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November 2019
Climate Changes Everything: Food for Thought
The Parry Sound & Area Food Collaborative in partnership with the GBBR, Mary Street Centre and North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit, presents Climate Changes Everything: Food For Thought, a FREE presentation with speaker Dianne Saxe, President of Saxe Facts and former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. Dr. Saxe will address the relationship between climate change and our food systems. The climate is changing, consumer food choices play a major role, and as individuals, we can make meaningful changes. The…
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Biosphere Walk
Meet at James Bay Junction Road parking lot, Seguin Join GBBR staff on a guided hike through the forests and wetlands of the Rose Point Trail. Learn about wildlife and plants and how they prepare for the winter!
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »December 2019
Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Biosphere Walk
Meet at the trailhead by the Salt Docks on Marion Avenue, Parry Sound Join GBBR biologists and birders as they stroll along the iconic Parry Sound shoreline. Bring your own or borrow our binoculars to see what you can find! The hike will end at Trestle Brewing Company where you can enjoy a hot or cold beverage.
Find out more »Films That Make You Think: The Devil We Know
When a handful of West Virginia residents discover DuPont has been pumping its poisonous Teflon chemical into the air and public water supply of more than 70,000 people, they file one of the largest class action lawsuits in the history of environmental law.
Find out more »Biosphere Walk
4 Nine Mile Lake Road, McDougall Snowshoe* under the full moon with GBBR staff and a special guest guide at Georgian Nordic Outdoor Activity Centre (GNOAC). Learn about winter wildlife and animal tracking! Please bring or rent snowshoes from GNOAC. *Snowshoeing if conditions permit. Otherwise be prepared to hike!
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Biosphere Walks
Meet at trailhead, parking behind Humphrey Fire Hall Celebrate the end of the year by joining GBBR staff for a hike on the Humphrey Nature Trail, and learn about how the plants and wildlife survive the winter. Bring your nature questions!
Find out more »January 2020
Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Catch The Ace Lottery Draw
GBBR is holding a Catch the Ace progressive lottery! Each ticket purchased supports GBBR and provides the buyer a chance to win! Each Thursday at 7:45, GBBR will be holding the weekly draw until the Ace Of Spades is found! The weekly draw will be held at Trestle Brewing Company. Learn more about the lottery at: https://www.gbbr.ca/get-involved/catch-the-ace/ Visit our Catch the Ace Facebook page for the most up to date information on the progressive jackpot and locations to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Films that Make You Think: Point of No Return
Point of No Return takes you behind the headlines of the first solar-powered flight around the world—where two courageous pilots take turns battling nature, their own crew, and sometimes logic itself, to achieve the impossible. Not just to make history, but to inspire a revolution.
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Winter Photo Prowl
Trailhead & parking behind Humphrey Fire Hall. We're joined on this hike by local photographer Jonathan Mahood to capture the sights of these beautiful trails. Please bring your own camera. Suggested donation for hike is $10, which helps continue our education and conservation programming!
Find out more »February 2020
Biosphere Bonspiel
Registration is now full. Please feel free to drop by the Bonspiel to cheer on the teams! $160/team two draws, three 6-end games, and includes dinner Mixed teams, all ages and skill levels welcome
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Kids Snowshoe Stomp
Calling all kids, this one's for you! Enjoy a snowshoe hike, games and end with hot chocolate. Bring your own snowshoes or borrow a set. Adult snowshoes available for rent, a separate Nature Hike may be offered. Ages 7-12. Registration is required! Visit: http://bit.ly/3534P18 or call 705.774.0978
Find out more »Films That Make You Think: The Need to Grow
The United Nations estimates that at the rate we are depleting our farmland, we have fewer than 60 years of soil left on Earth. Can we feed the world without destroying the planet? The answer depends on what we do now! The good news is, there ARE solutions. The Need To GROW takes you inside the hearts and innovations of three very different leaders - an 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a beloved organization - a renegade farmer struggles…
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Something’s Fishy!
Meet at the Salt Dock trailhead off Salt Dock Road, Parry Sound. GBBR's Katrina Krievins will share the true tale of Lake Trout in Georgian Bay and the Big Sound on this roundtrip walk along the Waterfront Trail. Suggested donation to join is $10, which helps us continue our education and conservation programming!
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Ask the Naturalist
This walk date was changed because of weather! Please join us on Friday, February 21st at 2:00pm. Explore the Rose Point Trail with a GBBR naturalist. Look for winter birds and other signs of wildlife. Be sure to bring your nature questions! Suggested donation to join is $10, which helps us continue our education and conservation programming!
Find out more »March 2020
Films That Make You Think: Toxic Beauty
Toxic Beauty is a documentary feature film with exclusive access to scientists, lawyers, advocates, regulators, politicians, a dynamic whistle blower, survivors and women who have lost their lives. It follows the class action lawsuit against J&J and the plaintiffs, personal stories of women fighting for justice in a race against time with this deadly disease. Woven throughout the film is a human experiment. In the end, the film meets the companies and people who offer solutions and optimism for safer,…
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Syrup Stroll & Tree Trek
Join us and Killbear Park staff as we hike an old Sugar Bush to share the history and significance of the sugar maple. We'll highlight the Anishinabek cultural connections of other tree species as well and the present day threats of forest pests. Killbear Sugar Bush - meet at the Community Mailboxes, first left on Blind Bay Rd.
Find out more »Biosphere Walk: Syrup Stroll & Tree Trek
We're teaming up with Westwind Forest Stewardship to talk trees! How sweet the sugar maple is, but many other tree species have a tall tale to tell. Hugging trees will be optional! Balsam Trail, McKellar - parking at first driveway on the left once on Balsam Rd.
Find out more »April 2020
Films That Make You Think: The Pollinators
The Pollinators is a cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. The film speaks to farmers, scientist, chefs, economists and academics along the way to give a broad perspective about the threats to honey bees and what it means to our food security.
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