Community Day 509

Grey Merriam | May 25, 2016

People on the land to share knowledge of special places

Coming soon is a chance for the people on the land north of Highway 7 to share their knowledge of their lands and waters and community. Join them on Saturday June 4, 9:30 to 3:30, in the Clar-Mill Hall on Buckshot Lake Road in Plevna

The land north of 7 is blessed with unbelievable natural riches, and on that land, many generations of people have added other riches that we recognize in our historical archives. Our artists and artisans are adding their creations. All of these riches should be considered as we choose among the options for the future of the lands and the community north of 7.

Community Day 509 will build on the Community Day held in Cloyne in 2014 and will provide an opportunity for the people on the land to discuss knowledge gained from many generations of experience on the land. Adding knowledge from the land to information gained from satellites looking down on the land from above and from other technical and analytical approaches will give a fuller appreciation of the richness of our lands. We need to bring all these ways of knowing together as we decide the futures for the riches North of 7.

On June 4 nobody will give speeches. It will be a chance for questions and answers, for conversation and for you folks who live in the region North of 7 to exchange ideas about how you want our region to be in the future. Come out and discuss how you value that wealth of living conditions and want it cared for as your community changes.

As human populations both here and in neighbouring cities change and lifestyles change we will need to choose among the possible futures for the lands North of 7. Before choosing a particular future to aim for, we need to safeguard the rich range of Special Places that we have. Our lakes, our forests, our visible landscapes, the ecosystem processes that maintain those natural features clearly make this land rich. So do the special features that humans have created and that are important in our history. All these riches have Special Places that should be identified before they are changed. Community Day 509 will take a step toward that end.

You will be able to exchange knowledge with: planners, conservation managers, land trust volunteers, naturalists, stewardship volunteers, artists and crafts people, historians, municipal politicians, and others.

If discussing your information gives you an appetite, the Clarendon-Miller Volunteer Firefighters Association will have lunch for sale at the hall.

For information contact Gray Merriam, 613-335-3589, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; or Richard Emery 613-479-8057, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.