Online modules
Build understanding through a core curriculum covering regenerative thinking, circular systems and local opportunity.
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Sunshine Coast, British Columbia
Learn from the Coast.
Bring ideas home.
Online modules, workshops, bootcamp and immersion sessions, drawing on the Sunshine Coast’s circular economy.
For Nations, communities and organisations.
A sub-brand of The Soil CollectiveThe Coastrove offering
Four ways to learn.
One connected approach.
Start online, bring us to your team, join a bootcamp or visit the Coast. Every format connects circular thinking with practical opportunity.
Workshops
Bring your team together to explore resources, prioritise opportunities and develop an initial business case.
Tailored to your teamExplore workshops ↗Bootcamp
Learn alongside other communities and organisations through shared sessions and practical circular economy examples.
Bootcamp in developmentExplore the bootcamp ↗Immersion sessions
Visit working operations, meet local practitioners and combine a workshop with time to experience the Coast.
A day, one night or two nightsExplore immersions ↗Coastrove, by The Soil Collective
Learning and experiences.
Rooted in the Coast.
See how local resources become soil, food and enterprise. Meet people doing the work, spend time in coastal landscapes and connect what you learn to your own community.
Coastrove is The Soil Collective’s first sub-brand, encompassing online modules, workshops, bootcamp and immersion sessions. Explore the format that fits your team and connect the learning to your own opportunities.
The Coast, connected
What you can
learn on the Coast.
Explore the topics that bring the Coast’s circular economy into view. Add the topics that interest your team to an enquiry.
Showing 9 coastal topics.
Composting & waste management
Organics → Compost → Living soil
How waste management and composting companies turn local organic materials into compost, mulch and soil products.
What you can learn
Greenhouses
Protected growing → Food
How greenhouse operators manage their growing environment and supply food locally.
What you can learn
Biomass heat
Recovered wood → Heat → Greenhouse
How suitable recovered wood could provide heat for local greenhouses.
What you can learn
Farms
Compost → Restored land → Food
How farms use compost to build soil, restore land and grow food.
What you can learn
Indigenous-guided tours
Land → Knowledge → Stewardship
How Indigenous tour operators share knowledge of coastal landscapes and stewardship.
What you can learn
Farm breweries
Grain → Brewing → Compost → Soil
How farm breweries can link production with market gardens, greenhouses and on-site composting.
What you can learn
Municipal natural assets
Aquifer & wetlands → Public services
Natural asset management brings ecosystems into municipal planning alongside engineered infrastructure.
What you can learn
Food rescue programmes
Surplus food → Redistribution → Meals
How community organisations connect usable surplus food with people through local partners.
What you can learn
Materials reuse stores
Donated materials → Reuse
How reuse stores give building materials, furnishings and tools another useful life.
What you can learn
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Build your own enquiry
Choose the topics your team wants to explore.
Visits and activities depend on the season, availability and host agreement.
Choose your pace
How long can you stay?
Three ways to experience the Coast. Each combines a practical workshop with learning from place.
Showing all 3 experiences.
Day Immersion
A focused day of working examples, shared learning and a workshop built around your team.
- Breakfast, lunch and refreshments
- Facilitated workshop, with an operations tour subject to host agreement
- Time with practitioners
Coast Experience
Stay longer. Connect the working session with local food, forest and coastal perspectives.
- Everything in Day Immersion
- One night’s accommodation and one dinner
- Possible guided forest or coastal experience
Full Immersion
Make room for deeper conversations, more visits and a wider experience of the Sunshine Coast.
- Everything in Coast Experience
- A second night and a second dinner
- Extended visits from Gibsons to Pender Harbour
Prefer to gather closer to home?
Bring a workshop to your location ↗Your experience, in detail
Find your fit.
Day Immersion1 day · Sunshine Coast, BC
A focused day of working examples, shared learning and a workshop built around your team.
- Breakfast, lunch and refreshments
- Facilitated workshop, with an operations tour subject to host agreement
- Time with practitioners
- An immersion walk and space to reflect
A practical starting point for teams exploring a new direction.
Enquire about Day Immersion ↗Coast Experience1 night · Sunshine Coast, BC
Stay longer. Connect the working session with local food, forest and coastal perspectives.
- Everything in Day Immersion
- One night’s accommodation and one dinner
- Possible guided forest or coastal experience
- Possible farm or other site visit
- Travel planning support
A little more time to connect as a team and explore the Coast.
Enquire about Coast Experience ↗Full Immersion2 nights · Sunshine Coast, BC
Make room for deeper conversations, more visits and a wider experience of the Sunshine Coast.
- Everything in Coast Experience
- A second night and a second dinner
- Extended visits from Gibsons to Pender Harbour
- Hikes, lakes and provincial parks
- Accommodation with spa options, by arrangement
More room for discovery, reflection and a plan for what comes next.
Enquire about Full Immersion ↗Private groups · Dates and pricing by enquiry. Visits, contributors, accommodation and accessibility arrangements are confirmed together before booking.
Explore the setting.
Discover the southern Sunshine Coast and the circular economy examples that shape the experience.
Useful to know
Before you visit.
Who are the experiences for?
Nations, communities, leadership teams and organisations exploring regenerative enterprise, resource recovery or a shared strategic direction. We tailor the emphasis to the people in the room.
Can we shape the itinerary?
Yes. Tell us about your priorities, team size, mobility and access needs, dietary requirements and preferred dates. Specific visits and activities depend on availability, season and host agreement.
How do we get there?
From Metro Vancouver, the usual route is BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale, near Gibsons. Check current sailings and plan onward transport with us. Check BC Ferries ↗
Are prices and dates fixed?
We prepare a proposal around your group, duration and itinerary. Final pricing, dates and inclusions are agreed before you book.
Your Certificate of CompletionTake the learning
See completion requirements ↗Take the learning
home with you.
Complete your programme’s sessions and practical work to earn a personalised certificate from The Soil Collective. Your facilitator confirms completion and the programme recorded on your certificate.