CBC Radio Morning Moncton – Ecological Forestry Course

Education Intern

Location: Tanzania/New Brunswick
Host partner organizations: Community Forests Pemba

Description:
Pemba Trees – This project is designed to create economic opportunities for rural communities in Tanzania. The focus is on the planting of timber and fruit trees in rural communities on the island of Pemba Tanzania. The trees are raised in village owned nurseries and planted on community owned land. Presently 12 communities participate to plant +100,000 trees annually. The project also makes links between environmental sustainability and private sector development, and includes activities focused on raising awareness.
Global Schools Link – Students in Pemba, Tanzania and Canada use web based 2.0 software to create student profiles and class blogs in order to share their environmental activities online.

The ideal candidate would have:
– Science or Education background
– Travel Experience
– Classroom Experience
– Willingness to live with and respect local Swahili and Muslim culture

Activities:

The intern will help continue Community Forests International’s online education program called the Global Schools Link. This program uses web-based technology (www.globalschoolslink.org) in order to partner youth from around the world in an interactive, on-line learning environment.

Information development and dissemination – Work with CFP and lead teachers in Canada to develop a linked curriculum for cross-class correspondence.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT – Adapt CFP’s Climate Change Curriculum to develop a rural community education program on Climate Change
DEVELOPMENT – Capacity building for CFP Staff and local teachers

Starting Date:            September 2010
Ending Date:              May 2011
Months Overseas:         5
Number of Positions:    1

We thank all candidates for their application. Unfortunately, only those under consideration will be contacted.

Forestry Intern

Location: Tanzania/New Brunswick
Host partner organizations: Community Forests Pemba

Description:
Pemba Trees – This project is designed to create economic opportunities for rural communities in Tanzania. The focus is on the planting of timber and fruit trees in rural communities on the island of Pemba Tanzania. The trees are raised in village owned nurseries and planted on community owned land. Presently 12 communities participate to plant +100,000 trees annually. The project also makes links between environmental sustainability and private sector development, and includes activities focused on raising awareness.
Global Schools Link – Students in Tanzania, India and Canada use web based 2.0 software to create student profiles and class blogs in order to share their environmental activities online.

The ideal candidate would have:
– Environmental science or development background
– Tree planting / forestry experience
– Travel experience
– Experience with public speaking, preparing /delivering presentations for diverse audiences
– Willingness to live with and respect local Swahili and Muslim culture

Activities:
– Working with CFP to develop the agroforestry component of the Pemba tree-planting project
– Work with CFP Field Officer to enhance CFP Research nursery
– Offering alternative livelihood support by planting trees
Public Engagement – Working directly in rural communities in Pemba and New Brunswick to promote Ecological forestry and restoration.

Starting Date:            September 2010
Ending Date:              May 2011
Months Overseas:         5
Number of Positions:    1

We thank all candidates for their application. Unfortunately, only those under consideration will be contacted.

Program Eligibility and Application Instruction

To be eligible for the International Youth Internship Program, applicants must be:

• a Canadian citizen or permanent resident legally entitled to work in Canada.
• a post-secondary graduate
• out of school
• between the ages of 19 and 30
• unemployed or underemployed
• Have not participated in an internship with the Career Focus stream of the Government of  Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

Salary: Stipend of $225 per week
Other Benefits include travel to overseas posting; medical insurance and visas; cultural awareness training; language training if necessary; job search skills; and other potential training courses.
Duration: 8.5 months, approx. 3.5 months in Canada & 5 months overseas

Send Resume and Cover Letter to: hiring@acic-caci.org and please cc info@forestsinternational.org
Application deadline: August 27, 2010
While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Other information:

• Please include job title in subject line of email application

• New Brunswick’s Acadian Forest – Our History, Our Challenge and a Possibility for Change

• Principles of Ecological Forestry – Making Conservation a Consequence of Production

• Learning to see the Forest – A walk through the woods

• Tree Identification Practicum

• Tools for Change – Certification and the Community Land Trust model

• Practical Techniques and Procedures for Good Forest Operations

• Introduction to Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance

• Working in the Image of Nature – Edible Forest Gardening

• Propagation of Native Mushrooms

• Wild Crafting – Native Food, Medicine and Candy

• Adding Value – Timber Framing

• Propagation of Trees and Field Nursery Maintenance

• Selecting, Harvesting, Milling, and Processing FSC Lumber

The additional chainsaw training on Aug. 7th has been canceled, but the introductory training in chainsaw use and maintenance on Day 3 is still in the program.

Instructors

Jamie Simpson – EAC Forestry Program Coordinator and author of Restoring the Acadian Forest: A Guide to Forest Stewardship for Woodlot Owners in the Maritimes

Bill McKay – President of Nagaya Forest Restoration Ltd.

Marc Spence – President of New Brunswick Community Land Trust

Michael Spence – Uniacke Hill FSC Woodlot Owner and Operator

Registration $400.00

Meals  $25.00/day or $10/lunch

Home Stay $15/night (space is limited)

Day 1 (August 2^nd)

Full Day – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• New Brunswick’s Acadian Forest – Our History, Our Challenge and a Possibility for Change
• Principles of Ecological Forestry – Making Conservation a Consequence of Production

Film: Forbidden Forest

Day 2 (August 3^rd)

Morning – Field – Moncton, NB

• Learning to see the Forest – A walk through the woods
• Tree Identification Practicum

Afternoon – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• Tools for Change – Certification and the Community Land Trust model

Film: Battle for the Trees

Day 3 (August 4^th)

Morning – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• Practical Techniques and Procedures for Good Forest Operations
• Introduction to Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance

Afternoon – Field – Sackville Community Garden

• Working in the Image of Nature – Edible Forest Gardening
• Propagation of Native Mushrooms

Film: The Sustainable Forest and the New Forest Economy: Part One

Day 4 (August 5^th)

Full Day – Field – Otter Creek, NB

• Wild Crafting – Native Food, Medicine and Candy
• Adding Value – Timber Framing
• Propagation of Trees and Field Nursery Maintenance

Film: The Sustainable Forest and the New Forest Economy: Part Two

Day 5 (August 6^th)

Full Day – Field – Baie Verte, NB

• Selecting, Harvesting, Milling, and Processing FSC Lumber

Film: The Sustainable Forest and the New Forest Economy: Part Three

Final Dinner – Forestry for Tomorrow

Ecological Forestry Short Course Program

August 2nd – 6th, 2010

Sackville, NB

This is an updated program for CFI’s upcoming Ecological Forestry Course in Sackville, NB.  We have added an optional film program for the evenings of the course as well.  If interest permits,  participants will also have the opportunity to earn a Chainsaw Safety Certificate at a reduced rate immediatey following the short course in Sackville.

Registration: $400.00

Meals: $25.00/day

Instructors

Jamie Simpson – EAC Forestry Program Coordinator and author of Restoring the Acadian Forest: A Guide to Forest Stewardship for Woodlot Owners in the Maritimes

Bill McKay – President of Nagaya Forest Restoration Ltd.

Marc Spence – President of New Brunswick Community Land Trust

Michael Spence – Uniacke Hill FSC Woodlot Owner and Operator

Day 1 (August 2^nd)

Full Day – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• New Brunswick’s Acadian Forest – Our History, Our Challenge and a Possibility for Change
• Principles of Ecological Forestry – Making Conservation a Consequence of Production

Day 2 (August 3^rd)

Morning – Field – Sackville, NB

• Learning to see the Forest – A walk through the woods
• Tree Identification Practicum.

Afternoon – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• Tools for Change – Certification and the Community Land Trust model

Day 3 (August 4^th)

Morning – Classroom – Sackville, NB

• Practical Techniques and Procedures for Good Forest Operations
• Introduction to Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance

Afternoon – Field – Sackville Community Garden

• Working in the Image of Nature – Edible Forest Gardening
• Propagation of Native Mushrooms

Day 4 (August 5^th)

Full Day – Field – Otter Creek, NB

• Wild Crafting – Native Food, Medicine and Candy
• Adding Value – Timber Framing
• Propagation of Trees and Field Nursery Maintenance

Day 5 (August 6^th)

Full Day – Field – Baie Verte, NB

• Selecting, Harvesting, Milling, and Processing FSC Lumber

Final Dinner – Forestry for Tomorrow

A Beginning in Pemba from Community Forests International on Vimeo.

On July 5th, Community Forests International hosted their first in the 2010 Summer Workshop Series. Thanks for everyone that came out – it’s great to see how many people are interested in Food Forest Gardening. Several people left inspired to sculpt their own food forest creation, and we’re happy to be a part of this gardening revolution.

Workshop Participants Working in the Food Forest Guild

Daimen Hardie Demonstrating Mushroom Log Inoculation

Workshop Participant Planting in the Forest Guild

Food Forest Presentation

]]> http://forestsinternational.org/2010/06/food-forest-workshop/feed/ 0 http://forestsinternational.org/2010/06/cfi-member-at-whaelghinbran-farm/ http://forestsinternational.org/2010/06/cfi-member-at-whaelghinbran-farm/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:30:55 +0000 Jeff http://forestsinternational.org/?p=966 CFI member Colleen Freak recently landed at Whaeghlinbran Farms outside of Sussex, NB for a stint of volunteer work at this revered organic farm. Farm owners Clark Phillips and Susan Tyler have provided a remarkable example of good land stewardship and have restored their woodlot through years of enrichment forestry. This site holds a special place in the CFI heart, demonstrating how humanity and the natural environment can strike a sustainable deal, providing for both without sacrificing the health and integrity of either. In order to maintain our present way of life, we must work to make conservation a consequence of production, and to walk through the Whaelghinbran forest one immediately sees that Clark and Susan have worked to make the dream of conservation forestry a reality.

The picture below shows Colleen outside the trailer in which she’ll be living for her stay at Whaelghinbran Farm.  The trailer was restored by the Community Forests Canada gang, with a special thanks to Kevin Pauley and Gavin Hardie, both of which spent countless hours working on this vintage 1955 trailer.

Colleen outside the CFI Trailer

CFI Trailer at Whaelghinbran Farm

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