Celebration!
You don’t often hear the word “celebration” in environmental circles. Words like “loss” or “degradation” might be more common. Here at A Rocha, we hold the somberness of sad environmental [...]
Don’t cry over spilled… Yoghurt?
I didn't know an A Rocha internship could include learning how to make eight liters of yoghurt! But what better way to practice environmental stewardship than to cut down [...]
A Fun-Guy Walks into the Store…
The A Rocha Farm and Gift Shop sits comfortably at the end of the driveway-- ready to greet visitors old and new. It's a place to buy beautiful fair-trade and [...]
Citizen Science in Gatineau Park
Over the last few years A Rocha events in Ottawa have tended to be of an educational nature that involved an outdoor activity (e.g., wildflower walk) in Gatineau Park following by a [...]
What Sabbath can Teach us about Caring for Creation
By Zoe Matties - Manitoba Program Manager I once looked a humpback whale in the eye. As I sat in the small inflatable dinghy in the Southern Antarctic Ocean, I [...]