days begin to get shorter and autumn chills the air, the museum will be getting ready for Halloween. The museum will be hosting another Halloween Event for children under the age of 12 on Saturday Oct 29th. There will be hot dogs, marshmallows and hot cocoa to warm little hands and toes. There … Continue reading Spookfest at the Museum for the kiddies, October 29
via the SLRD Mount Meager, 60 kilometres northwest of Pemberton, is a volcano in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt that last erupted explosively 2426 years ago. It is considered dormant. In the summer of 2016, sulphur smells and sightings of volcanic openings, or fumaroles, in the vicinity of Mount Meager were reported. Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) and academic partners … Continue reading Mt Meager activity is under review
Kicking off our month of litterless lunch ideas is a recipe from the Zero Waste education coordinator herself, naturalist Kathy Jenkins, who says: "I get stressed out if I run out of these because I can't handle buying bars from the store. You can add whatever dry ingredients you like." Hat-tip to Girl's Gone Child … Continue reading Litterless Lunch Hack #1: Make Your Own Granola Bars!
Shares Victoria, "This photo was taken in Quilchena, a reserve near Merritt, my dad's hometown. I'm in love with this photo because of the color but as well as because of my love for this land. I have so many childhood memories here and it is good to be back to visit family I haven't … Continue reading Sometimes, the land speaks to you. Sometimes it sings. This photo by Victoria Saddleman is of the song.
This is a repost of Cindy Filipenko's column from the Question this week. Imagine if over the past few decades more than 1,100 lawyers across the country just disappeared. They were on the way to work but never made it. Or perhaps they never came back from court. Now imagine that those cases received only … Continue reading Join Sisters in Spirit to raise awareness about murdered and missing aboriginal women, October 4, in Whistler, 11am
“The Lillooet River is such a mystery,” says Veronica Woodruff. “It’s so murky. Even where it’s only ten centimeters deep in shallow spots in the middle, you can’t actually see the bottom.” An environmental technician and founding director of Stewardship Pemberton, Woodruff paddleboards the river all summer and lives right beside it. “It doesn’t have … Continue reading Mapping the Mysterious: Stewardship Pemberton’s new 3D model of the ‘hood
Paths are wonderful things but they usually lead to predictable destinations; by stepping off the trail, I have made some chance discoveries. For instance, there is a grove of maples at the old school farm which provides year round pleasure for those who pass beneath it - brilliant flutters of yellow leaves in the fall, drooping canopies … Continue reading Just Off the Path
(I ran into Tanya in the street the day before Mother's Day and we had a little vent about Hallmark holidays. She'd walked into a classroom where the kids were busy colouring for Mother's Day, and she personally knew that a lot of those students had pretty unHallmark relationships with their moms. Later, a friend … Continue reading Mother’s Day, Father’s Day: a plea to schools and daycares.
Students from Pemberton Secondary built these beautiful chickadee houses and a bird feeder for the Pemberton Creek Community Garden. To attract house wrens and chickadee, place the box very close to or actually in the cover of a bush or small tree where they seek shade and protection of thick bushes and where mated pairs … Continue reading The best kind of Air BnB: bird-feeders and bee boxes as accommodation for the winged ones
The Wellness Almanac 