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Stewardship July. 2005.Indd Bras d'Or HE LUE ERON TThe Bras B d’Or Stewardship H Society P.O. Box 158, Baddeck, Nova Scotia B0E 1B0 St y ew iet ardship Soc VOLUME VIII JULY 2005 NO. 2 everal issues have been brought responsibility and engage in local Sto the Society’s attention since issues. This local level commitment January 2005. One curiously interesting will have long-term global impact. NOTICE criticism that has been recently directed The process of globalization now to the Society is that there are too has become almost a mantra of sorts THE SEMI-ANNUAL many ‘organizations’ involved in the as world economics become more MEETING OF THE SOCIETY integrated and the need for natural present and future stewardship of the WILL BE HELD AT THE Bras d’Or Lakes and its watershed. resources grow excessively to fuel This perception does not seem the rapacious global economy. BADDECK COMMUNITY to embrace the notion, the more the The fact that there are a number HALL ON AUGUST 13, 2005 merrier. Society Chairman Pat Bates of agencies and volunteer groups AT 2:00 PM. addresses this conundrum in his article working on the behalf of protecting entitled “Good Stewardship: A Love and conserving the Bras d’Or Lakes ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED Affair With The Bras d’0r.” and its watershed should be positively TO ATTEND AS WELL AS Many years ago a publication known viewed as a veritable ‘personifi cation’ INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO of the notion of ‘the politics of place’ at as The Whole Earth Quarterly, an ARE CONCERNED WITH THE eclectic journalistic endeavor that work at the local level. The key is to evolved from Stewart Brand’s Whole act locally, but think globally. The more FUTURE STEWARDSHIP OF Earth Catalogue, printed an article people do this, the greater will be the THE BRAS D’OR LAKES. entitled “THE POLITICS OF PLACE”. enhancement of knowledge leading to The theme being that if one desires to a better understanding of the challenge make an impact on the global picture, of the politics of place as it pertains it together, common causes, and a person must be willing fi rst to ‘act’ to the responsible stewardship of the enlightened self-interest. The politics of locally and ‘think’ globally. Bras d’Or and creating a dedicated place has to do it concretively, getting The “politics of place” embrace the conservation constituency. neighbors interested in something, obvious principle that the individual In this edition of the Blue Heron, working together to do it, letting fi rst must have the will to take local the overriding theme is, indeed, the other neighbors see the work, make ‘politics of place’. Combine Catherine judgments, and perhaps join the next Godwin’s article, Pat Bates’s step, the next work.” In This Issue contribution and Bruce Hatcher’s piece Page on the reconstitution of the Bras d’Or Institute together and the message The Whole Earth Quarterly News Items 2 & 4 is none other than that described in Summer 1981 the following paragraph by Karl Hess Good Stewardship 3 in his article ‘The Politics of Place” published in the summer 1981 Whole Maintaining Your Onsite Sewage Earth Quarterly: Disposal System 4 “The politics of place has one thing in Water Accessibility & common with any other kind of politics or, indeed, any other social endeavor. “Our goal is to Management Around the Bras It involves constituency. Put it another d’Or 5 way it involves friends and envisioning protect, conserve neighborly relations. Conventional and restore the Global Water Concerns Reflected politics does it rhetorically, as in Bras d’Or Lakes” in The Arm of Gold 7 merchandising, using the lingo pulling www.baddeck.com/bss and Labor and Natural Resources enhance its marina capacity. The met with a group of concerned community wharf has undergone NEWS ITEMS: citizens to discuss the closure plan. major improvements that will be an ANNUAL GENERAL It was decided that monitoring of the asset to recreational boaters and closure of the site be overseen by a tourists. The wharf will provide MEETING: selected third party entity to avoid sewage pump out services to boat The Annual General Meeting of any doubts regarding partisanship. owners, a first for Whycocomagh the Society was held on March 22, A summary of the meeting has been Bay. The Whycocomagh waterfront 2005 at the Alexander Graham Bell provided in a report entitled, “Report also has a new resort facility with Museum. Close to 35 individuals on the Community Consultation on the capability of providing seminar turned out. There was both lively and the Closure of the Crowdis Mountain and conference facilities as well as provocative discussion regarding the Septage Disposal Site”. high quality tourist accommodations. proposed strip mining on Boularderie Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation Island. MLA Gerald Sampson spoke MACKINNON’S has provided funds for this project regarding his support of the promoting HARBOR SURVIVAL with a proposed cost of good stewardship of the Bras d’Or ASSOCIATION: $250,000.00 as well as assisted the Lakes. MLA Sampson also reiterated new Keltic Key Resort. his stance against strip mining. At the May board meeting of the Society held at the Highland Village in Iona CANADA SCHOOL OF BRAS D’OR INSTITUTE representatives of the MacKinnon’s PUBLIC SERVICE: RECONSTITUTED: Harbor Survival Association made a presentation regarding changes June 20-23, 2005 - by Lynn Cape Breton University has elected to in the dredging regulations for the Baechler fund and staff The Bras d’Or Institute, entrance to MacKinnon’s Harbor. As in the past, a representative from an entity that once held an important The Nova Scotian Department of the Bras d’Or Stewardship Society role in studying island wide issues. Natural Resources will no longer was invited to speak to public service Bruce Hatcher, the new director, has allow dredging spoils to be deposited managers, attending a Leadership summarized this welcomed turn of in the present location. The entrance Development Module located in events in this newsletter. (See Bras to MacKinnon’s Harbor was opened Sydney, Cape Breton. d’Or Institute Revitalized) several years ago to allow boats The format was a dialogue session, to enter. The society has written a where our Board member presented SOCIETY PROVIDES letter to the association supporting the challenges and successes we have SCHOLARSHIP: their efforts to continue to dredge the experienced as a non-governmental entrance to McKinnon’s Harbor On June 22, 2005 a board member of organization (NGO) working in the the Society presented Alex MacAulay ROSS’S FERRY environmental sector in the Bras d’Or with a fi ve hundred dollar cheque as a Lakes watershed. stipend for continuing his education. MARINE PARK: Alex was chosen as the winner of The Ross’s Ferry Stewardship 2005 MEMBERSHIP the first scholarship provided by Society applied for and received CAMPAIGN: the society to a graduating high a substantial amount of funds to This year’s membership campaign school student who resides in the upgrade the old ferry wharf. Funds is a head of the total funds raised in Bras d’ or Lakes watershed. Alex totaling $250,000.00 dollars are being 2004, but our number of contributors essay was selected as the winning provided by Enterprise Cape Breton is down. Each year the society entry. His essay is reproduced in the Corporation and the Municipality of requires support through membership current newsletter. (See article by Victoria to carry our the upgrades contributions. We hope that you will Jim 0’Brien) which will provide a pump out station, continue to contribute and support the a wharf for boats to tie along side as Society’s efforts. CLOSURE OF CROWDIS well as a concrete ramp to launch MT. SEWAGE LAGOON: boats. 2005 SEMI-ANNUAL On April 14, 205 a meeting was held at the Middle River Community Hall WHYCOCOMAGH MEETING: to discuss the close out plan of the WHARF This meeting will be held on August sewage lagoon on Crowdis Mountain. IMPROVEMENTS: 13, 2005. No speaker has been Representatives from the Nova scheduled for this date. The board Scotia Department of Environment The SS Marion Society is undertaking a community wharf upgrade to Contʼd on page 4 Page 2 www.baddeck.com/bss two categories of participating the center of many initiatives and Good Stewardship: groups with mandates to function planning activity, all resourced at with the Bras d’Or Watershed. their respective offi ces in Eskasoni. A Love Affair with One is the cluster of Municipal- The Collaborative Environmental The Bras d’Or Provincial-Federal authorities that Planning Initiative (CEPI) is the have legitimate function under mechanism though which all By Pat Bates law that they are entitled and we interested groups may participate in haracteristically, we Canadians expect to enforce. Over the past the work of planning for the long-term Care perceived as a rather placid four years a measure of order has protection of the Bras d’Or Lakes. people who are not readily disposed been established under the title of We all share an open forum. We also to displaying emotion or our feelings Sustainable Community Initiatives share, as a volunteer organization on any subject. Yet, there is evidence (SCI) enabling all agencies to better a desire to create consensus on that we are starting to change from coordinate their work related to the problem solving that will lead to this style of conduct at last in a manner watershed. An allied component of responsible and accountable action in which our appreciation for the Bras this cluster is a relatively new form on all issues.
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