Community Gardens Take Root
A Rocha is partnering with the Bridgeway Foundation to help communities across Canada start their own community gardens. These gardens are a fabulous way to care for the earth, make connections [...]
June 2011
Interns: Lynton & Anna Baird
What a gift to be able to take a year off from our jobs in chemistry and education in New Zealand to learn and serve with A Rocha in Canada [...]
Volunteer: Harold Neufeldt
After 30 years working as a landscape architect, it’s wonderful to be digging in the dirt and handling seedlings rather just designing green spaces on paper. Coming down to the [...]
Staff: Ruth Des Cotes, Environmental Educator
I believe that engaging people directly in the world around them—whether that’s through holding a frog or digging in the soil—opens a window to wonder that is fundamental to achieving [...]
May 2011
Partnering for Greater Impact
One of the core commitments of A Rocha is cooperation. We work with a wide variety of organizations who share our concern for a sustainable world because in so doing [...]