Geo 10 Camping Trip
Written by: Clint Stahl on Friday, June 29th, 2018
Each year, Catherine Wurtz (Sky View) and Anna Maendel (Fairholme) organize a three-day camping trip for all the ITV students taking that year’s Geo 10 course. This year, we spent the three days hiking, swimming, listening to presentations, learning about different plants, animals and biomes, and getting to know our peers. Our campsite was as usual, near Lake Winnipeg, at Mr. James’ cabin. The meals were prepared by volunteers and food was preassigned so that each colony could pitch in.
Each day was organized with different activities fo....
Each day was organized with different activities fo....
Published in: Clint Stahl's Blog
The Arrival of the Hutterites in Alberta
Written by: Paul Wipf on Thursday, June 28th, 2018
Posted with permission from Simon Evans
Thank you to Simon Evans and Peter Peller for this interesting and informative post about Hutterite arrival in Alberta.
One hundred years ago, during the early spring of 1918, Paul Stahl and a small group of Hutterite leaders were scouring the country north of Calgary looking for land. After several disappointments, they found a splendid parcel of land along the tiny Rosebud River and purchased nearly 4000 acres from the Calgary Colonization Company. Some men stayed to build barns and residences for t....
Thank you to Simon Evans and Peter Peller for this interesting and informative post about Hutterite arrival in Alberta.
One hundred years ago, during the early spring of 1918, Paul Stahl and a small group of Hutterite leaders were scouring the country north of Calgary looking for land. After several disappointments, they found a splendid parcel of land along the tiny Rosebud River and purchased nearly 4000 acres from the Calgary Colonization Company. Some men stayed to build barns and residences for t....
Published in: Paul Wipf's Blog
Considering Containers
Written by: The Bridge on Monday, May 21st, 2018
Considering Containers
Well, waaaaaaay back a few years ago when Paul Vetter and Clara Basel were here, Clara and I set out to help share food for all the Palmgrove families. At home we call it “taln.”....

Published in: The Bridge's Blog
Keeping busy!
Written by: The Bridge on Friday, April 27th, 2018
Keeping busy!
7 days ago Paul Vetter and Clara Basel left for home, Canada, Silverwinds Colony. They arrived safely and in a timely manner, no extreme plane delays or other issues. Now they can enjoy NEPA (electricity) all day and night long! Wow! If the nights are too hot here you wake every half hour and look a....

Published in: The Bridge's Blog
Markets and Looking Forward to new Visitors!!
Written by: The Bridge on Saturday, April 14th, 2018

It took me months to relax enough to enjoy them when I was here for the first time in 2008. The people here can be quite loud, calling from every angle for ‘mbakara’: t....
Published in: The Bridge's Blog