This year we decided to create blank-inside greeting cards for sale at local retailers and our club events.
There are 10 designs to choose from – all use pictures taken by Terry Parker at the Lawson Nature Reserve.
For more details see our page about the Greeting Cards.
Ingersoll District Nature Club announces its second Annual Photo Contest, designed to engage eager photographers in the pursuit of great nature shots in Oxford County. Electronic and traditional photo submissions are accepted (maximum of 10 submissions per person), within three age groups:
Top winner in each category will receive a prize! Winning photos will be published by local media, as well as on our website.
DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 13th by 5:00 pm
This year’s topic? Things that Fly (Naturally) – in Oxford County!
How to enter? At any time between now and October 13th,
send electronic submissions to: ingersolldistrictnatureclub@gmail.com
and print submissions, along with a self-addressed return envelope,
to Ingersoll District Nature Club Photography Contest, c/o 205 George Street, Ingersoll, ON N5C 1Z5.
Good luck to all photographers!
As of June 9, 2015 the Ontario government published a new regulation to restrict the use of neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics). It is the first jurisdiction in North America to regulate the use of neonics.
Read more about this news here on the David Suzuki Foundation website:
And from the Toronto Star:
Ontario Parks recently published a great article in their newsletter:
Here is a quick excerpt:
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from Nature Deficit Disorder, rocked the parenting world with his notion that outdoor play is becoming extinct and we as parents are to blame.
His theory is that children nowadays are so overprotected and sedentary they have developed what he calls Nature Deficit Disorder, a condition that renders children devoid of outdoor play, disconnected from nature and completely unaware that their very future – and ours as a species – is at risk.
The answer, espouses Louv, is simple.
Get up off the couch, put away the video games, close down the computer and get outside.
It might seem like “tough love” toward parents, but the best interest of children is the focus.
“Imagine a world in which all children grow up with a deep understanding of the world around them,” writes Louv. “Where obesity is reduced through nature play. Where anti-depressants and pharmaceuticals are prescribed less and nature prescribed more. Where children experience the joy of being in nature before they learn of its loss. Where they can lie in the grass on a hillside for hours and watch clouds become the faces of the future. Where every child and every adult has the human right to a connection with the natural world and shares the responsibility to care for it.” – Richard Louv
If you are near Ingersoll a great place to go for a short hike through the woods is the Lawson Nature Reserve (up to 2 km of well maintained trails). Just 10 minutes South of the 401, it couldn’t be closer to home! Click here for an overview and map.
We had a beautiful morning and a great turn-out for our annual spring clean-up at the Lawson Nature Reserve! Everyone pitched-in with pulling Garlic Mustard (an invasive plant), which was very easy to do in the soft soil. The Ingersoll Times even stopped by to our surprise, and wrote a great article about our event, club, and the LNR:
http://www.ingersolltimes.com/…/04/26/getting-back-to-nature.
And here are a few of our own pictures from the day:
Join us at Oxford Social Justice’s next conference:
“How to Stop A … Dump”
May 1st
7:00 pm :“Trashed” by Jeremy Irons, a film screening
May 2nd
8:00 am: Doors open, onsite registration and displays
9:00 am – 2:30 pm: Conference with many guest speakers
Click here for the full schedule :
How to Stop a Dump Conference schedule
To register visit oxford social justice’s website:
We have a new club email address:
ingersolldistrictnatureclub@gmail.com
Please add it to your contact list and use it to send us any questions, comments, or pictures and tales of your recent adventures in nature!
An article about the recent work IDNC has done at the Lawson Nature Reserve can be found in the Spring 2015 addition of ON Nature Magazine:
http://www.vdocshop.com/doc/on-nature-magazine/on-nature-spring-2015/2015030501/#10
Darwin Kent provided the update, including trail improvements, the new gate and bridge, new bird houses and nest boxes, and a special thanks to the volunteers who have helped out. Well done IDNC!
Monarch Butterflies Talk by Dr. Jeremy McNeil of Western University
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – 7:00 pm
Mutual Building, Woodstock Fairgrounds
This talk is hosted by the Woodstock Horticulture Club, and is open to the public. Join us in seeing this presentation given by a leading researcher in Monarch Butterfly migration.
Event Reminder: Join us this Tuesday (March 10) at 7:00 pm in the Ingersoll Public Library Meeting Room for “Engaging Youth in Nature” with Bernie Solymar, Executive Director, Nature’s Calling Environmental Education.
Numerous studies are showing that children exposed to nature and the outdoors perform better in school, are healthier, and respond better to stress. However, in today’s highly wired world children often get very little exposure to nature and the outdoors. Learn about the ways that Nature’s Calling Environmental Education is addressing “nature deficit disorder” and how we reconnect families with the natural world.
For more information on Nature’s Calling Environmental Education, visit http://naturescalling.ca/
For more information on this and other Ingersoll District Nature Club events, visit https://ingersollnatureclub.com/club-activities/activities-calendar/
Map to Ingersoll Library (image courtesy of Google Maps)
Ingersoll District Nature Club 