<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Association de Randonnee de Montreal  (DOB: Routes to Rootz)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Routes to Rootz, is a non-profit organization on a mission to reclaim the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, and people of color]]></description><link>https://store.routestorootz.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:33:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://store.routestorootz.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Être Noir dans la Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[Se connecter à la nature, c'est se connecter à ses racines ; c'est se connecter à soi-même. Ma mère a grandi en Haïti, où « randonner » signifiait simplement marcher jusqu'au village voisin, et la pêche était le moyen de se nourrir. Je savais donc que je ne réinventais pas la roue en créant Routes to Rootz. Ayant grandi entre la maison de ma grand-mère à Chicago et les parcs de Montréal, j'ai passé mon enfance dehors, pleinement consciente de leur splendeur. Vers l'âge de dix-neuf ans, je...]]></description><link>https://store.routestorootz.com/fr/post/%C3%AAtre-noir-dans-la-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acf79ac348862f46db0b00f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:47:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a59aa7_3450bab126fe46e9910385b7fb494113~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Routes To Rootz</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being Black in Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[Connecting to nature is connecting to your roots; it’s connecting to yourself. My mother was raised in Haiti, where "hiking" meant walking to the next village, and fishing was simply how you got dinner. So I knew I wasn't reinventing the wheel when I started Routes to Rootz. Growing up between my grandmother's home in Chicago and visiting the parks of Montreal, I spent my childhood outside, fully aware of its splendor. Then, around nineteen, I worked as an educator with youth in group homes...]]></description><link>https://store.routestorootz.com/post/being-black-in-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6acf78510defd0cf6ef2eb1b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:43:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a59aa7_3450bab126fe46e9910385b7fb494113~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Routes To Rootz</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>