A story of hope
A Rocha’s work in Canada began in 2000 and has spread across Canada with focused activity in BC, Manitoba and Ontario. In each place, A Rocha staff and volunteers are responding to the biblical call to steward creation through hands-on conservation, education and agriculture projects.
The story of A Rocha’s beginnings and growth is whimsically told in the book Planted, a Story of Creation, Calling and Community. Planted invites the reader to travel with author Leah Kostamo and the A Rocha team on the wild ride of salmon saving, stranger welcoming and God-worshipping as they establish the first Christian environmental centre in Canada.
A Rocha’s work is most fully expressed through our environmental centres and projects in BC, Manitoba and Ontario. In addition, A Rocha’s Community Garden Network and Good Seed Sunday initiatives are fostering the work of creation care in neighbourhoods and churches from coast to coast.
“Planted is a work of grace and wit, conveying the joy for which A Rocha is known.”
“If bad news about the planet is getting you down, read Planted. If all Christians were like those in A Rocha, ours would be a radically different world.”
The latest news on our projects
To Be Like the Little Children
By Jubilee Dueck Thiessen - A Rocha Manitoba Summer Worker As I wrap up my summer work with A Rocha Manitoba and reflect back on our day camps and experiences with the kids, Jesus’ [...]
Lessons from Weeds
By Miriam Huebner - A Rocha Manitoba Summer Worker As a child I was often puzzled by how fields of wildflowers are beautiful but fields of dandelions are not. What’s the difference? How did we [...]
Confessions of an Aspiring Birder
Zoë Faw with a Pine Siskin. Confessions of an Aspiring Birder By Rick Faw, VP of Programming I have a confession. I’m not a very good birder. Don’t get me wrong, [...]