Environmental education for youth is a major focus of the Metchosin Foundation activities this year, involving both of our local elementary schools as well as Belmont and Royal Bay High Schools. In February, teachers and students at Westmont Montessori School were presented with an outdoor environmental education backpack to support student outdoor activities in the forests, fields and shorelin ...
2016 AGM
Metchosin Foundation President Chris Pratt welcomed Canadian journalist, environmental activist and former host of CBC’s All Points West radio program JoAnn Roberts as the feature speaker at their eighth Annual General Meeting last May 29 at St. Mary’s Church. Her speech titled If Not Now, When? was backed by an excellent power point presentation and ranged from the need to act on global climate c ...
Saturday Halloween Dance on October 24th
Come dance the night away on Saturday, October 24th at the Metchosin Community Hall. Get into the spirit of Halloween early and support the Metchosin Foundation’s work on environmental protection and education in our community. The local band Fine Spirits will get you rocking, rolling, and shaking off any stresses of the season. There is a sixties theme to inspire your costume choice or you can ...
Update on 2015 Metchosin Bioblitz
On Friday evening, June 12, 2015, more than seventy guests crowded into the Metchosin Council chambers to mark a major milestone. They were celebrating the fifth year of the Metchosin BioBlitz, the fifth year of counting the District's non-human species. Vancouver Island Ringlet - a red-listed species found in the 2015 Metchosin BioBlitz The Friday evening event doubled as the 76th sessi ...