Darrell is from Sucker Creek First Nation of north-west Alberta. He is currently employed with Medicine Hat Public School Division as the First Nations, Metis & Inuit Education Coordinator, since 2018. After graduation, Darrell began his career in 1990.
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am MST
F2006299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
Darrell is from Sucker Creek First Nation of north-west Alberta. He is currently employed with Medicine Hat Public School Division as the First Nations, Metis & Inuit Education Coordinator, since 2018. After graduation, Darrell began his career in 1990.
Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
F2006299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
Participation in the Adopt a Pond or Path initiative encourages individuals and groups to steward a specific natural area close to home, school or work. Participants agree to 1. visit their pond or path often enough to fall in love with it; 2. pick up trash; 3. report invasive species on EDDMapS app; and 4. invite one or two others to do the same. Perhaps you or your class or club could adopt a pond or path close to your school?
a) Weekly Nature Walks Rx b) Waste in our World, especially all that packaging that we often pick up near our ponds and paths. c) Invasive Species. Identifying and reporting using EDDMapS app (5 for 2025). Organizing a weed pull in May or June. (Downy Brome is easy to pull and abundant.) b) Riparian Health. Restoration sites as learning sites. World Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 as a response to the climate and biodiversity situation in which we are immersed. d) Student Council leadership in cooperation with parent councils and teacher advisors. e) Launch of year 5 of the Adopt a Pond initiative on or near World Water Day, March 22. (Science Fair day this year) Spring Clean-up of ponds and paths by Earth Day, April 22. This initiative is supported by Southeast Alberta Watershed Alliance and Grasslands Naturalists. Their representatives will be present along with Lorna, the ED of Palliser Airshed Society. Those who sign up for classroom presentations by SEAWA, Grasslands Naturalists, or Palliser Airshed will be entered into a draw. The prize is a quilt made by Lorna; it will be on display at our booth in the non-profit area.
Dare to Repair. There is no “Out” to which it can be thrown! Repair Cafés bring back the social aspect of mending while doing something to address textile waste in our world. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Textile Waste. Pick up from that website some reasons for avoiding fast fashion. Wearing clothes a bit longer will involve replacing a lost button, or fixing a tear. Create a mending circle at home or at school or at a nearby seniors home. Enjoy getting together with others to mend and share tips for doing the job. If you like, you may bring something to mend at this session. At school, invite student council and parent council and 3 or 4 interested teachers to collaborate on creating a Repair Café at your school, involving parents and students of all ages. A monthly Repair Café is offered downtown at the Arcade Plaza to mentor those who are starting a repair café at their school or nearby community. Together we can figure out what might work best for a Repair Café where you live or work or go to school. Come to this session, or meet me at 415 Third Street SE in Medicine Hat after school (after 3:30) on the first Thursdays of March and April. One fifth of global waste is textile waste. Waste reduction is a big part of healthier air, water, and land, for the benefit of people and the planet. Representatives from Southeast Alberta Watershed Alliance, Palliser Airshed, and Grasslands Naturalists will be introduced. These are local groups figuring out how to improve the health of air, water and land in SE Alberta. While the focus of the 2:30 session is “Repair Cafés”, there will be also time to share information about the Adopt a Pond agreement, and introduce Grasslands Naturalists, SEAWA and the Palliser Airshed Society
Participation in the Adopt a Pond or Path initiative encourages individuals and groups to steward a specific natural area close to home, school or work. Participants agree to 1. visit their pond or path often enough to fall in love with it; 2. pick up trash; 3. report invasive species on EDDMapS app; and 4. invite one or two others to do the same. Perhaps you or your class or club could adopt a pond or path close to your school?
a) Weekly Nature Walks Rx b) Waste in our World, especially all that packaging that we often pick up near our ponds and paths. c) Invasive Species. Identifying and reporting using EDDMapS app (5 for 2025). Organizing a weed pull in May or June. (Downy Brome is easy to pull and abundant.) b) Riparian Health. Restoration sites as learning sites. World Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 as a response to the climate and biodiversity situation in which we are immersed. d) Student Council leadership in cooperation with parent councils and teacher advisors. e) Launch of year 5 of the Adopt a Pond initiative on or near World Water Day, March 22. (Science Fair day this year) Spring Clean-up of ponds and paths by Earth Day, April 22. This initiative is supported by Southeast Alberta Watershed Alliance and Grasslands Naturalists. Their representatives will be present along with Lorna, the ED of Palliser Airshed Society. Those who sign up for classroom presentations by SEAWA, Grasslands Naturalists, or Palliser Airshed will be entered into a draw. The prize is a quilt made by Lorna; it will be on display at our booth in the non-profit area.
Dare to Repair. There is no “Out” to which it can be thrown! Repair Cafés bring back the social aspect of mending while doing something to address textile waste in our world. The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Textile Waste. Pick up from that website some reasons for avoiding fast fashion. Wearing clothes a bit longer will involve replacing a lost button, or fixing a tear. Create a mending circle at home or at school or at a nearby seniors home. Enjoy getting together with others to mend and share tips for doing the job. If you like, you may bring something to mend at this session. At school, invite student council and parent council and 3 or 4 interested teachers to collaborate on creating a Repair Café at your school, involving parents and students of all ages. A monthly Repair Café is offered downtown at the Arcade Plaza to mentor those who are starting a repair café at their school or nearby community. Together we can figure out what might work best for a Repair Café where you live or work or go to school. Come to this session, or meet me at 415 Third Street SE in Medicine Hat after school (after 3:30) on the first Thursdays of March and April. One fifth of global waste is textile waste. Waste reduction is a big part of healthier air, water, and land, for the benefit of people and the planet. Representatives from Southeast Alberta Watershed Alliance, Palliser Airshed, and Grasslands Naturalists will be introduced. These are local groups figuring out how to improve the health of air, water and land in SE Alberta. While the focus of the 2:30 session is “Repair Cafés”, there will be also time to share information about the Adopt a Pond agreement, and introduce Grasslands Naturalists, SEAWA and the Palliser Airshed Society
