Friends,
As the year draws to a close, we want to send out a message of gratitude. Thank you, all of you, for your support and engagement over this past year. We've come a long way, and none of this would have been possible without you!
And of course a big thank you to our amazing, hard-working volunteers. We also want to thank the Small Change Fund for continuing to partner with us in our efforts to protect and preserve fragile natural environments in Inverhuron. The SCF continues to provide invaluable resources as well as the fundraising platform we need to carry on our work.
Thanks to all your generous donations we are well positioned for tackling the initial challenges of 2025, but may need to reach out to you again as we progress through the year. As always, we will make every dollar count.
We will continue to oppose the Tidman development through the judicial review process. The first of two hearings is expected to be scheduled in the coming months, and PWEP's legal counsel is optimistic as to the outcome. We will continue to keep a close eye on the proposed Sundance development; by means of reassurance, so far we have no indication that the project will move forward. And finally, we will continue to challenge the municipality and the county on their proposed Land Use designation for Inverhuron. The email campaign to municipal councillors was very effective, thanks to all of you. This is a true example of a community working together to make our voices heard, and the results are showing. PWEP's Alternative Land Use Proposal is being considered by county planners, and we will keep you informed every step of the way.
As always, you can read about our activities on the PWEP website; we do our best to post all new material and keep the website up to date, so that it may serve as a resource for the community.
As a special year-end gesture, we leave you with a couple of brief excerpts from Braiding Sweetgrass, a beacon of a book for the field of conservation written by environmentalist and indigenous scientist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer. We hope you find enjoyment and inspiration in these texts, and we wish you all the best for the New Year.
In gratitude,
The Team @ PWEP
The Philosopher’s Wool Environmental Preserve
2 Alma Street
Tiverton, ON
Respectfully acknowledging that we live, work and benefit from the Lands and Waters of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.
"We are all bound by a covenant of reciprocity: plant breath for animal breath, winter and summer, predator and prey, grass and fire, night and day, living and dying. Water knows this, clouds know this. Soil and rocks know they are dancing in a continuous giveaway of making, unmaking, and making again the earth."
~ Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (p. 383, 2013 Milkweed Editions)
"I envision people recognizing, perhaps for the first time, the dazzling gifts of the world, seeing them with new eyes, just as they teeter on the cusp of undoing. Maybe just in time. Or maybe too late. Spread on the grass, green over brown, they will honor at last the giveaway from Mother Earth. Blankets of moss, robes of feathers, baskets of corn, and vials of healing herbs. Silver salmon, agate beaches, sand dunes. Thunderbolts and snowdrifts, cords of wood and herds of elk. Tulips. Potatoes. Luna moths and snow geese. And berries. More than anything, I want to hear a great song of thanks rise on the wind. I think that song might save us."
~ Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (p. 383, 2013 Milkweed Editions)
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