Stewardship Stew Welcomes You
Welcome to the Stewardship Stew. Dig in. Offer your creative suggestions on Nature Center projects, programs and goals. Got a hot blog that should be checked out? Who else is being innovative with sustainability? Add your ingredients to the Stew. Spice it up!
First up: our Stewardship Center. This project aims to become the focal point of NCSL programs, educational offerings, volunteer activities, habitat protection and natural resources management. It’s new. It’s sustainable. It’s a one-of-a-kind solution to preserve a natural area, connect people with nature and inspire stewardship. (Check out the Nature Center's website to see drawings and plans and to learn more about the why’s, how’s and when’s.)
- "This Week In Shaker" covered last week’s Architecture Review Board meeting in Shaker Heights. You can read about it here.
- The images below show the proposed location for the Stewardship Center (click to get a closer look):
posted by Nature Center @ 10:30 AM
2 Comments:
At April 7, 2007 11:36 AM ,
Anonymous said...
We haave a large covered space already--the Friend's Pavillion. People who are going to do outdoor work will already be dressed for the outside. Only a storage shed is actually needed. Let's make it as inconspicuous as possible and not the first thing which is seen when driving into the lot. Visitors come to see nature at the Nature Center. It should not be decorated with paint. An educational bas relief such as the Doan Brook Watershed or geology of the region would make sense. Tools do not have to be warm. Solar powered lighting would be appropriate if there is enough sun and if a window won't do. We need to preserve the park, not build in it.
At April 9, 2007 3:34 PM ,
Victoria Mills said...
Thanks! We appreciate your thoughtful comments and will take them into consideration as the project takes shape. You're right, people do come here to see nature, but they also come here to connect with nature and each other. Stewardship is one of the most important, experiential tools to build the vital connection between the land and people. In the past decade, 14 million acres of land have been preserved across the US, but is our culture closer to valuing the environment? The average American can recognize 1000 corporate logos, but can't identify ten plants and animals native to their region.* The NCSL is committed to creating the programming and the space that encourages more and more people to become stewardship volunteers. Further, we believe, if people will steward the earth here, they will do so in many other places and many other ways. Thanks again and we invite more discussion.
*Peter Forbes: 'What is a Whole Community'.
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