Here’s just an opportunity to give some credit where it’s due… We’ve been delighted over the past few months to be able to work with the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society to deliver a number of projects under their “Public Engagement and Education” Program, funded in part by Parks Canada’s…
When I saw this quotation, I thought of all the people I have met in the Non-Profit World and how their passion and persistence always prevailed at some level, even if it was a baby step. They are very special folk. Sometimes they complain about their low wages and…
Not exactly your typical household Christmas tree, I grant, but here’s a tree – for you – for Christmas. Since long before the advent of Christianity, people – particularly those in Europe and other northern climes –celebrated the solstice and the turning of the year by adorning…
Canada’s history is rife with tales of struggle and hardship, of brave souls enduring the elements, building lives and communities often against great odds. Our stories tend, often, toward the personal, the intimate, rather than grand spectacles and epic events, and our true heroes are as likely to be our…
This inspirational quotation by Vivian Greene popped into my head recently as I was reading Naomi Klein’s extraordinary book “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate”. If you haven’t yet read this book, then I recommend (no, I insist) that you do. Klein does a remarkable job not only…
World Partnership Walk In December 2007 I was in New Delhi for the International National Trusts Organization conference. This conference was attended by over 400 people from around the world and among them was one from Afghanistan, Abdul, who was an employee of the Aga Khan Heritage Trust. Abdul presented…
biodiversity (bī’ō-dĭ-vûr’sĭ-tē) The number, variety, and genetic variation of different organisms found within a specified geographic region. We have a tendency, those of us who care about the natural world, to struggle to define that which we care about most. Words like “natural” have become weak, corrupted by their use…
All too often, staff meetings are seen as boring, time wasting events. Sometimes even depressing. They certainly don’t need to be! Here’s an idea we implemented for most team meetings at The Land Conservancy of BC: we started every meeting with an opportunity for each team member to tell the…
A Field Guide to Conservation Finance by Story Clark. Published in 2007 by Island Press. Two years ago I had the privilege of hearing Story Clark speak at the annual Seminar Series hosted by the Land Trust Alliance of BC. In addition to being an engaging, dynamic speaker, Story has…
– by Ian Fawcett I don’t know of any charitable organization, or any other “not-for-profit” organization, that doesn’t try to gain a greater “return” than the value of the resources they “invest” in their work. That’s how they continue to exist, pay the bills, and get their work done. That’s…
