TA Loeffler

TA Loeffler is an adventurer, educator and keynote speaker from St. John’s. Her work and adventures have taken her to 36 different countries on six different continents. As a MUN Professor, TA has a reputation for excellence in experiential education because her students are more likely to be outside chasing icebergs than sitting in a classroom. TA inspires hope, possibility and vision in those whose lives she touches. She does her best thinking while hauling tires up Signal Hill.

Posts


  • > Plan ahead and prepare
    June 13, 2011

    OK. I promised more Leave No Trace information and I am about to deliver. But first, a caveat: I think we all leave a trace. Every day. Just by being and breath... Read More

  • > Toilet paper diatribe
    May 30, 2011

    What you do in the privacy of your own bathroom is your business and I’ll leave you to it. On the contrary, how you dispose of your waste in the woods is e... Read More

  • > 10 essentials for the Two-Four
    May 16, 2011

    It’s almost the "Two-Four," what I call “the long weekend pilgrimage to the country” that ideally marks the true end of winter and the tentative launch of... Read More

  • > Exercise your right to vote
    May 2, 2011

    The big day.  Election day in Canada.  It’s time to walk, hike, roll, or dance your way to your local polling station to vote.  As you head there (I’m th... Read More

  • > The world’s greatest Stairmaster
    April 18, 2011

    What’s green and grey and can be seen from all over St. John’s?  Signal Hill, the world’s greatest Stairmaster. It dominates our view, our collective... Read More

  • > The G spot
    March 26, 2011

    It’s not what you think. I’ll leave that to more knowledgeable folks than I. It’s about being a generalist, or in the words of one self-help author, a “... Read More

  • > Asleep in the cold
    March 12, 2011

    I sleep in an unheated bedroom. Always have. On recent nights when the temperature has plunged to -14 C, it’s been downright chilly. “Why?” is a ques... Read More

  • > In search of discipline? Borrow it
    February 26, 2011

    “If you fear change, leave it here.” This was a note I saw taped to a glass jar in a funky restaurant. I chuckled and then it got me thinking, “Why is... Read More