Love the Land
Discover the ways we can work together to maintain sustainable land-stewardship practices.
Love the Land Tour
Love the Land Adventures in Land Based Learning and Ethnoecology is a walking tour in the salnachiya (forest) of xwesam-stelkaya (Roberts Creek), the shared homeland of the Shishalh and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh peoples. This story starts with an introduction to these two potlatch tribes and their lands, waters and ways of living as an ecologically sustainable society.
We recognize that these people of the land have worked together in stewardship and management by collaborating and working by effective protocols for thousands of years. We will consider how this beautiful landscape faces climate change and loss of biodiversity and the effects of excessive/extractive harvesting and pollution.
As a generation we are in a unique position and opportunity to come together as a community, both indigenous and settler, to experience, inquire and learn the ethnoecology, of the place we call home.
“Just wow! I took copious notes. The stories were fresh, traditional, uplifting, educational. I had no idea I’d be so enthralled! If you’re in Vancouver, don’t miss this! You will be better for it.”
What to Bring
Good walking shoes
Layered clothing - dress for the weather
A water bottle on warm days
A water resistant jacket on rainy days
Embracing Weather
Light rain and wind will not require any changes or rescheduling
If weather is extreme with respect to rain or wind we will contact you to reschedule the tour
Guest Protocol
Tours start promptly
Arrive 15 minutes prior to tour start
Late guests or missed tours are not reimbursed
Individual booking cancellation: 48 hours notice prior to tour is required and a 20% administration fee applies
Group booking cancellation: 10 days notice prior to tour is required and a 20% administration fee applies
Cancellations with less than the required notice are 100% non-refundable