Wednesday October 16

What a great day to have a hike at Ann and Sandy Cross! The weather gods were definitely making up for the cancelled day. The kids will be tired from the 3KM+ hike that included some climbs and down hills. We learned a lot from Mike and Matthew our two guides, about how the natives lived on the land first. We learned about ecological footprints and how we as modern Calgarians have the biggest footprint of all. Ecological footprint is the impact people have on the land in order to live. Did you know that if everyone on earth lived the way Calgarians do, with the amount of space we have and how we use it, earth would not be big enough. It would take 5 planet earths! Ask your child how the natives lived with such a small footprint on the land. 

 We also learned how the settlers were the second people to live on this land. The settlers had a harder life than we do, and they had a smaller ecological footprint too. We saw some artifacts that are still around from the settler time and learned what it takes to get a steak to eat. Much more work than just going to the store....but then much less of an ecological footprint too. Ask what the settlers life was full of....we heard a letter and learned a lot about living back then. 

 We live in the modern times and have the biggest ecological footprint. Ask how we can lower our footprint...at least to make a small difference.

 Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who shared their day with us to make this trip possible! Hope you had a great day hiking with us!

 Reminders:
- if you have not paid for this trip, please bring in $13.25 or use your MYCBE account to pay online.

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