2003 Community Stewardship Award - Recipients
· Islands Trust Area · Miscellaneous · 2021
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Topics: Marine & foreshore — our classification, not the Trust's.
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SUSTAINING THE ISLANDS – COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP AWARDS 2003 AWARD WINNER PROFILE WINNER: BOWEN ISLAND FOREST AND WATER MANAGEMENT SOCIETY BOWEN ISLAND CATEGORY: GROUP AWARD PROJECT: BOWEN ISLAND GEOLIBRARY NOMINATOR: JULIAN DUNSTER, BOWEN ISLAND Project Description: The Bowen Island Geolibrary project compiles a vast amount of community information on one CD ROM. It enables community members to see maps, plans and other documents about their community in the comfort of their own home, without having to spend hours finding the information from individual sources. They can browse or print copies of the material, and make up their own maps of any part of the community. As a result of the project, Bowen Islanders are more informed about their community and can participate in community planning decisions. The project demonstrates how knowledge can be made available in a cost effective way to help all members in a community preserve and protect their natural and cultural heritage. This project is consistent with Islands Trust policies that support citizen participation in local community planning. SUSTAINING THE ISLANDS – COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP AWARDS 2003 AWARD WINNER PROFILE WINNER: ISLANDS IN THE SALISH SEA MAPPING PROJECT (ALL ISLANDS) CATEGORY: GROUP AWARD PROJECT: ISLANDS IN THE SALISH SEA MAPS NOMINATOR: NORA LAYARD, SALT SPRING ISLAND Project Description: The primary goal of this project was to gather existing knowledge from local communities about the ‘state of the islands’ and communicate that knowledge through artistic community maps. Over the past three years, thirty art maps were created by islanders on seventeen islands in the southern Gulf Islands. Each community researched its natural, economic and cultural heritage and talented artists transformed that information into a stunning visual display. The project was made possible by many partners and sponsors. Over 1000 people participated in the project directly, including cartographers, historians, archivists, birders, farmers, youth, the elderly and business people. Sponsors included a range of government and non-government agencies, private organizations and individuals. More recently, the project held exhibitions of the maps on fourteen islands and in Vancouver, Sidney and Victoria. Viewers were particularly impressed with the importance of the maps for expressing community connections to the land, for future community planning use and as an important development in community collaboration. This project is consistent with Islands Trust policies that support the availability of community information and citizen participation in local community planning. SUSTAINING THE ISLANDS – COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP AWARDS 2003 AWARD WINNER PROFILE WINNER: JENNY BALKE DENMAN ISLAND CATEGORY: I
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