WorkCabin’s founder Gregg McLachlan is pleased to again be working with Emerging Leaders For Biodoversity to host its very popular environmental resume and careers workshop in Toronto. This annual event has attracted a full house each year and gives environmental students and recent environmental grads new perspectives on crafting more effective resumes and insights into
In January, WorkCabin founder, conservation filmmaker and pro photographer Gregg McLachlan trekked into a 900-acre old growth forest in southwestern Ontario on a winter photo assignment for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The assignment involved hiking through fresh deep snow to reach the interior of the forest to capture scenes of winter landscapes. “Our old
Canada’s Conservation Jobs Board since 2007 just got even better. WorkCabin is thrilled to launch a new redeveloped website for 2020. There are still a few tweaks being made behind the scenes to fix a few items, but most of the heavy lifting is complete. One of the biggest changes is a new UX that
It’s no secret that Instagram is a very powerful visual social media platform. But what is lesser known is its specific power for Ontario’s conservation authorities. Whether it is for telling stories about the work that conservation authorities do, or telling stories about nature and amazing destinations, Instagram represents the single most powerful platform today.
In March 2019, WorkCabin’s founder and conservation filmmaker Gregg McLachlan travelled to Kingston, Ontario to do a video shoot for the Maple Madness Festival, one of Ontario’s largest maple syrup festivals. This hugely popular festival is held every March by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority and attracts locals and tourists. The video shoot lasted about
WorkCabin environmental filmmaker Gregg McLachlan has returned from four days of living off the grid, in a rustic cabin, at the tip of Long Point, Ontario to do filming and vlogging work for the Long Point Bird Observatory (LPBO). This work is part of a larger project for 2020. He spent a week following researchers
In October 2019, WorkCabin founder and conservation filmmaker Gregg McLachlan travelled to King Township, Ontario to work with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Park Bus. NCC, the country’s leading national land conservation organization, hired WorkCabin Creative to film a volunteer event in Happy Valley Forest. Park Bus, the city-to-parks transportation service, brought volunteers from
WorkCabin founder Gregg McLachlan travelled to Upper Thames Region Conservation Authority in January to be guest speaker and coach on effective use of social media for engagement and conservation areas. Gregg explained effective tactics and drilled down on audience behaviours on Instagram that have become essential for organizations to better understand so that the platform
MAPS station at Big Valley property, SK (Photo by NCC) October 29, 2018 | by Logan Salm The Nature Conservancy of Canada As a summer intern for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), I have had the opportunity to participate in many cool conservation activities. One of the neatest projects I got to work on this past summer was the
WorkCabin founder and videographer Gregg McLachlan has been hired by Conservation Ontario, the umbrella organization for Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities, to film, host and narrate a multi-episode video series highlighting special places and nature experiences across Ontario. Episodes in the 2018 series feature forest therapy programs, outdoor education, Carolinian forests, raptor rehabilitation and hiking/exploring the