Volunteering abroad for nature

June 18, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

The problem with loving my job as a conservation biologist is that I have a hard time taking a holiday. So when I had the volunteer opportunity to spend a month travelling to England and the Netherlands, I wasn’t thinking about royals, clogs and windmills — my mind was on nature.

Happy Father’s Day to the ultimate bird nerd

June 16, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

My father is a conservationist, and the reason I have known about the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) for as long as I can remember. He is the reason I jumped at the chance to apply for my role as the communications intern with NCC’s Saskatchewan Region.

In the absence of nature

June 14, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

In the wake of a modern phenomenon known as nature deficit disorder, a growing body of research says we are damaging our physical and mental health. It’s time to get back outside again.

Sleepflying is the new sleepwalking: Species and their sleeping patterns

June 13, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Learn about the different ways that some species sleep.

Heard it from a Scout: Light a campfire like a Scout

June 12, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Add a spark to your fire with these five helpful tips.

Your happy place: Find your own paradise island in the Hochelaga Archipelago

June 10, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

Is canoeing or kayaking your thing? Then grab your paddle because just a few strokes from the east point of Montreal and the riverside towns of Repentigny and Verchères lie the Nature Conservancy Canada’s (NCC’s) protected islands in the Hochelaga Archipelago.

Dive into Grand Cayman’s pristine waters

June 8, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

In April, I went on a week-long scuba diving trip to Grand Cayman with 12 other members of a Toronto-based scuba diving club I belong to. While I had been diving in the Caribbean Sea several times before this trip, this was my first time doing it in the pristine, crystal-clear waters surrounding the Cayman Islands.

Backpack Esssentials: Head outdoors like a field scientist

June 7, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

This blog post is part of the Backpack Essentials series, a series that explores the items that NCC staff carry with them when heading outside.

Keep Halifax Wild

June 6, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

The international City Nature Challenge was bigger than ever this year, pitting 159 urban centres in a competition to identify the most diversity of living things, from New York to Hong Kong, Athens to Cape Town. This year was particularly exciting because, for the first time ever, Canadian cities were in the game.

Common ground conservation

June 5, 2019 Nature Conservancy of Canada staff Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences

For the first time in the history of modern humans, we’ve attempted to detach ourselves, and our children, from nature. Unfortunately, our experiment in separating humanity from ecology is failing nature, and failing people.

Author: Nature Conservancy of Canada staff