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Out to Learn offers all curriculum based programming at the Kinark Outdoor Centre.  The Centre is situated on a scenic 250 hectare site on the Canadian Shield just two and a half hours north of Toronto.  The property boasts a secluded lake with a sand beach, nature/ski trails, sports fields, a full service dining lodge, recreation/conference hall, four-season sleeping cabins for 100 and an array of natural features.

The Sustainable Living Centre

In 2006 Sir Sandford Fleming College constructed a Sustainable Living Centre at the Kinark Outdoor Centre.  The Sustainable Living Centre is a building that attempts to minimize use of fossil fuels while maximizing careful use of natural materials. This ensures that the materials are reusable by future generations or renewed within the life of the built structure. Sustainability for building design is also about considering every building as an integrated system, where every function is supported by multiple elements and every element supports multiple functions. For example, a roof provides shelter, but is also a rainwater collection system, an overhang for minimizing solar gain, a heat collection system, wildlife habitat and perhaps even a garden, modifying local climates and purifying the air. This represents a change in thinking from conventional building, where a roof is only thought of as protecting the house and occupants from weather.

Out to Learn will be utilizing the Sustainable Living Centre as a unique classroom. The Sustainable Living Centre will be the primary location for delivery of all Out to Learn programs, and new programs are in development that draw from the building and explore such concepts as sustainability, climate change, energy conservation, waste reduction and water conservation. 

For more information regarding accommodation, dining and other services/facilities offered at the Kinark Outdoor Centre please visit their website at the following address:

www.koc.on.ca

Please Note: All aspects of Out to Learn programming - including accommodation at the Kinark Outdoor Centre - are coordinated by Out to Learn.