{"id":677,"date":"2023-11-07T07:22:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ljo.zhc.mybluehost.me\/?page_id=677"},"modified":"2024-04-03T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:11:14","slug":"practical-learning-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/practical-learning-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Learning At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"mobileWidthFormating wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-32dd67ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07579d57 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"hideColumn wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/about-our-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/biodiversity-crisis\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>BIODIVERSITY CRISIS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/practical-learning-at-home\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>PRACTICAL LEARNING AT HOME<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/our-120000-acre-neighbourhood-the-united-nations-designated-beaver-hills-biosphere\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>OUR 120,000 ACRE NEIGHBOURHOOD &amp; THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATED BEAVER HILLS BIOSPHERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/tree-planting-for-our-lives-and-the-planet\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>TREE PLANTING FOR OUR LIVES AND THE PLANET<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/informing-municipalities-provinces-canada-and-other-countries-about-alternative-pathways\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INFORMING MUNICIPALITIES, PROVINCES, CANADA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item sideMenuLink wp-block-navigation-link has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/incorporating-social-factors-within-programs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\"><strong>INTEGRATING SOCIAL FACTORS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<figure class=\"imageStretch wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Top-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1415\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:20px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Top-Image.jpg 512w, https:\/\/gfoundation.ca\/staging\/7325\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Top-Image-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Building in foreground: <strong>GFoundation Residence<\/strong><br>Building in background: <strong>GFoundation Work Centre<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Global Foundation is situated on 20-acres (8 hectare)<\/strong>, at the heart of the Beaver Hills Biosphere and Wetlands in Alberta, Canada \u2013 encompassing over 1,500 km<sup>2<\/sup> and are part of an ecosystem which included wetlands, wildlands, parks 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