By Debbie Miller, Learning for a Sustainable Future Winter: the season of dormancy. The days are shorter, temperatures drop, and snow begins to fall. One of the big mysteries of science is how living things are affected by the darkest …
2017 was another great year for biodiversity in the province! Every year, for the International Day for Biodiversity (IDB), BEAN awards micro-grants to individuals and groups around the province who are hosting an event or project that directly teaches or …
The Kingston Field Naturalists received a BEAN grant to support our 2016 BioBlitz. We used the money to build an insect trap which was most successful. Our total invertebrate species count for this BioBlitz was 249 with 80 moth species. …
Places to See: The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing. Conservation Areas Ontario’s Conservation …
Citizen Science is the monitoring and assessment of species and ecosystems by individuals and groups using standard protocols. Become a citizen scientist through one of the programs listed below: NatureWatch lets you learn about the environment while gathering the information …
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing. Ontario’s Conservation Areas are just steps away …
Successful applicants will be required to submit a brief report using our online form by March 30th, 2016. Please review the reporting guidelines before submitting your final report: 2015 IBD Reporting Guidelines (WORD) 2015 IBD Reporting Guidelines (PDF) Grant recipients …
By Allison Hands, Education Coordinator, Forests Ontario & BEAN IBD Working Group Lead It was quite the year for International Biodiversity Day (IBD) in Ontario! With over 40 diverse IBD grant applications received, this was BEAN’s most competitive and creative …
The Biodiversity Education and Awareness Network (BEAN) is a collaboration of education, industry, government and non-governmental organizations and agencies dedicated to increasing awareness, understanding and action related to biodiversity in Ontario. Each year BEAN promotes the International Day for Biological …
Each year, the world celebrates its biodiversity on a single day in May, one month after Earth Day. Each new Day is themed, and 2010’s theme is Biodiversity and Development. Here’s more on the IBD internationally and federally, including a …