What is this project?
This project is my contribution to the Access to Nature goal outlined in Vancouver's Greenest City 2020 Action Plan. One of the main targets in the plan is that all Vancouver residents will be within a five minute walk of a natural space by 2020.

Who am I?
I am Becky Till, a CityStudio student working in collaboration with the City of Vancouver on Greenest City projects. I am also a person wondering what it really means to have access to nature.

What will all the participants and myself be doing?
Each participant of this challenge is going to "take a moment" in a "natural space" everyday for the next ten days (March 24th - April 2nd). We will all be posting reflections both written and visual to share what impact this commitment is having on us.

Why am I doing this?
Well, because I used eat blackberries on a forest path during my commute and now I try not to get hit by cars. I want to see if there is a bridge between my busy city life and my need to feel connected to nature. What does it mean to connect with nature in a city? Does it have the same impact as "wilder" nature? Will having more contact make a noticeable difference in my life? To broaden my conclusions I asked fourteen other people living in Vancouver if they could commit to "Accessing Nature" for 10 days straight too. They said yes.
It's on!

Sunday 25 March 2012

Kaylen and Deanna - Day 1


Saturday, Day 1 of the challenge, Kaylen and I hit the slopes of Mt Seymour. We've been trying to get up to the mountain as much as possible, and with the great weather we've been having, that was all the encouragement we needed. Kaylen and I both noticed how sunny and clear it was, although we debated for a moment while on the lift about the number of clouds in the sky (not many ;).

I was loving the contrasting feeling of the warm sun and cold snow, while Kaylen was all about the snow. He noted: "I saw snow, I felt snow, I heard snow!" We were both loving the fact that we could take a short drive and suddenly be at this beautiful mountain where we could be active and have fun together outside.
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