From discovering your astrological chart to carpentry projects, our leisure series courses cover a variety of interesting topics.
Cold Process Soap Making: Introduction
Learn to make natural soap using the traditional cold process method. Learn about natural colours and scents, make your own receipt using a lye calculator. Take home your own soap.
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Fly Fishing For Beginners
Learn how to cast and tie knots with instructor John Addison by practicing by the water. Why note join the class with a friend or family member so that you can spend more quality time outdoors? Participants will need to bring their own equipment: rod, reel, line and tippet. Hooks are not needed for this tutorial but will be discussed.
Register Now: Course is currently available in Kaslo on April 17
Foraging For Local Mushrooms
Join mushroom farmer and forager Robin Mercy for a morning spent exploring our local West Kootenay forests in search of edible and medicinal mushrooms! The day starts with a discussion of the mushroom life cycle, growth patterns, and ID characteristics and ends with a fun and accessible foray through our local temperate rainforest. Presented with both the total beginner and the experienced mycophile in mind, this outing promises to be an informative and engaging way to deepen our knowledge of and appreciation for, our fungal friends.
Register Now: Course is currently available in a Kaslo on September 19, September 26, October 3 & October 17
Make Your Own Mushroom Log
Learn simple techniques for creating perennial mushroom logs for your home and garden! Participants will join local mushroom farmer Robin Mercy for a hands-on afternoon spent creating edible mushroom logs to take home, as well as learning about mushroom biology, identification and tips and tricks for a successful harvest. Choose from species including Shiitake, Lion's Mane, Oyster, Reishi and more and leave with the skills to keep growing your own mushrooms for years to come!
Register Now: Course is currently available in a Kaslo on April 24
Principles of Mushroom Identification
Learn the basics of wild mushroom identification at home in this interactive online session! Mushroom farmer and forager Robin Mercy will explain some essential concepts, such as spore printing, understanding habitat and growth triggers, recording physical characteristics, and effectively using guidebooks and dichotomous keys. There will also be an overview of the mushroom life cycle, and a fungal Q and A period.
Register Now: Course is currently available in Kaslo on May 15
Skepticism 101: Adventures in Critical Thinking (Zoom)
Our beliefs are the filters through which we view reality. But do we choose what they are? How do we come to hold them? If our beliefs inform our actions and our actions have consequences, then having reliable tools for developing justified beliefs is critical. This interactive introductory course will help create a toolkit for critical thinking and an opproutnity to examine our beliefs using those tools. By learning about cognitive biases, logical fallacies and effective skepticism we can become better thinkers and less prone to false claims and flawed ideas. Learn to be in control of your beliefs in stead of your beliefs controlling you.
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