A Rocha Manitoba
Centre for Resilience- 500 Shaftesbury Blvd R3P 2N2 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Did you know we now have an online store? We've got books, cards, A Rocha merch and more!

Today is #GivingTuesday, the movement dedicated to giving back to charities through your support, financial and otherwise! This is your day to show your love fo...r the charities you care about At A Rocha, we are environmental stewards that work in our local watersheds to promote flourishing of people and place. This is all done through our conservation science, education, and sustainable agriculture programs. Learn more about who we are here: arocha.ca/who-we-are-a-rocha-canada/ Subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated on all things A Rocha: eepurl.com/ddTsMr Support the work we're doing by donating here: arocha.ca/donate #GivingTuesdayCA #VanGives

We're almost there! Our new Nature Centre in Houston, BC, a place to build community around nature education, watershed restoration, and sustainable living, is ...nearly complete. This space will allow us to host more educational events on-site but we need the last $15,000 for furniture, equipment, and final touches by Christmas in order to open our doors to nature education in the new year. Here's our most current update on the Nature Centre: https://youtu.be/Uq1iWUDm0-E Please consider contributing today at: https://arocha.ca/watershed-stewardship-centre-houston-bc/

Did you miss the latest A Rocha Talks event? No fear! You can now watch the recording online. This blog post even has a bonus Q&A with one of our presenters all about electric cars, energy, and the autonomous future!

Happy #WorldToiletDay! Did you know that you can contribute to this project through our Climate Stewards Calculator which helps you to offset your carbon footprint? Calculate your carbon emissions from travel and household use, and the offset proceeds go towards providing families in Uganda with biosand filters! https://arocha.ca/get-involved/climate-stewards-calculator/

"Many of us have traditions surrounding the Christmas season. The time we go and get the Christmas tree. Carol singing. Family parties and dinners. Decorating the house with lights. Our faith tradition offers ways of grounding this season as well, beginning long before Christmas in the season of Advent. Advent is an opportune time for we who care for Creation to re-situate our hearts away from consumption and towards compassion and care." Matt Humphrey, Director of Theological Education, offers us some helpful ways to reorient our hearts this season.

Check out the incredible work of A Rocha India!

New blog post! "The practice of paying attention invites us to reconsider our way of being in the world. It invites us to see the connections in all things, and it pushes us to see beyond our fear and sense of isolation."

What does your place look like in this changing season? Last week we had snow, today is a beautiful sunny day. Take some time to observe your place today! . . . #changingseasonsproject #arochamanitoba #arocha #arochacanada #creation #creationcare #godscreation #loveyourplace

Read through this year's A Rocha International Annual review and see how our conservation work is being translated into hope for people and places!

A Rocha summer worker alumni, Jubilee Dueck Thiessen, is this year's third place finalist on the bi-national level for the C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest! Her speech titled "Stewards of Joy: Answering the Call of Ecological Shalom" earned her prize money and a scholarship to a peace conference of her choice. In her speech she articulates a robust and joyful theology of creation care. We're so proud of her!

A year ago, we lost three precious lives in a tragic accident. We have felt the loss of Miranda, Chris and Susanna in every day since. A year on, we want to mar...k this day as a community who continue to mourn. We cannot understand it, but we trust that God is with us in our grief today, as He was yesterday and will be tomorrow. "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." 1 Corinthians 13:12

"In my experience, it is common among those who study the planetary crisis closely to bear two difficult experiences, which compound upon one another. The first..., that we are deeply grieved to face all the wounds of this world. And the second, that we experience this grief as lonely indeed, solitary work often lacking a public or shared outlet to be expressed." What does hope look like in this context? How do we live with this ecological grief? These are the kinds of questions our panel discussed in our webinar recently. Matt Humphrey, our Director of Theological Education, wrote up a small reflection and gave links to many good resources below. https://arocha.ca/ecological-grief-alone-in-a-world-of-wou/ : Tomas Robertson

Manitoba Program Manager, Zoe Matties, will be participating on this panel discussing climate change and climate action. Join the listening circle!