Responsible Entrepreneurship Program- Canmore

Mrs. Indovian Duncan’s Grade 2/3 class from Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy participated in the responsible entrepreneurship program this term. The program started off with an introduction to climate change and the climate change game. The students each did their part, and have been challenged to continue doing their best to reduce their footprint on the earth. The business they created made Christmas cards and decorations out of recycled materials. The cards were made out of old/faded paper products and then stamped with an image they had carved into a reused piece of Styrofoam. The ornaments started out as prototypes that the students created out of recyclables, and then voted on to decide which ornaments would be the best sellers, easiest to make and gather the materials for. Some of the ornaments included gift boxes (cereal boxes turned inside out, folded appropriately and the stamped with art they made out of old styrofoam food trays), snowman ornaments (egg cartons), Angels (juice lids, and empty toilet paper rolls), Book Trees (made out of old books). They raised a total profit of $453. All the students were blown away by the amount of they raised by selling products that they designed and created, and what they were able to accomplish when they put their minds to it. The students decided to donate 100% of their earnings to buy goats, chickens, pigs, mosquito nets and soccer balls through World Vision.

It's a wrap- Local Heroes Program Canmore

The Local Heroes Program was a success! The program was completed by Exshaw School's grade 7 class. We started the program with the climate change game and challenge. The students made a great effort doing what they could to reduce their impacts on the planet and learned about reducing their ecological footprint. The students nominated about 20 people as local heroes, then narrowed down the list to 9 different people or teams of heroes. We wrapped up the local heroes program on Thursday November 20 with a local heroes celebration. The celebration was great fun, we had nearly all the heroes come, plus we had some media show up, I will include the link for the outlook article. http://www.albertalocalnews.com/rockymountainoutlook/news/35189739.html. Geoff from the Canmore Co-op donated the space for the celebration. We made a piece of art from garbage we found at Victory Thrift, and it will hang at the Co-op along with a letter about the local heroes program.

Bobs and Lolo performing New Years at Rocky Mountain Flatbread

Bobs and Lolo are coming to celebrate an evening of family New Year Festivities at Rocky Mountain Flatbread.

Eco festive Parties at Rocky Mountain Flatbread

Chef Oliver has put together delicious festive menus.  And when you book your party with us we promise it will be eco-friendly ... your meal will be carbon neutral and use lots of B.C. produce PLUS:

$1 for each meal ordered will be donated to World Vision.  Our aim is to raise enough to buy a stable full of animals to help a community in Africa break the cycle of poverty.

A frozen pizza for each meal ordered will be donated to the Portland Hospital Society, supporting the homeless in East Vancouver.

Share what eco-festive party things are your doing this christmas.

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Education & Bike Innertubes = Dog Collars & Belts

We want to hear your ideas of what you can do with bike inner tubes and even better send us photos of your ideas in action.

When working with grade 5 students at Lord Tennyson school they have a great idea of transforming bike inner tubes to dog collars and belts!  Our prototypes are looking pretty good.  Watch here for the finished look.  

ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLATBREAD CELEBRATES VANCOUVER URBAN GARDENERS

This is a picture of Ward from City Farm Boy one of the many fantastic urban gardeners in our Vancouver area.  

Ward grows thousands of square feet of fresh veges from early spring to the later winter months selling his produce at Riley Farmers Market.  

His picture and many more experienced and less experienced urban gardeners can be found on our restaurant walls.  Sharon Hanna, urban gardener for over 20 years & consultant for growing your own food from Hotbeds; Justin Tilson, urban gardener for over 5 years; Tim Higgs, who used to supply John Bishop with all of his fresh herbs when his restaurant first opened...  And the list goes on.

Their reasons for urban gardening are hugely diverse:  Love of gardening, food security, personal nurtrition, taste and environmental reasons.

And their wealth of knowledge for gardening tips is amazing.  One thing every urban gardener said was make sure your use soil full of nutrients and use lots of compost every year - it is black gold!!!  

So if you know of any urban gardeners in Vancouver with great gardening tips we would love to hear about them.

Canmore Educational Society

This fall the Canmore Educational Society is back in full swing. We have started two programs this term, the Local Heroes Program (grade 7 class, Exshaw school) and the Responsible Entrepreneur Program (grade 2/3 class, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy). Both programs are going well, and we are looking forward to the pizza party at the new Canmore Co-op (www.canmorecoop.ca) with our local heroes on November 20th. We are still looking for a photographer to take photos on the hereos, if you are interested please contact me. For our responsible entrepreneur program, the grade 2 class is making prototypes this week of potential Christmas inspired products to sell. Look for us at Safeway and Sobeys on Sat. Dec. 6th, and at Stonewaters on Sat. Dec. 13th.