In The News
Shaw T.V. Features Galiano Conservancy's Education Program
The Daily, June 15, 2011
Karen Elgersma, Senior Reporter and Lifestyles Specialist for Shaw T.V. Victoria's "The Daily", came out to Galiano to witness the Conservancy's Education Programs and learn about the Galiano Restorative Learning Centre.
Semperviva Fund Raising for Galiano Conservancy Association
Semperviva Yoga College Blog, April 13, 2011
This past weekend I had a truly transformative experience I'd love to share with you. On Saturday myself and the participants of Semperviva's inaugural Galiano Island Yoga Teachers Training Program met with Galiano Conservancy Board Members: Gary Moore, Ken Millard and Intern Biologist and Yoga teacher, Alana Jung, at the future site of the Restorative Learning Centre site.
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Galiano Conservancy Addresses Nature Deficit Disorder
Vancouver Courier, March 17 2011
Imagine being a city kid more familiar with Twitter and Facebook than bull kelp, eel grass and salmon, and more likely to recognize Spider Man and Bat Man than the real creatures.
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Gulf Island nature centre for city kids hits fundraising halfway mark
The Hook Blog on Tyee, February 22, 2011
A Gulf Island land conservancy has raised more than half the funds needed to purchase land for a unique long-stay, nature-study centre on Galiano Island.
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"Taking inner city kids to the wilderness of Galiano Island"
BC Almanac Interview, CBC Radio One, March 10, 2011
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Morning After Show Interviews the Galiano Conservancy
CiTR UBC radio, Nov. 9 2010
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The Morning After Show Goes Green
Vanmusic.ca, Nov 24 2010
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Hands Up for Galiano Restorative Learning Centre
Island Tides, October 28 2010
A resounding "Yes!" vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting last Sunday has launched the Galiano Conservancy's latest and boldest initiative: buying land to create the Galiano Restorative Learning Centre.
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GCA Receives 2009 Forest Stewardship Award from Wildlife Habitat Canada
Wildlife Habitat, 2009
The Galiano Conservancy was founded in 1989 as one of BC's first community based conservation land trusts with a focus on land protection, on forest restoration and on building sustainable relationship between the islands human and natural environment.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Connect Through Nature
Island Parent, March 2009 Issue
Such a transformation happened when a group of grandparents and their grandchildren arrived on Galiano for a one day adventure.
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Environmental non-profits teach kids how to grow up green
Victoria News, March 27, 2009
The Galiano Conservancy's From the Forest to the Sea watershed education program is the cornerstone of its hands on educational work.
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From The Forest To The Sea - A Watershed Journey
The Kingfisher, Spring 2007
To interact humbly with nature we need to be free and undomesticated in it.
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Wedding raises $10,000 for Galiano Island's Great Beaver Swamp
Island Tides, August 23, 2007
The Great Beaver Swamp is 17.5 hectare (44 acre) wetland property on Galiano Island. Its acquisition completes the protection of most of the Beaver Creek watershed.
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Forest project gets plants growing
Driftwood, November 21, 2007
The Galino Conservancy Association initiated a project to restore a commercial plantation to a fully functional forest ecosystem - all by hand.
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Restoring Wilderness
Moday Magazine - Briony Penn's Wildside column, March 2-8, 2006
Messing up a tree farm in the name of the warty jumping-slug.
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