Land Based Learning

EALT’s Land Based Learning project is informed by a two-eyed seeing approach, where everyone involved has the opportunity to teach and to learn, and both Indigenous and Western knowledge systems are incorporated in a way that serves to strengthen relationships with the land and one another.

The goal of this project is to facilitate opportunities for local Indigenous communities to access and connect with the land in the Edmonton area.

The land based learning project will also be training a new a group of Indigenous Land Stewards focusing on Indigenous stewardship of EALT Conservation Sites.

The project weaves together western gardening techniques, conventional land trust stewardship practices, and Traditional Knowledge generously shared with us by community, Knowledge Keepers and Elders.

Events

Land Based Learning will consist of several public events and some private events with our Indigenous community partners.

The events center around the following activities:

• Ceremony

• Seed starting and collection

• Medicine Garden planting and maintenance

• Developing a system to track the health of medicine patches on EALT lands

• Traditional Medicine harvesting and preparation

• General stewardship training:

  • Invasive plant mapping

  • Invasive plant removal

  • Maintenance of signs, fences and trails

Thank you to all of the organizations, Nations, and individuals who have and continue to collaborate with EALT.

If you are a member of an Indigenous Nation, organization, or community interested in leading your own Land Based Learning activities on EALT Conservation Lands, contact us to get started: Gary.ElaschukPruden@ealt.ca

The program is funded by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and supported by Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Indigenous community partners, and volunteers.