In the second part of her guest post on outdoor learning and ‘Garden as Co-Teacher’, Dr. Susan Gerofsky talks about some examples of the work being done at the UBC Orchard Garden  and allies across the Lower Mainland and the world to advance gardens and outdoor spaces as sites of learning and inquiry. As outdoor…

The premise of EartHand is that education is one of the keys to sparking social shifts toward a sustainable society.  EartHand’s board member Dr. Susan Gerofsky is deeply engaged in ecologically-based pedagogy in her work at the UBC Orchard Garden, and in this first of a two-part guest post she reflects on conventional classrooms and…

Many of you will join me in my excitement over this announcement — I’m finally teaching  a workshop on how to make the woven slippers! thanks due, as always, to Vladimir Yarish and his book, Plaited Basketry with Birch Bark. Saturday February 6,  9:30am to 6:00pm including breaks MacLean Park Fieldhouse, Strathcona $125 including materials…

Citizen Science is something that we’re passionate about at EartHand, and we’re pleased to present this guest post by ecologist and EartHand Board President Jason Jones about the Audobon Society’s Christmas Bird Count – the longest running Citizen Science Bird project in the world – and birds at Trillium North Park. If you would like to…

Marina is an artist we respect very much, for the integrity of her practice, its breadth, and how she has helped to shape our city’s culture. Sharon interviewed Marina for the chapter on Celebrations of Honor and Respect in Common Threads: weaving community through collaborative eco-art, talking mostly about Marina’s work with Paula Jardine on the Night…

Our Urban Cloth Project video is now complete, take a look, and find it and more videos on our new video and resource page. https://vimeo.com/143698614

Many of you who follow us and have been to some of our events know how crazy we are about flax and linen. For those of you who are new… did you know that linen and cotton are from completely different plants, and made from different parts of those plants? Linen is made from fibres…

The first day of fall was earlier this week, and we’re proud to present our fall Urban Weaving Retreats schedule! Find it under the Urban Weaving Retreats drop-down menu above. Some highlights: Guest artist Marina Szijarto will be sharing her practice in herbalism with us just in time for the cold-and-flu season — Plant Based Medicine…