Clean Water

All our tap-water is safe to drink as we have both a chlorine and  an ultraviolet treatment system. The crystal clear water comes directly from a spring that bubbles from the ground right on property. Please don’t bring commercial bottled water – it just adds to the earth’s pollution. That bottled water is probably the same as water from the tap at Unicamp – we have 7 bottling companies nearby.

Clean Energy

Unicamp is reducing our carbon footprint and helping the environment. We installed a solar panel to provide a water pre-heating system (you can see it on the roof of the shower house) and last year we installed an on demand hot water heater. All of the lights in the dining hall and kitchen were replaced this year with new energy efficient ballasts and bulbs. We have removed most of the outdoor lights and replaced them with solar lights. Using these lights not only saves electricity but greatly reduces light pollution, making the sky at Uncamp alive with stars.

Local Food

In 2010, we purchased our free range, grass fed beef from our neighbour, Carl Cosak (pvrbeef.ca), and this year we included a riding component in children’s and family camp with the help of Carl‘s horses. Also, our neighbour across the road, Bobbi Marshall, provided most of the greens for our kitchen. 2010 Camp Director, Rebekah Jamieson, planted a garden and we harvested and ate our own produce until camp closed at Thanksgiving. We also gathered an abundance of ripe juicy apples from the old orchard at camp.  Using our newly donated ciderpress we produced several dozen liters of Unicamp’s first vintage of crisp and tart apple cider.

Foraging for Food

Every Victoria Day weekend we provide a free workshop to gather and eat wild leeks, carrots, cattails and the exquisitely delicious gourmet wild Morel mushroom.  This workshop is also available at the end of July focussing on wild berries.

Local Activism

Many of our seasonal campers and staff are working with NDACT on keeping a proposed quarry from opening nearby. For information please visit www.ndact.com/NDACT/Welcome.html