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2023-06-16T12:50:26.093002Z
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Grey Bruce Update: Bruce Strategic PlanThrough you honourable warden Peabody, Regarding the Strategic Plan presented during Executive Council ( https://pub-brucecounty.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=c2046075-2a83-45ce-b384-f47c9df63090 )Want to provide some insights and somewhat more detailed look and long term planning possibilities as requested by Coucillor Charbonneau, Councillor Hammell and others during the meeting. First I wish to note it may be a bit humorous to call 4 years "long-term" as in Grey County we have a 25 year planning horizon, because things like houses and properties boundaries are for families that likely will live there long term (It takes 25 years for a human baby to grow an adult brain and body) and it makes sense to make the plans compatible with the long term trends in energy, mineral and population such as the Limits to Growth study of the Club of Rome ( my interview with member Ugo Bardi here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rJaX101SJ0 ) that affect both the world and the county, and so it is good to keep those in mind to avoid using too many resources on things that may be obsolete in a decade or two. Solar panels can be a good investment if we can at least refurbish them locally, they need resoldering with silver every 20 years or so, which can drastically improve long term EROI. Nuclear waste can be put into a thermoelectric pyramids, to generate appreciable quantities of electricity for thousands of years, best to put it on higher ground in case of lake water level changes. Councillor Charbonneau made a good point about needing a plan for agriculture and housing. It is wonderful to see such passion and love for the citizens of Bruce County in helping to have a good plan. Research of the effects of density on mammals including humans indicate that high density leads to poor outcomes ( https://lyis.ca/pfet/density-problems.pdf ) So I generally promote looking at rural housing options. As a potential rural housing program can look for potential inspiration to help young people become farmers through the homestead farmer program. Though this is a client side document by reading between the lines can understand what planning changes may be required https://lyis.ca/pfet/farmer.html . To summarize potential planning changes would be to promote or at least allow sustainable family farm size lots of 10-20 acres, at the very least in rural zoned areas. Also to be lenient with requirement for housing, allowing for residents to camp on site as part of indigenous traditional lifestyle reconciliation, increasing adaptive capacity. To balance this with roadside visuals can require an offset of at least 30-50 meters away from the road, and some shrubbery or fencing or other facade, to lower any eyesore which may result to people driving by or neighbours, which is a tactic successfully employed in Prince Edward County, minimizing complaints. Such roadside hedges also reduce wind erosion, and lower opportunity for drive by crime by having a thorny barrier. Research indicates that communities of roughly 50-60 individuals give ideal economies of scale. Many of our Anabaptist residents such as the Amish tend to keep them at this level, as they meet at a different congregation members house every Sunday, though they may be sub groups of a neighbourhood as well. This allows them to have a sense of community numbering in the hundreds even though their houses may not be co-located. In terms of indigenous reconciliation, I do weekly attend the M'Wikiwedong indigenous friendship centre in Owen Sound, where there are indigenous people from both Bruce and Grey Counties. One element of reconciliation we discussed yesterday was the potential for bringing back food producing plants, trees and shrubs to the area which were clear cut and herbicided into oblivion by the European settlers, such as American Hazelnuts, which were historically important food source for the Ojibwe, Pottawatomi of this area. Though it is notable that elder members of the indigenous community were often aware of over 200 native plants and their various edible and medicinal uses. From a planning perspective, this can be facilitated by encouraging the creation of more fruit and nut growing orchards and permaculture food forests. Such as the already quite successful Keyzer Farm near Paisley, if you'd like to visit a family hazelnut orchard in Bruce County. They have community cherry, and plum and other fruit picking likely starting in July. Councillor Hammell wanted more information on Climate Change, While it s broad topic, one pertinent aspect is that it is important to acknowledge the direct relationship between tree cover and rainfall. The Fertile Crescent used to be covered in forests, with rainfall from the Mediteranean to the Red Sea, because large plants like trees shade the soil, and retain water for long periods of time, and then evaporate that water through respiration, which forms clouds and rains down on the next patch of land and so on. After clear cutting the area however, and being forced to use salty ground water it has now turned into mostly a salty desert. The same pattern happened in the bread basket of Rome, or northern Africa, which is now overtaken by the Sahara. And the same pattern is happening in Italy, Spain, and the prairies. We've had a somewhat dry spring, and planting more deciduous trees, such as at least via orchards, can help with spring rainfall, and increase resiliency to if it does happen. Our trees and shrubs are beautiful in Grey and Bruce counties, they've had an excellent spring. Gratitude helps us to have more of that which is already in the present moment. Being grateful is like nourishing a seed of your experience, and helping it to grow, into a beautiful, loving, co-creative experience. As Jesus says "Ask and Ye Shall Receive" (Matt 7:7). Of course one of the most crucial aspects of long term strategy, is growing in love and kindness for self and other. Since only by opening and re-opening our hearts to love, no matter the challenges, can we use wisdom in a way that actually benefits the majority, and not only ourselves. As our spiritual benefactor the Confederation of Planets says:L/L 2022/0918 These steps that you take are informed by love and by light and in a balanced manner, so that the power of the combination of love and light may be able to manifest in your own life journey as the ability to make the choices of service to others, that are the fundamental nature of your journey. ...Such manifestation of service may be large or it may be simple. But even the simplest acts of service may contain the infinite power of the One Creator. We ask you seekers who wish to find a crystallized balance between love, wisdom, and power to contemplate the potential of the Creator in any given moment, and how that potential may be tapped. even with the lightest touch to bring about the greatest transformation. ...You are all a portion of the One Infinite Creator, and this is what you are here to do: to be of service to the one that you see in each entity around you, in each portion of the creation around you. For the entire creation is alive, and the Creator breathes its breath of life in all places. So look you there within and without to find that which is your goal in life, to serve that one who is in all. ( https://www.llresearch.org/channeling/2022/0918 )May you be blessed,