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Growing up indoors: how biking with kids can help them reclaim their right to public space

Kids are spending significantly less time playing outside than previous generations. Is this what happens when we don’t keep the public realm safe for kids?

Published on August 18, 2024

Public places
Palaces for the people: building social infrastructure with Eric Klinenberg

Sociologist, scholar and 2024 Evergreen Conference speaker Eric Klinenberg explains how investing in public spaces can solve our cities’ most pressing challenges.

Published on August 18, 2024

Sustainability & climate
Ravines and resiliency: a nature-based solution to climate change

Ravines not only provide numerous social benefits that improve the quality of life for residents, but are critical to climate resilience.

Published on August 15, 2024

Nature
Connecting to nature through gardening: a guide for kids and adults

Gardening deepens your relationship with the natural world. It also doesn’t hurt to grow a few veggies and have fun while you’re at it.

Published on August 12, 2024

Arts & culture
How to have an outdoor adventure in the city

You don’t need to leave the city to experience the great outdoors. Here’s our top five tips to get outside this season.

Published on August 11, 2024

The atrium at the Leaf
Public places
People, plants and place at The Leaf

A tour of Winnipeg’s LEED-certified living attraction, the first in our series of great public places.

Published on August 8, 2024

Community
August is tomato time at Evergreen Brick Works!

Join us on Saturdays in August for Tomato-palooza! Explore the magic of tomatoes at the Farmers Market, Garden Market and the Children’s Garden.

Published on July 24, 2024

People hanging out at Evergreen Brick Works
Public places
The 2024 Evergreen Conference will be the best one yet—here's 4 reasons why

Through talks, workshops, tours and play, this year’s conference will be a two-day respite to experience placemaking in action.  

Published on July 22, 2024

Kids & education
Ask the experts: how nature play helps build real-world skills

We gathered leaders in kids programming from Evergreen, Outward Bound Canada and the Pine Project to find out how connecting with the natural world helps youth build leadership, problem-solving skills and more.

Published on July 19, 2024

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