2023 rare Online Auction

This year's auction is in support of rare's Every Child Outdoors (ECO) program, which delivers curriculum-based outdoor environmental programs for K-12 including specialized Mirrored Research programs - programs that allow students to "mirror" the research and monitoring activities conducted on the reserve.

We also offer public events to help inform and to engage with the community on a variety of environmental, arts-based and Indigenous-focused topics - all while having fun.

More than 2000 students per year have gone through our school-based and youth environmental education program. Help us continue to provide children the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, values and motivation necessary to become environmentally responsible citizens!

The rare Charitable Research Reserve is a community-based urban land trust and environmental institute that protects over 1,200 acres of highly sensitive lands across 7 properties in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. The organization manages over 12 kilometres of trails free and open for the public. We seek to make the world a more sustainable place. We believe we can achieve this by acknowledging that people are a part of the environment. By working together, we can protect our natural spaces for our enjoyment and well-being, today and into the future.