The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
Abraham Lincoln
On September 24th, a most thilling event took place at the Christ Church Cathedral hall in Fredericton NB! Twenty-three people with varying interests and areas of expertise came together for the ‘Sustainable Community Design’ training session hosted by Daniel Savard of the Department of Environment. This full day training session was presented free of charge to ‘One Tree Orchard’ project partners and supporters. The department of Environment had created a new style and design of subdivisions in response to the ‘Climate Change Action Plan’. The OTO project will be a showcase of this design. All 23 project partners gave up a full day to come and learn the specifics of this new and inovative design. Members from the dept of Environment, Dept of Health, UNB and private citizens came out to learn from Daniels expertise.
This training session could not have been possible without the support of many people and organisations. We would like to thank Daniel Savard and the Dept. of Environment for having hosted and subsidised this training session. Equally deserving of thanks is the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation for supplying training manual for this session free of charge. To Shawn Dalton, Stephanie Merrill and everyone at UNB’s Environment and Sustainable Development Research Centre, I would like to give a great thanks for helping to find an appropriate venue and for supplying refreshments. And without question, I would like to thank all of the participants who came to the training session for their ongoing support!
What’s next?
Presently, the biological survey group is preparing to hit the field. Under the leadership of Vincent Zelazny, this group will be mapping the OTO project site and evaluating the ecological needs of this area. With great pleasure I would like to welcome André Lévesque to the biological survey group. André is a GIS Student in the post-diploma program, NBCC Moncton. He will be creating a series of overlay maps of the different aspects of the OTO project area. We are absolutely thrilled to have André on board!
André Lévesque
Welcome André!
