Environment Canada - Take Action for the Environment - The BioKits

Environment Canada - Take Action for the Environment - The BioKits The BioKits Exploring the great outdoors and beyond! To highlight the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, the Biosphère is producing a series of BioKits aimed at inspiring families to get out and explore the urban spaces and natural areas in their own neighbourhoods and beyond. Through a series of interactive, outdoor activities offered in both the Urban BioKit and theNature BioKit, participants are initiated to biodiversity and are offered ways of taking action to preserve it.It’s four seasons of outdoor fun! Just let your senses be your guide! Click here to learn more about the Urban BioKit!Click here to learn more about the Nature BioKit! The BioKits also include some site-specific versions that allow visitors to explore biodiversity in a specific area such as a park or wildlife area. At each stop, a new activity and a new direction to choose: where will this adventure lead you next? Using a "build your own adventure" approach, participants can rent a GPS unit or follow a map to uncover specific points of interest. The activity takes about an hour and a half (good/ bad weather). Participants must bring their outdoor material. Two of these BioKits will be offered during the summer of 2010. The Biosphère will offer the Île Sainte-Hélène BioKit and the Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area will be offering the Cap Tourmente BioKit. Stay tuned, there are more BioKits to come!