The Near North Enviro-Education Centre

The Northern Innovation Symposium Our Health: Taking on the Environment continues Thursday November 12th! Join John Jorgenson at 1:00pm ET for his session on Youth Environmental Health and Dr. Anne Todgham at 2:00pm ET as she presents on Climate Change - Learn it or Lose it, Challenging to Conquer. Visit https://nneec.ca/environmental-health to purchase your $10 one day ticket or $20 all access pass to the Symposium.

The Northern Innovation Symposium Our Health: Taking on the Environment continues this Thursday November 5th! Julie Cayley, Executive Director of the Severn Sound Environmental Association, will be our first thought leader presenting on Leadership in Environmental Health at 7:00pm ET. Dr. Will Valley, professor at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, will be our thought leader for the following session Food Systems - The Food Continuum at 8:30pm ET. Visit https://nneec.ca/environmental-health to purchase your $10 one day ticket or $20 all access pass to the Symposium.

The Northern Innovation Symposium Our Health: Taking on the Environment continues today! Join Dr. Jane Parmley at 7pm ET, Dr. Riina Bray at 8pm ET, and Dr. Anthony Miller at 9pm ET as they present on One Health, Environmental Health, and Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF). Visit https://nneec.ca/environmental-health to purchase your $10 one day ticket or $20 all access pass to the Symposium.

Dr. Anthony Miller is our third thought leader at Our Health: Taking on the Environment this Thursday October 29. Visit https://nneec.ca/environmental-health to purchase your $10 one day ticket or $20 all access pass to the Symposium.

Dr. Riina Bray will be our second thought leader this Thursday October 29 at Our Health: Taking on the Environment! Visit https://nneec.ca/environmental-health to purchase your $10 one day ticket or $20 all access pass to the Symposium.

Join us this Saturday at 10 am in the Community Learning Garden as we harvest the garlic. We look forward to seeing you there and learning all about growing garlic!

NNEEC is excited to announce that we will be launching a sailing school program this coming week (August 10-14) for participants going into Grade 6-11. The program will run from 9am to 3pm. Few spots remain! Email [email protected] to reserve a spot or for more information.

Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison visited NNEEC last week. NNEEC is appreciative of MP Aitchisons support of the Community Adventure Program through federal grants for student positions.

So much fun during our second week of the Community Adventure Program! Sailing, crafts and so much more. The week was focused on learning about our lakes and oceans, along with how plastic effects them. We cant wait to see what this week holds!

The first week of our Community Adventure Program has been a blast! Kayaking, paper making and orienteering, so much fun! Go to https://www.nneec.ca/adventure to register

The Phragmite Working Group- Lake Bernard (also called The Phrag Fighters) had an amazing day during our first cut of the season. Phragmites are an aggressive invasive species in North America and pose a threat to Lake Bernard. Interested in getting involved? Head to www.nneec.ca/phragmites or email [email protected] for more information!

Today is National Indigenous Day where we celebrate the true environmentalists, First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples. We celebrate and honour their unique cultures and heritage. We have much to learn. NNEEC delegates were honoured to be invited to attend the Dokis Pow Wow in June 2017 where we furthered our understanding. For more information about National Indigenous Day head to https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca//11001000132/1534872397533

Join our new group for all future details and information about the community garden!

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Registration for our Community Adventure Program is now live! The popular Community Adventure Program is back for its fourth summer of action packed, fun filled days for ages six to fourteen. Operating out of the state of the art Near North Enviro-Education Centre in Sundridge, the program includes swimming, sports, crafts, games, canoeing, environmental education, archery and high ropes. New this summer, our staff will be integrating swimming lessons into the daily program...ming in order to build confident, competent swimmers. Program Costs: Week Program: $150 per week Summer (8 weeks): $1000 Additional children from the same family are discounted $20 per week on weekly programs and $20 per week for the whole summer. Head to our website to register! https://www.nneec.ca/adventure

The popular Community Adventure Program is back for its fourth summer of action-packed, fun-filled days for ages six to fourteen. Operating out of the state of the art Near North Enviro-Education Centre in Sundridge, the program includes swimming, sports, crafts, games, canoeing, environmental education, archery and high ropes. New this summer, our staff will be integrating swimming lessons into the daily programming in order to build confident, competent swimmers. Program... Costs: Week Program: $150 per week Summer (8 weeks): $1000 Additional children from the same family are discounted $20 per week on weekly programs and $20 per week for the whole summer. Check out our website for dates and registration! https://www.nneec.ca/adventure

Great news! The Community Adventure Program is back for its fourth year! Registion opens up on Monday, we are very excited for a fun filled summer!

Happy World Oceans day! Check out World Oceans Day to see many tips on how we can reduce, reuse and recycle to help our beautiful oceans and the life within them

Had some little helpers in the community garden today to get things going! So much fun in the sun! If anyone is interested in volunteering and helping out, message us or contact Jen at [email protected]. Anything and everything is very appreciated. Looking forward to a great summer in the garden with the community and sharing the fresh produce with everyone!

No paint? No problem! This is a neat way to make water colour paint using some things you may already have in your fridge. This can be a fun learning experiment for kids!

This may be of interest and a chance to learn more about the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. We will be listening as well!

Messy backyards are ok! Check out this video to hear Rick Stronks share his knowledge and thoughts about organic debris being left for wildlife to use.

Today is International Astronomy Day! If you are looking for something to do from home today, why not learn about outer space! Did you know that the sun is 4.6 billion years old?

Happy Earth Day! NNEECs building has features that include earth friendly, energy saving installations such as solar panels, a green roof, geothermal heating and cooling, composting toilets and LCD lighting. We feature a photo of our geothermal system and invite you to learn more! https://ontariogeothermal.ca/geothermal-101/

Announcement - April 6, 2020

March Break Community Adventure Program! March 16-20, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Sign up for as many days as you like or for the entire week. Program ages:... Junior 6-10 Senior 11-14 Join us for fun and adventure, inside and outside. Make new friends & challenge yourself to learn new things! Register now to avoid disappointment as space is limited. For more information and too register: https://www.nneec.ca/marchbreak See more

Great day for garlic planting at the Community Learning Garden! With a little help from Oliver and Leah. I think we got it in just in time!

Taste of Almaguin was a huge success! Attendees were amazed by the quality and selection of the chefs offerings: "Casual and interactive atmosphere belied the sophisticated nature of some of the dishes, proving you can be gourmet with the simplest of ingredients." Huge thanks to all of the farmers and chefs who contributed so generously to raise awareness of local food opportunities and raise funds for the community learning garden.

Amazing Chefs creations featuring locally sourced ingredients to sample October 26. Still a few tickets left! Plus beverages to sample from: Highlander Brew Co. Algonquin Coffee... Tapped Maple Water Tickets: https://www.nneec.ca/taste-of-almaguin See more

Taste of Almaguin is getting closer! Dont be disappointed, get your tickets now. Check out this article in the Almaguin News: https://www.northbaynipissing.com//9645392-taste-of-almag/

Great visit today from Wilfrid Laurier University Students with an interest in local food and our Community Learning Garden. They will be participating in out Herb Spiral workshop tomorrow at 10:00 am. Come on out and fill in one of their surveys so we can better understand attitudes towards local food.

Thanks for all those who supported our second year of "Ice Cream for the Environment"

Veggie Sales from the Community Learning Garden are going great! Stop by and stock up for the long weekend! Open Friday August 30 at 12:00. Come early for best selection! 140 Main Street Sundridge.

Calling all farmers and chefs in the Almaguin Highlands and beyond: Taste of Almaguin Saturday, October 26, 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. We need Farmers and Chefs to unite to: Promote culinary tourism in the Almaguin Highlands... Showcase food opportunities unique to the region Promote local businesses involved in local food Format: Chefs team up with farmers to prepare and present a culinary offering to ticket holders. Featuring special guest speaker, entertainment, prizes. Join us to celebrate our regional cuisine! For more info call Romano at 705-316-0010 Or email [email protected] @chefnghetran @whisperingpinesfarmandgarden @santoshafarm See more

Veggie Sale! Friday August 23, 12:00 p.m. Were harvesting at our Community Learning Garden. Come early for best selection. Table set up beside Almaguin Scoops at 140 Main St. Sundridge.

Have you been wondering about our Community Adventure Program? Today you can come take a peek at what we have been up to (address: 140 Main St. Sundridge)! You can also treat yourself to some ice cream while you visit. We have two more amazing weeks of CAP to go so dont forget to register at www.nneec.ca. Hope to see some new faces today and I look forward to answering any questions you may have!!

The Community Learning Garden is up and running and looking great! Big thanks to all who have participated so far. Join us! An orientation to the garden will take place on: Saturday, July 27 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.... Corner of Market and Park Streets Sundridge. Learn how you can be part of this exciting project. Produce, when ready, will be shared with volunteers, community organizations, and sold as fund raiser for garden. If you want to help but cannot make it on Saturday, let us know and we can meet at another time! See more