Plankton Tuesdays!

Ocean Outfitters 368 Main Street, Tofino, BC, Canada

Though you may not always see them – plankton are out there, and some will become a feast for tiny fish or giant whales. Come observe plankton from up close and learn more!

Magical Mushroom Talk with Andy MacKinnon

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

“Fairy rings, elfin saddles and witch's butter...enter an enchanted realm!” Saturday 7 pm August 27: George Fraser Room; Ucluelet Community Centre *admission is by donation and seating limited so will be first come Andy is the best-selling co-author of “Mushrooms of BC”. Join us for an entertaining evening program−yes you can buy his book!  Andy […]

Magical Mushroom Walk with Andy MacKinnon

Amphitrite Lighthouse Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

“Fairy rings, elfin saddles and witch's butter...enter an enchanted realm!” Wild Pacific Trail free guided walk into the magical realm of mushrooms Meet at Amphitrite Lighthouse August 28, 10 am Andy is the best-selling co-author of “Mushrooms of BC”. Join us for an entertaining evening program−yes you can buy his book!  Andy has taught rainforest […]

Plankton Tuesdays!

Ocean Outfitters 368 Main Street, Tofino, BC, Canada

Though you may not always see them – plankton are out there, and some will become a feast for tiny fish or giant whales. Come observe plankton from up close and learn more!

Mushrooms of the West Coast 2022

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Course […]

$250.00

Let’s talk about Seaside Snakes

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Come and  learn all about garter snakes (what they eat, where they live, how they spend their time) and the cool part .... they play in the west coast ecosystems around us.

Best of both worlds: Moth antenna on a smelling drone

Zoom Event

Nature has developed amazing chemical sensors which greatly surpass man-made sensors in sensitivity and speed. A male Manduca sexta hawkmoth can sense the female's pheromone in concentrations as small as 1 in 10^17 molecules of air! To learn more about and mimic the way moths locate food and mates, I equipped a small palm-sized drone, […]

Free

Shorebird Soiree

Roar @ Hotel Zed 1258 Pacific Rim Hwy, Tofino, BC, Canada

We are having a party, a celebration of the shorebird migration and the Raincoast Education Society!!  🎉 Thursday April 27th, the Raincoast Education Society will be having our annual Shorebird Soiree fundraiser from 5 - 9pm at Roar & Hotel Zed. This event will be a magical evening of good food, good people, shorebirds flying […]

$1.00 – $25.00