By Sahara Schecter, Age 10 I wanted to share what I have been doing this past week because I felt really connected to Shoresh. When I heard Shoresh was looking for travel blog posts I knew exactly what to write…
Category: Experiential Education
Some cool nature resources on the internet!
Here is a collection of various nature-based activities, online and offline resources, and learning tools we are excited about lately! Fun Videos: Make delicious and brilliant pink lemonade using wildflowers and then learn how to turn purple water GREEN! using amazing colour-changing violet syrup with this quick video from…
Shoresh at Home
Here you can find some Jewish nature activities you can do at home! Nature Journals Habitat Scavenger Hunt Habitat Build Mustard Seed Necklaces Mah Rabu Collage Journey Sticks TP Grassy Head Creatures Recycled Paper Making Shema Sound Map Solitary Bee…
Our Number One Way to Save the Bees
If you know anything about Shoresh, you know we love pollinators and especially, bees. A lot. We love the pollinators so much that we’ve dedicated a lot of our programming, events, garden spaces AND 20-acres of Bela Farm to supporting…
A FREE Tree for YOU!
Help us plant the urban forest! Join Shoresh and the Prosserman JCC at Tree For Me, a community-powered backyard tree planting program run…
Our Top Ten Accomplishments of the Decade
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Posted in bees, Community, Culture, Ethics, Experiential Education, Farming, honey, Judaism, pollinators, Toronto
2018 marks our 10th anniversary and we are overflowing with pride and joy over all of our accomplishments! Our theme of the year is the Power of Many because everything we do at Shoresh is done with community members and…
Judaism is in my Nature
By Aria Druker, Shoresh Garden Educator My name is Aria, and I am entering my 3rd year at Quest University, where I study Liberal Arts and Sciences. What I have learned over my last few years is that one of…
Shoresh Outdoor School: Semester One
By: Juliana Isaac, Shoresh’s Garden Coordinator Our first cohort of the Shoresh Outdoor School has just graduated! Over the last eight weeks, our students have been learning about Judaism, the natural world, and the incredible connection between the two. Throughout…
Environmental Education in Unlikely Places
By: Tiferet Nashman, Program Coordinator, Shoresh When you think of sites for nature conservation, a cemetery is not likely the first place that comes to mind! However, when Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks approached Shoresh about doing Jewish environmental education at…
Why take Jewish Education Outdoors?
Bringing Jewish education outdoors has many benefits! Here are our top 4: 1. To make Jewish learning more engaging and relevant Imagine spending all day in school and then spending another few hours in a classroom as your only exposure…