{"id":4746,"date":"2024-10-01T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebn.davidbeyer.ca\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:37:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:37:03","slug":"walks-in-the-escarpment-woods-a-necessary-recharge-during-busy-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/walks-in-the-escarpment-woods-a-necessary-recharge-during-busy-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Walks in the Escarpment Woods:\u00a0A Necessary Recharge During Busy Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network\u00a0was very busy\u00a0this\u00a0Spring\u00a0and Summer.\u00a0As\u00a0board members\u00a0we were very inspired in March to be with another\u00a0five\u00a0of our fellow\u00a0Network\u00a0board members along with several hundred others who met at the Gathering Place at Six Nations\u00a0of the Grand River\u00a0to participate and learn about\u00a0Two-Eyed\u00a0Seeing and\u00a0Ethical\u00a0Space\u00a0in\u00a0addressing Climate Change Action, and\u00a0building effective relationships.\u00a0This learning is essential to helping us enact our co-governance guiding principles at the Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many other conservation organizations such as the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, Nature Conservancy of Canada,\u00a0and the Bruce Trail Conservancy had senior staff and\u00a0board members present,not to mention our sister World Biosphere in eastern Ontario, the Frontenac Arch.\u00a0This is very encouraging both for the strengthening of our Network and the openness among conservation leaders to this way forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conference was bookended with Indigenous elder’s voices from across Turtle Island with Indigenous youth sharing their compelling stories of positive action in the face of fear for the future of their communities and\u00a0planet.\u00a0It was a powerful experience.\u00a0This event was\u00a0made\u00a0possible thanks to our partner,\u00a0Plenty Canada,\u00a0who organized the conference on our behalf with\u00a0Mohawk College and supported by\u00a0Environment and Climate Change Canada\u00a0funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly thereafter, we organized a four-day tour for the reviewers appointed by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, which was the next step in the 10-Year Periodic Review of the Biosphere designation after our organization submitted the Self-Study Report at the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tour began on Anishinaabe territory at Neyaashiinigmiing (Cape Croker) where Charlene is a Hereditary Elder and we could be in the beauty of the Escarpment as well as illustrate the context of our co-governance model. After that we have made arrangements for the reviewers to meet numerous organizations at various stops as we wound our way south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had set it up so the reviewers could speak with leaders from local governments, conservation agencies, non-profit organizations, post-secondary researchers, and of course the Niagara Escarpment Commission about the many initiatives and efforts being made to conserve biodiversity, respond to climate change, and foster sustainable development.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Network we drew upon to inform the external reviewers was rich with initiative demonstrating local and regional leadership. Although we didn\u2019t have nearly enough time to visit all the important and worthwhile projects going on, we hope the itinerary showed the broad, enduring commitment of many to the values underlying the Biosphere designation. This is not to say there aren’t challenges and very real concerns about the impacts of various forms of developments \u2014 data shows the continuing loss of biodiversity for example \u2014 but that the efforts to live more in harmony with nature are many and real. We see this as a key role of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network, to share and showcase examples of impactful initiatives for the Biosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individually the daily walks we take in nature on the Escarpment near to us are both an antidote to the busy, sometimes tiresome duties of day to day organizing that\u00a0leading\u00a0a non-profit entails and a reminder of why we sit through Zoom meetings, send emails,\u00a0and prepare draft agendas.\u00a0Today in the woods,\u00a0as we write,\u00a0the\u00a0colours are\u00a0advancing\u00a0the nuts and berries\u00a0are being\u00a0stored and\u00a0eaten and the monarchs are\u00a0completing their cycle.\u00a0The geese are mustering and squawking. \u00a0It renews the spirit to witness the\u00a0passage of the seasons\u00a0in the forest.\u00a0We owe it to those who come next to pass along and conserve the vitality and spiritual renewal that remains in the\u00a0Niagara\u00a0Escarpment woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlene Winger-Jones – Co-Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Norman Ragetlie – Former Co-Chair and enduring Board Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network\u00a0was very busy\u00a0this\u00a0Spring\u00a0and Summer.\u00a0As\u00a0board members\u00a0we were very inspired in March to be with another\u00a0five\u00a0of our fellow\u00a0Network\u00a0board members along with several hundred others who met at the Gathering Place at Six Nations\u00a0of the Grand River\u00a0to participate and learn about\u00a0Two-Eyed\u00a0Seeing and\u00a0Ethical\u00a0Space\u00a0in\u00a0addressing Climate Change Action, and\u00a0building effective relationships.\u00a0This learning is essential to helping us […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4760,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions\/4760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}