“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
-John Lennon
The One Tree Orchard Project is now in full effect. I am pleased to announce that the One Tree Orchard is now officially in partnership with the New Brunswick Department of Environment. The Department of Environment has serendipitously created a very fine response to the ‘ Climate Change Action Plan’. They have created a new form of subdivision design. They have already found a developer in Dieppe who has agreed to allow his subdivision be an urban showcase of their design. What they have lacked until now is a rural showcase. I am proud to announce that th One Tree Orchard will be this showcase project for the Department of Environment. With the support of Daniel Savard ,Head Planner of the DOE, we have begun creating a ‘DreamTeam’ of industry and government professionals to bring this project together. I am so thrilled by this new partnership!
At our preliminary ‘DreamTeam’ meeting, we had members from the Dept. of Health, 6 folks from Dept of Env., members from UNB, a member representing Rural District Planning Commission, and a member from Community Planning Commission. Things are getting very exciting!
I am currently in the process of creating some subgroups to tackle some specific issues. These groups in no particular order are:
- Biological Survey;
- Subdivision Layout and Design;
- Housing Design;
- Clustered Home Heating:
- Clustered Energy Collection and Disbursement;
- Clustered Well Systems;
- Clustered Wastewater treatment;
- Green Community Centre/Sustainable Design Education Centre Creation and Financing;
- Ecological Park Design and Financing;
- Trail System Design and Financing;
- Neighbourhood Partnering and Refugee Support;
- Wetland Creation;
This list of groups and tasks is of course very overwhelming! Any volunteers?
