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5 Tips for Unplugging from Social Media and Reconnecting with Nature
How can we take back our attention from social media? It’s not easy; for myself and I’m sure many others, the Internet is ever-present. Often I’ll find myself scrolling through Instagram without having had any conscious desire to do so.
Funding Boost for Recreation Agency Will Foster Healthy Communities and Create Jobs
ORCBC has launched a new campaign ahead of the 2022 budget that calls on the Province to invest more in one of its own recreation agencies that it says has fallen under the radar for government priorities.
Take Action for More Recreation Funding in the 2022 Budget
This morning we are launching a letter-writing campaign to encourage everybody who loves the outdoors to send a note to their MLA with a request to invest more in outdoor recreation.
It takes a community: the recreation officer
Many people working in outdoor recreation have noticed a growing demand on their skills and time. But few feel it as acutely as Marcia Bennett.
Historic Win for Skagit Valley
Today marked a historic win for the upper Skagit Valley and a big win for recreation, salmon and the protection of BC’s wild spaces.
Eco-Anxiety and Finding Outdoor Connections
The past two years have been very challenging for British Columbians.
It takes a community: the wildlife biologist
For the Wildlife Coexistence Lab, the closure of BC Parks during the 2020 COVID lockdowns was a perfect experiment into their specialty.
It takes a community: the minister
Like most parents, Nathan Cullen sees the impact of video games, streaming TV, social media and the internet on young people.
ORCBC Story Series
This new series focuses on the many benefits – some well known, many less so – that outdoor recreation brings to people, communities and the province. .
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From access to nature to apps and AI, the evolution of trail construction to electric power, this story series looks at how recreation will change and evolve over the short and long term.
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In this story series, we feature recreation organizations that are advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples through trail and outdoor recreation projects.
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This story series explores the connection between climate change and recreation. Through conversations with scientists, advocates, land managers, recreationists, and more, we look at how a warming world and more extreme weather is impacting the activities we love. But more than glum news, we’re interested in how the recreation industry is already hard at work preparing for change, reducing the impacts, and actively trying to slow global warming.
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In a time when trails, roads, campgrounds, rivers and lakes are busier than ever, it’s important to remember that it takes a community to make fun possible. This story series profiles the people who work behind the scenes in B.C., so you can have that special moment today.