Skip to content

Art Borups Corners Society

Northwestern Ontario Living Lab
  • Home
  • About
    • About Art Borups Corners
      • Artists, Researchers and Collaborators
      • Governance
      • Mission, Vision and Values
    • Arts Incubator Winnipeg Hub
    • The Art of Serving Community
    • Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
  • News
    • Latest News and Updates
    • Northern Ontario Arts
    • Borups Corners News
    • Community Garden
    • Community Lens
    • Food Security and Innovation
    • Photos and Short Stories
    • Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tracker
  • Programs
    • Art Borups Corners Living Land Lab
    • Food Security
      • Food Preservation Training and Curriculum Development
      • Melgund: Come Eat With Us Cookbook
      • Relationship Development and Engagement with MCAD and UMD
      • The Art of Canning and Creative Entrepreneurship
      • Towards a Framework for Food Systems Innovation
    • Spring and Summer Arts Incubator
    • Storytelling Club
      • English Short Stories to Read
      • Summer Short Stories
      • Winter City Short Stories
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Canada Day Festival 2026
    • ARTSPOT Under $100 Art Show in Winnipeg
    • Summer Artists and Vendors Market
    • 2026 Spring Exhibition
  • Support
  • Contact
Home / SDG 15

SDG 15

Examples of UN SDG 15: Life on Land in Action

SDG 15 aims to protect, restore, and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems. This goal focuses on halting deforestation, combating desertification, halting the loss of biodiversity, and protecting endangered species. It encourages sustainable land management, the conservation of natural habitats, and the restoration of ecosystems that provide essential services, such as clean air, water, and food. SDG 15 underscores the need to combat climate change impacts on land and preserve natural environments for future generations. By protecting life on land, we ensure the health and resilience of ecosystems that support all life on Earth. View more examples of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Action here.

Our first pit firing of local clay is finally underway! After months of collecting and experimenting with clay from Borups Corners in Melgund Township, we're finally getting to see how it responds to a real wood fire. The flames are going, the coals are building, and our little test pieces are right in the middle of it all.
Northern Ontario Arts

Our First Pit Firing: Testing Locally Harvested Clay in Melgund Township

After months of waiting, we're finally pit firing clay harvested right here in Borups Corners.
Read More →
We're thinking about the things we leave behind. Birch bark, clay, small artworks and stories all have their own ways of surviving. This experiment is about bringing a few of those materials together and seeing what they might become.
Northern Ontario Arts

Materials Research: Clay Tubes, Birch Bark Stories and the Art of Keeping Things

A local clay and ceramics study exploring handmade containers for art, memory and future generations.
Read More →
Frost tried to crash the party, but our green pumpkin is already showing its true colors. A warm spot by the window and a little patience will bring this last garden harvest across the finish line.
Community Garden

Saving the Final Harvest

Save your frost-threatened pumpkins with simple indoor ripening techniques to wrap up a successful community garden season.
Read More →
Trial by Fire: Engineering a Sheet-Metal Pit Fire for Wild Clay
Northern Ontario Arts

Trial by Fire: Engineering a Sheet-Metal Pit Fire for Wild Clay

We built a zero-cost, metal pit kiln to test wild Northwestern Ontario clay and local ash glazes.
Read More →
Shovels Hit the Dirt for Melgund Clay’s First Pit Firing
Northern Ontario Arts

Shovels Hit the Dirt for Melgund Clay’s First Pit Firing

We broke ground on our backyard pit to test local Melgund clay following a summer of fire bans.
Read More →
Green, Plump, and Thriving
Community Garden

Green, Plump, and Thriving

Watch our pumpkins thrive! Mild weather is helping these green beauties take off as summer programs wrap up.
Read More →
The berries were thick on the branches this year, heavy and sweet in the August sun.
Food Security and Innovation

Bush Roads and Blueberries

Art Borups Corners connects food security and land-based learning with a favourite August tradition: blueberry picking.
Read More →
A dense carpet of Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia stellaris), characterized by intricate, lace-like branching that radiates into 4- to 5-pointed star shapes at each node. Its pale, creamy-green color comes from usnic acid, which helps protect it from intense sunlight.
Food Security and Innovation

On the Land: Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen and Labrador Tea

Nestled right beside the fuzzy leaves of Labrador Tea, Star-tipped Reindeer Lichen creates iconic ground cover across high latitudes.
Read More →
Our living lab gardens double as a summer hunting ground for local Northern Leopard Frogs.
Community Garden

Pest Control on Four Legs

Northern Leopard Frogs thrive in late summer garden beds, serving as vital bioindicators and pest controllers.
Read More →
Easy to spot by its deep orange wings and solid black borders, the Atlantis Fritillary is active across Northwestern Ontario right now.
Community Garden

Meeting the Fritillary

Spotting orange-and-black fritillary butterflies as they soak up heat along sunny forest trails in August.
Read More →

Posts pagination

1 2 … 19 Next

Latest News and Updates

  • Nuclear waste DGR workshops engage with community
  • Our First Pit Firing: Testing Locally Harvested Clay in Melgund Township
  • Materials Research: Clay Tubes, Birch Bark Stories and the Art of Keeping Things
  • Pumpkins, carving tools, and a little Halloween chaos!
  • DGR Project: Join the Melgund Community Workshop on October 28

Join Our Mailing List

Upcoming Events

The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


BN: 790519573RC0001

ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
© 2026 Art Borups Corners. All rights reserved. Template design by artsincubator.ca