Stephanie Aleksiuk

Environmental educator, nature enthusiast, founder @thimble_yyc, she/her

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

It’s an honour to be published in the latest issue of @GreenTeacherMag

[Green Teacher @GreenTeacherMag]

Check out this article in our Fall 2023 Issue! Stephanie Aleksiuk takes us on a journey as she explores the idea that helping students connect to nature in a mindful way can offer refuge, resilience, and hope in challenging times.

#nature #greenteacher #environmentaleducation

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Did you know? Each month in our newsletter we share one of our favourite picture books.

Books that inspire a connection to land and place.

We've got a great one for our next issue. Haven't signed up yet? Click below!

https://t.co/ulKJyoSTwM

[City of Calgary @cityofcalgary]

Interested in learning about a circular economy & sustainable business practices that can lead to cost savings, waste reduction & a greener Calgary?

Join us at an upcoming webinar: Circular Economy 101

📅 May 24
🕙 12 – 1 p.m.

Register at https://t.co/cUCpIYPU0U

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

“As RWK writes in Braiding Sweetgrass, ‘a good mother…[knows] that her work doesn’t end until she creates a home where all of life’s beings can flourish.’ I mean ‘mother’ as a verb, and ‘mothering’ as the good work being in service to ‘all of life’s beings’.”
A beautiful read 👇

[Emergence Magazine @emergence_zine]

“A mothering language is one that strives to bring the world into being through story. It reaches for a space in our collective imagination where all of life’s beings find their home.” —@ChelseaScudder

Read or listen to “Coming into Being.” https://t.co/fCjdbHrFyd

[HaltonCAS @HaltonCas]

It's Spirit Bear’s birthday & #BearWitnessDay, the anniversary of #JordansPrinciple—named after Jordan River Anderson from Norway House Cree First Nation in Manitoba. Today, we wish #SpirtBear a Happy Birthday & thank @CaringSociety for their critical work on this issue!

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

When the land is our co-teacher, there is nothing we cannot learn. Or unlearn. #OLconference23 @takemeoutside

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

Beautiful find on #EarthDay2023. Crocus!

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

The City Nature Challenge is just a few weeks away. Let’s do this #YYC!

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

It’s not just that it’s brighter in the evenings now. Look! 👇

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

It always seems to be this one fearless stand of aspens that unfurl their catkins first.

Bring on Spring, #YYC!

#signsofspring #LittleThings #Notice #YYCNature #Aspens

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

One of the best reasons to live on the prairies!

And only a matter of weeks now until our #wetland friends are back. 🦆

#WorldWetlandsDay

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

Can’t stop thinking about that frosty, heart-shaped Aspen leaf I saw yesterday! 👇

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel
And kiss the earth.
- Rumi

Look at this little gift last night's fog left in its wake for us ❤️.

#YYCFog #YYCFrost #YYC #YYCNature #AspenHeart #Beauty #LearnOutside #Joy #Connection #Love

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Coming up for air after another fun and inspiring season of schoolyard nature programs.

Thank you #yyc schools, teachers, and students for inviting us in to play outside and connect to the wild world of nature. See you again in spring!

#OutdoorLearning #Grateful #Nourished

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

@BirdIzLife Only 349,849 to go! 😮‍💨

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

"The land knows you, even when you are lost." -RW Kimmerer

What a gift to share the sustaining connection to nature with young people. Learn more in our latest newsletter: https://t.co/7UwgPvHkzn

#Treaty7 #AutumnWonder #OutdoorEducation

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Curious about what happens at one of our at-school nature programs?

Wondering how we connect to curriculum you're teaching this year?

Check out the detailed outline for Stories in the Schoolyard (K-4) here:

https://t.co/z8VDF8XalK

Booking now for Fall 🍂

#GaryTheGoose #YYC

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Pssst...#YYC teachers.

ICYMI

#EnvironmentalEducation #LearnOutside #NurturedByNature #NatureAtSchool

[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

Our latest newsletter - hot off the press!

Lots of goodies for you in this one. A brand new picture-book pick, a full-day outdoor lesson plan for Grade 4, and links to book our at-school nature programs.

Here we go!!
👇
https://t.co/ltz1uz9xUr

#LearnOutside #NatureEducation

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

Assiniboine never disappoints. 😍
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[Thimbleberry Learning @thimble_yyc]

"In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your mind" - Pascal

There is no shortage of beauty. Whether here in #YYC or a little further afield. What a gift to spend some time in the still-wintry alpine of the Rockies. Carrying that beauty still. ❤️🏔️😀

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

My Mayday brings cute birds to the yard.

I'm thinking juvenile Yellow-bellied Sapsucker? Any thoughts @FisherSpeaks ?

#YYCnature #YYCbirds

[Stephanie Aleksiuk @steffohyeah]

MA: complete! I loved this program at RRU. Looking at enviro ed from so many angles. I even got a little feature on the blog! ☺️👇

These new graduates 'rock': Chancellor’s Award Winners https://t.co/8JiilvaDxE